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Get Warne Marsh's "Music for Prancing" with the wonderful Ronnie Ball on piano. Great quartet date. try this link: http://home.earthlink.net/~magnebit/ then get the Mosaic. I think that was my very first and I fell in love with it, Tristano & Marsh (whom I hadn't known before) and Mosaic in general. Lee reqs: - Motion (3CD issue in the Verve Elite Edition series), stunning trio sessions, maybe the best of Lee there is. - Subconscious Lee (OJCCD), feat. Tristano, Marsh and some very early Konitz, nice addition/prelude to the mosaic - Sound of Surprise (BMG France), with Abercrombie, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron and the great Ted Brown - Konitz meets Mulligan (Pacific/EMI CD), Lee sitting in with the Mulligan/Baker trio - Live at the Half Note (Verve 2CD), with Warne Marsh, Bill Evans, Jimmy Garrison, Paul Motian just some, of course! ubu

I got Haynes' "Cymbalism" and the Milestone twofer by Strozier "A Long Night" (which also includes on a single CD "March of the Siamese Children" - what title!) and gave them a spin. Quite like what I heard! Nice sound. (And Spike Lee's pop playing) ubu

All good recommendations! Two more: Peace (Enja) and: Strollin' (Enja) The latter includes one track with singing: But not for me. I absolutely love that one! Peace has no singing. Very beatiful, introspective record. ubu

One comment on the Paris sessions: the Xanadu disc (Brown Rose) doubles material which is available in the Jazz in Paris series (at better price and maybe also in better sound) Great sessions. My favorites are Tricotism and Lucky Strikes. And the Walkin' session with Miles. Love his sound! ubu

I like Sonny's playing on the Byrd sessions (I think there are 4, right? I got Blackjack, the recent RVG and Mustang ). Then Out of the Blue: Nice cover! And on the Conoisseur issue there are several worthwile additional tracks. And a nice co-lead album with Cliff Jordan was included on a recent Prestige CD (together with another Clifford date). Can't recall the title, is it Images? (or was this the title of the original Jordan/Red issue?) Both were Jazzland LPs. Godd stuff! ubu

The one that comes to my mind first is Johnny Coles, The Warm Sound. Wonderful! Then Candy by Lee Morgan. How is Dizzy Reece's Soundin' Off? It's the only one of his Blue Note I don't have. In the recent Conoisseur Byrd/Watkins set, there are some nice quartet tracks. And then there are some quartet tracks on the four Miles Davis Quintet Prestige albums that are very nice. ubu

Another one for Chuck's AEC box. Then with Cecil Taylor you could also check out one of his solo discs, as for instance the great recent issue of his Willisau 2000 concert (on Intakt). My Name Is Albert Ayler: a wonderful session including a great take on Gershwin's Summertime and some free playing, with a not free at all scandinavian rhythm section (who not always are up to the game). This could be a good start, somehow standing between free and more mainstream (but Ayler sounds somehow a little uncomfortable on a Charlie Parker tune). Great recommendations all! Maybe you could look for Don Cherry's "Complete Communion" (a recent Conoisseur), then return to Ornette. ubu

More thumbs up for Illinois! One of those sets Mosaic does the best: collected from the most obscure record labels, it includes also (4 titles only, no alternates) a big band session feat. Fats Navarro and some Tadd Dameron arrangements as well as loads of wonderful jump (or whatever you may call it) music and many wonderful ballads. For me, this set (I bought it without knowing anything about Jacquet) was a real surprise. Get it while you can! ubu

the duets with John Lewis are on CD, an Atlantic Original Sound reissue. (i love them) ubu