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Again, it's Montreal vs. Saskatchewan!

I feel like Art Tatum's Pablo Solo Masterpieces blow away the Capitol recordings.

Same. Although Ruiz v. Mabern is not a contest, it's just a difference

Sure, but that's one of those safe/easy/lazy choices that I can't really take seriously. Let's do Live At The Whitney and see how that goes.

I imagine the British jazz reissue programme cued up to the "Bring out your dead" sequence in The Holy Grail...

I got pretty annoyed with Iverson's list as it touched on anything after about 1959. It *seemed* fine where earlier recordings are concerned.

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Iverson's list has some gems but good lord it's maddening to read his articles. Anyway, he was spot on with the selection of Ellington's Piano Reflections and many others. The article's selections and the ones listed here will be fun to explore.

I, too, consider this one of Coleman's masterpieces. Around 1978 to 1979 was Coleman's peak period, and this rhythm section was a perfect fit for him (personally, I preferred Hilton Ruiz over Harold Mabern, whom he often worked with, as I found Ruiz more modern). However, I think this unit sounds better live, so I prefer the live recording from Ronnie Scott's in London. It's a shame it's not available on CD or for digital download.

Nice! I've never seen that cover before. I much prefer it over the American cover.👍

George Coleman: tenor saxophone Hilton Ruiz: piano Sam Jones: bass Billy Higgins: drums recorded December 29, 1978, NYC Is this Coleman's masterwork? While probably best known for his contributions to Maiden Voyage, Miles Davis records circa 1964, and the Eastern Rebellion collective, this record made for Timeless shows off Coleman's command of the horn in a way that his sideman appearances don't always do. What do you think?

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organissimo - Groovadelphia

I'm amazed at how much they improved the Black Lion material by Webster, Gordon, Griffin, Konitz. . .wow.

Puschnig - Scherer - Tacuma: Orca Jazz Fusion (Voices From The Inside Passage). WDCS [Austria 2008]

+ 1, did amazing work with some of those Freedom recordings, especially the Stanley Cowell Brilliant Circles date which was so botched previously.

Joey Defrancesco makes his first appearance in the archive - in fine sound https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/163518 So does Sir Roland Hanna https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/163517

Tizian Jost's claim to fame is that he was the last pianist of Günther Klatt, one of Germany's greatest talents on tenor... here you can see a nice documentary on Klatt, including remembrances by Marty Cook and people from Enja... https://olatv.de/film-serie/film-der-woche-guenther-klatt-maler-und-musiker/

Tizian Jost Trio “United in the Big Blue” Enja/Muzak Japan lp facsimile HQCD I bought this one because it was way cheap and I really like the sound of Muzak mastering of cds . . . and it’s quite a nice piano trio date. 300×300 15.5 KB

Yep.

one of the more surprising things in Iverson's fine post is the claim that Masabumi Kikuchi was only really good after 2000... so much of his work in the 90s is magnificient imho... but there's also awesome stuff from the 60s, especially the 70s, and the 80s... such as this album here

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The dude could play!