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No, that was the last record by the "old" group, the chamber group with cello. Forgot about that one, probably because it's not a favorite. But those others...yeah! I like to tell people "don't sleep on Chico Hamilton!" That guy is deeper than a casual listen suggests, if only for the drumming itself.

This is one wicked record.

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The Coltrane set is really good. Not sure why Impulse didn't release the show in the early 70s. Sound quality isn't stellar as the original tapes were lost and is taken from producer Ed Michel's reference tapes.

John Grisham: The Whistler

My CD has this cover/title: It's not your French pressing. There are times when Jordan sounds like he's playing in the other room. It likely has to do with the extreme stereo spread. The left channel is piano/bass and the tenor is hard right. It does give a weird feeling that the piano is front and center.

I hadn't spun this in a while, so I have it playing now. The music is really good but the audio has that overly-bright/lousy bass recording that you get sometimes from recordings made in the late 70s/early 80s. The bass sounds particularly whiny here. It's too bad because Joe is really something.

I don't have Drum Fusion or Transfusion or A Different Journey. More for the list. I do have The Chico Hamilton Special -- but Lloyd didn't contribute any compositions to that date.

I'm just about to embark on one of Macdonald's novels in the set that Library of America devoted to him. Currently finishing this: ... and about to start this:

Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo “Live at Planetário da Gávea”

Thank you! It was a nice mellow one.

Hopefully you have the other Hamilton records with Lloyd. Same thing there, only not nearly all. It's ALL. Except, of course, for the standards, where there are any.

Next up: Chico Hamilton - Passin' Thru / Man from Two Worlds (Impulse, rec. 1962-63) Until recently, I didn't realize that Charles Lloyd composed nearly all of the music on these 2 LPs.

Hmm. I've never noticed that. I have the 32 Jazz CD reissue that looks like this:

Paul Bley Quintet: Barrage: ESP-Disk' / ZYX Music ESP 1008-2 [Germany s.d.] Personnel: Dewey Johnson (tp), Marshall Allen (as), Paul Bley (p), Eddie Gomes (b), Milford Graves (dr) All compositions by Carla Bley

Yea it’s great! I do think Clifford’s a bit far down in the mix or is that my French pressing?

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My favorite Clifford Jordan record. ❤️

Happy belated birthday, all the best to you ...