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He did really nice work with Art Farmer in the mid-60's.

And you get the benefit of having it shipped in short order by Lon rather than "whenever, maybe" by Mosaic .

Different album than the one I a heard. Mine was the trio album with Tucker and Chico Hamilton, not the duo album with Tucker. Any thoughts on the one I heard? I certainly find something like this to have jazz value, at least in a Gene Harris - Ray Bryant - etc. sort of way.

I've never heard the Fresh Sound CD's of these sessions. They generally do a nice job. I did fine getting the booklet out, but it is really tight in there, 100 pages. I love "Iron Man", "Mandrake", and especially "Burning Spear" most of all, and all were on 'Iron Man'. But it is good to have the session combined on one set, and the alternate takes are nice (though "Crow Jim" is still a pretentious mess to my ears, with the bizarre operatic vocal).

Stunning. I've never been able to REALLY appreciate this material until now, the dozens of previous releases of 'Iron Man' and, especially 'Conversations' (aka 'The Eric Dolphy Memorial Album', aka 'Music Matador') being so shoddy in every aspect:

Listening to "Introducing Freddy Gambrell" with Chico Hamilton. Really nice, Tatum-influenced stuff, some of it more in, some more heading out. Have never heard of him before. Anyone have any thoughts or info on him?

I like and own it all (except "Natural Illusions"), even like "Linger Lane" OK, even own the Columbia stuff (available on a nice BGO set), it's levels and degrees. But no classics to my ears other than the Montreux album (except maybe the two Mainstreams under Harold Land's name)..

Again for me: "Yes, with caveats". Funky minimalism has it's place, but not in my "best of decade" spotlight.

All of those early 70's Hutch dates seemed to have caveats. "Head On" is one I've never warmed to as much as I would expect, as the Bayette Todd Cochran comps leave me kind of cold (I like his own albums from that period on Prestige better). And I agree on Sample. But I love that Montreux album.

That's certainly a good Hutch album, but I would have gone with the Montreux album with Woody Shaw, which is amazing.

Or Miles'

93 is a good run. Long career. Wish he had not missed so much of the 1950's, he would have contributed greatly. Talented guy and very kind the one time I met him in the 1970's. RIP.

I've tried and tried, really want to like it, do like "A New Perspective", but it doesn't work for me. As you say, we're all different.

I like those Byrd albums for the sound also. I also like the Grant Green albums from that period for the same reason. Those Byrd albums were a big step forward from the monstrosities of "I'm Trying to Get Home" and "Up", and way better to me than what came afterwards (both the Mizell etc. commercial stuff and the disheartening ca. 1990 "comeback"). The interlude in between with "Mustang", "Blackjack", "Slow Drag" and "The Creeper" was pleasant, though unremarkable. "Free Form" will always be THE Donald Byrd album for me, with some others from that very early 60's period not far behind. BTW, the Elvin Jones version of "Fancy Free" on the Live at the Lighthouse album is great (as is the whole album). Expecting to see that one pop up during the year of postings, though "Coalition" or "Genesis" would also be fine choices.

My feelings exactly. Sound is far superior to the Wounded Bird reissues. We probably hate the same 10 albums! I at least sampled everything on the box, but did not even listen to about a third of it (think "Rockit" and the like, and all those horrible vocoder vocals). But would not want to be without the remaining 20 discs. Paid something like $110 for mine several years ago.

It doesn't get any better than that album!

At this point, their importance is much more historical than musical, and they were quickly obsolete. As you well know, music progressed at a staggering pace in the 60's.

I hear ya. I think the philosophy on the Andorran releases has been briefly discussed once or twice in the past on the Forum...

Complicated, forerunners who did not progress. This is the undisputed early masterpiece and only must-have, also available very cheaply. The group I found much more convincing for this sort of thing was the Graham Bond Organisation, who had Dick Heckstall-Smith (also on this Blues Inc. album), Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. Zoot Money also did some interesting work in this vein, as did Georgie Fame, but the Bond group is the one I favor, along with John Mayall's groups from that period, of course. And from Bond and Mayall's personnel, you shortly afterward got Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and the magnificent Colosseum. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r-b-from-the-marquee-mw0000180954

I'm actually not a fan of "...Rudely Interrupted", but am in the minority there. By all means, pick up The Complete Animals. Dirt cheap, and the only reasonable place to get all of that material. There is a middle Animals period around 1966ish which is not well represented on CD. 'Animalism'/'Animalisms' and related tracks.

Here is info on the Solar release, but it may be the same as the others. https://www.jazzweekly.com/2017/04/historical-album-of-the-year-charles-mingus-the-jazz-workshop-all-stars-the-complete-1961-1962-birdland-broadcasts/ https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/72140/charles-mingus/the-complete-1961-62-birdland-broadcasts