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the Impulse's are very different than the later Blue Notes and Milestones, much more conservative, less spiritual, lots of standards. I like the Impulse's for what they are OK, but am not really a big fan of them. That being said, this one is the pick of the litter for the sextet cuts. And John Gilmore and Frank Strozier were inspired choices of woefully underrecorded players. Wish he'd done the whole album with them. (interesting note that the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison album around the same time also featured excellent, underrecorded sidemen, Prince Lasha, Sonny Simmons, and Charles Davis in the best playing of his career).

I havent heard this or his other Mack Avenue releases, but was stunned at how good his 90's releases on MAMA were, possibly the strongest of his career (and I really like the 60's Pacific Jazz stuff), so have no problem imagining that this one could be really special.

new release on Raven label, combining Jim Capaldi's first two solo albums, 'Oh How We Danced' (1972) and 'Whale Meat Again' (1974). Sidemen include all the other members of Traffic (even Dave Mason), Paul Kossoff of Free, and other luminaries of the period. Played once, good but not necessarily not my thing (I'm a Winwood guy). $15 shipped in the USA or Canada, slightly higher for the extra shipping costs overseas. Payment by Amazon gift certificate, please! This is gone, thx.

24th December here ! I'll make an exception for Duke Pearson though.. There is a Duke Pearson Christmas recording ? 'Merry Ole Soul'. He did it for Blue Note in '69 - it's on the Mosaic Select. Trio stuff, if I remember correctly. I'm totally ritualistic about playing christmas music. I don't pull christmas music out until we're putting up the tree, usually 2-3 weeks before Christmas day. Always start with the Johnny Mathis 1958 pop-classic 'Merry Christmas' (which is what I grew up on at home in the 50's and 60's), and the Rotary Connection 1968 acid-classic 'Peace'. The first jazz one I put on is the 1981 Columbia collection 'God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen', with Dexter Gordon, MCoy Tyner, even Arthur Blythe. I play christmas music through christmas day, but not a day later. Just one of those things, that's how it feels right to me. YMMV.

Just finished listening to this for the first time, and I am stunned. Our tastes, of course, are greatly impacted by time and place. For me, having started listening to this music as a college freshman in 1972, the most magical series of albums ever recorded were those McCoy Tyner did for Blue Note and Milestone from 1967 ('The Real McCoy') to 1974 ('Atlantis'). Kenny Garrett must have similar thougths, as he dedicated 'Beyond the Wall' to Tyner and recorded a GREAT album, which captures not just the sound, but the magic, of those Tyner sessions. Every cut on the Garrett album screams classic, it doesn't let up over the course of 77 minutes. It is dedication, but not imitation, the quality and spirit are so high. Mulgrew Miller's greatest moment? To my ears it is. Miller plays the part of Tyner, Garrett plays the part of Gary Bartz, Bobby Hutcherson sounds inspired playing the part of....Bobby Hutcherson. Pharoah Sanders knows a thing or two about this sort of music and is stunning throughout. Robert Hurst and Brian Blade fit in beautifully on bass and drums (and I've not always been enamored of Blade's work in the past). One of the best albums I've ever heard, surely the best of 2006 if not the entire decade.

How would I know about the stickers if I didn't buy them? When I say EXACT same stickers, I mean EXACT same stickers. Also the liners were written by someone with a name I recognize (probably a pseudonym) from any of the other Andorran bootlegs' liner notes. I am 99.999999999999999999999% certain these are boots. Do they sound like needle-drops or from master tapes?

Those didn't do much for me.

For sure. There'll be enough someday!

The Hill, Roach, and Hutcherson are all very worthwhile, each in different ways. The Hutcherson is killer, with the original versions of "Hello To The Wind" and "Slow Change" featuring Eugene McDaniels. The Roach has Billy Harper and a stunning version of "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord". The Hill is probably closest in form to the Byrd New Perspective of all the albums mentioned and is really well done, as you would expect from Hill. The Byrd Up and the Roach are horrid monstrosities to my ears. I've never heard the Byrd Trying to Get Home, one of the few "classic era Blue Notes" released domestically on CD (along with "Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller" and the Dodo Greene album, which was, to my understanding, merely a favor to Ike Quebec) that I was not willing to spend my money on. I did later come across cheap used copies the Smith and the Greene, and they didn't change my mind or remain in my collection.

