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I have several of Ragin's CD's, and appreciate him a lot.

Osby and Osbourne aren't overly similiar... Ozzy Osbourne (original lead singer of Black Sabbath, reality TV star, and all-round weirdo) Greg Osby

Love the Earland album and the other one he did on Milestone.

Saw him at the Philly Jazz club 'Just Jazz' in the 70's, just after the Elevation album had been released. He and the club manager were not seeing eye to eye on set length, so while the music was great, it wasn't a wonderful experience. Pharoah was one angry, sulking guy that night, as was his bass player, who remained on the stage and played a long solo, glaring at the manager, after the rest of the group walked off. Saw pre "Breezin" George Benson there around the same time, and that went better.

RIP

Please let me know if you have one for sale at a reasonable price or for trade. Otherwise, I'll just wait it out on ebay. thx.

Video blocked. What is the album?

It made the Billboard Top 200 album charts, as did Thembi.

A great artist. RIP.

The Jones/Lewis and the Hubbard from the sale items. And the MIngus and the Larry Young from their overall catalog.

+1

I'm also thinking it's 18-19 year old Azar Lawrence.

The guy with the glasses in the very front.

In which the evil Judy , at first seemingly victorious , eventually gets what's coming to her, Johnny learns a life lesson, and righteous, long-suffering Lesley experiences ultimate redemption. Deep stuff...

We do!

I'm also a big Lesley Gore fan, especially "You Don't Own Me" and "California Nights".

Agreed, as the bonus tracks from this session far outshine the proper Ilori album.

"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing".

Kind of surprised that Byrd would be doing "Christo Redentor" and "Blackjack" as late as 1978.

Wow. Shatner/Nimoy territory there. The original was outrageous enough - Jim Peterik does the David Clayton-Thomas schtick beyond even Clayton-Thomas himself (and he was only 20). But of course, it went to #2 pop, so they had both the first and the last laugh. Peterik then hit big a decade later in Survivor with "Eye of the Tiger" etc.

CD pre-ordered from Amazon, thanks for the heads-up, looks wonderful!

Totally agree.

AFAIK, the Proper Boxes are a thing of the distant past. Someone like Fresh Sound could do a great job on a Teddy Charles set if they had a mind to do so.

Do I have to? +1