Art Blakey  Salute to Birdland  EmArcy Records EP (1954)  Buhaina the master, with  Bernard Griggs, Joe Gordon, Gigi Gryce and Walter Bishop!  Tracks are: Minority, Salute to Birdland,  Eleanor, Futurity 

(54 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

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Harry Carney with Strings (1954)  Clef Records  Arranged by Ralph Burns.  Cover illustration by David Stone Martin!  Carney on baritone and bass clarinet with fellow Duke Ellington sidemen including:  Ray Nance on trumpet and violin; Tony Miranda on French horn; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor sax;  Leroy Lovett on piano; Billy Bauer on guitar;  Wendell Marshall on bass; and Louie Bellson on drums.  (You won’t find this album if you search for it by its original title.  That’s because its tracks have been folded into a Ben Webster CD called Music for Loving.  The last eight tracks on the second disc make up the Carney album.

(38 votes, average: 3.63 out of 5)

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“Ultimate Mash Up”   (Puerto Rico)  (1979)

(36 votes, average: 2.78 out of 5)

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Babouch’ Party  Zina Nahid  Columbia Records (France)

(37 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5)

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“El Compandre de … Penaranda”  Suave Records

(57 votes, average: 4.35 out of 5)

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“Contraste”  Lupita Cabrera  Peerless Records  (Mexico)

(40 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

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“Especialista en Senoras”  Censurado!  For Adults Only!  La Vita Records

(39 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)

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“Intro To Jazz”  San Francisco Jazz Records (1957) Local Bay Area jazz bands.  There’s nothing Jazz about this guy on the cover!

(37 votes, average: 3.68 out of 5)

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A beautiful record for a blue-sky Manhattan Saturday.  Linda Lewis “Lark”  Reprise Records  (1972)   “Old Smokey”

(41 votes, average: 2.80 out of 5)

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Jack Defer  Germinal Records (France)  “Moon River”

(36 votes, average: 3.58 out of 5)

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