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Absolutely.

It's not a classic era, and I would argue that ended in 1967 when Alfred Lion exited, and didn't begin until around 1955-1956 with the advent of the LP. But it's a nice album, and BN did many good (and many more bad) and some great albums throughout the 70's.

Those were two of the six I ordered.

Sometimes .

I'm actually under orders from my daughter to not liquidate my collection - she wants it.

Things are good overall here in the Western Suburbs of Philly. Staying stable after having greatly decreased. We also have a governor who has stayed on top of this. My employer, headquarted in KC (14,000 employees there) but with substantial secondary business centers here and in Bangalore, Calcutta, and Brasov, just announced they will not bring more employees back into the offices until 2021 - a great decision. KC is apparently not good right now, and India sees themselves in crisis, though their rates are about 1/4 of the USA.

This one, with Mickey Tucker, Sir Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, and Eddie Gladden. It's a nice set:

I placed an order for six items. Also good opportunity to get the crown jewel of the catalog IMO, the Larry Young ORTF Paris set. And they did the only respectful presentation of the Eric Dophy Iron Man/Conversations material I've ever seen. And of the Wes Montgomery ORTF Paris material.

If you like those, I can wholeheartedly recommend this one:

I've always found JWH's lyrics to be fascinating, endlessly yielding new meanings.

Checked out the sample on Discogs, and it sounds like a great set. No CD?

That was already happening. This reissue is just further confirmation...

Me too. Jerry Gordon had some kind of sources for fascinating cutouts! I remember getting all those Arista/Freedom US releases there, the mysterious Blue Note Montreux albums, some 50's Blue Notes that had seemingly been out of print forever, etc. That was ca. 1974-1981 so I was on strict budget (college, then first jobs), and could stretch my expenditures with cutouts.

Definitely prefer the first cover.

There's music inside them? Who knew?

I got many as cutouts from 3rd St. Jazz for 99 cents. Bought many such as the Roland Haynes on faith, which was rewarded.

Same here, but I am overdue for a re-listen.

IIRC, the CD's were available through a Black Jazz website, and I think I bought the Carn CD's (and maybe some of the others) that way.

Me too. "Upendo Ni Pamoja" and "Funky Serenity", especially the first one, are my go-to Ramsey Lewis albums.

NIce cover. Don't think I've ever seen it before. As mentioned, do have that great CD. "Appointment in Ghana" is a big favorit of mine.

And I was in college and went whole hog for it. Never bought "No Energy Crisis" because I had so much of it on original albums by that point. The On Tour was nice because that material was not on other albums. Love the Klemmer cut especially. Impulse was the generally available label to buy then. The classic BN's were largely out of print by then, though they could be found in cut out bins and used stores.

Impulse did a great job of it themselves 50 years ago. This was the set which jump-started me in the music, and it can still be had for under $10:

Well, first off, anyone really into this sub-genre is gonna own basically everything on there. Second, a couple of strange choices. Not sure how "A Taste of Honey" by Phil Woods jumps out as "spiritual jazz". That being said, nice series, and there is a lot of really wonderful music on this set.