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Nice!

I also received it from ImportCD's today. Description as above, and I have not listened either. But at under $4 per disc, I have no complaints.

I'm not aware of any Robinson dates (leader or noteworthy solo work as a sideman) from the mid-late 60's or early 70's either. Can you fill in any details for me?

Cecil Taylor, Nathan Davis, Hugh Masekeka, Roy Hargrove, Tomasz Stanko...

$26.53 Amazon Prime. I paid about $10 more last month and was very pleased with set. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GRLPXRW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=superdeluxeed-20&linkId=241bbf18eb836e8dbb1544dadc709bd9&language=en_US

Got that one from the same board member, forgot about it. Yes, it is really good also.

I also really like Funk Dumpling. I am not aware of any other albums as leader or sideman for him from that era. Am I correct, and if so, do we know why?

I've heard almost all of it also, and missed out on buying this CD when it was affordable. I agree on the front line, have always considered the brothers functional, but not front line. The singer/pianist got a lot of airplay in his brother's band around that time - "Expansions" was my theme song for one of my college radio shows ("Leaving This Planet" was my theme song for my other one - remember, it was the early 70's). Of the 56 original Strata-East releases, I've heard 51 in full, owned 46 of them at one time or another (I was able to come by them easily in Philly in the 70's), and currently own 25 of them on CD. Biggest MIA's for me that are on CD are the Cecil McBee and the Weldon Irvine (neither of which are really great albums, but they're good), and the one we are talking about here. Biggest MIA's because they've not ever made it to CD are the Mtume (personnel and era/feel make it essential, though it is underrehearsed and sloppy), the Shirley Scott (best album she ever did), the Harold Vick (ditto) and the awesome Jazz Contemporaries "Reasons in Tonality". Would also be nice to have the Cosmic Twins, the other Jazz Contemporaries, the Charles Davis, and the Brass Company on CD. The ones I've never heard in full are The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe (one of many Bill Lee projects on the label), the other John Gordon, the Muriel Winston, the Bruce Johnston/Rodney Jones, and the Billy C. I've heard parts of some of them.

Strata-East is correct. Always a good guess on my BFT's.

I strongly recommend the Kuhn and the Moondoc. And the Coltrane boxes are the way to own the Prestige material, as well as the Mingus and Coltrane boxes for the Atlantic material.

Not Leon Thomas either. Yeah, #5

She is, thanks. Not sure if you ever had her in class. Zakiyyah Felser.

I have, it's good.

PM sent on howls, raps & roars - recordings from the san francisco poetry renaissance Fantasy 4-CD set: $16.00 All, I highly recommend that Brubeck set, especially at that price, and highly highly highly recommend that Joe Henderson set! @tutankhamen - my daughter graduated from Slippery Rock University with a Dance major in 2012.

http://www.thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/ As usual from me, heavy on 60's and 70's, and stretching the boundaries in different directions in some cases. Plus a couple of delightful surprises! Looking forward to your responses.

Thanks Scott, we know you are doing your best, and that your performance on packing/shipping is exemplary.

I have been a huge fan since the first Byrds album, thanks for posting. Even the "acoustic demos" type releases by him are compelling, as are some of the sloppier live releases of various legal authenticity.

https://www.discogs.com/Illinois-Jacquet-The-Complete-Illinois-Jacquet-Sessions-1945-50/release/3220518 4CD or 6LP

Jim, a lot of it is subjective. I can see where the Mosaics may be greatly preferable for people with different aesthetics, larger incomes, larger houses, and differently listening habits (80-90% of my listening occurs at work, I port CD's around) than me. Mosaics are great for what they are, just not my thing for different reasons.

Great price on the Liebman/Beirach Select ($39.95). And the Woody Herman Select is $19.95. Beware, it says the Newman/Green Select does not have a booklet.

Yep, I got this one (and IIRC, the Hubbard and the Elvin Jones) when another board member put them up for sale here, and it far exceeded my expectations. I wish I had grabbed the Chet Baker from him also, and how that sits on my "want" list. Amazing series, haven't heard a clinker or even so-so release from it, just various gradings of wonderful, but music and sound quaility. One of the very best Woody Shaw live releases (which I got on pre-order).

I'm more bugged by this sort of exploito album cover. And Muse did a LOT of them in the 80's/90's.

Also with Ike Quebec and Green/Clark 2CD sets that duplicate the content of the Mosaics. In all three cases, I sold off the Mosaics and bought the BN's.