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Ray Bryant SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE Hyena Records    2003 Notes : "Ray's doin' just fine.  He works where he wants, when he wants and for good bread.  And the honors have even started to come in.  He's one of a handful of musicians who are part of T... 
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The Muddy Waters Tribute Band YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME (when I'm dead & gone) Telarc Blues  1996   Gotta be Saturday Night somewhere! Nice fold out booklet with pictures.   Clouds in my Heart : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZxHPIHJto Y... 
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Jimmy Heath LOVE LETTER Jimmy Heath(tenor and soprano sax), Kenny Barron(piano), David Wong(bass), Lewis Nash(drums), Monte Croft(vibes), Russell Malone(guitar) With / Wynton Marsalis(trumpet), Gregory Porter(vocals), Cecile McLorin Salvant(voc... 
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John Coltrane COLTRANE LIVE AT BIRDLAND Impulse   1963 "Notes" by Leroi Jones,  a.k.a. Amiri Baraka,   a.k.a. Imamu Amear Baraka.  That's all you need to know.  This album and these artists deserved better.   Afro-Blue : https://www.youtube.c... 
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Dizzy Gillespie - Sonny Rollins - Sonny Stitt SONNY SIDE UP Verve    1957 / 1997   Sunny Side of the Street : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHevGXSKuk The Eternal Triangle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aqUVtl3g8s I Know that You Know... 
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Booker Little BOOKER LITTLE Bainbridge / Time    1960 / 1993 Wiki : Booker Little Jr. (April 2, 1938 – October 5, 1961)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He appeared on many recordings in his short career, both as a sideman and as... 
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Harold Mabern MABERN PLAYS COLTRANE Smoke Session Records   2021 Excellent fold out Booklet filled with personal anecdotes. . My Favorite Things : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgitnIRKp3Q Dahomey Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB... 
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+! for Gil and the Mighty 77   Brooklyn never ceases to amaze me.  Music gurus, Baptist Church Choirs, and now a Symphony Orchestra.  What next??  The Dodgers return??? Cheers    
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Kenny Burrell ELLINGTON IS FOREVER VOL. 1 Fantasy     1975 / 1993 Notes: "Ellington is Forever' is a celebration of immortality.  The participants individually and collectively demonstrate their appreciation of the heritage bequeathed by the Ma... 
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR, Op.77 Gil Shaham (violin) The Knights / Eric Jacobsen (conductor) Canary Classics    2019 The Knights : The Knights are proud to be known as "one of Brooklyn's sterling cultural products... 
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Milt Jackson / Joe Pass / Ray Brown THE BIG 3 Pablo / OJC    1975 / 1994 Notes: "A sense of time is perhaps the most important weapon in the Jazz soloist's armoury, for it is something purely instinctive, which means that those without it can n... 
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@frogman  Excellent explanation, clearly stated!  As always.  When you have time would you talk about Opera, the rehearsals and the performance.  Who is in charge?  We know a conductor directs the orchestra, but is any direction given to the sing... 
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Aretha Franklin THE DELTA MEETS DETROIT Atlantic / Rhino    1986 / 1998   Saturday is Blues Day.   Today I Sing the Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItXPHM_M5wo I Never Loved a Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvxn2Jhffu0 The T... 
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Randy Weston / Melba Liston VOLCANO BLUES Randy Weston(piano), Wallace Roney(trumpet), Hamiet Bluiett(Baritone sax), Benny Powell(trombone)   and others.. Gitanes Jazz    1993 Guest : Johnny Copeland -- Vocals and acoustic Guitar   Volcano :... 
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@frogman  Is the difference in meaning between TONE and INTONATION in music the  same as it is in speech? Cheers