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I didn't love it, liked it OK. Maybe because it wasn't that different, it didn't strike me, because each of their albums up until then had been very different than the previous one. I like Wish You Were Here and I like Animals, but nothing really past that too much. The Wall bores me.

heartily agree.

Yeah, Piper thru Moon is the period I love.

John Handy. Blakey's "Gypsy Folk Tales". Bobby Watson.

I believe I do. Will get back to you tonight.

He can, and Haynes even more so.

#8 has to be a live recording of the Warren Haynes/Derek Trucks version Allman Brothers doing "Afro-Blue", doesn't it? I know Trucks loves the song, and I don't think Betts and Trucks ever played together in the group - Haynes was the common denominator on guitar.

I saw him back in the 70's at some long-gone Philly Jazz club (don't remember the name, might have been "Memphis"). He and the group played very well, but were clearly having issues with the club management about set length and stuff, and the musicians were clearly angry, especially Steve Neil, the bass player, who stayed on stage and played an extended bass solo, glaring at the club manager, after the rest of the group had exited.

Interestingly, I found his Blue Notes of that period to be relative dogs, much too conservative for him. Unlike his 60's-early 70's BN's which were monsters. Sort of true for the whole BN restart of the 80's and beyond, I guess.

Argreed!

I'll have to look into that. I am sort of friends with David Kim, the concertmaster, and he may be able to help.

And sadly has never been reissued on CD. One of the very few downloads I have ever purchased (the other is the Elvin Jones Town Hall Concert with Farrell, Corea, and Perla).

I saw him in the group with George Adams. Beaver Harris on drums. That would have been, maybe late-70's, early 80's, one of the Leo Gadson productions at the Ethical Society. He also brought in McLean, Blakey, Juju, and others. And opening acts were local Philly musicians early in their careers like Monette Sudler and Toomi Sunooka (I know I'm butchering the spelling on that one).

His leader sessions are very different. Here is one prime example from his 1975 album on MPS records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppo63C_Uklc

I'll second that recommendation.

I've always thought I heard more Coltrane than any other musical influence in his trumpet playing, so found this from the 1997 article to be very interesting. Though I have to say, I've never considered him to have "delicate phrasing": He picked up the trumpet at age thirteen and cut his teeth on saxophonist John Coltrane’s Blue Trane and, later, Kulu Se Mama,Om, Ascension, and A Love Supreme; the influence shows to this day in Lokumbe’s delicate phrasing and fiery solo runs.

https://www.philly.com/news/hannibal-lokumbe-philadelphia-orchestra-healing-tones-shofar-tree-of-life-20190321.html Article above well worth your read. He sounds like he is as fascinating as a man as he is as a musician. @jsngry and others in Dallas-Ft. Worth area, do/did you know him in person? Any other thoughts?

Welcome, sounds like you've come to the right neighborhood!

Caimen also used to be my go-to back when they were in business.

I have also experienced that some, and it's understandable. BTW, for this box, if you order from Rarewaves, it is several dollars cheaper to do so via ebay rather than Amazon. I always shop ebay/amazon/discogs/importcds for anything I am buying,. Don't think I am missing any others that are consistently enough low-priced to justify the time, but please let me know if I am.

Yes, I've ordered plenty from Oxfordshire, and they're good. It will take a little while to get to you, as they are shipping from the UK, but well worth the wait. I don't really have a track record with Rarewaves. If you're in a hurry, good old Moviemars has it for about $5 more ($53.47), and they are US-based.

Agreed, it's a surprisingly good set. And a corresponding live set would be nice. Also, don't sleep on the stuff he did after this period, featuring Gerry Mulligan. Much of that is stunningly good.

This package is a lot nicer.

Even the Andorrans have had a hard time getting Byas right. But that would be a GREAT set if it could be done.

Listening to and greatly enjoying this, another, different type of a "perfectly high-quality portrait of music/record business economics in action".