Balladeer

👍 Several excellent recordings - especially on Steeplechase. I like his bass playin and the many originals he has written. Praise for Ron McClure!

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Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (Blue Note)

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Mareike Wiening feat Rich Perry, Dan Tepfer & Alex Goodman - Metropolis Paradise (Greenleaf)

Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now (Lost Highway)

Rich Perry - To Start Again (Steeplechase)

How´s the music, jazzbo?

Jason Seizer - Cinema Paradiso (Pirouet)

Lora Kostina Trio & Pascal von Wroblewsky - Pasternak (Acoustical Mind Records)

Trond Kallevag - Bedehuis & Hawaii (Hubro)

Tin Hat Trio - Book of Silk (Ropeadope)

Zoot Sims - Evening in Paris (from: American Swinging in Paris, EMI France)

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Malakoff Kowalski - I Love You (MPS)

Marc Ribot - Silent Movies (Pi Records)

Harvey Valdes - Novare: J.S. Bach Lute Works on Electric Guitar sublime, restrained

Harvey Valdes - Novare: J.S.Bach Lute Works on Electric Guitar Sublime, restrained

Melissa Aldana - Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note)

Someone to rave about. I like his tone and style. Favourite tune: "Giuseppe" (from In Between, 2010) Using banjo for rhythm is couragous and - done in this way - ravishing: sort of folksy ambient jazz. There´s a lot to discover in Truffaz´ discography.

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Flip Phillips - The Clef Years: Classic Albums 1952-1956

Wayne Escoffery - Alone (Smoke Sessions Records)

Lizz Wright - Shadow (Virgin)

Thanks for notification, Cliff! First thought it might be a new edition of "Live in Tokyo" which is the best live recording of the late great Chet Baker up to date. Didn´t know that he played further dates in Japan than this legendary concert at Hitomi-Kine-Kodo, Tokyo, June 14, 1987. But of course Sendai is not Tokyo. So if those newly published Sendai dates are of similar quality both discs might be a real treasure.