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The Perennial George Lewis (Verve mono)

HMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm...... Booker Ervin? Sorry about the late reply - no, not Booker Ervin.

Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues (Columbia), with liner notes by christiern.

Coleman Hawkins (U.K. Felsted stereo)

Sonny Cox - The Wailer (Cadet)

I like this latter-day album. "If you can't lie no better, you might as well tell the truth." RIP to one of the greats.

From Spirituals to Swing (Vanguard), disc one. Mitchell's Christian Singers, who have about seven and a half minutes of music here, are one of my favorite gospel groups of all time. And that's based on only hearing these tracks and six more minutes - I have one worn 78 by them, on the Perfect label.

The Three Sounds - It Just Got to Be (BN New York mono) Urbie Green - All About Urbie Green (ABC/Paramount) I think it was Chuck Nessa who pointed out in another thread that John Carisi wrote most of the charts on this record; that was what motivated me to pick this up when I spotted a copy.

No, it's a more modern tenor player than Waters. He's not a player who would be instantly recognizable to most folks, but some people around here are familiar with him - I've seen his name in the "now playing" threads on occasion. I'm glad you like the music. Some of the musicians and selections have been identified, so read the rest of this thread if you want to get a head start on finding out who folks are.

I love the tension that Ronald Shannon Jackson brought to that group. He's playing free, but always manages to sound like he's on the verge of breaking into funk rhythms.

Out Came the Blues (MCA) Memphis Minnie, The Lone Wolf, Georgia White, Kokomo Arnold, Red Nelson with Cripple Clarence Lofton, Trixie Smith, Johnnie Temple, Scrapper Blackwell, Rosetta Crawford and Peetie Wheatstraw.

George Girard and His New Orleans Five (Imperial 10") A really nice album from 1954 and 55. I can't find a picture online, and no discographer seems to know who is on this on, besides the brilliant, ill-fated trumpeter himself. Lord thinks it might be Raymond Burke on clarinet, but it ain't. It sounds like the great Harry Shields to me, and on one track Girard encourages "Brother Harold" before the reed solo.

Coleman Hawkins (Crown) With Thad Jones, Eddie Costa, George Duvivier and Osie Johnson. Fabulous!

Probably my favorite of the Hodges/Davis albums.

No voice - it's an instrumental reading of the Tao Suite.

Max Roach - Chattahoochee Red (Columbia) Listening to this record, with its opening duet between Martin Luther King and Max Roach, is an MLK day ritual for me. Sonny Fortune - Long Before Our Mothers Cried (Strata-East)

....and I enjoyed reading this!!! It's not Surman. This track has proven controversial - not surprisingly, given the diversity of tastes here. I'm glad that someone likes it as much as I do. Again, these guys are masters at what they do.

Glad you like it, and you're right about one of the saxophonists - Sonny Stitt. The other one is not James Spaulding, but that's a great guess - that probably would have been my guess if I was hearing this cold. GAAAH!!! How could I miss STITT!?!?!??!?! Because of the context - Stitt was not who you were expecting on this track.

Paul Motian Trio - Le Voyage (ECM)

Sam Rivers/Dave Holland - Vol. 1 (Improvising Artists) Ted Curson - Typical Ted (Trident) The American issue of the Marge album Cattin' Curson, with Chris Woods and George Arvanitas.

Johnny Dyani/Okay Temiz/Mongezi Feza - Music for Xaba (Antilles, orig. Sonet)

HBHBJ!

No, but I'm really tickled that the same clarinetist has been guessed as Pee Wee Russell and Alvin Batiste.

Jack DeJohnette - New Directions (ECM) Maybe my favorite record on the ECM label.