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I noticed that!

"Minority" by Gigi Gryce, "Simone" by Frank Foster, "Nardis" by Miles, "Nica's Dream" by Horace Silver are some favorites of mine.

They could finally put McLean s excellent 'High Frequency' session on a standalone CD and add the '68 session as bonus cuts. And I wish there was a way for the rest of us to hear the Tyrone Train Wreck session!

Carlos Garnett can PLAY. Saw him and his group at the Ethical Society in the 70's. He tore the roof off the place. Also an excellent writer, including the sublime Mother of the Future".

And it could have appropriate series design of a black car Ala the rainbow and brown bag series designs.

1 - Interesting, though not a must have for me. Overstays its welcome for me halfway through when the tinkly section begins, followed by the horn freakout. Very AEC influenced in places, though certainly not them. 2 – I like the pianist and really like the bass, but the drumming gets on my nerves, intensely dislike it, which ruins the cut for me. Assume it’s a newer guy. 3 – Well, they’ve been studying McCoy Tyner and Woody Shaw/Charles Tolliver, and learning their lessons very well! Surely I have this one and should know it? Great stuff. 4 – Good track, very good alto player. I have so much stuff like this already, but could make room for this. Influenced by post-Sidewinder Blue Note recordings. The pianist shines on this. 5 – Well played but does nothing for me. Very ECMish. The high bass playing in unison with the piano gets on my nerves. Sounds like the crowd liked it. 6 – Sounds like a Weather Report cut with a trumpet added. Good stuff. Like the bass. Sounds familiar, also suspect and hope I have this one. Seems like this should be a late 60’s Miles tune. 7 – I actually know (and love!) this, the title track to this one: This cut would not look good to me on paper, but sure sounds great to my ears. All those different instruments just work together. The arranging, of course, is brilliant, to pull it off so well. Wonderful cut. The leader is one of the most woefully underrated pianists. And the bass is also pretty great. Very inspired choice! Great album. 8 – There’s a lot to like about this cut, but it’s sort of all over the place. Right about the time I’m ready to settle in, it suddenly transforms into and out of “Camptown Races”. Very high energy, I’m sure they had a great time playing it, and it’s definitely a bracing listen. But not something I’m going to seek out. 9 – Now that’s an interesting cut. Had my doubts about being able to stick with it early on, but glad I did. Expect this one originated outside of the USA. I do look forward to finding out what it is. 10 – really like this one, suspect (and hope) I have it on my shelves somewhere and should recognize it. The horn voicings on the arrangement are nice. 11 – Very pretty, but not really compelling to me. 12 – Very gypys-ish, and I assume of Eastern European origin. Really good for what it is, though not something I would consciously select. Fabulous violinist. 13 – Rollicking version of “What is this thing Called Love”. Good stuff. 14 – Love this one, gotta have it (within reason)! Bass player really has my ear. An ideal BFT cut for me is one where I say “I don’t know what that is, but I need to own it!” and that is the case with an inordinate number of the selections here (3,4,6,9,10,14). I've always noticed that we have compatible tastes in the music! Thanks so much. And thanks for drawing attention to that great pianist on #7.

Don't disagree with any of that, but I'd still pay to hear it.

Indeed, the costs involved are why this area is underemployed for me!

We did several years ago, and that cost me, but always open to more input.

Would love to see that thread and some recommendations. 60's/70's Japanese jazz is my most underexplored area of musical interest.

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.