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Great ! This together with "One Step Beyond". That Group McLean, Moncur, Hutcherson was great. Once I saw Jackie McLean together with Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins.

"Happenings" is one of my favourites. I also listend to some Hutch today: "Four Seasons" (Hutch, George Cables, Herbie Lewis, Philly J. Jones , 1983).

What a loss , such a great musician ! I think few People know that he was encouraged by Bud Powell, when he was Young. Both lived in Brooklyn and when Bud made a walk he heard Eddie Gale practicing and started to talk to him, I think this was in 1965. I have read that in Peter Pullman´s kindle book About Bud......

Right now the third disc, the one recorded in Sweden in Autumn 1969. I think this is the best from the album. But one thing is very strange: The Band starts with Chick Corea on the usual electric piano, but soon after that Chick plays on the acoustic piano. He does not solo on the first tune Bitches Brew and then plays exclusivly acoustic piano. It sounds great on acoustic. We will never know what happened, maybe the electric thing had a tehnical defect, who knows more ?

I heard that for the first time on the Brown paper 2 LP Albums and later bought it with this cover art as a CD I think it´s one of the best BN Albums from 1967. I saw Sam Rivers live in spring 1980 with his trio.

Right now the second disc, with the for me a bit hard to understand "Directions", the Spanish Key from the later album Bitches Brew, and strange enough for that period, a swinging "No Blues" and Nefertiti from earlier periods.

The Sam Rivers stuff was great. One disc his great 1967 album and the other a before unissued session with Andrew Hill, wonderful.

I remember I saw this in the 70´s when those double Albums came out. But then I was not ready for it. But the two BN Albums Cecil did are great "Unit Structures" and "Conquistador"...….

It really is. Three founders of bop with the great Pierre Michelot, such a great Album of vintage bop played at it´s best. they all really cook on this Album.

It took me some time to dig the playing of Pianist Phil Markowitz, it´s a very subtile Kind of playing, but it really fits and after some times of Hearing him together with Chet I think it fits. The Dates for Steeple Chase are also Wonderful, "Daybreak" for example, and of Course "No Problem" with Duke Jordan....., Chet really recorded very much during that time. He seemed to enjoy to work in Europe.

The Miles 1969 is really interesting. Such a large range of program, they played some old swing stuff like "NO Blues" or "Milestones" and also the then brand new Bitches Brew stuff like "Miles runs the Voodoo down"...… Only the tune "Directions" never really reached me, somehow it´s too free, but not free in the manner I like it (Ornette Coleman), but in a colder, more intellectual manner…..

This is also one of my favourites. Beautiful Music, really Long tracks

1978 was a very good year for Chet Baker.

Here´s another of great Bud Powell.

This one is my first LP featuring this strange Jitterbug Waltz and the even more strange "Music Matador". And the label "Trip Records" also seems very strange to me.

The first copy of it I had was on a strange and to me quite obscure label called "Trip Records". I remember on Edge of the cover was missing, but it was sealed, very very strange.

Great,I also listend to the Giants recently, the London concert ? Too bad I was too Young then . An older friend of mine saw them in 1972 but unfurtunatly Dizzy was not on it, he was replaced by Cat Anderson and another trumpet Player, anyway the needed 2 trumpet Players to replace Dizzy......

I like this Album, it´s somehow a bit a mistery Album, sounds strange and else than everything I usually heard from Dolphy. The strangest Thing on it is the "Music Matador"....

I have not listened much to Bud Powell for some time, but today I was in the mood for this outstanding record. Bud must have been very inspirated here since he plays more than 18 minutes on Swedish Pastry. I remember Clifford is really deep and I Hear Music is full of flashy runs, this is a later stage of Bud´s career but he is great as ever.

Such a great allstar performance.

I was too Young then, but older guys told me later enthusiastically About that concert, so I´m Looking Forward to hear it. I already have the Vienna 1973 concert.

Today I was in the mood for that wonderful solo LP of Lee Konitz. Two extended versions of Bird associated songs. Really fine how Mr. Konitz works it out.

Really an exiting Thing. This was a great Group, one of my favourites from the 70´s

Art Farmer´s "To Duke with Love" might be one of my favourite acoustic Albums of the 70´s. I purchased it shortly after it came out and since Art Farmer was a regular Performing Artist in Vienna, I got it signed by him. That Album, signed by Art Farmer with a dedication for me is really a treasure…..

Such a fantastic Pianist. I must admit I saw him only once, as a member of the Ron Carter Quartet in summer 1979.