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In the past, they have shipped free to the USA. Hopefully that is still the case.

I believe "Circling In" had some overlap with the "Early Circle" CD issue, but agree much of it would be new to CD, as would "Circulus".

This looks great to me. Pre-order coming up: ROBERTO MIRANDA'S HOME MUSIC ENSEMBLE with Bobby Bradford, John Carter, James Newton, Horace Tapscott LIVE AT BING THEATRE Los Angeles, 1985 ✭✭✭ Previously unpublished live recording! This CD includes a 16-page booklet with liner notes by David Keller, photos by Joel H. Mark and some rare documents. ROBERTO MIRANDA'S HOME MUSIC ENSEMBLE ROBERTO MIRANDA, b, cga; BOBBY BRADFORD, cnt, tp; JOHN CARTER, cl; JAMES NEWTON, fl; HORACE TAPSCOTT, p; THOM DAVID MASON, as, ts, bcl; LOUIS R. MIRANDA, SR., voc, perc; LOUIS R. MIRANDA, JR., dm; DAVID BOTTENBLEY, g, elb, perc, voc; ELIAS "BUDDY" TOSCANO, dm, timb; CLIFF BROOKS, timb, cga, bgo 1- Platform for Freedom 2- Faith 3- Agony in the Garden 4- Prayer #1 5- Deborah Tasmin 6- Improvised Bass Solo 5/25/85 7- Dance of Blessing, Happiness & Peace ✭✭✭

Agreed on #4. Is the whole album strong or is this cut a diamond in the rough.

Just got link and booked mine for Thursday morning. Montgomery County, PA.

Loved the Fo'Tet stuff with Don Byron and Bryan Carrott. RIP.

You're right, Jersey City. that's the one I was thinking of. Entire Philly region has been receiving water bills after the due date, and the company had to waive all late fees.

I’m sure the title is a shout out to vibes master Vince Montana. MFSB, leader of the Salsoul Orchestra, and jazz credits before that. And I could see him having involvement in every track on this, though not sold that is the case. The BFT was short and sweet. Wish it had gone on longer! 1 – No idea, and it’s certainly not jazz. But I do like it and stuck with it the whole way through. 2 – Has to be Dizzy Gillespie & Co., doesn’t it? Really enjoyable. 3 – Well, this is going to be one wide-ranging BFT! But would we expect anything else? 😊. Track is certainly well-done for what it is, but this style doesn’t do that much for me (though I appreciate the sentiment). 4 – Love it. I listen to a lot of this sort of thing, have for 45 years. Great voice. Wouldn’t mind purchasing if it’s available on CD (though it’s conceivable I have it already and am just not placing it). 5 – Loleatta Holloway & the Salsoul Orchestra, “Runaway”. Classic. 6 – Neal Hefti’s “Girl Talk”. Nice, moody version. Not gonna change the world, but can bring a smile to my face, and sometimes that’s good enough. 7 – Dramatic little interlude. Nice. 8 – Fascinating. The music piece is awesome, whatever it is. Not sure what to make of the narration, don’t know that it’s gonna work for me on repeated listenings, but it might. Thanks for getting my Monday morning off to a great start, and very much look forward to the reveals on several of these, especially #4.

As opposed to the pits of despair know as the Newark Processing Center (where shipments from Europe take weeks long vacations) and the Philadelphia Processing Center (who seem determined to hoard every CD I order for days on end). It seems bad in every major metropolitan area right now. And not just media mail. My mother sent three christmas card to our family from Florida on Dec. 15 and all three took about a month to get here. an And if changes don't occur at the top, it's gonna get even worse (slower and more expensive). Depends on your view of the charter of the USPS. Me, I see it as a government service rather than a self-sustaining business, and have no problem with paying my share of a $10 billion annual loss in order for it to run well. Pay the freaking overtime at Christmas, etc. As far as DG, I haven't ordered from there in years, just a phase of life (for me, and for the CD business/era) plus importcds is so much cheaper on so many titles (and carry a shockingly wide range, including the Euro and Japanese titles we crave). But glad they are there, and that they bring so much joy/pain to so many here.

Yes, I especially like his work on the label.

My favorite label of the decade was Nimbus West. Just about all of the L.A.-based releases were quite worthwhile. They were largely in the Horace Tapscott orbit, and have that magic.

I'm not a huge Baker guy, but this is my favorite of his. It has a magic about it (as so many of the recordings in this Onkel Po's series do). A 1979 quartet recording with pianist Phil Markowitz (who I barely was aware of), bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, and drummer Charlie Rice (neither of whom I had ever heard of). Long cuts, Baker up front having a great night, and it just works beautifully.

Any further word on that Firebirds Live material ever seeing CD reissue?

Billy Harper

One of the games that used to get played with the "young lions" was to identify the role model of their playing. Vincent Herring was Cannonball Adderley-ish, Christopher Hollyday was Jackie McLean-ish, Branford Marsalis just made his Sonny Rollins-ish trio album, etc. Not exactly a forward-thinking approach.

I think the question with the set was quantity rather than quality. That was well before the box set era we have lived in the past 30 years.

I thought "Restoration Ruin", "In the Light", "Luminescence", and "Hymns/Spheres" had already accomplished that...

Me too.

I do like the band plenty (though not sold on Merritt on the electric bass) plus it was the first jazz album I ever bought in 1972, so holds plenty of appeal on those criterea. Good to hear that the sound quality is so much better and that the alternates are of high caliber. How much do the performances of a given tune differ from each other?