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Jazz for aficionados
If only his first name had not been ZOOT.  He could have been somebody, he could have been a contender!   I don't think I should give the OP's  name.  It would violate his privacy.  Which he has even if the worst is true. Cheers      
The Good Stuff
Johnny Hodges & Billy Strayhorn JOHNNY HODGES, SOLOIST, BILLY STRAYHORN AND ORCHESTRA Verve / Fresh Sounds Records 1962 / 2013 Notes : Both albums collected here are delightful reminders not only of Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington’s alter e... 
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Bass players, like drummers,  get into trouble when they go solo.  The instruments are just too limited.  The Gershwin tune was wonderful.   They complimented each other brilliantly.  SOLAR would have been better without the bass solo.   Brubeck... 
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 You can't go wrong with Da Blues.    Cheers  
Jazz for aficionados
One of the OP's favorite artist.        Cheers  
Breathtaking SACD of popular classical music
Beware of great technical recordings with weird performances. exhibit  #1 Beethoven 9, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, SACD Reference Recordings.  Great sound, but I am not sure they were playing Beethoven's 9th.   Cheers  
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have you called o10 recently?   Today. Just got, as always, answering machine with woman’s(wife??) voice. On one of those people locator sites he is listed as ’deceased’. But only on that one site. The reliability of that info is open to ques... 
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Sarah Vaughan and The Count Basie Orchestra SEND IN THE CLOWNS Pablo  1981 / 2001 The Basie Band, Minus The Count.   Send in the Clowns : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-a2LXx0WN8 I gotta right to sing the blues : https://www.youtube.com/w... 
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The Good Stuff
The Horace Silver Quintet THE CAPE VERDEAN BLUES Blue Note  1965 / 1989 featuring J.J. Johnson(trombone)   The Cape Verdean Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6Jf-T5ZCQ Pretty Eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABz7G5jYwY Mo' Jo... 
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Art Tatum SOLO MASTERPIECES VOL. TWO Pablo  1992 Recorded 1953-1955   Elegy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePUsJ8Jp5jw Tea for Two : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT0w0Qru02o This can't be love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnPWpJ... 
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Yes, Willie is good!😎   AAUGH!!!!!   Cheers  
The Good Stuff
Carmen McRae FOR LADY DAY Novus  1983 / 1995 Billie Holiday Tribute.   Miss Brown to you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWBVfV5e2Bg Good morning heartache : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caVBckscYxc Fine and Mellow : https://www.youtub... 
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What a musician! Cheers  
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Beethoven's 9th, Karajan, 1963, SACD Cheers