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Hasaan Ibn Ali: Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album. Omnivore Recordings OVCD-411[US 2022]

"The Complete Keys to Ascension" cd 2 of 5 discs (4 cds and a DVD).

Right? Killer record!!! Have the LP sleeve framed on the wall🙂One of the few artists I can listen to as the only horn (Chet Baker being another). 👍

Now that’s one hell of a Jackie McLean record. Poor Eric is among the most beautiful ballads ever played.

I like that; thank you. I could not find any recordings of this band in my usual sources, though.

60's gems long before Columbia smoothed them out and ruined them.

Snowing again. Ah well. It is winter in Geauga County Ohio. Enjoying this new 2 cd release from Resonance of Rahsaan Roland Kirk recorded live at the Penthouse in Seattle, Washington on September 8 & 15, 1967, recorded from radio broadcasts with pianist Rahn Burton, bassist Steve Novosel and drummer Jimmy Hopps. “Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse” disc 2

https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781574419825/have-horn-will-travel/ https://www.amazon.com/Have-Horn-Will-Travel-Musician/dp/157441982X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZZ8CKXRKQ5MR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.S4G-m53Z6cKBKSfueHAcWGSFO1Dqf0I6iQ1uuSgJWr7GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.7w7b3-2khXs50zb2qwU_iq5NYEESUF5r0pPBpXRIP_M&dib_tag=se&keywords=have+horn+will+travel+junior+cook&qid=1765134021&sprefix=have+horn+will+tr%2Caps%2C130&sr=8-1 I started conversing with the author after I posted a photo/recording of Junior Cook from the Leonard Gaskin Papers held by the Smithsonian two years ago. Definitely interested in this ...

👍- Original from 1964 „Made in U.S.A.“ on my shelf. Capital letters 'CO' pressed on back cover, bottom right. I guess C[ut] O[ut].

December 19, 2025: Chris Foreman, Antone's, Austin January 10, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Miquel Zenon and Kinetic Ensemble, Hobby Center, Houston January 11, 2026: Brandon Woody's Upendo, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston January 16, 2026: Delvon Lamarr Trio, Windmills, The Colony January 17, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Delvon Lamarr Trio, Windmills, The Colony January 23, 2026: Al Dimeola, Kessler Theater, Dallas January 24, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's Austin Al Dimeola, Heights Theater, Houston January 31, 2026: Jackie Venson, Antone's, Austin Hamilton de Holanda Trio, Windmills, The Colony February 2, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio, Drink and Think, Denton February 3, 2026: Ari Hoenig Trio, Parker Jazz Club, Austin February 20, 2026: Shemekia Copeland and Ally Venable, Granville Arts Center, Garland February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston March 5, 2026: Pat Metheny, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio March 6, 2026: Pat Metheny, Paramount Theater, Austin March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston March 13, 2026: T.K. Blue and African Rhythms Alumni, A Tribute to Randy Weston, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas March 20, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin March 21, 2026: Sunny War, Anne Harris, Buffalo Nichols, Jake Blount, Justin Robinson, Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth March 22, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston March 26, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith Clone Row, Isaiah Collier, William Hooker Quartet, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 27, 2026: Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet, John Scofield Trio, Ghost Train Orchestra: The Music of Moondog, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Miles Okazaki Trickster, Nate Smith, Ned Rothenberg, Nik Bartsch, Sullivan Fortner Trio, Tim Berne, Thomas Fujiwara: Dream Up, Saha Gnawa, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 28, 2026: Darius Jones Trio, Either/Orchestra, Incerto, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Mary Halvorson, Miles Okazaki: The Compete Monk, , Nate Smith, Nik Bartsch Ronin, Patricia Brennan Septet, Shabaka, Yasmin Williams and William Tyler, Incerto, Electrical Field of Love, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 29, 2026: Brandon Woody's Upendo, Chicago Underground Duo, Dave Douglas Gifts Quartet, Either/Orchestra Plays Eithiopiques, Julian Lage Quartet, Marc Ribot, Matt Mitchell's Zealous Angles, Miles Electric Band, Nels Cline: Lovers, Openness Trio, Tom Skinner,, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee April 1, 2026: Samara Joy, Winspear Opera House, Dallas Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Majestic Theater, Dallas April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas Samora Joy, Austin City Limits April 4, 2026: Samora Joy, Tobin Center, San Antonio April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 23-26, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 30-May 3, 2026: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston

I haven't seen Malian Mami Diarra mentioned in this thread. The young lady's singing is a force of nature. Here's the track Bagnaigo:

I left Etran de L'Air off my list of African concerts in 2025. NOJHF 2025 featured: Afrobeat from Seun Kuti and Eygpt 80. Thrilling music from Senegal with the great Youssou N'Dour. Intense Afro-rock from Benin International Musical. North African/electronica fusion from Zar Electrik. Sahara desert blues from Etran de L'Air. Some worthy African music releases from 2025: Mulatu Astatke, Mutalu Plays Mulatu WITCH, Sogolo Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Emile Parisien, Vincent Pierani, Sou Kora Jupiter & Okwess, Ekoya Youssou N'Dour, Eclairer le Monde (Light the World) Salif Keita, So Kono Mdou Moctar, Tears of Injustice Ballake Sissoko and Derek Gripper Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) Mulatu Astatke and Hoodna Orchestra, Tension

That’s a great line up…. But sometimes they don’t work. Very curious to hear it.

The cover art is ready to go! 😉

im gonna play my Coltrane vinyl collection in a (kinda) chronological order coming weeks. Coltrane was my first big love and with Mal he still stands out as my big jazz hero

I am surprised there’s a record where Norman Connors plays ‘shitty’. I really enjoy his playing on most records. He’s outstanding with Sam Rivers.

orignal German pressing

This is all very interesting if it is indeed true. Thanks. I think that the direction to orient improvisations to the melody as opposed to just playing on the chords is not inconsistent with an accepted harmonic progression. Monk's approach in that regard was quite different than that of Ornette.

Michael Cuscuna had said that when he asked Wayne about that session, Wayne answered something like, "That was Duke Pearson's idea of a fucking record". With all three of them gone now, I guess that's all we'll ever know about it.