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Your previous post of this prompted me to have it as a soundtrack to a very stressful all night journey. It was just what I needed, thank you

There was a very good overview of Butcher's recordings in the Wire recently, written by Seymour Wright. It highlighted how little I'd really heard, this being a case in point. I saw him in a trio over Easter and his playing was superb, so controlled and without embellishment. Can you have saxophone haiku?

Yes Japanese Jazz gets talked about a fair bit on the forum I'd say. There's at least one dedicated thread. https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/76926-japanese-jazz/#comment-1412116 Also the "listening to" threads often feature Japanese musicians as leaders and in bands. Gets played a fair deal in this house too

One of my favourite BNs, Moncur is such a great writer and player. I have an original but like it so much I may be tempted by the TP. Also, a great cover

Is that the Tone Port? How is it?

Me neither, always wanted to

The Makathini is a good call and I'd hazard a guess that @felserwouldn't find the chanting offputting It was your championing of them the hooked me in, thank you. I'm hoping Wilkins in particular plays London soon

Sure is! Sample it here https://ayler-records.bandcamp.com/album/the-box-set-highlights-digital-edition

Immanuel Wilkins - 'The 7th Hand' Better than all of those She was married to Lyons too, for what that's worth if anything when it comes to their musical relationship

I think England need to tie Sir J up tight for the next 18 months at least, with apologies to Lancs fans

Seconded on Wilkins and Ross, good players, ambitious writers. I sometimes feel they're ploughing a narrow furrow but they're both relatively young still and have bags of potential. If you approach without thinking you're going to hear Jackie Mac or Bobby H but a very contemporary, as it should be, take on the music then there's lots to like. Hard bop heaven it ain't... When it comes to Wilkins maybe start with 'The 7th Hand' rather than the more recent 'Blues Blood's which is more vocal heavy, very good notwithstanding that

Such a band. Chico's groups were just so consistently good in that period

That's a very good album

£45 to import one, ouch!

Listening to 'Warm Wisdom' now, right up my street. Sadly no copies seem to have crossed the Atlantic.

Bingo! Check the album https://www.discogs.com/release/27677148-Aja-Monet-When-The-Poems-Do-What-They-Do Very strong, I think

You heard Aja Monet?

Broken Beat, Drum and Bass come later, 90s maybe very late 80s. Definite morphing/evolving/influencing from the previous scenes, as much about organisation, places and spaces as anything else. Personalities too. We mustn't forget the massive influence on all of this of the Pirate Radio scene, a running thread Loved Ursula back then, good to hear again

Good live band too but I've not listened to them in decades

Jazz Dance and Acid Jazz had a crossover but didn't map exactly onto eachother. Jazz Dance was about dancing to Jazz, rediscovered BNs etc and some Rare Groove. Acid Jazz was about music with a hint of Jazz or a hat tip or knowing wink to Jazz, often a hint to add enough hipness. The most Jazz Acid Jazz band was probably James Taylor Quartet.

Cleo Soul is Neo Soul Yes, but I'd Acid Jazz wasn't only party music, s lot was but not exclusivly It was also a record label (Gilles P) which helped define the term in real time. Acid Jazz came from the Rare Groove and older well established Soul scene when that came up against a Jazz Dance scene focussed on Dingwalls where all of a sudden we were dancing to Blakey and others. Younger musicians blended the influences to varying degrees. Acid Jazz then spread out definitely to Japan, see UFO as early adaptors And the Jazz Cafe evolved from a predominantly Jazz venue to one that presented all of the music we're talking about and as @Rabshakeh says, in his youth, not mine the Jazz acts were a lot less common. I don't see Acid Jazz morphing into Neo Soul, Acid Jazz largely faded whilst Neo Soul emerged in parallel, we haven't mentioned Maxwell have we?

...you have Sault

Madison McFerrin - I Hope You Can Forgive Me That's one of the few Wares I don't have, not sure why as I hoovered up the Blue Series in real time