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Damn, I thought it was just another tribute to Charlie Parker. Ok, Blue Note honchos, here comes The Bird! And some Bee-boppers think ECM has gone to seed...

Any relation to Joel Futterman?

Snatch that catalog before it goes out of print & sells on e-bay for a price that only Mosaic sets & Tina Brooks Lps can challenge. Dead Sea Scrolls in Japanese Gospel of Manfred

29 cent cutout bin? have they survived into 21st century or are you talking ancient history?

Bobby Previte- 23 constellations of Joan Miro (amazing!!!) Edvard Simon Trio- The Process (especially how good a JAZZ player John Patitucci is- he always was associated for me with some "fusoid" (read- drek) stuff). The Bill Evans Album (the one on Columbia)

CD is currently selling on e-bay at very reasonable (so far) price Hutcherson-Medina/Spiral

Wherever you start with Getz, you're not done unless you've heard these two:

Actually, they have about a hundred pretty good jazz albums. Not bad for such a sucky label. http://www.johnlurieart.com/art/

I always suspected Jimmy Smith to be a one-sided player. No wonder his other side didn't work.

Same feelings about O'Neal Porch. Sounds too pedestrian to warrant repeated listenings. IMO Parker's best group is In Order To Survive. Peach Orchard might as well be his Magnum Opus.

To cure that "Mozart solo keyboard" sickness or Hammerklavier hangover immerse yourself into this set. The music & the playing is as good as it gets.

Mozart is the schwingiest of them all. I can go from him to Sun Ra via Dave Brubeck in no time at all.

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Marion Brown/Gunter Hampel tandem might do the trick (the IAI album).

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...ic=2027&hl= That was actually a thread about Caspar David Friedrich disguised as ECM thread.

Charles Lloyd's latest- Sangam

Looks like Kenny Wheeler have good chances on getting ECM favorite musician's crown in spite of being stripped off coveted Penguin Rosette.

Are you on vibes binge again?

There is so much talk about Blue Note albums on this forum, yet ECM albums barely ever mentioned. Yet there is so much quality & variety in ECM catalog that everyone familiar with it sure has its favorites. Lets make your recommendations for those who have yet to discover the gems of Manfred Eicher creation. Here is my current top 10 list in no particular order: Ralph Towner- Solstice Jan Garbarek- Afric Pepperbird AEC- Urban Bushmen Keith Jarrett- Solo Concerts Jarrett-Peacock-DeJonette- Whisper Not Eleni Karaindrou- Music For Films Benni Maupin- The Jewel in The Lotus Kenny Wheeler- Music for large and small ensembles Steve Reich- Music for 18 musicians Paul Motian- Dance And ah, those famous ECM sleeves- Sleeves of Desire. There are a few, in all their eye-catching splendor, courtesy of Walmart

Alas, couldn't find the image of a decent size to properly reflect Julius grandstanding. But somehow, posting this cover immediately brought to mind another one, so here comes.

Another great Wilber Morris Trio is the one with Charles Tyler & Denis Charles on Blue Regard called "Collective Improvisations".

You mentioning Ab Baars triggered my recommendation of Michael Moore (no, not THAT ONE) trio w/Lindsey Horner & Michael Vatcher. They two CDs of Dylan music (Jewels & Binoculars & Floater) are sublime. They are on dutch label Ramboy & last time I checked were available from Verge Music for $14 Canadian.

HERBIE NICHOLS TRIO- COMPLETE BLUE NOTE (3 CD) ELMO HOPE- TRIO AND QUINTET FREDDIE HUBBARD- OPEN SESAME TINA BROOKS- TRUE BLUE ART BLAKEY- INDESTRUCTIBLE ANTHONY WILLIAMS- SPRING DIZZY REECE- BLUES IN TRINITY JACKIE MCLEAN- JACKNIFE