Whats on your turntable tonight?

Sonny Rollins - "The Bridge" [RCA/Bluebird '62/'03] With Jim Hall guitar
Oscar Peterson Trio - "A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra" [Verve '59/'04] Longtime Peterson Trio drummer Ed Thigpen died last week
The Ovations - "Goldwax Recordings" [Kent/Ace '05] 60's Memphis soul singles collection featuring lead vocalist Louis Williams, known for sounding uncannily like Sam Cooke (yes, even more than Rod Stewart!)
Scimone/I Solisti Veneti (Orlandi, Frati, Bianchi) - The Magic Of The Mandoline [Erato Disques '71/'84/'86] Collection of Italian mandolin concertos by Vivaldi, Paisiello, Caudioso

Arlen Roth- Hot Pickups. GREAT CLEAN guitar playing. I love how this album sounds.

Shostakovich, String Quartets 4 and 8, Borodin Qt, Mercury SR 90309 (Speakers Corner reissue) (Love the performances by the Fitzwilliam Quartet on L'Oiseau Lyre, but the Borodin have an undeniable energy and drive that is compelling.)
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Red Garland Quintet - "Soul Junction" [Prestige '58/'07] With John Coltrane, Donald Byrd
Tito Puente - "King Of Kings" [BMG '02] Compilation of '56-'60 RCA sides

the cure "the head on the door," dirty three "horse stories," and tsuyoshi yamamoto "midnight sugar"