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Bootsie Barnes was an inspired choice for Philly, then. Larry McKenna also would have been.

I would expect that that 32 Jazz CD reissue in 1997 was legit. Unless that had something to do with Muse having released it under Chick Corea's name as "Bliss" without proper clearance (thought I read that somewhere), and 32 Jazz put it out as part of their Muse rights purchase. Really interesting album, regardless. And a chance to hear John Gilmore (and Corea, for that matter) in a very different setting.

Agreed. With them, you get what you pay for. Even in PD-land, there are much better places to go.

I'll take the Tuby Hayes as the reissue event of the year. The Doug Carn and the Shirley Scott are great music, but just straight reissues. I've not heard the Monk or the Castro yet.

+1, RIP.

Yeah, really:

7 CD set, you can get for around $30-$40, Also "Newk's Time" on Blue Note. That one and hte Prestige "Saxophone Colossus" are my two favorite Rollins titles.

I vaguelly remember "I've Been Hurt' from the late 60's, hard as I may try to forget. Beach Music had its high points and its low points...

Has its merits, but when I have Sonny Simmons/Prince Lasha/Woody Shaw/Clifford Jordan in the house, I'd like them to do more than play on the chorus. And note the hype on the cover. You really want to put this ahead of, say, 'Last Date' and 'Out to Lunch'? I do like the other album from these sessions, 'Iron Man', a lot better. Also totally with the other posters on the Milestone Jazzstars. I remember the deep disappointment when I shelled out my hard earned $ for that back in the day.

RIP. I really like the solo "Continental Jazz Express" as well as much of his sideman work. Way too much by him that I have never heard.

I like Hutch's list a lot, just like mine (which actually only sort of exists in my head) better!

It might be a very long night...

CNN and MSNBC.

No, I did at one point in my life, and had I managed my vinyl differently, I'd be a richer man today :-). I have a burn of it. George Coleman, Clifford Jordan, Julius Watkins, Harold Mabern. Larry Ridley, and Duke. Quite a group, stretching waaay out in two 20+ minute cuts. I had this up as my last "album of the week" here many years ago, and got zero bites on discussing it, even though it is a fascinating document of Jordan, Coleman, and Watkins travelly well outside of their normal territory. A reissue would be most welcome. These two combined get you the title cut. The other cut is nowhere to be found on youtube:

this one is also quite good, with the same caveats. The other two, "Constant Throb", and "Intensity", are also worthwhile.

I do like that Michael White, and the Walt Dickerson. I'd also make room for one of John Klemmer's Impulse albums.

Agreed, Iron Butterfly and the whole 60's psychedelic thing is of a certain time and place, but that era is ingrained in me.

$18 for 3cd set on Amazon, my pre-order is in, thanks for the heads-up! I think "self-portrait" was a continuation of Dylan's effort to de-mythologize himself and be able to set a new path. "Nashville Skyline" and the last two cuts of "John Wesley Harding" I see the same way. The rest of "John Wesley Harding" is something altogether different in my eyes, due to the lyrical content, and I consider the first 10 songs on it to be his lyrical masterpiece and find it to be fulfilling in its spiritual journey in a way the "Christian" trilogy of a decade later is not.

Depends which tenor player(s). I do fluent Billy Harper, Pharoah Sanders, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, etc.

Well, isn't WWFL more of a challenge? Go for the gusto!

Maybe an Andorran benefactor will win the auction.

For old times sake! Better than you think (except for that 17 minute monstrosity, which is still charmingly moronic).

That's gonna frustrate the heck out of some of us! Hope #4 and #12 aren't part of that.

Gerry & The Pacemakers did some really good British Invasion hits, spectacularly successful in the UK in their prime (3 #1's and a #2 right out of the chute, as well as two other top 8 records). "Ferry Cross the Mercy" is a great record, and "I Like It", "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" and "It's Gonna Be Alright" all hold up well. And their "You'll Never Walk Alone" is apparently a multi-purpose anthem in the UK.

Cedar Walton on # 13? And I'm not aware of Stitt ever recording with just bass and drums, though he probably did a lot of albums that have never made my radar.