Whats on your turntable tonight?

Louis Prima..."The Wildest Show in Tahoe".....I live on the north shore...

Esquivel - "Cabaret Manana" [RCA/BMG CD comp. '95, rec. '58-'67]
Esquivel - "More Of Other Worlds, Other Sounds" [Reprise CD reissue, orig. '62]
Bill Holman - "Big Band In A Jazz Orbit" [V.S.O.P. CD reissue '87, orig. Andex '58]
Pink Floyd - "Soundtrack From The Film 'More'" [Digital Re-Masters/Capitol EMI CD reissue '95, orig. '69]
The Dells - "The Best Of The Vee-Jay Years" [Shout! Factory CD comp. '07, rec. '55-'65]

Last night with some friends over:

Jack DeJohnette, Zebra - MCA
John Coltrane, Crescent - Impulse
June Tabor & Martin Simpson, A Cut Above - Topic 12TS410
Julie London, Julie is her name - Liberty LRP 3006
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis - Verve 4003 SpeakersC
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis Again - Verve MG V-4018
Peggy Lee, Is That All There Is? - Capitol ST 386 PurePleasure
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Bach/The Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, played on cello and piano by Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould (both dead and gone). My turntable loves Bach.

Renee Olstead,
Perhaps the greatest new talent in female jazz vocals I've heard.
She's only 21, but her phrasing, vocal control, styling, all transcend her age.
All I can say further is....WOW.

Larry