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And Columbia and Silveto before that. My memory is reading that Silver asked Lion to toss the Pep's tapes.

RIP, great work!

Absolutely spectacular music. I expect it to end up being the best release of 2024.

Will do!

Thanks so much, just picked up the Devins on ebay following the reveal. You've won me over on Rainone for sure, and opportunity to hear him and those Lee tunes is well worth my $8!

Love the label name, but I'm not big on Nelson's soundtrack work beyond The Pawnbroker.

That's the best one on Mainstream. This is my favorite jazz vocal album of all time:

Yes, #2 is "Tenors of the Time" from Christlieb/Marsh 'Apogee'.

May have been for James Spauding on alto? He was never a favorite of mine.

1 – (posted this earlier) Cut is B3 from this wonderful album. Great stuff! 2 – Good cut! Hyperactive sax players, but totally enjoying the rhythm section and the composition. Hard Bop! No ID’s, will be interested to find out who/what it is 3 – I assume Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim, though maybe Harry Miller, certainly a South African/Village groove. Not my thing, I find myself getting impatient with it. 4 – Grew on me as it went on, but I find myself getting impatient with it on the bottom, with the stagnant martial rhythm, and on top with the little quirks in the composition. The front line guys can play their instruments. Not my type of jazz guitar playing, but this guy is very good at what he does. In the end, this cut does win me over, though it is a split decision. I do want to find out more about it. 5 – I’m probably too old and way too far from being the target audience to really get this one. I appreciate the sentiment of what they’re trying to say, but can’t relate to the vocal style in the least, and the sax solo does nothing for me. Nothing here that sparks me to relisten or explore more deeply. 6 – Back on track, lovely version of “Tenderly”. Clark Terry or someone like that? No fireworks, and the rhythm arrangement and bass solo don’t do much for me, but the cut goes down nice. 7 – Sax player is unlistenable for me. A case where @Dan Gould and I are on exactly the same page! 8 – Interesting cut, but the low fidelity greatly detracts from my enjoyment. Enjoying it more than I would expect given the electronics on the cut. I do want to know more! 9 – The title track from this of course! This is the only post 70’s album I have kept by this artist, and strictly for this cut. Saw him at Penn’s Landing in Philly a couple years later, and this song was the clear highlight of the show for me. Thanks for the Easter BFT!

First cut is B3 from this. Great stuff!

It's spectacular, Carpe Diem!

Happy Easter, everyone, He is risen! My cut was "Sir Galahad" from Billy Harper's 'Capra Black' album, released on Strata-East in 1974. The album cover has been my avatar on this forum since I joined in 2005! Harper is joined by Jimmy Owens on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, George Cables on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums on this beautiful cut. Classic debut album by my favorite musician! Responses to this cut ranged from positive to ecstatic with one notable exception 😊. Thanks for listening and participating, and thanks to Mr. Notable Exception for coordinating this BFT, and to Thom for hosting/posting it.

Surprised we didn't hear more about it! To me, the premier jazz vocalist.

Yes, thanks for the remembrance and the video link!

Just finished watching 'The Intruder'. Very jarring movie even now, can't imagine how it must have hit viewers in 1963. Had no idea Shatner had that in him.

Thank you!

Just looked at that label in Discogs. Some really interesting looking late 70's releases, none of which I was familiar with! We can only hope....

Loved his work with Mingus, and when I saw MIngus Dynasty live in the early 90's at the Painted Bride Art Center, he was highly visible, seemed to be leading the gig that night, incredible performance (Walrath, Alex Foster, Michael Formanek, don't remember who the drummer was, and filling in (I believe for George Adams and Don Pullen) were Josh Redman (who was amazing that night) and John Hicks. I have not been as happy with Walrath's leader work, which gets pretty quirky (and I can't stand David Fiuczynski on guitar).

Thanks,not familiar with either of those. The first one looks really good, the second, uh, "interesting", though I'll pass on it. Would like to see the first one.

Mine too. Very poignant, you end up really caring about the guy. Only downside is that the monster on the wing looks like a giant muppet!

Yes, one of their few glaring oversights. Others include Gary Bartz - 'Home' and Sonny Simmons 'Rumasuma'. But it's amazing how much Fantasy did get out on CD before selling to Concord, who has basically mothballed those catalogs.

I also have picked up a lot more of them on CD than on LP. My limited LP money in the 70's was spent more on building library of Coltrane, Tyner, Blakey/Jazz Messengers, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, etc. But I did have some Pablo's that I got at good prices, especially a lot of the 1975 Montreux recordings (they also recorded there in 1977).