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Which is, to me, bad business strategy, as USA customers are going to (understandably) assume the worst Better to address the issue head-on. I might consider CDJapan at this point if I knew exactly what I was facing tariff-wise, but the unknown nature of that cost steers me to Dusty even with their substantially more expensive prices.

Music Inc. & Big Band, Cecil McBee- Mutima, Heath Brothers - Marchin' On, Descendants of Mike & Phoebe. Just got notice of these from Bandcamp, and confirmed on Mack Avenue site. Will fill in details as I can find them out. I'm really surprised these are slipping out so quietly, given the massive buildup to the spring releases, but thankful the program is continuing. The Tolliver Music Inc. album is a gem, and the recording that launched Strata-East IIRC. Smilin' Billy Suite, the second side of the Heath Bros, album, is awesome.l

1 – As I posted earlier, The first cut is track #2 from this. Beautiful song, beautiful performance! That album was magnificent, and such a great idea to give much-needed exposure to those three horn players. 2 – Sounds like one of those small-label free jazz albums from the late 60’s with Michael White on violin. I’m going to continue to research this one. I like it and am curious for ID. 3 – Tight rhythm section. Surely 70’s vintage with that Rhodes? Maybe one of those Orrin Keepnews productions on Galaxy or Milestone? Very good cut, hope I have it somewhere. 4 – I like the voicings of the background horns in the arrangement, not wild about the alto player, the trombonist or the rhythm section, though they can all play. 5 – They certainly have their Charles Mingus down (and the tenor soloist has his Booker Ervin down). Mingus Dynasty? Love it! 6 – Another GREAT track! Wonderful! Vibes/marimba reminds me of Bobby Hutcherson, but context doesn’t, as he didn’t record this late without a piano. Chico Freeman with Jay Hoggard? 7 – Cherokee. Bud Powell disciple. No new ground, but good, pleasant stuff. 8 – Lovely tone, great technique from tenor. I’m not a fan of solo sax, so I lost interest when they went “outside”, but this person can definitely play. The guitar was not as convincing to me. The bass has great facility, but to what end? John Klemmer on saxophone? Can’t think of what album it would be, but I’m not familiar with most of his Cadet stuff or with almost all of his post-Impulse/ABC recordings, so I guess it should be. BTW, why has so much Klemmer never seen CD reissue? 9 – Variations on a theme some from #8. I’m not as enamored of this saxophonist, though he certainly can play. The rhythm section just meanders aimlessly to me. Listening through, but looking forward to it being over. This is probably a cut I “should” like, but I don’t. Man, this is a looong cut at 11 minutes! 10 – Sort of forms a mood trilogy with cuts 8 & 9. Somewhere Over The Rainbow. I like it even less, but at least it’s short(er). Dan Gould will probably love this cut. Maybe one of the old masters, but it almost seems too exaggerated in style to be one of them. 11 – What’s New. Certainly sounds like Bags off the top, but maybe less so as it goes on. Good track. 12 – Very beautiful. Builds nicely as it goes. I like it a lot. Track 1 is so great. Tracks 2,5.6.12 all have me looking forward to reveal! Thanks for BFT!

The first cut is track #2 from this. Beautiful song, beautiful performance! That album was magnificent, and such a great idea to give much-needed exposure to those three horn players. On a quick scan, every cut on this BFT sounds like a winner to me, can't wait to dive in!

I never got to see Pentangle live, but did see Bert Jansch at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr in, I believe the late 70's . He was sort of quirky onstage but musically excellent.

The later albums are surprisingly good.

Agreed. the three Pentangle box sets on Cherry Red are highly recommended purchases, superseding all other Pentangle releases: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/pentangle-the-albums-19681972-7cd-boxset https://www.cherryred.co.uk/pentangle-through-the-ages-19841995-6cd-clamshell-box-set https://www.cherryred.co.uk/pentangle-reunions-live-amp-bbc-sessions-19822011-4cd-clamshell-box

RIP. Excellent, versatile pianist.

RIP, also saw him live with RT in the 90's, at rhe Tower Theater in Philly. Great bassist and wonderful presence.

I'd certainly be in for a CD release of the '73 concert. I have the grey market Jazz Door CD's of the '69 concert, so will wait to see how much this release is an improvement, and what the price point is. But this is good news, no matter what.

Wow, so sorry. thanks for sharing.

+1 (of many, I'm sure)

And the tables (possibly) turned. There's a story (maybe apochryphal) about Kenny G coming up to Brecker at a festival and saying to Brecker something like "you are so great! I can't understand why I'm so much more popular when you're so great!" and Brecker simply replying "neither can I" and walking away. Not sure where I first heard that story, maybe even here...

Yeah, Discogs does not show a CD release. 11 cuts, 32 minutes, song choices like "Strangers in the Night", "Somewhere My Love", etc. Doesn't look overly promising to me, but I do think the album cover is very cool!

I was looking at ebay CD listings from Rarewaves, a British seller I have frequently used. Their listings are now carrying the message "Due to US policies, import fees for this item will need to be paid to customs or the shipping carrier on delivery." So I will be avoiding all foreign sellers until/unless this gets resolved, which will definitely decrease my overall purchases and increase my reliance on DG, Amazon, DeepDiscount and other US sellers. I used to put in 1 or 2 three-figures purchases from CDJapan each year, and several smaller purchases from various British sellers on Ebay, but not now. And several of the types of Japanese and EU reissues I used to buy from overseas sources are now going to cost more than I'm willing to spend if I was to buy them from US sellers. First world problem, I realize.

Said he's going back to find a simpler place in time. BTW, great article.

Thanks, I have NYT subscription.

Link?

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Yeah, but "landmark recording that will cement his place in the pantheon of jazz greats"? With all those singers, etc?

The hype in that description is staggering... Artwork records is the label. https://kennybarron.com/recordings/songbook/

Yes it is. All of his other Muse CD's are much more conservative (overly so IMO).

Yet another good Muse album in need of CD issue.

I like a lot of Stan Kenton, even though his work doesn't seem to be held in high esteem in our neighborhood here.

I was able to pick this up cheap based on your recommendation, and you're right, it's really interesting material, thanks for the tip!