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I also really like those, as well as the ones with Charles Lloyd.

I had Third Street Jazz in Philly, so could find anything I wanted. And for a time, the downtown Philly Sam Goody had full inventory.

Howell was on guitar when recorded a couple of not-bad albums for Milestone in the early 70's. The latter has Bennie Maupin. Haven't heard them in 40 years, so don't remember that much about them. I did not realize he moved to bass later on.

Not like "Fleetwood Mac" or "Rumours" (nor should it have), but 4 million copies, #4 on the US album charts, #1 on the UK album charts. I had it, was immediately disappointed, expecting (or at least hoping for) another "Rumours" x 2. And I have not particularly warmed up to it in the 40 years since.

Yes, but that one didn't sell, and was musically pretty ponderous.

Sonically, cassettes WERE evil. Also. I can't think of a single non-disco pop album from 1979 that seems like an enduring classic, though I have not researched. Edit: Tom Petty Damn the Torpedoes. Joe Jackson Look Sharp. Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps are all good albums but not monster sellers. Pink Floyd The Wall and Fleetwood Mac Tusks were great disappointments to me then and now, though they sold. I'm not a fan of the Clash, though people love "London Calling". Donna Summer Bad Girls and Michael Jackson Off the Wall were the classics, and there were other excellent discoish albums.

Fact remains that most of the jazz being recorded by Columbia at that point wasn't particularly good, Dex's "Homecoming" and a few of the Woody Shaw, Arthur Blythe, and Max Roach titles being exceptions. When you want to listen to Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Heath, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton or Bennie Golson, do you go reaching for their Columbia's from this era? But Shaw's "Rosewood" won awards but still doesn't seem to have been a huge seller. Also interesting to note that the Marsalis franchise and all the young clones kicked in on Columbia a very few years later, where the roster circa 1979 got purged. The Marsalis albums actually sounded fresh and exciting at first. but deteriorated as they went on, and even the early ones have not aged well as the CD era brought so much classic music back into circulation.

You'll guarantee I rate the cut a "hate it" regardless of whoever's version! Hard to believe how old we are, too!

"Blue Monk". Retired, please...

+1, yet it's a classic period BN, so there it sits on my shelves...

Felser's list of Strata East albums most in need of initial CD issue (many others are in need of newer/better CD reissue): SES 1972-2 Jazz Contemporaries Reasons in Tonality SES 1972-4 Mtume Umoja Ensemble Alkebu-Lan: Land of the Blacks SES 7410 The Cosmic Twins The Waterbearers John Lewis, Ron Burton SES 7416 Keno Duke/Contemporaries Sense of Values SES 7425 Charles Davis Ingia! SES 7431 Harold Vick Don't Look Back SES 19752 The Brass Company Colors SES 19780 John Gordon Erotica Suite

Yes, mine is OK.

It was there for some titles: Billy Harper - Capra Black (though that was a very spiritual as opposed to political foundation), Gil Scott-Heron - Winter In America, Mtume - Alkebu-Lan, the two albums by Juju all come immediately to mind. It was not there for other titles such as the Charles Tolliver's, the Clifford Jordan's, Shirley Scott, Harold Vick etc. Again, in many cases, the vibe was more spiritual than political (Descendants of Mike and Phoebe is another example of that).

Agreed with props for the first few years of their existence. They did what were, to me, some pretty marginal releases toward the end of the 70's (though some good ones also). But some of the early releases are just magnificent, even beyond the Tolliver's and "Capra Black".

Listening to CD's now. Sound doesn't knock me out, though it's plenty good enough. Packaging is pretty great. Performances are longer than other versions we've heard by this group (Morgan/Shorter/Timmons/Merritt/Blakey). Worth having, for sure.

Criss was a breathtaking player. Cannonball was a visionary leader. McLean was a trailblazer. Thankful for all of them, and my pantheon certainly has room for all three.

Sorry, didn't read close enough. Winnepeg 35 is good, thanks!

Winnepeg 39. I know nothing about CFL, just did some quick number crunching! That being said, if any of you have followed it for decades, there was a QB named Condredge Holloway who had great success in the CFL (and is in the CFL hall of fame), and I played on a youth team with Holloway in Huntsville, AL in the mid-60's. He totally dominated our league (I sat on the bench). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condredge_Holloway

There are a number of sub-boxes they could have done (live, sextet, large groups, 70's, etc.). I suggested the same to Cherry Red records in the UK. They showed some interest at first, but then went crickets.

Sublime...

You are allotted x hours of concentrated music listening in your lifetime. How many of those do you want to spend analyzing Kenny G records?

The wife played piano a lot better than the kid sang.