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PM sent on $5 Tony Williams "Ego" $2 Stanley Cowell "Brilliant Circles"

PM sent on $5 Cannonball Adderley "Live Session" w/Ernie Andrews George Cables Trio "A Letter To Dexter" George Cables "Looking for the Light" Larry Willis "Blue Fable" (hole punch in bar code) Chet Baker "Peace" $4 Elvin Jones "Elvin!" Gary McFarland & Co. "Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon"

PM sent on Tony Williams "Live in Tokyo" (2 CDs) Eugene McDaniels "The Left Rev. Mc d. ("Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse" & "Outlaw" on 1 CD)

PM sent on Sam Rivers "Fuchsia Swing Song" (Connoisseur) Eddie Costa "Guys and Dolls Like Vibes"

Jazz at Massey Hall for me. Much thanks to the kind and knowledgeable sales guy at Franklin Music back in the early 70's, it was the first Bird and first Diz I ever heard, and is indelibly sketched in my consciousness. Can't say if it's the best or not, as I can't possibly be objective about it, but it always has been and always will be my favorite.

Would work for me. Spirit made a lot of great music, and Jo Jo Gunne a lot of good music,. as opposed to Toto or Was Not Was!

PM sent on $15 Chick Corea "The Complete Is Sessions" (2 CDs) (Connoisseur)

Actually, BGO generally does a great job on their remastering (I have many 70's rock reissues by them), so you may be very happy.

1968 Live at Fillmore version of H.P. Lovecraft's "Wayfaring Stranger". But you gotta embrace the 60's to catch the magic.

This was/is a perfect box set. Love this, and the Mingus and Coltrane Atlantic sets. Have never felt any need to upgrade any of those recordings, 20 years on now.

I'll jump in. I'm no threat to any of the more knowledgeable guys who can actually ID this stuff. I don't know what's what, but I know what I like. 1 – Very pleasant. I like the guitar player’s sound. Assume it is a well-known guy. 2 – Old fashioned for me. Out of my comfort range. 3 – “St. Thomas” of course. Have never been fond of that comp. Not Sonny Rollins. Sounds like an electric tenor, like Eddie Harris and Sonny Stitt used in the late 60’s/early 70’s. Strange recording. 4 – Right up my alley, hope I have this. If not, will look to get it. 5 – Newer recording. I admire it, though would not play it on my own. It goes very well in the background of my work day. 6 – Totally competent, but feels by the numbers, plus the voice(s) in the background very annoying on headphones. Latter day recording, I’m sure. 7 – I do like this one. Interested to know what it is, Tenor player is a monster on this, takes solo honors to my ears. I assume he is someone I am well familiar with. If not, I will hunt him down. Trumpet, not so much. Reminds me of Freddie Hubbard or Donald Byrd when they were in decline. 8 – “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most”. Great version, love the first sax solo! And the piano solo is fine. 9 – Again, admire it more than I enjoy it. Too relaxed for me on balance. Strangely, the one element that really catches my ear is the bass player. Love what he is doing on this. The tenor player is no doubt a big name, and he is fine, but doesn’t really pull me in until late in his solo, when it gets a little knottier. I don’t like the drums on this. 10 – That is a guitar tone I really dislike, came to prominence in the past 20 years. Again, the best part of this for me is the bass player. He’s just playing time, but I love bass players playng time. Tenor player is again fine, and I probably have enjoyed him in a number of contexts, but he doesn’t grab me here, and I doubt if he’s a favorite of mine.. Lots of tenor/guitar stuff on this BFT, and if I remember, there was on your last one also. 11 – This one works for me. Really like the tenor solo. This sounds like something I would have at home, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a 60’s Blue Note with Hank Mobley or something. Even seems to have that Englewood Cliffs sound. This and #4 are the two I want in my collection. Thanks for the BFT, a good companion to a March workday with 10 inches of new snow on the groud.

That Jazz Messengers album is one of the greatest albums in the entire jazz canon. Not to be missed. Would be worth it for "Nica's Dream" alone, but there's much more greatness also. That being said, the domestic Columbia CD is fine and has wonderful bonus material, you don't need an import.

Can't decide if I'm more curious to find out 1 - how you fit that on an 80 minute disc 2 - what the response of someone new to jazz was to 26:25 of Peace on Earth, especially to Pharoah Sanders.

Guess it depends on how you define "towering". Jimmy Heath, Kenny Burrell, Bill Holman, Dave Pell, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross are still alive and kicking Also Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, and Paul Bley, though their influence was probably more felt in the 60's.

A full and worthwhile life jazzwise. Don't know anything about his personals. Thankful for the music he helped foster and preserve. RIP.

DL please

Most likelyiIf they don't like the Atlantic "My Favorite Things", they won't like jazz. It's about as universal as you can get.

They're all wonderful.

Thx, I've never tried, but "Now's The Time".

Thanks Lon, appreciate the recommendation. That album is available as half of this, which I will look to get when I can find it at a reasonable price point:

So I was listening to the Jobim compositions compilation disc on the "Easy Introduction to Jazz - Bossa Nova" 9 CD box, and a singer named Sylvia Telles kept jumping out at me. New name for me, looked her up, she was apparently a big deal in Brazil in the 50's-60's before dying of a car accident at 32 years old in 1966. Amazing voice, much riper than the bossa nova singers I've heard before. Anyone familiar with her? Any recommendations of what to get by her? Are the later albums with English lyrics good?

Earl's "Living Inside Your Love" does for me, the only album of his I ever liked, that I grew up with, of course there was the "real" stuff too like the Jimmy Smith records in our house my mom gave me, but I did like that Klugh album. I used to own it on CD when it was reissued for the 2nd time domestically 10 years back? But after listening a few times I got rid of it, there's not enough stuff there to keep me interested in my life now. For a lot of the hip hop fans though, they have a higher opinion of these albums than we do, it's all about the grooves. My soft spots for the 70's commercial stuff include(d) John Klemmer 'Touch", Ronnie Laws 'Pressure Sensitive' and especially Gato Barbieri 'Caliente'.

Good question. Louiss was seemingly influenced by LY, at least from my perspective on hearing his records. I agree. Love the work Louiss did on the Stan Getz Dynasty session, as well as his own recordings from that era.

I'm in for the Young/Davis CD set when it comes out.

Still available.