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Now spinning this again: Earlier:

A gorgeous version of "Body & Soul" on this one. Something ruminative and offhand about it, like thinking while walking.

Enrico Pieranunzi - Autour de Martinu: Live at the Bird's Eye (TCB) This CD is new to me, and I'm really enjoying it. I suppose I could have posted it to the "What Classical Music Are You Listening to?" thread. On many of the tracks, Pieranunzi plays brief compositions by "classical" composers -- Bohuslav Martinů, Scarlatti, Handel -- and then freely improvises based on the composer's music. Other tracks feature Pieranunzi's own compositions. Marvelous stuff.

Disc 4 - BEETHOVEN - Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 - with André Cluytens & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française - Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 "Kreutzer" - with Lev Oborin

I was listening to Curtis Counce's Landslide last night -- and Counce was right-on-the-money when he named that record after Mr. Land. Hooray for Harold!

Coleman Hawkins & Pee Wee Russell - Jam Session in Swingville (Fantasy/Swingville) I love Pee Wee, but Coleman Hawkins takes the blue ribbon on this set. His front line makes the music special. Along with Hawk, you've got three more all-time heavyweights: Joe Newman, Jimmy Hamilton, and J.C. Higginbottom. Oh yeah.

Eddie Condon - The Classic Sessions 1928-1949 (JSP) Disc 1

I usually reach for Hermann Scherchen's recording with the Vienna SO when I want to hear the Scythian Suite. The performance is superb; however, the audio is less than ideal. (It's mono, from 1951.) Dorati's version has always been highly-regarded, but I've never heard it. It also has a reputation for unbelievable sonics.

Earlier today, I read Ken Dryden's review of this CD in The New York City Jazz Record, so I'm now giving it a test drive via Spotify. I'm really enjoying it so far. Andrea Brachfeld - If Not Now, When? (Jazzheads, 2018) Andrea Brachfeld (fl) with Bill O'Connell (p), Harvie S (b), and Jason Tiemann (d)

Misha Mengelberg & Han Bennink - Einepartietischtennis (FMP/ICP) Hilarious and wonderful. So good!

Prompted by the renewed talk on the Clare Fischer Discography thread:

I have the first Sanchez LP, simply titled Poncho. It's excellent. (Several of the tunes are available on YT, if you'd like to sample them.) I've been keeping an eye out for the second LP, Straight Ahead (Pa'lante). But it fetches silly prices from re-sellers, and I don't want it that much. If you're interested in more of Fischer's work in a Latin jazz vein, you should definitely check out Cal Tjader's Guarabe -- assuming you haven't already heard it: I think Guarabe is a wonderful record, one of Tjader's finest. It's just as good as -- maybe even better than -- Fischer's "Salsa Picante" recordings for MPS. (As ever, YMMV!) FYI: If you're looking to buy it in digital format, Guarabe has been reissued on a Fantasy CD called Here and There.