Eric

Frankly, this looks like an amazing release. Not to disparage Coltrane or Impulse, but would rather hear prime Wes with solid sound versus less than great sounding Trane in Seattle or at the Village Gate. I am no audiophile, but I like to hear tone and balance and clarity and the Wes seems to have that!

There is a cut up at Bandcamp, "Four On Six". Sounds very good to my ears. Per the copy, previously unissued: Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings is the first official release of the complete previously unissued recordings from jazz guitar giant Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio at the famed Half Note jazz club in New York City in 1965 with drummer Jimmy Cobb and bassists Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Herman Wright and Larry Ridley. Including over 2 hours from the original radio broadcasts with host Alan Grant, the deluxe 2-CD set is mastered by Matthew Lutthans and comes with a multi-page booklet containing previously unpublished photos taken at the Half Note by Raymond Ross; plus a new essay from acclaimed journalist and author Bill Milkowski; interviews with jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter, who both recorded with Wes; guitar icons Bill Frisell and Mike Stern; plus bassist Marcus Miller, who is Wynton Kelly’s cousin! 2023 marks Wes Montgomery’s Centennial (born March 6, 1923), and this is Resonance’s 7th release of Wes Montgomery recordings in cooperation with the estate. Now Wes Montgomery fans can hear the rest of the music from the Half Note that was only broadcast on the radio nearly 60 years ago. I love Wes and am totally in on this. Punt on the Craft reissue.

Yes, thank-you! The Mingus looks interesting. And the Wes, particularly if the sound is good. Wes a little hard for the older guy to hear under muddy circumstances. Oh and the Marion Brown. See a fews others out there: Eric Dolphy - Iron Man. https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16412 Gil Evans & Ten. https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16444 Dexter Gordon - A Day In Copenhagen (already out there) https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16334 Chico Hamilton - The Master https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16443 Black Jazz Records - Complete Singles https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16367 And here is the cover for the Wes: https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16455 And looks like the year for the Bill Evans is 1964 versus 1954: https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16406

Well that is a shit-ton of copy! I have heard bootleg versions of some of this in so-so sound quality. So that will be the tale of the tape for me.

LOL

If they perform sonic miracles, *maybe* the CDs. But really, who buys this? Great music of course, but there are so many other things in that vast catalog that would be of more interest.

My goodness, I had it backwards, thanks for correcting me! Much better, wanted to hear more Wilen!

Looks like Barney Wilen only appears on three tracks, making this otherwise a quartet?

Likewise!

Sucker for any late period live Pepper and I like the way Omnivore does things. Wonder if this could be a future Record Store Day vinyl release?

Just noticed Dusty Groove has a bunch of the individual Hutcheson CDs (Japanese) for $10.99 each.

Picked up Closer To The Truth on Savant from a few years back. I had modest expectations, which have been well exceeded. Not flashy, very soulful, in the pocket. Tasty guitar from Jacques Lesure as well.

Yeah, I cannot really get into this one either. Meandering is a good way to put it. Plenty of other deeply satisfying Rollins from around this time!

As for Dusty Groove, I have pleasantly discovered that media mail does not take 1-3 weeks as described, but rather is on par with First Class the vast majority of the time. Chicago to Kansas City, maybe that is part of it, straight shot. This has saved me some coin.

Yes 💗 So much good stuff. Inspired by this thread, will listen to the Temple recording on the drive home. Simply bracing, life-affirming music. But I too, love all the eras. A fav from the Atlantic years is Coltrane Plays the Blues. Never tire of that one. Coltrane's Sound too and Coltrane Jazz. Well and First Meditations. And Crescent. And Soultrane. And Sun Ship. And, and, and! What an amazingly deep well. Maybe 30 years ago I thought the Impulse stuff was too out there, although I had never really listened to it. Found a 3 CD Impulse comp around that time and was blown away by the later period material, although there were only a few selections. What an amazing journey.

Close call between Impulse years 1 & 2, but I ultimately chose 2. It has very little to do with the sidemen of that era, rather it is the intensity and urgency of Trane's playing. The ideas and the ability to execute on them, although I have no idea what he is doing in a technical sense. Among my favorite jazz ever recorded.

Back cover of Our Thing by Joe Henderson. Bought it used in the 1980s from one of those jazz list guys. Of course the music is awesome. With the drawings, perhaps my favorite record.

A precursor to the “Rainbow” covers? 😁

For me, there is a small amount of nostalgia factor going on there. Early 1980s, it was hard to find anything on Blue Mote. So the Dexter album, sure, a yellow tint if I recall correctly. I didn’t really give a crap about sound quality, and that was probably the first place that I heard Freddie Hubbard. A later favorite was Witch Doctor by Art Blakey on cassette that I played to death. Not sure the crappy artwork was even the correct artwork, but I knew it was Art Blakey, and that it kicked butt. I also had Grant Green’s Am I Blue, which saved me from ever buying it again 😂

Yes, Sama Layuca has been on the summer 2023 hit parade as well! 😊 Dig it!

Up for this 20 year old thread. Hard to believe I first posted here 20 years ago. Anyway, 20 years later, I am still delighting in his Milestone period. More recent favs have been Focal Point and Horizons. But just a deep, deep well. is there any kind of Tyner biography out there?

Hell yeah 👍👍👍

Thanks!!

Just saw a headline for a review in the Wall Street Journal. Apparently a three-part series on Prime Video. Just alerting the gang 😊

Love those Milestone two-fers, huge part of my jazz indoctrination, before and after the OJCs. I used to devour the notes as well as the music, which I “burned” on cassettes to listen while driving 😂