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I thought I was referring to Ronnie Laws, who is listed on personnel on their first album (I was mistaken), but Doug Harris played on those ca. 1990 McCoy Tyner Big Band albums on Milestone and Verve, and with Mongo Santamaria ca. 1980, plus some other interesting credits (Frank Foster, Ellington ghost band, etc.).

I went ahead and Shazam'd this. And no, don't own this and am not familiar with the group at all (though certainly know the tenor player). So this is going to be a very expensive BFT for me ! 🙂

BFT 255 1 – Perfect groove for a Sunday afternoon. Especially enjoying the rock-solid walking bass! 2 – So utterly in my wheelhouse! I better have this on the shelves somewhere, especially loving the tenor player and the Rhodes!. LOVE this cut. 3 – Well-played and soothing, but ultimately not very exciting. I have much respect and a little bit of love for it. Drummer does catch my ear. 4 – No thanks. Sounds like younger musicians mimicking older style. 5 – See #4, just a slightly less older style. 6 – I guess I should really like this, but it’s taking a while to grow on me, thought I was getting there as the track progressed, but then it greatly overstayed its welcome. . I dig the bass player (Charlie Haden ?) and the drummer (Ed Blackwell ?) more than the sax player (Dewey Redman ?) overall, though I could live without the bowed bass effect. 60’s ESP-Disk style brought forward by a couple of decades by sounder players, I guess. 7 - Especially enjoying listening to the bass players on this BFT, which I guess is no coincidence 😊. Bass is about the only thing that jumps out at me on this cut, and I actively dislike the drumming on it. Pianist is fleet and pleasant, though I’m not sure he’s telling me anything. I’d probably enjoy this cut a lot more with a different drummer. 8 – OK, we’d like to slow the pace down for the next number. I think it’s probably a more modern player trying to do his best Ben Webster and having some success at it. Maybe someone like a Joe Lovano. I ultimately respect it more than I like it. 9 – I can do this, I guess. Sounds like the Trio of Doom album with McLaughlin, Pastorius, and Tony Williams, though I would guess it’s later-era Sonny Sharrock. As McBeth said, “Sound and fury signifying nothing”. 10 – Outside my domain, though not without its small pleasures 11 – This cut speaks to me. Makes me think of Paul Bley and of ECM. More likely post-1990 ECM but not Bley. Favorite cuts in order: #2, #1, #11. Favorite instrument throughout: bass. Must-own cut: #2 Thanks for the BFT and some new discoveries!

I have the Lazar album on the collection of his work that came out on Jasmine a few years ago. Also the Americans in Europe, the Monk in a Columbia box, and I went out and bought the Charette based on this BFT! I need to look into getting that Basie! Had the Ware for a while when I owned the Jordan Mosaic box, and would jump at a reasonably-priced standalone CD of it. Thx for the BFT!

Good question. I'm not overly hopeful for the Keno Duke albums since they did not make the initial mass downloads.

Not aware of this, tell us more (about Terrell/not Terrell! BTW, her sister-in-law Jean Terrell was my favorite Supremes lead singer.

'Blue Movies: Scoring for the Studios'. I had to look it up, never heard of it before! Doesn't sound like he does. Unless it's Lee Morgan & His Tijuana Brass. Surely a bunch of UA studio artists. He does play well on the A-side, "Midnight Cowboy", which has some merit to it.

Three more apparently never issued on CD: Joe Williams - Worth Waiting For Jimmy McGriff - Something to Listen To Jack McDuff - To Seek A New Home All of those are Liberty era releases, I'm shocked that the Japanese never got the McGriff and McDuff reissued.

What's the story on that one and that record company (looks like primarily an R&B label, including releasing Swamp Dogg's 'Total Destruction of Your Mind')? Was that Turrentine just in between BN and CTI, or was it some sort of rejected session. It looks/sounds like first cousin to his final BN albums, 'The Look of Love' and 'Always Something There'. While far from essential, it's not terrible.

Eddie Gomez maybe?

Mack Avenue has posted the entire albums on Youtube: Vick

That's a nice collection of odds and ends. I believe all the cuts ended up being bonus cuts on other HS CD's.

They sound good to me, but I don't have high-end equipment.

Marvelous talent, RIP. I believe I saw him live with Miles Davis at the Tower Theatre ca. 1973, but hard to say, since Miles didn't make any stage announcements and I was very new to jazz at the time.

I got mine from Amazon, $5.99 I believe, thought I don't see a direct link to it out there any more. But you can get to it through bluenote.com, which I did not realize.

I mentioned that yesterday. That was 60's Pacific Jazz material reissued on BN. Also 60's Pacific Jazz material reissued by BN in the 70's. BN does have some downloads available. I own at least one, the Freddie Roach discussed here. Agreed on the Left Bank material!

I wish they would at least make a DL of it available!

Understood. But those are 1960's BN, so it's the collector/completist in me, rather than the music lover in me, that would buy it. Someone else on the board said that the Burrell isn't so hot either, less than the sum its parts.

I forgot these two: Kenny Burrell - Freedom. Only released in Japan on LP, no CD release. Blue Mitchell - Collision in Black, no CD release. I'd buy these on CD.

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Mileston Two great LP's that have mystifyingly never seen CD reissue: Gary Bartz 'Home' on Milestone and Sonny Simmons 'Rumasuma' on Contemporary.

Yes, I own it on CD. I also own it, but have (except the one session I mention) and prefer the individual sessions on single CD's. I own the Japanese Santos CD's. Discogs shows 2013 Japanese Minasi CD's.

This is the only one I can think of which I much care about. There are also some other Butler-era albums which have not seen CD, I believe, but can't think of any others I care about: https://www.discogs.com/master/888469-The-New-Heritage-Keyboard-Quartet-The-New-Heritage-Keyboard-Quartet There are a couple of really good Jackie McLean sessions which came out in the 70's twofer series which I believe have only shown up on Mosaic's not on standalone CD's: The April 12, 1966 session from this, only on the McLean Mosaic on CD: https://www.discogs.com/master/114694-Jackie-McLean-Jacknife The February 3, 1967 session from this, only on the Moncur Select on CD: https://www.discogs.com/release/1251655-Jackie-McLean-Hipnosis