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I have it, and can second Jim's recommendation. He's the one that hipped me to it some time ago. BTW, thanks for the lead on that Masters Porgy & Bess set. Ordered it this morning, $5.98 Amazon Prime.

Yes, Max and a pianoless quartet - Max, Harper, Bridgewater I believe, Workman (who took an amazing extended solo similar to his Prayer for Peace solo with Tolliver). Hutch had West Coast guys - James Leary, Eddie Marshall and I believe George Cables and Manny Boyd. Dex used Hutch's rhythm section, and had a trumpet player (I think Eddie Henderson - it wasn't Woody, who I never saw live). As reference for date, Jon Hendricks was performing "Evolution of the Blues" at a theatre nearby - I saw that the same week.

Yes, it is pretty spectacular! And Harper is also on it (though not featured as such)

Were you at the show that had Hutcherson's group and Dexter Gordon as well as Roach's quartet with Harper/Bridgewater/Workman? I was there!

This is a little known gem with a whole lotta good Harper going on. And affordable to pick up. Had this one in my BFT a few years ago, but of course almost no one listens to my BFT's https://www.discogs.com/Mark-Masters-Jazz-Orchestra-With-Billy-Harper-And-Jimmy-Knepper-Priestess/release/9176093 The Steeplechase titles are all great and available (Europe, three volumes of Far East, Destiny is Yours). Somalia is really good and dirt cheap. Soul of an Angel is worthy and easily available.

That's the one album associated with them I've never heard. Doctored outtakes from an album I don't particularly like (Division Bell) 20 years after the fact did not sound like a winning proposition to me, but with all the praise of it in this thread, I'm getting curious.

Indeed. In fact, for some of us, the very "datedness" of some music forms we love, the fact that a given work is so very much of that time and place, is a large part of the appeal of it. I like a lot of 60's psychedelic rock in part because it is so clearly identifiable as 60's psychedelic rock. OTOH, I love Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" because it is great music, and it is timeless, not clearly of the mid-70's. Pink Floyd's earliest work is clearly of it's time, and I love it for that. Pink Floyd's middle work (Dark Side through Animals) is not of a time. I value the early work every bit as much as the middle work (and so much more than everything from "The Wall" on).

Youtube is your only friend. There's a Mosaic waiting to happen there. I own and really like both of them. Definitely recommended without reservation. And not just because of Harper's involvement - I really like Thompson.

Be sure to pick up the three "Live on Tour in the Far East" CD's on Steeplechase, along with some of the other titles being discussed. And the final Lee Morgan album on Blue Note with a great version of Harper's "Capra Black" (that album was my introduction to Harper).

Me, I'll just heartily agree and point to what my avatar has been since the day I joined this board in 2005. No musician's music has touched my soul like Harper's has. I understand how he has absorbed Coltrane, and I LOVE Coltrane's music, but there's something in Harper at his best that hits my soul even deeper still. Hannibal Peterson at his best in the mid-late 70's also reaches me that way, and McCoy Tyner for a season in the 60s-70's also (say, roughly "Expansions" through "Atlantis"). Charles Tolliver in his "Ringer" through "Loosdrecht" prime. But especially Harper.

PM on these, and very jealous to have missed out on that Ted Daniel and Marion Brown! The Art Ensemble of Chicago -- Live in Milano (Leo) $4 Anthony Braxton -- Donna Lee (America) $12

Got mine in mail 2 hours ago.

Also A Smash Hit 55 years After The Fact!

Apart from maybe Bobby Hutcherson, tough to make an argument much past about 1972. And a whole lot of rot had already set in even by then.

Agreed. I also already own 22 of the listed sets, or else would have been ordering a lot more! I really like the mastering on these sets, in several cases bought the sets and sold/traded off my singles.

Yes!

I have several hundred vinyl LP's that no longer have use to me (mainly replaced by CD). I have never really sold vinyl, so cannot quickly grade and price all of them. I am going to list out the Blue Notes and some of the other desirable labels, and if you have interest, please IM me, and we most likely should be able to work something out, either likely a sale or possibly a trade for CD's. I will describe condition when you contact me, All were good enough that they were in my collection, though most were purchased used. I am motivated to move these out, so will not be tough on pricing, though I want the exchange to be fair. Thanks. Impulse Brown ,Marion – Sweet Earth Flying Brown ,Marion – Vista Jones ,Elvin/Jimmy Garrison – Illumination! Rivers Sam – Dedication Series Vol. XII The Trio Sessions (2 LP) Sanders ,Pharoah – Village of the Pharoahs Shepp ,Archie – Things Have Got To Change Shepp ,Archie – For Losers Shepp ,Archie – The Way Ahead Tyner ,McCoy – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years (2 LP) White ,Michael – Spirit Dance White ,Michael -Pneuma White ,Michael -Father Music, Mother Dance Barbieri, Klemmer, Jarrett, Rivers, White - Impulse Artists on Tour Muse Bishop Jr. ,Walter – Cubicle Bishop Jr. ,Walter – Soul Village Cole ,Richie – Alive at the Village Vanguard Cole ,Richie – Some Things Speak for Themselves Earland ,Charles – Mama Roots Hardman ,Bill – Home Hardman ,Bill – Focus Hayes ,Louis – Breath of Life Heath ,Jimmy – Jimmy (aka The Gap Sealer) Heath ,Jimmy – Love and Understanding Jordan ,Clifford – The Adventurer Kenyatta ,Robin – Beggars and Stealers Kloss ,Eric – Essence Patterson ,Don – These are Soulful Days Patterson ,Don – Movin’ Up Schnitter ,Dave – Goliath Schnitter ,Dave – Invitation Tucker ,Mickey – Mr. Mysterious Tucker ,Mickey – The Crawl Vick ,Harold – Commitment Mainstream Land ,Harold – Choma (Burn) Land ,Harold – Damisi Miles ,Barry – Scatbird Terry ,Buddy – Lean on Him Terry ,Buddy – Pure Dynamite Terry ,Buddy – Awareness Yellin ,Pete – Dance of Allegra Land, Mitchell, Caliman, Terry – Jazz Arista/Freedom Bley ,Paul – Copenhagen and Harlem (2 LP) Brown ,Marion – Porto Novo Burrell ,Dave – High Won, High Two (2 LP) Cowell ,Stanley – Blues for the VietCong Rudd ,Roswell – Inside Job Taylor ,Cecil – Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (2 LP) Tolliver, Charles – Paper Man (aka All-Stars) Weston ,Rand – Blues to Africa Arista/Novus Abrams ,Muhal Richard – Live at Montreux 1978 Abrams ,Muhal Richard – Lifea Blinec Klemmer ,John – Nexus For Duo and Trio (2 LP)

Pm sent on Dixon, Bill The Complete Remastered Recordings - 9 Cd BXS 1009 $26 Douglas, Dave The Complete Remastered Recordings - 6 Cd BXS 1020 $20 Hemphill, Julius The Complete Remastered Recordings - 5 Cd BXS 1019 $20 Lyons, Jimmy The Complete Remastered Recordings - 5 Cd BXS 1028 $20 Mitchell, Roscoe The Complete Remastered Recordings - 9 Cd BXS 1036 $26

Some Great prices there. Wow.

And that fraud Miles Davis, which surely didn't work out too well for anyone involved (if only the Marsali had been around to warn them).

True there, supply-side economics presupposes some good-will human tendencies that do not exist. It's a great theory, but does not work in practice. You get the "miracle" of the jobless recovery, and you get the increased disparity between the 1% and the rest of us.

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