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Good point on if we heard it live today. I had Roach's "Members Don't Get Weary" on LP in the early 70s but that may have been a cutout. Never knew the Hasaan album existed until the CD era. Savoy is also a good point. I like that Valdo Williams album a lot.

Hypothetical question, can't really be answered with certainty but maybe interesting to speculate. Had this been released on Atlantic in early 1966 instead of on Omnivore in early 2021, how much attention would it have received? How much attention did the trio album with Roach receive when it was out? I do like the album, don't get me wrong on that. But I like hundreds of albums from that era.

Finishing up listening to this now. It's very good, but certainly would not have been revelatory in late 1965. It most reminds me of "The World of Cecil Taylor", which was recorded five years earlier. And Odean Pope on this album finds himself in the same situation as Archie Shepp did on that one. A good young player who has not yet fully found his personal style, overwhelmed in some senses by a very very strong pianist. This also happened on many of the mid-late 70's McCoy Tyner albums (and when I saw him in performance in that period), where he just ate sax players alive. The Hasaan is recommended as an interesting listen, and I'm glad to have it, but it really has also been overhyped IMO.

I remember the same comment from Cuscuna.

Nice. Especially love that Curson. Bill Barron alert on that one!

Also the title of a really good mid-60's Ahmad Jamal album.

That Catalyst label had horrible distribution. Blink, and they were gone if you even got to see them in the first place. There's a CD of two Hadley Caliman albums from that label which is very worthwhile.

This was a really good group, though. As long as sound quality is OK, can't imagine it being a disappointment. Here's a sample from the album they recorded on Catalyst.

Ammons/Lewis for sure on Blue Note. Not sure beyond that, out of my wheelhouse. Several Mosaic sets, and several PD issues of the material. The guy whose work I really like from the era is John Hardee.

The Complete John Belushi Plays the Beethoven, Smokey Robinson, and Ray Charles Songbooks.

Tones for Joan's Bones was on Vortex, an Atlantic label used for their more adventurous jazz releases in that era. Inner Space was the expanded 2LP reissue in the 70's. Atlantic butchered the CD release of Inner Space but Collectables of all people got it right some years later.

Maybe just The Complete Oregon on Vanguard and Elektra. You really want to pay $17/disc for those ECM's?

That's actually a great idea. You could limit it to the ones with guest leaders, since the first one and Escalator Over The Hill are easily obtainable on ECM.

Pre-ordered the Bartz, thanks for the heads-up!

The Complete Recordings of the Kenny G Quintet Featuring Michael Brecker.

Count me in for the Dixon. Along with the Bill Barron.

Stunning. Substance beyond hype. You quickly forget his age.

They were burnouts by the fourth album. The first three do pack a wallop.

You could cut out "Leeway", which is from four years and a few label changes (Vee Jay, Jazzland, back to Blue Note) prior to anything else on the set. But you still have 16 albums then.

Not aware of a domestic CD of it, and I have tried hard through the years to keep track of that sort of thing.

"Soul Symphony" came out on CD in 2008. I got it cheap, didn't keep it, but wish now I had.

I've especially always enjoyed Lawson. Ronnie Mathews and Joe Bonner would also make my list.

I've never heard them say "we remastered the material, but it doesn't really sound particularly different/better than what's been out before", even though I would argue that's the case often enough. This is an easy pass for me, as were the Mobley and Morgan. $ and shelf space are not limitless, and I have everything except the three new alternates on CD already (also have all the Mobley and Morgan material on CD), and they have the (subjective, for me) magic of the Blue Note artwork, which the Mosaics never do.