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That Sal Salvador album sleeve is pretty sweet! Thoughts I like the earlier versions of "Theme From A Symphony" on Science Fiction much more, but the cool freakout on Midnight Sunrise has got to be the coolist I've ever heard Ornette freak out since "Free Jazz". Worth the price of admission alone. 🤘

Discovery Records has been one of my main research areas for years. When I requested copies of AFM contracts for the label I was disappointed that Local 47 did not have any on file for 1947, the date that Jepson and Tom Lord attributed to the Phil Moore compositions and Calvin Jackson solo piano performances. As it turns out there were no contracts as Moore recorded these works independently in late 1947 and early 1948. https://jazzresearch.com/albert-marx-discovery-records-part-1/ Jim

Cherokee ("a Valentine Freebie") From 1975, with Blue Mitchell and Lou Levy. https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/valentine-freebie-all-month

Tight! In memory of.

Well my apologies everyone. I merged tranemonk's comment above with the larger RSD April 2026 thread and lost the original title. Working on finding a solution in the meantime.

The James Williams Trio - The Arioso Touch (Concord, 1982) with Buster Williams and Billy Higgins

R.I.P. ...

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Same. I mean, I know they're pigs, but such is life I'll stay away from Whole Foods and that kind of thing.

Boutique? I think of limited distribution/roster/releases. Small in both size and ambitions.

It's based on the novella, "Intermission" by Owen Martell, which I read a number of years ago. It took place at his parents' house in Fla, where Evans went to recuperate from the eight months of hell he went through when he was with Miles Davis. They played for mainly Black audiences, who were intolerant of the presence of a white musician in Miles' band. According to Gene Lees, Evans was jeered at by the audiences, and he received little if any support from most of the members of the band (again, according to Gene Lees- I'm not sure which book this was from-"Cats on Any Color"( ?), so hold a seance and ask gene Lees if any of this bugs you. IOW, don't bother me. The book mainly centered on Evans' relationship with his father, and no musicians appeared in it, so the film obviously adds a lot of material not mentioned in the book.

Though Onyx is defunct their releases are fairly easily acquired and for less than say the Uptown releases I want but don’t have.

Emergency Vol 1. Tony Williams Lifetime. The occasional vocals ( Tony I guess) are terrible but otherwise stunning music. Pre Bitches brew?

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RIP. Prolific until recently and quite largely known in France beyond the jazz public.

Disc Three (the album)

with John Surman, Kenny Kirkland & Jon Christensen

Wow! “Stan Getz with European Friends” Denon Japan cd Good stuff!

Tony Tuff's Wha we a go do Sly on drums (RIP). Amazing album that VP just reissued, digitizing it for the first time. Been a reggae fan for decades now and have never seen this one before. Better late than never.

I am a Prime member and amazon works out well for me price wise.

Very sad. Rest in peace to one of the last of the hero era.

Been hot and cold with Ornette in the post Science Fiction years. Have not played this one in almost a decade. I'll break it out. NP

"He has the finest orchestra of its size I have ever heard. I have long been an admirer of his work." —Sergei Rachmaninoff, on Paul Whiteman 😮