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There is a story behind this concert – from the liner notes:
"In the 1940s Esquire magazine was one of the most popular news magazines of the American East Coast. Every year it organized a poll among its readers, who voted for the top musicians of the last year. Then all the winners were invited for a great concert which was a major event of New York's nightlife. This is the recording of the first Esquire Jazz Concert. You find, joined for one night, the most popular American Jazz musicians in a night-long jam session."

If's last studio album isn't as good as their first albums. After many line-up changes, the band slowly changed their musical direction to more straightforward blues-soul-rock…

Grover Washington, Jr. - Soul Box Vol.2
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1973 | Genre: Jazz | Label: Kudu | KU-13 | US pressing | Vinyl: VG+

Maturity for jazzmen has often been equated with the ability to speak passionately in a ballad setting and in this regard Washington never flags from his responsibilities. Both “Don’t Explain” and “Easy Living” find the saxophonist in peak form. His tone is lush and fervent, but never too sweet or saccharine. By contrast, funkier numbers like “Masterpiece” and “Taurian Matador” feature Washington at his soulful best in a style that has likely influenced scores of “lite jazz” saxophonists over the years but has never sounded quite as convincing in anyone’s hands but this master.

( Andrew Hovan - allaboutjazz.com )

Diana Krall - The Very Best of Diana Krall
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2007 | Genre: Jazz Vocal | Label: Verve | 46831 | EU pressing | Vinyl: M
Double LP, 180 gram vinyl
Rated 4 out of 5 star by All Music Guide

The Very Best of Diana Krall is the eleventh album by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2007.
On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number 19, selling about 30,000 copies in its first week. Billboard ranked album at number 33 on the magazine's Top Jazz Albums of the Decade.

(wikipedia)

Woody Herman - Woody and Friends, Monterey Jazz Festival 1979
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1979 | Genre: Jazz | Label: Concord Jazz | CJ-170 | US pressing
Rated 4 out of 5 star by AllMusic Guide

Recorded live at the 1979 Monterey Jazz Festival, Herman and his Young Thundering Herd welcomed trumpeters Woody Shaw and Dizzy Gillespie and trombonist Slide Hampton to the bandstand for "Woody'n You" and "Manteca," and featured guest Stan Getz on a typically beautiful rendition of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" The other side of the original LP finds the Herd sounding in spirited form on four standards with baritonist Gary Smulyan and tenor saxophonist Frank Tiberi (who doubles on bassoon during "Caravan") taking solo honors.

(Scott Yanow - AllMusic Guide)