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Remember hearing a cut by this Japanese group on an anthology and liking it a lot. See that CDJapan has three reissues by them coming out at reasonable prices: 'Sonet', 'Dragon Garden', and 'Spanish Flower'. Anyone familiar with these albums, and if so, can you describe them and let me know if you recommend them? Thx.

That is also my favorite Benson album, and maybe my favorite jazz guitar album.

Thanks, have never heard of this one.

Yep, either of them, the present Marion Brown (with outstanding musicians)/Jeanne Lee/Coltrane, or the upcoming Shepp/Ayler/Frank Smith.

Those were the days. $3.50 for the top ticket to see that! That's about $30 in 2021 dollars.

+1. Completing Smile was the perfect end to the story.

Same here, and the only other ones I care about are the 50th reunion live and studio albums. But to me, the last really great album was Surf's Up. I can't get into the quirkiness of Love You. Yeah, Charles Manson was also more damaging to your health than certain recreational drugs. The completed Smile was a miracle, but Today through Surfs Up is still the period I really care about.

Well, we know Eugene Landy is more damaging to your health than many recreational drugs (also check out his involvement with Gig Young, and how horrifically that ended). Brian was actually recording a solo album around the time of the interview, which morphed into "The Beach Boys Love You". Not exactly a classic, or even necessarily good, but he did have it together enough to get the album done after being largely AWOL since the fabulous "Surf's Up" album from five years earlier. He wouldn't surface again until his 1988 solo album (which has great production and OK songs). Do see 'Love and Mercy' if you haven't already. Such a good movie.

They are listed as co-authors, so that makes sense.

Ruppli BN discography doesn't show anything else unreleased from those sessions.

Certain releases merit an extra dose of hype. This is as perfect as archival CD releases get. I could get hyped about both. Though a lot of additional material came out on the Elvin Lighthouse CD's, and I can live without endless drum solos. Love Gene Perla's work with that group.

Yeah, I have been familiar with those albums since the 70's, and come by my ambivalence for them on my own, no critics necessary. I actually think Alice was tremendous with Trane. and "got" where he was headed (as did Rashied Ali). I like the Japan album and 'Interstellar Space' (and 'Meditations') plenty, it's the post-'Meditations' albums with McCoy and Elvin (and 'Expression', which seems to be yet another change in direction) which leave me uneasy. I own them all, and they are certainly "interesting", but my go-to's are 'Crescent' or 'Live at Birdland' ( and where are the rest of those tapes?) or 'Transition', depending on mood.

1 - Of course it will get raves, and it should get raves for all the right reasons. 2 - I did not buy the Mosaic Morgan/Mobley/Henderson releases of recent years, but did buy this. This has 5 CD's of newly released material and costs less than half of what Mosaics cost per disc (plus is better suited for real-world shelf storage). 3 - Rooster WANTS to be talked into buying this. Just trying to help him fulfill his wisdom-filled wishes . True that. And not like you get to hear Bennie Maupin stretch out like this in many (any?) other places in this type of company. And Harold Mabern was in the house.

Special set at tremendous price. Lee Morgan. Prime Blue Note. $8 a disc.

This is not the instance to exercise self-restraint.

Tyner and Elvin were on the outs at that point. Live in Seattle has a very disconcerting vibe, and Om is a nightmare. And this is Trane's most beloved work done in that atmosphere. And you can't unhear it once you hear it.

What are people's thoughts on the sound compared to the 3CD box?

Look forward to this with both anticipation and dread. Hearing Carlos Ward on the piece adds another variable.

Arrived from Importcds today. Beautiful set, listening to Bennie Maupin's solo on July 10 "The Beehive" right now.

Gary Bartz - Libra; Freddie Hubbard - Backlash; Stan Getz - The Master; Dizzy Reece - Manhattan Project; Art Farmer - The Time and the Place; Walt Dickerson - To My Queen Revisited.

....we're all gonna go....

Gallagher's (Oasis), Fogerty's (Creedence), Knopfler's (Dire Straits).

True pioneers. My biggest thrill in Nashville was to visit RCA Studio B. Some guy named Elvis something recorded most of his output there, but what really hit me was that "this is where the Everly Brothers recorded Cathy's Clown!". BTW, Ryman Auditorium was also a surprisingly moving experience, and the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Johnny Cash Museum both greatly exceeded my expectations. Whole trip did a lot more to me than I thought it would. My wife and two of her co-workers had a prosthetics conference there and I had just tagged along to do the driving and share some time with her.

Desperately in need of a CD issue.