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A lot of the horn players on Ascension were under contract with Impulse! already, FWIW. Hubbard. Brown. Shepp, Sanders

And I have 'Winter' second overall (especially the hauntingly beautiful "Peace Go With You Brother"). And 'The First Minute of a New Day' is the third utterly essential Scott-Heron.

Great album, his masterpiece.

Take the opportunity to hear it. At this late date, it's very unlikely to receive reissue.

Yep, the 6 CD set. How is the Marcus book? I've had it for years but never got around to reading it. I love his writing and read and liked the other two Dylan-related books he wrote. And I regularly reread his amazing Rolling Stone review of "Self Portrait".

The deluxe box is worthwhile.

'Rumasuma' is badly in need of a CD issue. Should have been a no-brainer OJC. We've been waiting for over 30 years! The other huge miss by OJC is 'Home' by Gary Bartz with Woody Shaw.

I am on the final CD now, and have not had that problem at all, so they apparently fixed it!

Those post-retirement discs account for not even 10% of the set (7 of 73 discs). Think of the set as the very best versions (latest remasters and most complete bonus cuts) of other 66 discs for less than $4 a disc, plus they throw in the 7 post-retirement discs as a bonus. Does that help talk you into it? Amazon currently out of stock, but there's a set being auctioned on ebay which is currently really low, and several on discogs which are very reasonable priced.

I agree it is by far the best of the post-comeback albums that I have heard.

From the big "Complete Columbia Album Collection" box. This album is better than I remember.

Received them in two days, shipping was only like $8 total for the five shirts. They're great. 100% cotton, substantial, stenciling is well done. You do want to order a size larger than you normally do, they run a full size smaller than what they are listed as being.

1 – Beautiful, right in my wheelhouse. They have Hutcherson/Tyner DOWN! I would think it is Hutcherson, but suspect someone like John Hicks is the pianist. Also a wonderful composition. This is a must have for me. 2 – Shades of Jaco Pastorius or whatever. I did not have patience to make it through the cut. 3 – Nice cut. 1950’s? Someone like Thad Jones? 4 – Interesting East/West hybrid, though it overstays its welcome by half. Joe Harriott-ish, but not Harriott. 5 – Love it, also right in my wheelhouse. And another pianist who has his Tyner down, to the point where it sounds as if it could be Tyner, but it isn’t based on what I know of his discography. But it sure seems like him. Very strong sax playing on this. Must have this if I don’t already. Great cut. 6 – Stride is not a style that works for me. Seems to be well done for what it is. 7 – Huh? No thanks. 8 – Good cut. Very nice, flows well. Actually like this quite a bit. 9 - The old standard, well played. But doesn’t grab me. 10 – This one does grab me at the beginning, but doesn’t go anywhere. Just sort of keeps repeating the same thing with rhythmic variations. I really dislike the drumming. Assume this is from the last 30 years, where the in-vogue rhythmic approaches lose me, and other musical considerations seem to get marginalized. 11 – Again, doesn’t seem to go to much of anywhere. I can enjoy any snippet of #’s 10 and 11, but the full performances go stale for me. I do like this more than #10. Some Mal Waldron influence in this one, but not Mal – he did it better. Thanks for the interesting BFT. LOVE#’s 1 and 5, like #8 quite a bit, look forward to many of the reveals!

Amazing that the kids were able to agree amongst themselves. The power of $, I guess.

I found their work extremely disappointing, too "safe". Chico Freeman in general has proven to be a lost opportunity after a blazing stary

At $9.90 a pop, I ordered all five T-shirts. I spend very little on clothes, and can actually always use more T-shirts.

"Don't Bring Me Down" (one of the best singles ever, written by Goffin/King!), "Inside Looking Out", "See See Rider", and very good filler. Excellent album, and the 2022 remaster sounds great!

Really comes down to repertoire on any given album.

Big fan of the early Reprise recordings, and find what came on RCA, Arista, MCA enjoyable enough. My favorite Kinks song is probably "I'm Not Like Everybody Else", but the 1968 cover by the Chocolate Watchband blows away the Kink's original.

from the big and wonderful "Complete Columbia Album Collection"

So well done.

Sad on so many levels. Life is a gift.

The curse of the collector. I feel a pull toward the set for the same reason, even though I have virtually no interest in the music. And it has caused me to buy some 50's/60's/70's Blue Notes, etc., I can't imagine ever actually playing again.