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Power To The People was one of the VERY first 4 jazz albums I ever owned — along with Mode For Joe (plus KOB & Nefertiti). But as much as I quickly grew to love all four — which I played endlessly for the first 2-3 months the I had them (the only jazz I owned at the time, the summer before my senior year in college)… …but much as I loved all four — I always thought Power To The People was just about THE coolest and hippest jazz album ever.

I would love the Rumproller t-shirt if it's not taken already..m

Herbie Hancock's solo on "Power To The People" has got to be one of the hippest electric piano solos ever committed to tape. It is insanely good. The whole album is a gift.

Thanks for the note. Heard of them for years - joined earlier this month.

I got mine. Nice selection, fun reading, with some rare records for chase collectors. A lot of european free jazz and also some japanese. I have 9 OG, 32 vinyl reissues and 18 CD reissues.

Hard to imagine it today, but ECM was really an "outsider" label in its earliest days. The availability that NMDS provided them was so crucial to their eventual success.

My favorite rock 'n' roll Christmas song. My dad used to call it "the hiccup song".

Great article. Thanks - edit to add that their discussion on distribution was really interesting as it was true insider info.

Ordered their recent release of previously unrecorded Eddie Sauter arrangements for the Red Norvo/Mildred Bailey band. Looking forward to it!

https://youtu.be/ucn183JSNIc?si=ZNoRCIZQ5suggNIk

I remember receiving those NMDS catalogs in the mail and reading them from cover to cover.

Nat Pierce Orchestra “The Ballad of Jazz Street” HEP cd Pulled this one off the shelf where it has sat a while. Nice. . . Basie-esque, in great sound. Some great players in this band! Alto Saxophone – Keith Zaharia Baritone Saxophone – Marty Flax Bass – Sonny Dallas Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Dick Meldonian Drums – Mousey Alexander Engineer [Remix] – Gerry Macdonald Guitar – Turk Van Lake Piano – Nat Pierce Tenor Saxophone – Dick Hafer, Paul Gonsalves, Paul Quinichette Trombone – Bill Elton, Eddie Bert, Jim Dahl, Jimmy Cleveland Trumpet – Burt Collins, Clark Terry, Danny Stiles, Jerry Kail

There was a long history with Bley/Mantler and Eicher. Their New Music Distribution Service provided ECM with their first real American outlet, and Eicher never forgot the favor. NMDS was a wonderful thing for so much music and musicians. Check it out: https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/carla-bley-new-music-distribution-service/

$5 download on Bandcamp https://craftrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/after-hours-remastered-2025

Craft Records put out a remastered lp of this a few weeks ago. Today I noticed that presto now has the craft remaster as a cd quality download for $12.50. Went for it!

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I got to thinking about how the author of the Junior Cook biography had census information about Junior and his parents so I went searching ... it took a little while to find but I can definitely affirm that is the Percy France's signature on the draft registration card. Entirely coincidental but he and I share a middle name.

The Loren Schoenberg Jazz Orchestra Recordings are very good.

Nice tune. And interesting that it was released in Europe via ECM but it wasn't recorded or mixed by Eicher, nor were his studios used.