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The one I'd like to hear is the Reuben Wilson, since it's unissued rather than rejected. Very few rejected BN's have ever been subsequently issued. The Bobby Hutcherson below is the only one that comes to mind. Dozens of unissued sessions have come out, and some (like 'Jacknife' and 'Infinity') are some of the greatest albums they ever made.

Details below from the Real Gone Music newsletter email: Now, to more serious musical matters. It is our great honor and privilege to present to you Alice Coltrane: Spiritual Eternal-The Complete Warner Bros. Studio Recordings, a 2-CD set we have created in cooperation with the Coltrane estate. Featuring notes by Coltrane scholar Ashley Kahn, and produced by Real Gone's own Gordon Anderson together with acclaimed jazz reissue producer Zev Feldman, this collection brings together for the first time the three albums-Eternity, Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana, and Transcendence-that Alice recorded for Warner Bros. in the mid-to-late '70s. Coltrane never stopped evolving as an artist, and this is some of the most challenging, spiritual, and, ultimately, rewarding work of her career, as she gradually left the jazz world behind to focus on the devotional Hindi music she was creating at her Southern California ashram. Her sound anchored by the otherworldly sounds of 1971 Wurlitzer 805 Centura, whose pitch-bending ability allowed her to echo the sounds of the harmonium that is used widely in Eastern music, Coltrane (who adopted the name Turiyasangitananda or Turiya for short by the end of her tenure at Warner Bros.) created a unique fusion of raga, qawwali, jazz, African-American gospel, and even classical that has to be heard. Spiritual Eternal-The Complete Warner Bros. Studio Recordings offers a fresh examination of this groundbreaking work, inside a sumptuous digipak package that pays homage to one of the most fearless and uncompromising figures in modern jazz.

I like that album quite a bit, will have to go back and listen to Cables on it. Also like the next one, 'Horn Culture', with "Sais".

The Joe Henderson September 1970 Lighthouse material on Milestone ('If You're Not Part of the Solution...' and part of 'In Pursuit of Blackness'). I will give you that Cables sounds good on Woody Shaw's great 'Blackstone Legacy'.

Say what you will about Chick Corea (I both love him and loathe him at times), he knew how to get a wonderful personal sound on the Rhodes. Herbie Hancock, too. I agree, there are jazz pianists I like on acoustic who I can't stand on Rhodes (looking at you and your ring modulator, George Cables) and others who just became totally bland (Kenny Barron, for instance).

Understood. No one except the initial quoted author has made any disparaging remarks, it's just that we don't know. BTW, my first male cat was Mingus, and our current cat is Aisha.

Maybe because of the projections of what was going on in his mind and heart during the last 12-18 months of his life, when we don't really know.

Also, just in case people are aware of the original. As with "I Say A Little Prayer", Aretha took a great original in a different and equally satisfying direction.

True that.

And don't forget the clear influence Coltrane had on my favorite trumpet players - Hubbard, Tolliver, and a certain Woody somebody!

That seems like a critic who likes to hear himself talk. Alice Coltrane was not McCoy Tyner, who was/is? She was a one-of-a-kind talent who made some utterly stunning albums on Impulse on her own (and some of the work on WB was also wonderful), and was instantly recognizable on three different instruments. Her harp playing was stunning, and she had a wonderful sense of composition and some unique (if sometimes overblown) arranging abilities. I've never been sold on Ali, but would certainly never belittle something like 'Interstellar Space' by calling it 'Flailing About'. Coltrane's 1966-67 albums didn't meet the standards of his 1964-1965 albums? No, they certainly didn't, but neither do hardly any other albums ever made! They were the next (and final) phase of the journey, not wholly successful, but wholly fascinating.

agreed, as far as web sites on old pc, what happens when you refresh page?

Understood, np, thx.

Found it, but looks like the link to the music was removed: httpos://inconstantlysol.blotspog.com/2014/04/prince-lasha-sonny-simmons-clifford.html

My understanding is that there never was a successful take on Monk's "Brilliant Corners" on the Riverside album, and they had to piece it together from multiple takes.

good to know. sometimes the whole is less than the sum of the parts. Like those Eric Dolphy Douglas albums that had Lasha, Shaw, etc. only playing choruses on a couple of stray cuts.

It's a fine Shirley Scott/Grover album. What do you think of it as a Dexter Gordon album?

The two Shaw albums were from the same session (Jazz Forum 2/25/82 - I just looked it up to confirm). McCoy Tyner also was involved in the Columbia to Elektra Musician move. The Gordon album was pretty ill-conceived, with Grover Washington. But they probably couldn't just make a normal Dexter Gordon album, as his playing had deteriorated at that point.

There are a couple of two-disc anthologies from her time at Columbia (with less overlap than you would expect, about half the track) which are very inexpensive. The first, as you can tell from the title, is a little broader stylistically, the second a little more focused on pop/soul. I prefer the second. For all the things Aretha was, to me she was not a jazz standards singer. BTW, the Amazon and ebay crowd are trying to cash in on these, especially the second one, but thye are still low-priced on discogs. They aren't great musically, but will certainly give you an idea of what she sounded like on Columbia.

Looks fabulous - thanks for the info, and welcome to the neighborhood!

Agreed, my expectations for the Shaw Onkel PO release were sky-high, and it still blew me away. To me, his most essential 80's recording.

Reminder that BN released this little gem in 2002: