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Emil Richards (born Emilio Joseph Radocchia)

This afternoon:

Absolutely fantastic recording! It reinforces my opinion that Mozart is best heard on period instruments, because on modern painos all those wonderful colors are lost: What a pity that the label is defunct and the CD has become so hard to find - I had to buy it from a Californian seller.

Track 1: What an opener. Definitive Messengers feel. Freddie Hubbard? James Spaulding? Tenor plays some Mobley phrases, but with a sharper sound. Pianist is out of the Tyner school. Very much Tyner ...... Drummer reminds me of Louis Hayes (the ride cymbal feel), but also Joe Chambers (the solo). Very much enjoyed this track. Some Hubbard band? Track 2: Quite a sax feast! Almost too much, but excellently executed. Track 3: This sounds familiar in style. A bit of a South African Kwela feel. Like it, could be longer. Don't like the fadeout ending. Track 4: No idea who/what this is. I am not familiar with this style. Track 5: Another stylistic jump. Interesting, nice voice, but too low in the mix. Would like to hear more. Track 6: I like it when a familiar standard is played at such a slow tempo. Tenderly it is. Nice vamp treatment. Track 7: Piano is slightly out of tune. And I don't like his hyperactive playing. But with the saxist it works. He refers to older stylistics, almost like a parody, but it sounds sincere and authentic to me. Almost humoresque. A bit hymnic feel. Interesting! Again, would like to hear more. Track 8: Spiritual tenor sax with heavy rock backing. Not my thing, but well done. Track 9: Randy you prefer energetic stuff, for sure! I probably know that sax player, but .... the theme reminds me of some neobop tune. All these tracks leave me stumped, as far as identifying players is concerned, except for the opener. As always, I'm amazed at how much music there is ..... thanks for one more snippet of the endless musical adventure aka jazz. ----------------------------------------------------------- After reading through the others' comments: So I was on spot for the opener. Have the CD but haven't listened to it for decades. Of course that is Rollins on track 9 - that's the way I saw him play live, and as on this track he drives me nuts with his endless solos! What does he want to say?

It's good music at a good price, lower than any of the copies currently for sale on Discogs. I have it and can recommend it. .... but does not play on any of the recordings in that set.

Couldn't resist ....

He had a mission and a message. I must admit I like it, and loved it on the United States of Mind albums.

Great! Now who is Serena?

Silver and Eddie Harris - reason enough for a box set reissue of the five Silveto albums.

I think Blue Note expected better sales by re-issuing single CDs of all albums than by licensing them. Or it might have been Horace's preference. Cuscuna always consulted him about unreleased material.

Having a listen into today's arrivals before going to sleep:

The next wekeend bottle: AOP Côtes du Roussillon Villages Tautavel 2018 - Vignerons Catalanes

One of the greatest!

That's how I understood Keepnews' notes in the box set, too. There's a list of Evans' appearances as a sideman on Riverside in the booklet.

R.I.P. He always played fine and swung, and I always loved it.

This afternoon:

But there is a mental and a spiritual side as well, and balancing all these is the real challenge. Otherwise you make music that may be technically impressive, but not moving or touching. Vaughan found her balance in her own way. In different ways at different points in her career. I personally love her early Musicraft sides best, respect her later stuff like the album with Clifford Brown, and remember being positively surprised when I bought a Pablo LP Crazy And Mixed Up. She was one of the greatest, personal tastes aside.

A Night In Tunisia with new Spanish language lyrics from the album Live Lunch Break by arguably the best Latin Jazz singer, Maria Rivas (1960-2019), It probably was recorded in 2011 and released only as a download, together with her last Studio album, Motivos, which was recorded in 2018, while she already was diagnosed with the cancer that soon took her life. Sidemen were not identified, except for her husband Miguel Chacón on bass, and are hard to guess, as she performed with changing personnel often different from her studio groups. She is a favourite of mine and this is the third time I featured her in a BFT. This is the style that was at the center of her activities, she thought of herself as a Latin Jazz singer in the first place. There is a number of videos on YouTube in that style. https://www.discogs.com/artist/960981-Maria-Rivas