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6 minutes ago, DrJ said:
That's great, glad you enjoyed it! Would love to hear your thoughts after you have a chance to absorb the whole disc.
Will do!
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49 minutes ago, DrJ said:
Dorian Devins - The Procrastinator , Lou Rainone on piano (and I might add, killing it throughout!)
Thanks so much, just picked up the Devins on ebay following the reveal. You've won me over on Rainone for sure, and opportunity to hear him and those Lee tunes is well worth my $8!
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Love the label name, but I'm not big on Nelson's soundtrack work beyond The Pawnbroker.
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3 hours ago, mjzee said:
Any recommendations for her Mainstream albums? I have Live In Japan.
That's the best one on Mainstream.
This is my favorite jazz vocal album of all time:
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Yes, #2 is "Tenors of the Time" from Christlieb/Marsh 'Apogee'.
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49 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:
I took 1/2 a star off for Hank Mobley soloing? WTH is the matter with me? <Hangs head in deep shame>
May have been for James Spauding on alto? He was never a favorite of mine.
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1 – (posted this earlier) Cut is B3 from this wonderful album. Great stuff!
2 – Good cut! Hyperactive sax players, but totally enjoying the rhythm section and the composition. Hard Bop! No ID’s, will be interested to find out who/what it is
3 – I assume Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim, though maybe Harry Miller, certainly a South African/Village groove. Not my thing, I find myself getting impatient with it.
4 – Grew on me as it went on, but I find myself getting impatient with it on the bottom, with the stagnant martial rhythm, and on top with the little quirks in the composition. The front line guys can play their instruments. Not my type of jazz guitar playing, but this guy is very good at what he does. In the end, this cut does win me over, though it is a split decision. I do want to find out more about it.
5 – I’m probably too old and way too far from being the target audience to really get this one. I appreciate the sentiment of what they’re trying to say, but can’t relate to the vocal style in the least, and the sax solo does nothing for me. Nothing here that sparks me to relisten or explore more deeply.
6 – Back on track, lovely version of “Tenderly”. Clark Terry or someone like that? No fireworks, and the rhythm arrangement and bass solo don’t do much for me, but the cut goes down nice.
7 – Sax player is unlistenable for me. A case where @Dan Gould and I are on exactly the same page!
8 – Interesting cut, but the low fidelity greatly detracts from my enjoyment. Enjoying it more than I would expect given the electronics on the cut. I do want to know more!
9 – The title track from this of course! This is the only post 70’s album I have kept by this artist, and strictly for this cut. Saw him at Penn’s Landing in Philly a couple years later, and this song was the clear highlight of the show for me.
Thanks for the Easter BFT!
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First cut is B3 from this. Great stuff!
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1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:
I don't think I have that one. Will check it out!
It's spectacular, Carpe Diem!
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Happy Easter, everyone, He is risen! My cut was "Sir Galahad" from Billy Harper's 'Capra Black' album, released on Strata-East in 1974. The album cover has been my avatar on this forum since I joined in 2005! Harper is joined by Jimmy Owens on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, George Cables on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums on this beautiful cut. Classic debut album by my favorite musician! Responses to this cut ranged from positive to ecstatic with one notable exception 😊. Thanks for listening and participating, and thanks to Mr. Notable Exception for coordinating this BFT, and to Thom for hosting/posting it.
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Surprised we didn't hear more about it! To me, the premier jazz vocalist.
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Yes, thanks for the remembrance and the video link!
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Just finished watching 'The Intruder'. Very jarring movie even now, can't imagine how it must have hit viewers in 1963. Had no idea Shatner had that in him.
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54 minutes ago, sgcim said:
Thank you!
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10 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:
Apparently he bought the Kharma Records archive. There are unissued sessions in that archive, included some that were mastered for CD release but Dan Serro (RIP) wanted too much money from potential licensees so they have not yet seen the light of day. Assuming (and I think it's a fair assumption) that Feldman doesn't issue this material, will he license it out? The Charles Bobo Shaw session is one I'd like to see. Shaw wanted it to be released, but Serro was holding it hostage. Now that neither of them are alive, is it possible that something could happen?
Just looked at that label in Discogs. Some really interesting looking late 70's releases, none of which I was familiar with! We can only hope....
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Loved his work with Mingus, and when I saw MIngus Dynasty live in the early 90's at the Painted Bride Art Center, he was highly visible, seemed to be leading the gig that night, incredible performance (Walrath, Alex Foster, Michael Formanek, don't remember who the drummer was, and filling in (I believe for George Adams and Don Pullen) were Josh Redman (who was amazing that night) and John Hicks. I have not been as happy with Walrath's leader work, which gets pretty quirky (and I can't stand David Fiuczynski on guitar).
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6 hours ago, sgcim said:
What about his great performance in "The Intruder"(1962), the only serious (non-exploitation) movie that Roger Corman ever made:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055019/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_215_act
And then there was this one, just before he got the call for Star Trek. It was the only film ever made in Esperanto!
Thanks,not familiar with either of those. The first one looks really good, the second, uh, "interesting", though I'll pass on it. Would like to see the first one.
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On 3/27/2024 at 5:58 AM, romualdo said:
my fav Shatner (happy birthday by the way) would have to be the Twilight Zone episode (1963) "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet"
Mine too. Very poignant, you end up really caring about the guy. Only downside is that the monster on the wing looks like a giant muppet!
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1 hour ago, dougcrates said:
This is such a great album. Should've been an OJC CD.
Yes, one of their few glaring oversights. Others include Gary Bartz - 'Home' and Sonny Simmons 'Rumasuma'. But it's amazing how much Fantasy did get out on CD before selling to Concord, who has basically mothballed those catalogs.
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52 minutes ago, jazzbo said:
That's sort of my impression from others. . . but I was living in Africa from '66 to '72 and then in rural Ohio from '72 to '80 and no jazz LPs of any kind were everywhere. I had to travel 30 to 45 minutes to record stores with limited jazz inventory. . .and I did, and bought a lot of good LPs, but few Pablos. Those were cd purchases for me in the days when OJC was a great choice nearly everywhere.
I also have picked up a lot more of them on CD than on LP. My limited LP money in the 70's was spent more on building library of Coltrane, Tyner, Blakey/Jazz Messengers, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, etc. But I did have some Pablo's that I got at good prices, especially a lot of the 1975 Montreux recordings (they also recorded there in 1977).
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On 3/24/2024 at 5:34 PM, JSngry said:
It behooves MLB to get this cleaned up quickly and transparently. Let the chips fall where they may.
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48 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:
They must have done pretty well though. They're everywhere.
That's my memory of them in the 70's. Pablo didn't have "hits", but their releases were solid and dependable. You knew you were getting a good album by master musicians with long playing time (45-50 minutes) and beautiful artwork. No compromises on quality in any regard for great mainstream artists who had often been treated shamefully on record in the previous decade.
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1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:
Prince Lawsha – Firebirds Live At Berkeley Jazz Festival Vol I
The three volumes of that desperately need CD reissue!
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Finishing this up. Here's your likely best album release of the year for 2024. Shocking that something this magnificent would see the light of day this late in the game (I know there was a bootleg of one track from it some years ago). Don't understand why Impulse didn't put this out back in the early 70's, it would have sold as well as a lot of what they were releasing, and would have been a cultural landmark. This CD release would have fit on one disc instead of two (though barely), and the sound isn't the best (though perfectly acceptable, better than several of the John Coltrane archival releases), but otherwise, this is a gem.
Alice Coltrane Carnegie Hall 71
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Absolutely spectacular music. I expect it to end up being the best release of 2024.