A Gorgeous Album

What is it about Riverside? Not every title sounds amazing, but many do. I'm obsessed with Duke Ellington right now, I admit. So take that into account.

But Clark Terry's Riverside R-1108 is a superb album. Astonishingly wonderful sound and great music, too, with Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalvez, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, and Tyree Glenn -- one of many non-Ellington Ellington albums. Prior to this Clark Terry seemed, to me, nothing special. But I have now learned the error of my ways. This is a superb album.

(I have a very, very nice Nikon camera, and a decent lens or two. Soon, I will take them out and begin reproducing these album covers. But not tonight; I'm having way too much fun listening to "Cottontail" and drinking high-end Wild Turkey.)