alanmck

nothing obscure about that record where i come from. masterful. "troublemaker" even cam out on a Deram 45. now that is pretty tough to find.

Originally released as "Hush" under Duke Pearson's name (on Jazz Line, one of his earliest lead dates, and it's a silly rare and $$$ record), this is an early 70s pressing on Polydor. A great 1962 set with two trumpets, no sax, interesting tone. Sudel is the standout, reminds me of Pearson's majestic "Jeanine".

hi again. and now this...

made me dig out this one... then i went over here for a complete change of scene...

removing the art from/ adding the art to artifice: you decide... http://www.sleeveface.com/ turns out i'd pre-empted / reversed an incipient trend when my son was born...

italian library fodder, .dreadful, faux-NOLA-trad stuff on the second side, some lovely modal stuff on the upside. another italian library jazz thing, some lovely piano led stuff on this as well but right now, it's this... AFAIK, this is the UK pressing of "lady fat bottom's waltz". cheaper, thicker vinyl, and ain't nothin in this world right now that is beating the super-heavy version of "turk's bolero" to be found herein.

nice limelight us original, fat vinyl beautiful booklet.

dutch bossa jazz/ fusion thing from 1977. bringing the summer into a london winter.

i've been using these for years, and am delighted with them (now on my 3rd i think). fixed to a rega 300 arm on a systemdek IIX, naim amp and rega ela speakers. the rest of the stuff hasn't been changed for 15 years or so, the cart is probably 3 years old now. the Elys comes in at around £110/ €170, so right on burdget, and built to go with your TT... i know you asked for alternatives, sorry. i like the rega stuff.

Again, I am stumped. god, that's certainly not my intent, just trying to join in the board a little. regarding the album in question, it's a beautiful, simple, deep and soulful jazz record, heavy with modal inflections, unusual time-sigs and a nice eatern feel on the two tracks i mentioned. mcpherson (a drummer) had a residence at the club, and the band is led by him, along with sporano/ tenor sax and vibes as lead instruments. the liner notes give a little, but not much, more detail. it really is beautiful, along the lines of some johnny lytle, walt dickerson, even the khan jamal thing i mentioned here before. it's quite tough to find, and is quite expensive now as well, it would appear. popular with dj's of a certain style. and there's a soundclip here... http://www.facerecords.com/shop/product_in...roducts_id/9581

chicago private joint from (i think) 1970. deeeeeep versions of "delilah" and "wade in the water". this album refuses to leave the turntable at the moment.

two tracks that are at least as good as the album. limited to 500 copies, and available now.

That sounds familiar - I may have had that at one point. Who is on it? nice line-up, appalling sleeve: overall, it's a nice album, but there are two absolute standouts in "Dance" and "Brotherhood". luv 'n' haight comped "brotherhood' in the mid 90s (they even called the comp "brotherhood").

there's some great bassoon jazz on this: particularly the tune "prayer for simon", which i charted in a thing on the verygoodplus site (used to be called vinylvulture): alan's verygoodplus jazz and other stuff chart... of course, nothing really excuses Ray's hat.

one to add to the list: Peace Fugue by Fred Wesley and The New J.Bs, from the album "a blow for me and a toot to you" on Warner. it's a george clinton/ funkadelic linked project. Peace Fugue is quite lovely, and not like anything else on that record. Seen them play it live a couple of times as well.

D'oh! moment #2 in the liner notes on the back cover it says that Infinity had previously been released on "Khan's own label, Jam'Brio Records". it was originally released on Khan Jamal's own label Con'brio in (I think) 1984. the recordings are from December 82 and March 84 (the track "Infinity" only). Stash also reissued "Kamal (Abdul Alim) and the Brothers", another great thing.

close: it's Bill Lewis, also to be found on the sublime Philly Jazz album "The River" with Khan Jamal. not as good as "Infinity" by Khan Jamal though, which is playing now.

ready to go when my son wakes up... Don Cherry's "Organic Music Society" on Caprice. glorious.

welcome unbelievable if that works ! (can't they try to, say, remember ip addresses?) (no idea of technical stuff on my side) so far so good, i still have to log in to popsike, but by clearing the cookies, i don't get the "give us your money" message any more. every time i log in, it will drop a cookie on my computer, so every week (or thereabouts) i clear the popsike ones out.

Hi, new member here. will introduce myself in a bit, but just wanted to add to this thread. to get around the "popsike asking you for money" problem, clear your popsike cookies. for the less tech-savvy, this will mean that popsike will "see" you as a new person, and not ask for payment. it shoudl be easy to do in whatever browser you use (i'm on a mac, using safari, and all i do is go to safari>preferences>security>show cookies, then delete the ones i don't want any more. hi again.