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Looking for a digital source (CD, download) of this album - any leads appreciated, thanks!

He played drums with Shirley Scott during a benefit concert at the Ethical Society in Philly back ca. 1990. Got to talk to him for a good while, and he was very kind. Quite a drummer, entered my consciousness in the first two jazz albums I every bought in 1972 (both on the same trip to Franklin Music), Lee Morgan's "Live at the Lighthouse" and the Blue Note "Best of Herbie Hancock". Led the house band for many years at Philly's Ortlieb's Jazzhaus, though I never got there. RIP.

I saw her at the Keswick theatre sharing a bill with McCoy Tyner, probably in the late 90's though I am not totally sure of the time frame. She played beautifully and did great in the obiligatory duets with Tyner, as mentioned by others, knowing who she was and wasn't. I also loved her Marian McPartland-ness, and also enjoyed much of her late-career playing quite a bit.

PM sent on A Stark Reality - Acting Thinking Feeling (3 cds on Now Again) $17

That's a great album.

I thought that Jordan was never nearly the same player after he left ER. Seemed to radically change his approach to something "older".

I have had 3-4 largish ($60-90) orders with Jazzmessengers over the past few years, and all have gone flawlessly. Only annoyance is that you have to sign for your package, which can mean a trip to the post office and several day delay if you don't have anyone to receive the package.

Maybe they can do a Norah Jones set to replenish the coffers. Worked for Blue Note.

Also Adolpho Phillips, who was a 12 WAR Center Fielder 1966-1968.

Better, yes. Good, no.

I had the same dream. 15-down was juliuswatkins. Drift on.

As for Mosaic, they have had an incredible run. I'm sure when they started in the early 80's, they didn't dare expect a 35 year run and hundreds of releases. They were magic for awhile (Tina Brooks, Larry Young, etc.). Time marches on. We've been able to see so much more reissued on CD (by Mosaic and other labels) than I ever would have dreamed. I'm grateful. Even though I would never choose to listen to it, I'm thankful to Norah Jones' Come Away With Me album, which filled Blue Note's coffers with cash, and maybe made possible some continued reissue campaigns (Conn, Rare Grooves, RVG) of their catalog.

Collectables had very poor remastering early on, seemed to get better as they went on.

I found the label's approach in the 70's to be very interesting, something different for a different era, so I really appreciate the recordings by the artists you mention. I think the three Land recordings and the first two Buddy Terry recordings for the label are stone classics, and really am thankful for many others on the label. Different strokes for different folks. But I don't think anyone would argue with you about the sound quality, which always did seem a little out-of-kilter.

Yes, there are a lot of good Mainstream dates left to reissue. Buddy Terry, Harold Land, Galper, Mike Longo, Barry Miles, Hadley Caliman, Charles McPherson, Johnny Coles, Charles Kynard, etc.

My wife telling me to turn off the computer!

Hal Galper says "Why whatever do you mean?"

also AKA Ramon Morris maybe. Must have been a shady character with all those aliases

Straight ahead hard bop, with not-unattractive 70's trappings of electric piano (George Cables) and guitar. I am quite happy with it. Stanley Clarke on bass - he played on a lot of Mainstream label sessions in that period, for whatever reason - Lenny White on drums, Bill Hardman on trumpet, and some players I'm not otherwse familiar with - Bill Washer on guitar and Ray Moros on tenor sax. Recommended if you enjoy that era where things were being stretched. I do.

He is a name I had barely heard of. Picked up his "Heartbeat" CD on Timeless in a trade, and love it. Any thoughts or recommendations on his work?

Got my package and have been listening. Something is definitely wrong with the Land. Either defective master or not from master tapes. Other titles aren't audiophile, but are quite acceptable. But the music on the Land is incredible.