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Cal Tjader ‎- Live at the Funky Quarters (Fantasy, 1972) Cal Tjader (vib, perc); Al Zulaica (el p); John Heard (b); Dick Berk (d); Michael Smithe (congas) as reissued on:

NP: Earlier:

Is 2015 "newish"? If so . . . I also really like Gary Versace's playing on this CD from 2011:

Such a GREAT record, one of the best from the latter part of Farmer's career -- IMO.

I don't think this terrific LP has ever been available in any digital format: Yes. McPherson's New Horizons deserves to be reissued as well.

More RRK: Transcendent, kaleidoscopic, audacious.

Roland Kirk - Left & Right (Atlantic)

I think that's a wonderful record. NP:

R.I.P. Mundell Lowe

Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson - The Timekeepers (Pablo / OJC) Lately, I've really been enjoying the Basie/OP small-group collaborations on Pablo. They made five LPs together. All of them are worth checking out, IMO. Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry (Pablo / OJC) Wonderful duets.

True! I'm grateful for the recordings.

The Buddy Terry is excellent too.

Agreed. They are probably my favorite post-1960s version of the Jazz Messengers -- at least on record. Unfortunately, I never got to see Blakey in person.

Oscar Peterson Trio - 1961 Cologne, Gürzenich Concert Hall (WDR Jazzline) with Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen Good stuff. Thanks to Ken Dryden for hipping me to this.