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I loved it also. "Live at the Lighthouse" was one of my very early jazz purchases. Seeing a picture of the group is jarring to me, actually, never thought about appearances, Elvin playing with what looked like a bunch of hippies. Gene Perla really sounded great with that group. And the Liebman/Grossman front line just worked so well.

Thanks for the heads-up. I look forward to the Hino! Other good titles on there also that I already have (Lasha, Hubbard, Henderson, Waldron at first glance).

This topic needs more conversation! One of my all-time favorite cuts, used it as opener to a BFT several years ago.

Great article, and I love those Oneness of JuJu albums. Got to see them live ca. 1976 at Leo Gadsen's concert series at the Ethical Society in Philly. Small turnout but great show.

Those were beautiful brochures, and quite the thrill in those pre-internet days.

John Klemmer's catalog on both Cadet and Impulse have been poorly served on CD. They weren't consistently great but they were consistently interesting. Also Chuck Mangione's early 70's Mercury albums, by far the best things he ever did, are MIA with the exception of "Land of Make Believe".

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Two loong well-chosen Ellington-related pieces ( Tizol's "Perdido", Ellington's "C-Jam Blues") with the Pullen/Mingus/Richmond rhythm section and lots of interesting horn players (Rahsaan, Bluiett, John Handy, George Adams, Charles McPherson, a very young Jon Faddis). As mentioned, very enjoyable if you think of it as a 1974 festival jam session recording, not as a Mingus album.

I bought the Ayers from Mosaic a long time ago (2019?). Not a CD-R, and well worth owning if you like Ayers/Wilson (who I think were a great team).

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Musically and sonically spectacular. The Onkel Po's releases are an incredible series.

Excellent writer that you are, you have too much class to go with the obvious alliterative possibility of " Should Montreal Subway Honor Polarizing Priest or Polarizing Piano Player"! And yes, I vote for Oscar Peterson!

I love that Randy Weston, and that is my favorite Hal Galper group (and favorite Brecker Bros. for that matter). All the albums they recorded 1976-1978 are fabulous, and I wouldn't want to have to select one. Galper was something very very different back then as compared to the craftsman he has been since sometime in the 80's.

Let me whisper sweet words of pismotality And discuss the puppetudes of love And put 'em together, and what've you have Matrimony, oh my darling, please hear my plea

I'm just saying that was an example of a strange sounding 50's hit and that Sun Ra's "pop" sides were also strange sounding.

"Game of Love" was one of the first five records I ever bought, and it's still fun to hear 55 years later. RIP.

My parents lived in the Bay Area then, and I also believe I saw him playing outside in SF around Market St. one time, 5-10 years earlier. Did not try to engage him at all.

I just finished my listening. I think it is very good, the writing and arranging and rhythm section are excellent, and Tolliver plays well (you can tell the ideas are still there, and he sounds great for 77 years old, but is not the dynamo he was 50 years ago, of course). The sax players are fine, though not memorable to me. I'm really glad to have it and will revisit it many times, but "The Ringer", the Slug's and Loosdrecht live recordings, and the first Big Band album will remain my Tolliver first call go-to's.

I was actually listening to much of his 50's work this morning, including non-jazz cuts he laid down for 45's back in that period. Many of them were fairly horrid doo-wop/novelty types of sides, but some were pretty good. They all sounded (of course) like they were recorded on a different planet, but so did a lot of pop/rock/r&b stuff from the 50's, including a lot of huge hits ("Purple People Eater", "The Witch Doctor", "Sea of Love", "Stranded in the Jungle" etc etc). And it occurred to me - what if one of those records had taken off and become a left-field hit? Would he have become a pop record producer, and we would have been without his recorded and cultural legacy? Just found it an interesting thought.

DJ's love those 32 minute songs, gives them a sizable break. Though she would have needed to flip the LP. Wonder how the rest of the audience felt about hearing that one 3-4 times a week? Not to disparage it musically, I love it, it's just loooong.