jlhoots

Exactly. Me too.

I have the 2 CD set. I like it.

There is /?was a great Von Freeman quartet CD on Southport.

I liked it more than my wife did. She thought it was "weird".

Reggie White was a great football player & a homophobe. He also established homes for pregnant, unwed women, helped set up businesses in troubled urban areas & tried to bring people to G-d. His family also appeared to care deeply for him. Imperfect for sure, but not all bad.

Bye Bye Blackbird Complete Blue Note The Out Of Towners

C. Sharpe

I've only got 3 of the 10, but I do have Face To Face.

Art Pepper

Oy vey. That is, of course, IMHO. Whew - what a thread this is.

Interesting list. FWIW, those are the 2 Tzadik CDs I bought this year. The Jarrett, Schneider, Ellington & Great Jazz Trio would also be on my list.

It is. The McKusick quartet (with Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson) recorded that Bethlehem date plus the Coral 'Jazz At The Academy' album. Both very recommended, indeed! I have both. They're both excellent. The live applause is kind of weird on the live Coral set.

Lots of pontificating in this thread by a lot of you. I'll simply say I was around when Martin Williams (& Nat Hentoff & Ralph J. Gleason) were in their primes, & they were all crucial to my now almost 50 year exploration of what we all love (jazz). There were others (e.g. Robert Levin, Gitler, A.B. Spellman) but these 3 were key.

I am in total agreement about the Venus CDs & agree that Cadence is the best source.

Just ordered a used copy (? remaindered) for $1.94 + shipping. Looking forward to reading it.

I like Lila Downs. Is this anything like her?? I'm not familiar with her. Sorry. http://www.liladowns.com

I like Lila Downs. Is this anything like her??

Mandel's a pretty good writer. Did the liner notes for Ron Horton: Subtextures on FSNT.

The Prisoner

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Anyone heard this? Looks interesting. Only available from their web site.

We Three (Free) Kings on the Roland Kirk CD.

My favorite show. We'll see what happens next week. George Pelecanos has a lot to do with it. If you haven't read his novels, you should.

jhoots - is that Subtextures? What's it like? Yes it is. Great quartet CD (Kimbrough, Ben Allison, Matt Wilson). Starts with Andrew Hill's Cantarnos. Includes 4 Horton originals & one by Frank Kimbrough. 2 classical interpretations (Messiaen & Chopin). Fine playing by all.

I got the new Ron Horton FSNT from Cadence. BTW it's superb.