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A contemporary player who I find fascinating and is 8nvariably a guarantor of a good release is Rafal Mazur https://www.discogs.com/artist/1988671-Rafal-Mazur

Some good suggestions already. Poland certainly has a rich Jazz heritage. The film music of Krzysztof Komeda is steeped in Jazz Tomasz Stanko from 'Astigmatic' with Komeda to his later ECM run any of which are well worth your time. Lots of excellent albums between too like 'Purple Sun' (apologies just read your original post where you mention Stanko) Some recommendations from the Polskie Nagrania Muza label to investigate from the 60s onwards, Andrzej Trzakowski Quintet Andrzej Kurylewicz Quintet - 10+8 Jerzy Milan Trio - Bazaar Orchestra of the Polish Radio - Jazz Studio Zbigniew Namyslowski - Winobranie

John Mayall - The Blues Alone I'd never really listened to Mayall before he died, mea culpa. Interest piqued by the obits, to my ears there's a deal of soulfulness in these Blues.

Tamar Osborn & Idris Rahman - Conversations

The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Herbie Nichols - Mosaic This music has haunted me, in a good way, since I borrowed it from the library about 20 years ago. Finally decided I needed to have it on tap. Also, Collocutor - Continuation LP Tamar Osborn and Idris Rahman - Conversations download Both featuring Osborn whose playing, improvising and writing I'm increasingly intrigued by and enjoying

And by doing so you may find new perspectives from members that have joined subsequent to the last post or even if your really lucky longer standing members repeating their earlier posts, because some of us are getting forgetful round here, or even better still contradicting our earlier posts. Entertainment, and possibly education, guaranteed whichever way you cut it...

I'm not sure that that wasn't also the case for the vast majority of those involved in the UK Mod revival in the 80s. It was the fashion and, some of, the music predominantly here too. I don't remember a particularly great connection to or insight into the 60s movement other than by imitation.

I've resisted so far, dug out the CD instead...

More from SA with some crossover in personnel The Blue Notes - The Blue Notes In Concert, Volume 1 [Ogun, UK 1968]

Gwigwi's Band - Kwela [77 Records, UK 1967]

Just playing, Cassie Kinoshi' s Seed - Gratitude [International Anthem] Kinoshi is relatively young and developing a very interesting composition and arranging voice most evident on recordings with her Seed Ensemble but other work with smaller string ensembles is as yet unrecorded. One for the future.

Tomasz Stanko/ Edward Vesala Quartet - Live At Remont [Helicon, Poland 1978] Followed by Cassie Kinoshi's Seed - Gratitude [International Anthem, USA 2024]

Tamar Osborn, Will Glaser, Yohannes Kebede - 44:42 [Red Dust Records, 2024 UK] Excellent, Osborn's becoming a real name to watch these days.

An awful lot of potential realised from that trio. I always wished they'd played over here

That is a very good album

Wlodzimierz Nahorny Trio - Heart [Polskie Nagrania, Poland 1968]

Thanks, I had a quick stream and it did sound interesting TTK is to be deferred to most definitely

Is that as good as it's title and cover art suggest?

And the drumming master himself, at the same time he's playing with Brötzmann, Parker and Tchicai...

Very tempting. Just found samples here @Pimhttps://www.juno.co.uk/products/clifford-jordan-beyond-paradiso-1969-vinyl/1018399-01/

Lankum - False Lankum And then, Pentangle - Cruel Sister

Thanks, I think it has to be my top score not least because a lot of previously sold copies seem to be G+, obviously a party album in its day

One of the biggest cricket grounds too. I'm there for a day of a Test Match three weeks today, will be packed again

I'd even forgotten it was on today

Yep, Atlantis. They got it in a couple of weeks ago and I showed restraint and common sense then but yesterday thought "sod it, won't see one of them again if it's still there I'm having it". Sometimes you just have to...