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Not the band with Watson, but I dig this track:

I don't know Bobby Watson's playing all that well, but does it seem like he played with more abandon in the late 70's while straightening things out somewhat in the "neo-bop" phase of the 80's?

I do have these Japanese comps, and they're both good. Good stories. I didn't know about either.

That was Michael, through and through. Because he had other photos from the "Blue Train" session, he figured out that Coltrane was actually sucking on a lollipop & not his reed in the cover shot, so he made sure he gave credit to the lollipop this time. He was such a wise ass... I miss him. BTW - Michael also said that it was Coltrane's sweet tooth that was supposedly why "Ballads" was made for Impulse! He said that there were stories that his teeth hurt from so many cavities that he could only comfortably play ballads.

Gerry Mulligan and his Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer “In Concert, Olympia - October 6th, 1962” Europe 1 cd

I love that cover! Track listing for those interested: I've never heard the comp, and I know it's essentially excerpts, but it actually looks like a good listen. Also, I'm glad that the artist known as "Lollipop" was finally given their due credit.

If we're going to go with rare Japanese compilations, there's always this one: I asked Michael to sign my copy. He refused.

Greg Osby “Zero” Blue Note cd I saw someone on another board listening to this and pulled it out and now had stuck it in. This one has grown on me over the years. I dig it much more now. Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone, Producer– Greg Osby Bass – Dwayne Burno or Lonnie Plaxico Drums – Rodney Green Piano, Organ, Electric Piano – Jason Moran

👍 Terrific Big Band recording! now:

the Myers/Wadada album and the Myers solo album are magnificient, as are the Kikuchi albums... I also liked the earlier Wadada... the remaining three albums (soon four) couldn't quite convince me to the same degree... still: an amazing run for a young label!

Mozart - String Quintets K.174 & K.406 - Alexander Quartet

Does anyone have any recommendations for Mr. Rodrigues on record? Seems like a formidable discography.

Especially the version with young, hot Wynton Marsalis on trumpet and Charles Fambrough and Billy Pierce.

I literally missed seeing him on his last visit to Boston (May 7, 1989) by a few weeks. I was getting heavily into Jazz by the late 80's and started going to shows in the Boston around then. In mid-1989, I saw someone play at The Regattabar and they had schedules on all of the tables. I saw that Blakey's Jazz Messengers had just played there a few weeks earlier. I figured I'd catch him the next year. Nope. In case anyone is scratching their heads wondering about a certain show, there is this: https://jazzmf.com/art-blakey-chronology-and-the-jazz-messengers/

Up to go with the current Blakey thread.

Here's a Night Lights show I did a few years back: Late Art: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the 1980s

Thanks—I will probably purchase it. I've been collecting nearly all of Red Hook's releases so far. I don't usually let myself collect entire labels anymore but they only release about two albums per year, so I can keep up with that, and I love their choices of artists to record. That Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers album was just beautiful, and I was lucky enough to see them perform that piece, Central Parks's Mosaics, live last year.

Nice. I saw him live once. It was excellent!