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1 – I would guess the World Saxophone Quartet or something. Not in my array of “things”. 2 – played it while working, and it never even registered., I got jarred back into active listening by the next cut. Went back to pay attention, and it still kept fading away from my consciousness through the first three minutes or so. Yet I don’t dislike those three minutes. Would be great film music (or maybe it already is?). Once it “started” for me, I found it quite pleasant and pretty, though not overly compelling. 3 – Paul Simon’s “El Condor Pasa”. I like this! Cello is such a cool instrument, can do so many different approaches. 4 – Kept waiting for the rhythm section to come in and the song to start. Leo Smith? 5 – Don’t think this one’s too avant-garde! “Take the A Train” of course. J. I know Archie Shepp started doing some of this sort of thing in the mid-70’s to prove he could (yet wasn’t overly good at it to me), but this isn’t Shepp. 6 – Works for me. This is one I’d like to own if I don’t already (so much music, such a short lifetime). 7 – Only sort of works for me. I don’t really like that sort of rhythm section. I like to recognize a pulse. Saxophonist is a good player. 8 – Had this Sartre nightmare where I was locked in an elevator with Irene Aebi for eternity, and she just kept singing and singing and singing… 9 - See #4, except this one works a little better for me. But still would never voluntarily return to it. 10 - Drags too much for me. 11 – Ace! Always a beautiful BFT occurrence when my favorite cut is the long one. I’ll be looking for this one as soon as the reveal comes out (or some sharpie identifies it). The cello/bass/drums rhythm section on this is killer! That’s what makes the cut for me. The soloists are fine, and the alto and trumpet have beautiful tones, but the context sets him up beautifully. I could play a kazoo solo over top of this and it would sound good. 12 – This sort of thing always reminds me of my horror of first hearing the Corea/Braxton stuff,, “Afternoon of a Georgia Faun”, and some of the more inscrutable BYG material 40+ years ago. I was a kid then, and had spent hard-earned money on used/cutouts some of that. I still sort of metaphorically scratch my head and say “huh?”

Plenty of February left, no sweat!

That's been true for me for every album he's recorded the last 30 years except for 'Time Out of Mind'.

Still hoping for a Roland Kirk Mercury box from them.

I put in a $30 test order with them, will see how it goes. some of their prices are great, though others are not. but they seem to be well worth checking out when you are looking for european material.

I can't hear the word "fusion" without thinking of the 1990s Jazz FM show "Fusion Flavours". The presenter had a lisp, so the "s" sound in Fusion always sounded a bit funny to me (the audible effect defies explanation in writing, except to say that Hugh Lawrie has a similar quirk of enunciation). I almost never listened to the show, just heard the trailers. I actually like 'Pressure Sensitive' quite a bit, especially "Always There", which I played quite a bit back in the day.

Amen, brother.

I LOVE 50's/60's Blue Note, but also love some very different sorts of musical experiences. From the Jefferson Airplane to Shelby Lynne to Leslie Gore. "You Don't Own Me" is a stunning recording.

Good prices on that site. Is their fill rate/delivery dependable?

Amen! Strata-East, Nimbus West, Black Jazz, Steeplechase, Flying Dutchman, MPS, Muse, even some of the Don Sebesky era CTI catalog, etc. etc., all sorts of fascinating things going on. Lots and lots of choice quality wheat mixed in with a lot of chaff. Even some of the (duck, incoming flak!) early fusion was pretty great. Listening the the Hancock Warner Bros. box right now. 'Mwandishi' and 'Crossings' were/are fabulous, as was early Weather Report, early Mahavishnu Orchestra, much of Return to Forever, even (shudder) Chuck Mangione on Mercury up through (and including) 'Land of Make Believe'. As well as Gil Scott-Heron, Terry Callier, Gary Bartz's Milestone/Prestige albums, and other various hybrids. There, I''ve said it I have my armor on, and am ready for the assault now

Actually it leaked out a little in the USA back then, at least as cutouts. I had a cutout vinyl of it I got from Jerry Gordon's magical Third Street Jazz in Philly back in the day.

Yes, they reissued a lot of CBS-associated 70's material.

I ain't skeered. DL please.

Amen! Strata-East, Nimbus West, Black Jazz, Steeplechase, Flying Dutchman, MPS, Muse, even some of the Don Sebesky era CTI catalog, etc. etc., all sorts of fascinating things going on. Lots and lots of choice quality wheat mixed in with a lot of chaff.

Here are the ones I can fully recommend. The Tyner 'Extensions' album and the Elvin Jones 'Coalition' and 'Genesis', the Hutcherson Montreux set, the Lee Morgan, the Jones/Lewis, and the Wayne Shorter are classics to my ears. YMMV. The Tyner is, to me, absolutely one of the greatest albums ever made, period. 4346: The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra - Consummation (1/20/70, 1/21/70, 1/28/70, 5/25/70) 4354: Jeremy Steig - Wayfaring Strangers (3/??/70) 4361: Elvin Jones - Coalition (7/17/70) 4363: Wayne Shorter - Odyssey of Iska (8/26/70) 4369: Elvin Jones - Genesis (2/12/71) 4417: Hank Mobley - Thinking of Home (LT 1045) (7/31/70) BN-LA 006-F McCoy Tyner - Extensions BN-LA 015-G2 Elvin Jones - Live at the Lighthouse BN-LA 054-F Horace Silver - In Pursuit of the 27th Man BN-LA 223-G McCoy Tyner - Asante BN-LA 224-G Lee Morgan - The Last Session BN-LA 249-G Bobby Hutcherson - Live at Montreux BN-LA 710-G Bobby Hutcherson - The View from the Inside BN-LA 789-G Bobby Hutcherson - Knucklebean

Thanks Alan, sounds like a good one.

Yeah, I had it on my Amazon wish list for quite a while before a copy suddenly showed up at a somewhat affordable price! gregmo Yeah, I have the Collectables twofer, not included to pay $40 for the eight minutes of missing music ("Monterey Mist" and "Home").

I'm a big Friedman guy. Can you provide details on that session?

What did your cost work out to per CD? With shipping, $68.97 for the 6 titles. (I had about $1.50 worth of points in there too.) Works for me thanks!

What did your cost work out to per CD?

Any thoughts/dscriptions/pro- or con- recommendations on the Hino titles?

I'm also a fan of their reissues.

That's a nice one, it was on CD before, but is still rare. I'm waiting for them to reissue 'Blues At Carnegie Hall' .... Me, too. That was a double butcher job by Collectables where they coupled it with the much more common and totally unrelated Art Blakey Atlantic album, and deleted material from the otherwise unavailable MJQ set to make it all fit on one CD.

cd japan is also carrying them -- with a more English-friendly webpage. The Bastards also seem to be planning to stock them - not surprisingly. That's really good to know, though it's always dangerous to my wallet to go poking around their website. Anyone familiar with that Hubert Eaves title? What are the Hino titles like? Jim, I also am a fan of that Oliver Nelson date. Can you describe the Reggie Lucas in more detail?

cd japan is also carrying them -- with a more English-friendly webpage. b Thanks great help!