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Per Brooks and BN, I believe I remember reading that 'True Blue' sold under 1,000 copies when it was released, and that is why they did not release the other dates - economically unfeasible.

Amazon seeks to fill every retail gap known to man (and several that are not yet known).

I have the Tingen book, glad to own it.

Finnigan recorded with a LOT of people, from Hendrix to Cher.

Dude could play, for sure. His studio sideman work ranged from James Brown to Gato Barbieri.

But it sounds the least like a typical CTI album.

Not even 'Sugar'?

Welcome! I've actually never heard that JHB Columbia album, need to go dig it out on you tube! Appreciated Hahn's work with John Handy, and on Hahn's own Arhoolie album. Don't know about the Serfs (see that Tietgen was in that group) or about their album on Capitol. Will also see if I can find that on you tube! Thanks for the info.

His CTI recordings have aged incredibly well (as have many of the other Sebesky-era albums on that label).

He and Teddy Charles did a good job organizing those type of dates.

Joe Beck had a ton of talent and never seemed to know quite what to do with it. Akin to Larry Coryell in many ways.

Gave a listen to digital files of the Washington/Roots set yesterday. While it is of historical/time/place interest, I did not find it all that compelling musically, especially Washington's playing.

I love 'The Quest'. And that was on Prestige. Why did Waldron record so little 1962-1968?

He had a period in the late 60's where his playing and writing showed a Tyner influence. Try some of those titles.

Think how good he would have sounded on those if the piano had been anywhere close to in-tune.

Allen, glad to see you get well-deserved recognition!

Wynton already did that 🙂

Some of the locals you mention apparently weren't willing to upend their lives/family situations and do the NYC graveyard thing. Philly has a tenor player named Larry McKenna who is amazing, but he has stayed in Philly. Bootsie Barnes also.

+1. And loosen them around the neck as much as permissible, and take them off as soon as I can.

This was a great and greatly underrated group. Maggie Bell was awesome, James Dewar (later the singer/bassist with Robin Trower) gave them a second strong vocalist, and tragic Les Harvey was an excellent guitarist.

i own it. It's a really rewarding read!

You're right. Don't disagree with that. I like Jack Johnson and Get Up With It a lot, Like Big Fun a decent amount. Some of the other titles, such as At Fillmore, Live Evil, and On The Corner, not as much. But it's all very subjective, and my rankings on them run counter to much of the commonly accepted wisdom.

Yes, 'On The Corner', then 'Big Fun', then 'Get Up With It'.

1-5 - Before my window of listening. 6 – Old timer, can certainly play 7 – I have this as track 2-7 from this 8 – Title track from this . Got to meet the singer back in the 70’s when he was waiting for the doors to the Empty Foxhole Café to be opened up to let him and us in. Seemed like a nice guy. Very strange what happened to him a couple years later. 9 – I like this, though mainly as background music. 10 – Now this is initially invigorating, though it wears out its welcome a few minutes before the end. 11 – I’m glad they were able to complete tuning their instruments and sort of start a song eventually. Totally lost on me. 12 – I like this. Definitely my favorite cut on the BFT, and the one I want to be sure I have in my collection (I have #7 and #8 already). Really digging the trumpet and piano solos. Not as sold on the tenor solo, though I don’t dislike it. Fidelity not great, so I assume this is from the 60’s on a label like ESP-Disk. Has that kind of mix of the instruments, plus the bass player stays in the pocket rather than doing butterfly stuff, yet the pianist’s playing is inventive. I do hope I have this somewhere already.

Thanks, a great listen!