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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:

Agreed it looks better this year, but apart from the Coltrane kids, don't see much tie-in to his music. Dianne Reeves? Dirty Dozen Brass Band? Sheila E.? Lee Ritenour?

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