But not as a singer, which was the achilles heel of Chapter 3. Fascinating albums nonetheless.

And truth be told, a lot of the stuff pre-728 never lived up to it's billing. Very disappointing label overall. I did like the Desmond and Hall live dates. But the Liebman, Fortune, etc. were really disappointments at the time.

and Norah Jones releases.

The Hubbard is (or at least was) available on yourmusic.com. That's where I got mine.

The good people at Lonehill released this double CD set which includes material which was never issued previously. How did Lonehill come across unissued material? From reading the threads on the board, I thought they just did redo's of stuff from previous commercial sources?

The ENJA is much better than the Cobblestone, which has too many poorly done period touches (it came out in the very early 70's). I remember the ENJA being good rather than great, but the Cobblestone isn't even that. That being said, I did like Jones with Mingus. Apparently, if memory serves correctly, Jones had always dreamed of playing with Mingus, and campaigned tirelessly for the chance. Guess it's a case of be careful what you wish for. Always think of the story of Mingus knocking out Jimmy Knepper's teeth or whatever, and of the humiliation of the band on the Monterey/UCLA recordings. And of what poor Jane Getz (underrated pianist in my book, the little I heard of her) apparently went through with him.

With you there. And I can't figure out for the life of me why Mingus cut off "Love is a Dangerous Necessity" just as Eddie Preston was cooking. Really like McPherson on those sides. And Byard and Richmond are Byard and Richmond.

And amazingly, you're still missing some really good stuff from early in his career, and some pretty good large ensemble titles from late in his career with the augmented Ricky Ford/Bob Neloms band. I second that emotion :tup

Totally agree. Adams, Pullen, and Walrath all became great during/through their association with Mingus, just as Dolphy, Jordan, Handy, and others had in the decades before (I remember being stunned by Walrath when I first heard Changes 1 and 2). Of course they sound different because 1. They are all uniquely indvidual, not copycats of ear;ier stylists. 2. It was a different era. Walrath, to me, remains criminally underrated in every aspect (player, writer, arranger, bandleader). That band holds it's own with any Mingus group. May not be the absolute best, but it isn't embarrased by any other.

Plenty of love from me. First Mingus I ever heard (from my college library), and, very shortly thereafter, the first Mingus I ever bought. Also my introduction to Eric Dolphy. So many classics, from the early 50's stuff through the first side of 'Cumbia and Jazz Fusion'. But the proper starting point, the one to own if you can only own one, etc., is 'The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'. Epic.

Kick out the jams, %#$ers, er, I mean, brothers and sisters! And yeah, that John Sinclair was one lucid visionary, those White Panther dudes sure had it together. LOL, did that stuff ever age in record time. Their music still sounds exciting to listen to, though. RIP, Rob Tyner and Sonic Smith.

After much fiscal hesitation, finally made the plunge, am listening to the White Album (stereo) on headphones at work, and I'm stunned. Amazing what they have done with the sound quality. I know this is a seven week late "me too", but I can't help it. It's like I'm really hearing this music for the first time, and I've lived with this stuff for 40 years. Worth every penny and much much more.

felser, I was in J&R in NYC today and they are selling the stereo cds for $10.99 each, except for the double cds. regards, Amazon currently has new stereo copies of The Beatles (the "White Album") and the Past Masters two-disc set on sale for 12.99 each. I doubt you'll ever find new copies cheaper than this for the double-CDs. Order both and qualify for free shipping. If I didn't already have both I'd hop on this in a second. Thx. I ordered the doubles from amazon over the weekend, will order the singles from J&R. JF

Yeah, the rest of us geniuses paid full price for the 16 CD set 20 twenty years ago and then full price again for the first two sets in this series before finally catching a break on Side Steps. So don't feel bad. And you're right, it's marvelous music!

Has anybody found a better price on the stereo CD's (individually or box) anywhere? I've been holding out for affordability reasons. I assume the Target sale is over at this point (I actually don't have one particularly convenient to where I live or work).

PM sent on Joe Bonner - New Beginnings (Theresa) $3.50 A Double Shot of Soul (Kent) $9 Ike Turner - Blues King Pins (Capitol) $3.50 John Lee Hooker - Graveyard Blues (Specialty) $3.50 John Lee Hooker - Burning Hell (Riverside) $4.50