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Got another two inches plus of snow overnight so will got out and work on the deck and driveway in a bit but first I’m sneaking in a re-listen to Gregory Groover Jr.'s latest one, “Old Knew” on Criss Cross cd Joel Ross is a great addition here–I love hearing him as sideman or leader. Gregory Groover Jr. with vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Kendrick Scott

On the Folkways homepage, you can download scans of the liner notes to many releases for free, including this one https://folkways.si.edu/new-orleans-jazz-the-twenties/ragtime/music/album/smithsonian Just scroll to "download liner notes"... It's a pretty amazing resource actually

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This is a wide shot, but I am giving it a try anyway ... At a recent clearout sale at a local record shop (each item priced at 1 EUR) I bought a copy of "New Orleans Jazz: The Twenties" on RBF 203-1 (Record Book and Film Sales - an offshoot of Folkways Records, released in 1964, not the 2-LP set but Vol. 1). Excellent condition, but the booklet is missing. The scans in the Discogs listing of this release unfortunately are hardly readable at all once they are printed out. So if there is anyone out there among you forumists who owns this record (or the 2-LPs set or the Folkways pressing which should have the same booklet) and would be prepared to send me a scan of the booklet I'd love to hear from you! Thanks a lot in advance!

N&OG is one of those records I enjoy returning to every couple years to see how it sounds to me then .... I've never been able to really crack it personally.

oh holy ghost oh.... I love both New and Old Gospel and ´Bout Soul !! Gospel....I was close to the late great pioneer of Free Jazz here in Austria, Fritz Novotny, the founder of Reform Art Unit, and he pulled my coat to that record. Bout Soul I got later. Without having had any thoughts about it, now that you mention it, the record I made in october and will be on sale early next year, it also has a track that starts with spoken lyrics, you will like it. I love Bout Soul, and Demon´s Dance. I had heard Jackie McLean many times live. Once even with a true BN reunit, it was him with Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins. But I also dug a later group with his son René and with Hotep Galeta, Ronnie Burrage, David Eubanks and Dinizulu, that was some stuff.....

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Like the others said, you should definitely sample it before buying... If you hate Bob Dylan, it's probably not for you... I like it quite a bit...

Yes that’s a great live album

Thanks man ! Yeah, the music helps.

I must have expressed myself badly. What I meant about the Gullin CD was that apparently things had already come full circle for this CD - though it looked brand new it must have been part of a collection this shop bought up and then sold off that way. Which surprised me as it seems to have been a comparatively recent production on a collector/collectible label that does not normally finish in the "sale" bins yet. This shop does stock certain new Sonorama vinyls too, BTW.

Ouch ... sorry to hear about those sad things. Good luck to you that everything will stay on the positive side from now on!

Here is BFT 261. Something for everyone (including @Dan Gould for one cut), and my usual boundary stretching and 60's/70's-centric focus. Looking forward to reading and responding to your impressions and guesses. Only one cut that is likely to stump everyone (even @rostasi ). The person with by far the best chance of getting it is @randyhersom (and that's a clue). https://thomkeith.net/blindfold-tests/2025-blindfold-tests/

All 4 Let's Active albums, which have been OOP for a long time, have been remastered and are currently being re-released by the band, only on streaming platforms (at least for now).

Per Google AI: The first major rock triple LP set was the Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More album, released in August 1970. George Harrison's solo album All Things Must Pass followed in November 1970 and is considered the first rock triple album of new studio material.

Recorded in 1963.

Yes! 2112 tour! First triple album set?

Lara Manzanares: Yo Soy Ti

I've watched this so many times. What a live performer! Doesn't even need the mic. Also, lots of Stax singles and demos

Disc 1 - originally released as Firm Roots

It's good, but different. I bought it expecting something like his earlier free material. It isn't really free, and is eclectic and relatively quiet. Some excellent playing and arrangements by Tyler. Some vocals that also were unexpected. I recommend with the proviso that it's not like the earlier free jazz dates. You can audition it on Youtube. I also have this, which is good and more in the free mold:

I too will have to revisit.