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I LOVE that Neil Young set!

Never even knew those existed (insert old dog/new trick snark here).

Subjective choice, the first Weston I ever heard.

Me too!

Please give me some recommended specific album titles on the "very good albums by Jason Stein, Joshua Abrams, Mike Reed amongst others, thanks!

We refer to them as "da bastids" for any number of reasons...

Cut 12 is "Aqua Blue" from Nicole Mitchell's "Aquarius" album. Great album, I have it at home, but did not immediately recognize it! I'm very impressed with Mitchell, need to hear more by her if anyone has recommendations. The vibist is someone named Jason Adasiewicz , who I am not otherwise familiar with, but who certainly aqquits himself well on this album!

Strata-East was modeled after Strata in Detroit, correct?

Is #12 Nicole Mitchell?

Sound quality is plenty good enough for what it is, can't wait for the release! Well, at least the ones that get released. Hard to release a tape that remains lost!

I'll give another thumbs up on Tyner's 'Fly With The Wind', which is pretty stunning.

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Wow! As long as the audio quality is listenable, I'm in, thanks for the heads-up!

Agreed. Prime late 60's - early 70's work by a master, 10 full albums for $45. And the box presentation is very well done.Essential for any post-bop collection.

PM sent on the Woody Shaw Muse Mosaic and the Mingus Complete Candid.

Yeah,Stan Getz Focus is awesome! As fare as the other type, I'll take the Clifford Brown with Strings anytime.

The McCoy Tyner 'Cosmos' set has some pretty interesting string arrangements on some cuts. I like the Max Roach double quartet recordings also.

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Jim, I assume you meant James Newton rather than Anthony Davis on #12, and I agree that's who it sounds like to me also! Nice BFT, look forward to doing some more exploring on it. I'm thinking Cecil Payne on #4. #5 sounds like Hubert Laws.

Well, that ruins the entire thing for me - I'm returning my set and demanding a full refund! In seriousness, it's a great set. It and fills out the corners nicely! And very low priced.

Thankfully, Columbia seemed to realize what they had in Nyro, and gave her a lot of freedom. Great writer ("Eli's Coming", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoney End" , etc.), but even more a very wonderful singer. Her first batch of Columbia albums are awesome, and the second batch (more jazz-oriented) are really good, though not as iconic. The girl-group album with Labelle is a very moving listening experience.

The core group was Cavaliere, Dinelli, Buzzy Feiten, Annie Sutton and/or Molly Holt, and Robert Popwell. That was probably the touring group. I can't find anything specific on the touring group for that era. 'Peaceful World' has some great moments, but I can live my remaining years quite comfortably without hearing 'Search and Nearness' and 'Island of Real' again. On a different note, I've heard that version of 'Africa' and it's tremendous, but makes for a very short (and legally grey) CD, under 30 minutes, and the sound is not particularly good (though certainly listenable).

All I did was copy/past the Real Gone blurb! Anyways, in addition to this, be sure to pick up 'Transfiguration', her great live trio date with Reggie Workman and Roy Haynes. Features a 37-minute version of "Leo".

And I'll grab it when importcds has it available on ebay (20% off $60 and free shipping when you order from them there).