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as an aside The recent Emanem Lacy CD "The Sun" contains the four tracks from the Roarotoria LP Just to clarify, The Sun contains side one of Sideways. Side two remains unavailable elsewhere. Really looking forward to some new Lacy.

What's the draw for you here, Jeff? Are you actually going to make me rationally defend my late-night enthusiasm for an album I originally bought on eight-track tape? Okay - it's probably not really as good as it seemed to me last night. But I love the tunes, the atmosphere, and the great examples of Shorter's c. 1970 free style on "Antigua" and "Iska." I used to play "Montezuma" with a couple of bands - maybe I should dust that one off. And I was heartbroken when that 8-track broke.

Wayne Shorter - Moto Grosso Feio (BN UA). I've always loved this album - it might be the Wayne Shorter album I would take to a desert island, even over Speak No Evil or Adam's Apple or the similar Odyssey of Iska.

Paul Bley/Jimmy Giuffre/Bill Connors - Quiet Song (Improvising Artists). This one always gets to me.

I'm only embarrassed about the Herb Pomeroy selection - I've got the original vinyl and didn't recognize it. I don't feel bad about the last track, because that still doesn't sound like Hampton Hawes to me. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure you're lying to us all about that. Thanks for a good one - it made me think.

Again. This music really made me feel good. And again. Still can't find a picture online.

Earlier: Seattle Beat (Capitol Custom mono). A survey of the 1962 Seattle jazz scene, pressed on yellow vinyl sold at the World's Fair that year. It's a mixture of the good (Corky Corcoran and Chuck Mahaffay), the bad (accordionist Frank Sugia), and the ugly (Myron Hinkle & the Blue Banjo Boys). Now: Jimmy Smith - Bucket (BN NY mono). Not one of his best, probably, but I wanted something kind of undemanding after the gig.

Listening now - I picked this up at Bud's Jazz Records in Seattle some time back. RIP, Mr. Bert.

Wow! Never heard of that one! MG Good choir; good songs; good "rhythm section" (if that's what you call it in church); but several of the soloists are not up to par. A couple of them can wail, though.

Ben Hill United Methodist Church Majestic Choir - Prayer and Faith (Savoy). Ben Hill is a suburb of Atlanta. Cecil Taylor - Live in the Black Forest (Pausa)

Amen, Brother Sangrey! Before I'm interested in a person's music, he has to sound like himself. (Or she/herself.) That's more important than if they're playing chord changes or not. The above is not a review of Mr. Marsalis' album, which I haven't heard.

Jimmy Raney - In Three Attitudes (ABC Paramount mono)

Doesn't look as impressive to me as the first collection, which was indeed full of jaw-dropping rarities. I've already got a lot of these tracks, some on previous Yazoo releases.

Spinning a couple of early-fifties, red vinyl AM 10" LPs tonight. The material on these albums was mostly unreleased on 78s, although a track or two from the Bunk album had been issued earlier. Almost all of this stuff has been issued in the AM CD series, but this is still the only American issue of the first take of Bunk's "Where the River Shannon Flows," which was too long for a 78. Even though I have all the Wooden Joe Nicholas material elsewhere, it's really getting all over me in this presentation.

Coleman Hawkins - The Jazz Version of No Strings (Moodsville mono)

Ellington - Mosiac Capitol, disc 5 & RCA Centennial Edition, disc 8

Taft Jordan - Mood Indigo: Taft Jordan Plays Duke Ellington (Moodsville cover/Status label mono)

I'm playing Knocky Parker and his Backwwods Boys again, and I like it even more this time. Probably not for everyone, though - the tuba and banjo require a certain suspension of disbelief. But I like tuba and banjo, and these guys are good - the banjoist, Smokey Montgomery, was Knocky's colleague in the Light Crust Doughboys. I think that this was Delbert McLinton's recording debut, and he sounds good. And Raymond Burke still wails.

Disclaimer - for a year I posted a picture (almost) every day. More recently, I've tried to post at least one picture per week, but haven't always done so. And I haven't posted to Hello There, Universe for awhile, but that will be changing soon. But thanks, Paul.

Jazz For a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 4 (Solid State); with that great 1967 Chick Corea/Richard Davis/Elvin Jones rhythm section.

Old-time country, in all its VG- glory. (My early country 78 collection is in the worst shape of any of my 78s.) Doc Walsh - I'm Free at Last/The East Bound Train (Columbia, 1925) Walter Morris - The Railroad Tramp/Take Back Your Gold (Columbia, 1926) Riley Puckett - Jesse James/Old Joe Clark (Columbia, 1924) Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen - Boneparte's Retreat/Cripple Creek (Columbia, 1929) Darby & Talton - Down In Florida on a Hog/Birmingham Town (Columbia, 1927); their first record. Darby & Talton - Birmingham Jail/Columbis Stockade Blues (Columbua, 1927) Darby & Talton - The Rainbow Division/Country Girl Vally (Columbua, 1928) Ernest Stoneman - Pass Around the Bottle/Bully of the Town (Romeo, 1927)

One LP spoken for.

Elvin Jones Trio - Puttin' It Together (BN Liberty). I did some spot comparisons with the McMaster CD, which I also have. The LP just flat-out sounds better, even with some crackle in the softer passages.

Time to clear some shelf space. Some LPs are going to the local store, but I thought somebody here might want some of the more interesting ones. Add $3.00 media mail shipping to the U.S.; add 50 cents for additional records. Actual shipping cost to other countries - to be determined. Payment by Paypal. Lemme know if you're interested. Khan Jamal - Infinity (Jam'Brio). With Byard Lancaster (and Sunny Murray on one track). Slight ringwear on front cover; vinyl NM. $10.00 Steve Cohn - Shapes, Sounds, Theories (Cadence Jazz). With Reggie Workman and Chuck Fertal. Cover shows slight discoloration/ringwear; vinyl NM. $7.00 Garrett List - American Images (Horo double LP). With Byard Lancaster. Bought this one new/sealed and have probably not played it more than twice. Outside cover looks great; inside of the gatefold, it has issues. It has staining/discoloration and has come mostly unglued, as most Horos do sooner or later. Vinyl is NM, but it's a Horo pressing. $20.00 Albert Ayler - Bells (Base/ESP). One-sided LP. Cover shows slight discoloration/wear; vinyl is NM. $5.00 Perry Robinson/Mark Whitecage/Mike Morgenstern - Licorice Factory (Jazzmania). Cover and vinyl NM-. $5.00 Red Beans & Rice Featuring Ray Draper (Epic). Ray's rock band. Cover VG- with wear and stamps/writing on the back. Vinyl VG+. Offering because someone here might find it interesting. $5.00 After the Ball: A History of Pop (EMI/Starline UK double LP) A very interesting album compiled by Ian Whitcomb to accompany his book of the same name. Covers pop music (with a slight British slant) from the beginning of recording up to Whitcomb's own 1965 hit "You Turn Me On." Cover has slight discoloration; vinyl NM. $10.00 And a couple of classical LPs: A Tchaikovsky Spectacular - London Symphony/Andre Previn (MFSL/Angel) 1812 Overture, Romeo and Juliet, Marche Slave. NM/NM, and it sounds fabulous. $7.00 New Music From South America (Mainstream) Chamber orchestra works by Gandini, Bolanos, Nobre, Bazan, Enriquez & Lanza, conducted by Lanza. Cover VG; shows wear and discoloration. Vinyl NM-. $7.00

Teddy Wilson - 3 Little Words (Classic Jazz)