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Recently got hold of the new Jasmine release of Duke Ellington's Mercer recordings and put this one on the list to get at some point. Then I was down in Ashland to see some plays, stopped by the wonderful Music Coop downtown, and there it was on the shelf. I *think* this pretty well completes my little collection of recordings on the very short-lived Mercer label!

"Morning Joy" is not a "larger group", it's his quartet with Potts. Good stuff. I don't listen to Lacy much any more, but I do tend to return to these ones: https://www.discogs.com/release/6420962-Masahiko-Togashi-Steve-Lacy-Twilight https://www.discogs.com/release/26812064-Masahiko-Togashi-Spiritual-Moments https://www.discogs.com/release/2447887-Steve-Lacy-Daniel-Humair-Anthony-Cox-Work

The Ramsey Lewis Trio: The In Crowd. Argo LPS-757 [US 1965] Recorded Live At 'The Bohemian Caverns', Washington DC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Caverns

A man I knew when I lived in NYC about twenty years ago rode a mountain bicycle everywhere in the City. He wore a kind of exercise weights on his wrists, basically some lead bars sewn into wristlets and velcroed; he used them to bust side-mirrors off cars that tried to run him into parked cars onto the curbs.

Very slow with new uploads but here are three new Percy tracks, the first two surprised me (perhaps because I never knew the Andrews Sisters or subsequent performances).

Beautiful and very accurate description of Andrew Hill. What makes it even better imo is that despite its unpredictability it still all makes sense and there’s a solid base of structure and logic in it all.

Great bargain when it first came out.

Eliza Gilkyson: Dark Ages

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.12 and No.27

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Guitarists Chalmiers and Mash:

All Them Witches - Live on the Internet

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Now playing Disc 5 from this Joe Henderson set:

Just happened to listen to Dance With Death on my hour-long walk to work this morning. My “Billy Harper” Pandora station randomly served up the last DWD track to me, so then I streamed the entire thing. The best thing about Hill — especially his entire first run on Blue Note — is how even after 30 years of listening to Hill, even now I can’t anticipate where individual solos are going from moment to moment (unless I can remember where they’re going). Nothing obvious, and his music (and the solos of his collabators) are almost entirely bereft of clichés. Hill is almost always like a breath of fresh air.

Now spinning: Mongo Santamaria - Sofrito (Vaya, 1976)

Regarding the Cy Touff: This is what I have: Great PCJ CD Classic reissue.

But I am ahead of myself, now:

I find myself more and more addicted to the man’s music. His ability to play both out and in, fresh sound and his whole creative approach to the music is very interesting. It’s always clearly recognizable Lacy on every record yet every record is different from his last. I can’t name one favorite because he played so many styles but if I may categorize them and name a few: - Solo: 5X Monk 5X Lacy stands out as his very best though solo Lacy is almost always enjoyable. - The duets with Mal of course: most notably the Dreher stuff, Bimhuis record, Hot House and Sempre Amore. - The trios: The Holy La and the Window would be my definite picks. - The larger groups with Mal: Moods, One-Upmanship, Journey Without End, Hard Talk, Live at Sweet Basil. All essential. - Quartets and quintets: Trickles and Revenue - Sideman on Black Saint: Regeneration, Change of the Season. - The larger group works from the late 70’s early 80’s with his regular group including Potts and Aebi: Prospectus, The Way and Morning Joy. I can deal with Aebi if she sticks mostly to the theme only. If she’s very dominantly present It gets on my nerves. I like her cello playing.