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Royce Campbell is a very fine guitarist! He mentioned on facebook he has a new organ trio recording in the can.

I think the big difference in Fischer's arrangements for Tjader and Shearing is that he used them for theme statements and backgrounds for Tjader, but treated them as an independent counterpart for Shearing and thematic material on the Shearing album. Plus, the moods and grooves in the Shearing album are more diversified (program your player to just the Brazilian Tjader tracks - #1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 - and you will get the idea). It's all much more worked out in detail with Shearing, who often weaves his solos around the woodwind parts or is composed into them, while Tjader plays solo over the rhythm section alone, and his theme playing is more or less in unison with the woodwinds, or they play unobtrusive parts behind him. Maybe what the producer asked for. OTOH Tjader was not as good as Shearing in playing written parts. The tunes by Mexican composer Mario Ruiz Armengol on the Tjader album are a completely different pair of shoes and much more challenging for an arranger. I always listen to the two groups of pieces separately. If you do so, you might appreciate Ardeen de Camp's vocals better.

I happened to step over Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz when it was originally released, liked and bought it, and still have it, to the envy of several people over the years. It's probably the most African, in conception, of Masekela's albums. That Ghanaian group adapted African multi-beat grooves to a guitar-based instrumentation, with great success. For this I will get me this box.

The best, or most interesting arrangements, all newly witten for this recording, are - not surprisingly - those of Gene Puerling and Clare Fischer. The group sings nice and clean, the whole project was and sounds like a labour of love, but they do not really swing. If you can accept that, it's a very nice album. If not, it leaves something to be desired ..... crossover by classical artists into jazz or pop territory somehow never convince me. The whole record, btw, would gain from longer pauses between tracks. It would let the music breathe instead of jumping to the next number.

I will re-listen this afternoon and compare.

Excellent!

This afternoon - newly received, excellent notes by the guitarist.

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Thanks - added it to my ever growing wish list ...

What's your impression? After getting the next Asche CD with Melvin Rhyne I'm tempted to get me a copy of this one, too ... Currently replaying my Melvin Rhyne collection and other organ trios:

Seriously, I doubt there will ever be one. The reasons: https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/bill-barron-albums/5706-bill-barron-quintet-sextet-3-lps-on-2-cds.html https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/bill-barron-albums/2218-west-side-story-bossa-nova.html https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/bill-barron-ted-curson-orchestra-albums/1622-now-hear-this.html Say what you will about Pujol - he did reissue some Bill Barron!

http://acrobatmusic.net/?cid=5&AlbumId=1154 This 4 CD box compiles The Book Cooks (Bethlehem), Cookin' (Savoy), That's It! (Candid), Horace Parlan's Up And Down (Blue Note, without the one alternate take), Mal Waldron's The Quest (New Jazz), and Bill Barron's Hot Line (Savoy), plus the three Ervin tracks from Teddy Charles' Jazz In The Garden.

Yes, and for Roberta Flack as well. R.I.P.

I played that one countless times when it was out. A fine album with that pool of Brazilian musicians. BTW, Duncan Reid found an interview with Airto where he stated that he and Tjader conceived the arrangements before the session, although George Duke/Dawili Gonga was credited for them. Now playing another rare Melvin Rhyne participation: Brad Leali ‎– Priority Soul! - New Jazz Renaissance Recordings featuring Melvin Rhyne, Jimmy Cobb,and Peter Bernstein.

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