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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.

For my wife

Thanks for steering my attention to this pianist. Didn´t know him. Stylistically highly original, excellent music!

Maybe my favorite Jackie Mac record. Full blown. Now I am begging BN to release Jackie's 1968 date where Norman Conners drummin' was shitty; I don't care, issue the tapes!

Just when things were getting interesting!!! Change the sleeve art, this record could be a ESP Disk release.

A cold, clear morning. So quiet. . . the few around us are not going off to work this morning. Decided to play one of the Goodman discs that I pulled out last week to listen to, Benny Goodman “The Complete 1937 Madhattan Room Boraodcasts, Volume 1” on Viper’s Nest cd This was quite a band!

Maybe the real coming out party is this record Haven't listened to Action+3 in 6 years, and now I'm wondering why I haven't. Great stuff!!! PS Stunning sleeve art, Reid Miles!

Love that exchange Monk has with Johnny Griffin on the tour bus when he was looking at Johnny's threads, like Monk said, "man, those are some bad ass motherfuckers"

This conversation wouldn't even exist, if it wasn't for the fact that BN thought it was a good idea to record them in the first place. So, yep. I have both sets and keeping both sets. Nothing's perfect, but glad to have them than nothing at all.

Please remind me, was this the session that Shorter thought was ruined by Duke Pearson (as producer)?