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Dave Burrell And Bob Stewart: The Crave (Play The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton And Dave Burrell). NoBusiness Records NBLP 100 [Lithuania 2016]

I was re-reading some old correspondence with one of my University of Chicago friends about jazz (he’s one of the best pianists and guitarists I’ve ever befriended and had been a music professor at Yale, and is now a music professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor). So I decied it was time for some “Chicago Style” so to speak. Eddie Condon Town Hall Concerts, Vol. 10, Jazzology 2 cd set, first disc

I didn’t realize this is a first time release. Might be interesting for sure 👍

That might be more interesting.

Thanks for the heads-up, @felser!

Red Records put this one out without any advance hype AFAIK. I'm in, of course, and I'm sure many others here are also.

Yeah, Earland, JH Smith, Lonnie Smith, Reuben Wilson, etc. I play Earland's "Happy Cause I'm Going Home" in heavy rotation to cheer myself up.

Slow Electric - s/t

Volume two available, this time no standard https://www.caligola.it/shop/MAL-WALDRON-&-SAM-RIVERS-Encore-Live-in-Mestre-Venezia-1984-files-wav-covers-jpeg-booklet-pdf-p829743355

Sides 3 & 4

It looks like cancer got him, dammit. I guess it's a bit of a stretch to post here, as I don't think he ever hosted a jazz show on BBC and maybe never even guested on one. His thing was originally "alternative music" and then later "world music." I listened to him very regularly on his last stint on Music Planet and then the Kershaw Tapes. Always sad that his personal problems overshadowed his work by the end. I really appreciated his selections, even though he had a strong aversion to Fela Kuti, which I thought was a little odd. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/17/bbc-radio-dj-andy-kershaw-dies-aged-66 I'm sure I have the Kershaw Tapes taped somewhere, and will have to dig them out. I likely have at least a few of his Music Planet shows archived. I was not aware that he had a podcast, so I'll see if those are floating around in the aether. He was the force behind two compilations: Great Moments of Vinyl History and More Great Moments of Vinyl History (perhaps ironically the 2nd compilation was also available on CD!) I'll listen to those as well.

Bill Callahan: Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Perkins, consistently.

Nice. Been rewatching old Miami Vice episodes; his music is all over that show, of course.

Wow. I think I've only seen him in groups, though he always takes an unaccompanied solo somewhere in the music.

I've enjoyed the Clifford Jordan recordings on the label; don't notice the sound because I am not about that, but they rank highly in my book for two fantastic documentations of under-recognized players, Norris Turney and CI (Charles) Williams. Especially the latter because of the era of his prior recordings on Mainstream, he is not heard to such advantage as he is on the Mapleshade CD.

I have sort of lost track. Will there actually be a box set at some point? How many CDs?

When played on top level equipment Pierre Sprey's recordings sound as if the players are in your room. Just like the best Contemporary albums.

I found the later Claude Williamson piano trios to be very inspired.

there's lots of music of that type that I like a lot, especially when the second and third row of actors are included... basically, I have acquired many records that roughly fit the bill because I tend to buy anything with Frank Strazzeri or Mike Wofford on them... some favorites: Bob Cooper - The Music Of Michel Legrand - Vol.1 Bill Perkins – Remembrance Of Dino's John Tirabasso – Live Jazz At Dino's (Quartet with Frank Strazzeri, Putter Smith and Gary Foster) Paul Moer – Plays The Music Of Elmo Hope Don Thompson & His West Coast Friends – Days Gone By (with Monty Budwig and Mike Wofford) if you include people who missed their chance when West Coast Jazz was big: Chuck Foster Featuring Pete Christlieb – Long Overdue! (with Frank Strazzeri) Gary Lefebvre Quartet (with Leroy Vinegar and Frank Butler) there's, of course, more, including some nice 1980s and 1990s albums on Fresh Sound, and also some Xanadu albums that fit the bill (because they involve people like Dolo Coker, Monty Budwig, Frank Butler, Leroy Vinegar.... such as Home is where the Soul is by Kenny Drew or the Frank Butler album that features Jack Montrose...

As we know there is an lp previewing the Tiberi Tapes coming out tomorrow. There will be a Japan only cd release available at CDJapan on June 24th.