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15 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

VSOP - The Quintet (Columbia, 1977)

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Very good .... nevertheless I prefer the subsequent release "Tempest In The Colosseum" (probably for sentimental reason - bought as release back then) inter alias with a truly staggering performance of "Eye Of The Hurricane" .... those were the days ....

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20 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Very good .... nevertheless I prefer the subsequent release "Tempest In The Colosseum" (probably for sentimental reason - bought as release back then) inter alias with a truly staggering performance of "Eye Of The Hurricane" .... those were the days ....

Stylistically, VSOP is not my cup of tea, actually. 

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15 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Very good .... nevertheless I prefer the subsequent release "Tempest In The Colosseum" (probably for sentimental reason - bought as release back then) inter alias with a truly staggering performance of "Eye Of The Hurricane" .... those were the days ....

Great, I still remember the exitement in the jazzszene, when this formation was founded and we all had the chance to listen to those guys, who were our idols, especially for those who also preferred electric rock jazz. Hancock and Williams were in the 30´s , the others maybe in their early 40´s so it was still quite young men, we were youngsters of the "70´s generation" and for some of us this music was the link from what they listened "Headhunters" , "Lifetime"....., back to acoustic jazz. And for the older ones it was a great reunion of the men from the "2nd Great Quintet".

As Soulpope said, I too prefer the harder to find "Tempest at the Colloseum".

Many of us also listened (and still listen) to the very first VSOP from 1976, the one with 3 Hancock bands: 1 set the VSOP Quintet, 2nd set a reunion of the late 60´s early 70´s Hancock Sextet feat. Bennie Maupin.

And the 3rd set the electric band with the famous Wah Wah Watson. All of us listend to that music, some preferred the electric band and "accepted" the acoustic because the men behind also played electric, others vice versa (myself). I listened mostly to those electric band where I had a connection to their acoustic past.

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