mikeweil

I had all the single Blue Note CDs - the only reason I got this set was that it includes the two sessions before the quartets with Sonny Clark that didn't produce enough (and not quite satisfying) music for an LP - Cuscuna had released them in the LT series with "Landslide" from an earlier session. Sometimes I think I should have kept all the single CDs. Oh well .... But Dexter's playing makes me forget all such thoughts.

I'm in awe - didn't know he recorded that many duos.

This arrived only today - had to give it a listen. While it's nice, it's also a typical Wynton disc- rather polished and clean, a lttle too much for my taste. Kathleen Battle's rendition of "Silent Night" borders on Kitsch, would have been better with a jazz singer. On the other hand it is the nicest that he called Jon Hendricks for the sessions, which is the reason I will keep it.

You're aware that would be an awful lot of material, no matter how you try to set criteria for selection? I'd still vote for Billy Eckstine, three (!) sets: pre-MGM, MGM, and Mercury. No less.

In many, if not most cases, it sure was. There are some where it was musical experiment and curiosity. I remember, btw., German critic Ulrich Ohlshausen saying at some point in the early 1970's that groups like Terumasa Hino or Ian Carr were playing Miles' post Bitches Brew music better than he did. I remember seeing the Hino band in a long TV broadcast but never bought any of his records, so I cannot comment on them.

Norman Connors made great music between free and fusion before he went funk/disco (although the later albums fare well in that genre, I think). The masterpieces are Dance of Magic, hitting right in the middle between Mwandishi and Pharoah Sanders' "Black Unity", and "Love From The Sun", which is simply beautiful. No less than beautiful. ... or the CD incarnation: Herbie is a major presence on both. If I'm not mistaken, the latter never was on CD, which is a shame. p.s. Just saw it was, combined with "Slewfoot":

I'm still with my evaluations from 2005 - not much of fusion music has aged well, but the three albums of the Mwandishi band are still great.

Herbie's albums are much heavier on the compositional side, Edde's put the emphasis on improvisation. I think the solos on Herbie's are a bit deeper because they are more challenged by the writing, but each to his own.

Thanks for the kind words ....

Never heard of this guy or LP .....

I must admit that her playing style never appealed that much to me - I prefer a clearer rhythmic phrasing - but I have the greatest respect for her as an authority on the music and her teaching activities, especially as she never imposed her style on her students. There is a passage in the "Ricercar" documentary that beautifully illustrates that. R.I.P. - she was the grand dame among French harpsichordists.

I love the opening track!!!

Same box, same disc here today. This is a very nice surprise, the best Patton I have heard so far. I remember being under whelmed by Grant Green's "Am I Blue" with Patton, which led me to ignore the Select when it came out. Glad my curiosity won.

Earlier today I had disc 2 ...

A wonderful new release - she plays that music better than almost everybody else, I think,

Very good condition and safe packing - buy with confidence.

In the car while shopping ...

Yeah!

Disc 1 while I started reading the bio - Dexter was so unique in his tone and phrasing!

Never saw that one - I hope it sounds better than the rather cold and artificial B & O recording.

Mulgrew Miller & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen ‎– The Duets Bang & Olufsen ‎– B&O CD1 https://www.discogs.com/Mulgrew-Miller-Niels-Henning-%C3%98rsted-Pedersen-The-Duets/release/3552946 p.s. never on vinyl, it fits the thread title.