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Daniel Humair - Triple Hip Trip (Owl) with David Friedman & Harvie Swartz

Milt Jackson and the Monty Alexander Trio - Soul Fusion (Pablo / OJC)

Shifting gears a bit: Dave McKenna Quartet - Featuring Zoot Sims (Chiaroscuro)

Henri Texier Quartet with Joe Lovano ‎– "Paris-Batignolles" (Label Bleu)

Earlier today, prompted by another forum member who posted it recently: Sonny Criss - Saturday Morning (Xanadu / Elemental) Beautiful. Also: Count Basie / Zoot Sims - Basie & Zoot (Pablo / OJC)

Bob Mintzer - Hymn (Owl) with John Abercrombie, Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine

Henri Texier - Colonel Skopje (Evidence, licensed from Label Bleu) with Joe Lovano, John Abercrombie, Steve Swallow and Aldo Romano

Now: Gary Peacock - Tales of Another (ECM) with Keith Jarrett & Jack DeJohnette

John Hicks! Love that CD. On the way home from work: Joe Lovano Us Five - Bird Songs (Blue Note)

More from Lovano: Joe Lovano Quartet - Classic! Live at Newport (Blue Note) with Hank Jones, George Mraz and Lewis Nash

Aldo Romano & Joe Lovano - Ten Tales (Owl / Sunnyside)

The Don Friedman Trio - Invitation (Progressive) with George Mraz & Ronnie Bedford

Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts - An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto) with Terell Stafford, Gary Versace, and Martin Wind

Various Artists - Chess Blues (MCA) Disc 3 (1954 - 1960) On Friday after work, I stopped by the local Salvation Army store. Found this Chess Blues 4-CD set AND the Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 8-CD set.

The Progressive Don Friedman (Progressive) with Frank Luther and Billy Hart

Classic Columbia Condon Mob Sessions Disc 7 - Music under the leadership of Dick Cary & Billy Butterfield

More Dutch jazz from the 1970s: Rein De Graaff - Dick Vennik Quartet ‎– Modal Soul (Timeless Muse) with Koos Serierse (b) and Eric Ineke (d)

Niko -- I'm not familiar with Gijs Hendriks. But your post piqued my curiosity. I found this Hendriks album on YouTube, and I'm giving it a listen now: Very nice! Notes on the album's page on Discogs: GIJS HENDRIKS QUARTETwith Siegfried Kessler (p, el p), Bert van Erk (b), Michael Baird (d)& guests Slide Hampton, Sonny Grey, Raul BurnetThese 1976-77 recordings are from the period with Franco-German pianist Siegfried Kessler.This quartet was together for a year and a half. Frequent guests at the time were trombonistSlide Hampton and trumpeter Sonny Grey -- both are featured here on two tracks each. Andthe legendary conga drummer Raul Burnet is featured on one track. Made over thirty-five years ago, these are historical recordings from a particularly creativeperiod of Gijs Hendriks, which were never released. Also fine playing by Slide, whose stay inEurope was under-recorded. Recorded at Lucassound Studio, Hilversum, Holland October/November 1976 & January 1977.

More likely they're the new Edison cylinders. But I'm still happy to bring 'em home.

Various Artists - Chess Blues (MCA) Disc 4 (1960 - 1967)

I'm with you, Jim. House of Tribes convinces me more than any of Wynton's other live albums -- MUCH more than the Vanguard recordings. (I have the Blues Alley recording, but I haven't listened in a long time and I don't have any strong recollections of it.) Listen to "Green Chimneys" on House of Tribes. Wynton actually sounds like he's having fun. OTOH, the fun on the Vanguard recording is "fun" -- forced fun that isn't fun; it's a put-on. (At least it sounds that way to me. I cringe when I hear it.) As always, others' mileage may vary.

Giving this a spin after recommending it in Paul's "10 Classical Recordings You Enjoy Listening To" thread: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 / Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (DG) Here's one of the things that makes this recording special: Boulez avoids any overt interpretive stance. His reading isn't chilly (on one hand) or angst-ridden (on the other). Instead, Boulez illuminates the score and lets the work unfold as transparently as possible. Ironically, Boulez's light touch heightens the weird, otherworldly vibe of the music. You hear and feel more because he does less. Of course, the virtuosic playing of the Cleveland Orchestra helps! (As does Boulez's mastery of texture; I've never heard this music performed with such translucency.) Listening to this CD also reminds me that Shostakovich revered Mahler and was greatly influenced by him. Boulez's reading of the M7 often sounds like Shostakovich's music! I'm thinking of works like DSCH's 6th, 9th, and 15th symphonies. They have a similar uncanny, impossible-to-pin-down vibe. (Or at least I think I hear connections between the composers. I guess I'm making connections, even if Shostakovich didn't!)