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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".

and with the estate of Clifford Jordan,it seems.

Verve is Universal. Sony has RCA and some other, smaller labels along with the original Columbia/Epic catalog.

Ordered that puppy online as fast as I could type!

I have seen McLean, Hayes, Dexter, and Jimmy Heath.

Yes. Trip Records was a strange and mysterious reissue label, ugly grotesque album covers, horrible vinyl and should quality, but some really interesting music by some of my favorite artists that I otherwise had never seen or heard of before. I totally agree with your analysis of Shepp during this period, and with your esteem for Beaver Harris. I saw that group live at the Foxhole on Penn's campus, and they blew me away, especially Harris. I also saw him a couple years later with George Adams/Hannibal Peterson at the Ethical Center, same reaction. This, to me, was Shepp's prime period, good as his earlier work was.

T That's a GREAT album, especially the ultimate recorded version of "African Drum Suite", desperately in need of CD release

For the uninitiated. Can't stress enough how brilliant Callier's stuff with Stepney and with Richard Evans was.

Me, for sure. Love what he did with Terry Callier and with the Rotary Connection, among others.

Start with "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", one of the greatest moments of 60's Pop music thanks to Walker's majestic vocal (and it started life as a Frankie Valli B-side, oops!) and a #1 in England (top 15 or so in USA). Go from there to the other two monster smashes (in the UK) by the Walker Brothers, "Make It Easy On Yourself" and "My Ship is Coming In". Next, go to either deeper Walker Brothers (if you're hooked, I can help you on the Walker Bros.) or to his early solo stuff, from the late 60's/early 70's (others can help better on the roadmap starting there).

I remember how turned off I was back in the day when these two great singers went "commercial", but as I sit here listening to some of the Bridgewater Elektra material, produced by Stanley Clarke or George Duke, I realize how good those recordings sound to me through a different paradigm. Glad Bridgewater has followed her different paths, and thankful for ALL the work of both of these artists.

Thank you for that lead. I was not familiar with that version (apparently the original recording), or with Radcliffe at all. You're right, it's a wonderful record. The Walter Jackson is also stunning. Even more gut-wrenching (for me, at least) than the Radcliffe or Walker versions, especially considering Jackson's life.

My ship is coming in...RIP. (this hit #3 on the UK charts, tanked in USA for some reason I've never been able to fathom) The ultimate performance of the most sophisticated anti-Vietnam-War song ever written. Stunning.

If it were Blue Note or Prestige from the 50's, it would be "Pimpin' and Primpin' "

HutchFan, best wishes for a speedy recovery! Here's what I spent my evening watching/listening to (2CD/DVD set - highly recommended):