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Saw him in the 70's at the Empty Foxhole cafe. Believe the support was Holland and Altschul, but my memory is foggy. What I do remember was that he did four sections, tenor/soprano/flute/piano rather than "songs", same as on some of his records at the time. 'Streams' and 'Sizzle' really need CD reissues!

The thrill of those sets at the time was immense, as so much of the music was not available on individual CD's. The McLean, the Blakey, the Larry Young, etc. Such a rush.

Interesting. The original BN album running order and artwork hold magic for me, and are part of the appeal of collecting BN for me (and their absence is part of why I'm not enamored of Mosaic sets when the originals are available).

Agreed.

Those Onkel Po dates are so good, far exceeding my expectations in so many cases (Dizzy, Chet Baker, Griff/Lockjaw come immediately to mind). Must be something magical about that hall.

Agreed. By far my two favorite Rivers albums.

I like his work on the 1971 Mingus albums recorded for America Records. Not familiar with him otherwise.

Definitely the right decision. She's an icon.

Have not, and would not want to do so at this point in life - I'm trying to clear out my vinyl, have been able to sell about half the jazz titles here. Storage space is an issue, as is not having a living situation which is conducive to playing vinyl.

Fascinating biography. Now on my wish list of people from history I would love to have dinner with

It's quality, not quantity that counts. That Felser guy is a goofball. He had the Pointer Sisters and even the freakin' Carpenters on his BFT. All those posts he got were probably insulted listeners telling him off!

Understood. The one exception for me was the Ashley Kahn book on Impulse Records. I also quite liked his book on "A Kind of Blue" and have been meaning to read his book on "A Love Supreme".

The Cook is the one I did read. I felt disappointed by it. I have the huge "Uncompromising Expression" book by Havers, but have not read the text. just lookrd at the pictures.

What is the best BN book for actually telling the story through the 1970's? I have the big one with lots of pictures and the two of album covers.

Wow, not familiar with him, but looking at the credits, bet he's the only guy that ever played with all of the following: Woody Herman, James Brown, John Lennon. Quite a trifecta.

Yeah, White Elephant was technically first but operated at the same time, 1969-1971 was a Mainieri project that included Rodgers and the Brecker Bros at times, but had a rotating cast. I've heard it, not nearly as strong as the first Dreams album. Others included Red Beans and Rice (Ray Draper, etc.), Compost (DeJohnette, Harold Vick, Bob Moses), third iteration of Blood, Sweat and Tears (Joe Henderson, Larry Willis, Lew Soloff, Dave Bargeron), Ars Nova (Jimmy Owens, Warren Bernhardt, Sam Brown), If (Dick Morrissey, Terry Smith), third iteration of Soft Machine (Karl Jenkins, Roy Babbington, John Marshall) and plenty more I'm forgetting or not aware of. Tim Hardin's backing band on Tim Hardin 3: Live (his best album) was a small group which included Mainieri, Bernhardt, and Eddie Gomez. Richard Davis and Bill Lee did a lot of session work on "pop" albums for companies like Vanguard and Chess. Cyrus Faryar used Oregon as the backing group on his debut Elektra album. It was all very fluid and exciting.

+1 Good twofer can be had on BGO. The first album was really quite interesting, with some good pop on the first side ("Holly Be Home" is actually quite stunning, and along with some strong and interesting jazz on the second side, though very of it's time (ca. 1970). Jazz guys (Breckers, Abercrombie, Cobham) along with some basically invisible rock guys whose future credits included playing bass for Billy Squier, playing with Clarence Clemons, studio work with the Weather Girls. The second album was actually pretty awful, as they brought in Steve Cropper of Booker T. & the M.G.'s to produce, further muddying the already opaque waters.

Thought she deserved her own thread rather than being buried in the Phil Spector thread. Thankful she escaped him. The nightmare start to 2022 continues.

RIP Ronnie. Glad you escaped the talented monster and went on to an interesting life.

A lot more? Do you remember what it is? Thx

The links work for me in Chrome.

Understood, but maybe he didn't like starving! "Alkebu-lan" and "Juicy Fruit" are indeed universes apart. His reach on the black consciousness music was staggering, though the results always felt less than the sum of the parts to me on the two albums he did as a leader in that style. The "Alkebu-lan" album clearly could have used rehearsal time, but was likely a one-time event, and glad to have it. It is expansive, if flawed. "Rebirth Cycle" is sort of all over the place.

May be. Columbia does reissue some of those boxes. Cheap Trick 14 CD box getting reissued in next few weeks. The Weather Report 71-75 is a great set, and those boxes are really nice and amazingly priced.

Up with edits. Glad to consider trades for CD's as well as sales.

Count in my and my wife's extended family (two dozen people): Literal results - every unvaccinated person has gotten covid and every vaccinated person has not gotten covid. Just sayin'...