Ella Fitzgerald. Ella & Louis, can’t we be friends? Agree about Ella @TheKevster, but Abbey comes 2nd is a bold claim. What about Billie Holiday? 
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CD - EMI Classics / Japan : )
A very sweet easy on the ear harpsichord version, recorded in March 1961.
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Helmut Walcha was born on this day in 1907 
Helmut Walcha 1907-1991
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Buckshot Lefonque (Tidal MQA)
Call the police, its Buckshot Lefonque!
Branford Marsalis’s fusion of Soul Jazz, Funk, Hip Hop, Dancehall etc that so upset the Jazz police back in the nineties
Maya Angelou ( I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings) and Nils Lofgren appear.
The 2LP was on my playlist for yesterday until cartridge problems put the mockers on, so its streaming (or beer mats) for the time being.
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Excellent stuff and it reminds of this lot from 93’ which i haven’t listened to in a while. Thanks for that, Dread. 
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Over the years, Sweet Surrender has made me increasingly uncomfortable, especially when listening to it in mixed company. Unfortunate, because it was very much my favourite song on the album. Now, it’s the semi-autobiographical Nighthawkin’.
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Yeah, Solsonics! Great call!
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Branford Marsalis- I heard You Twice The Last Time (Tidal MQA)
Another Branford Marsalis project this time exploring the Blues. BB King, John Lee Hooker and others help out.
The opening Brother Trying To Catch A Cab On The East Side Blues still cracks me up!
@anon10403888
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They are very similar singers @davidng but Abbey shades it for me because while she does anguish and despair like Billie she sounds less defeated and much more defiant. I prefer much of her material too, it is more radical, especially on the albums she made with Max Roach.
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Here Comes Louis Smith (Blue Note Tidal)
1957 session featuring of course Buckshot Le Funke (see earlier post) aka Cannonball Adderley and Duke Jordan, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor
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Agreed, all Bibbs Opus 3 albums are superb 
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