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Which is, I believe, why we've never seen CD reissues of the Mtume and some other key titles from the catalog (#1 on my wish list is 'Reasons in Tonality' by the Jazz Contemporaries, with the Mtume, the Harold Vick, and the Cosmic Twins also high on my list)

I always enjoy any of the iterations of this cooperative and the Mingus Dynasty. Saw the Mingus Dynasty live once at the Painted Bride Art Center when they had Jack Walrath, Joshua Redman, John Hicks, Michael Formanek, Alex Foster (forget the others) and it was an outstanding show.

I know that at least some of the P-Vine Strata-East's I have are needle drops, and not good ones at that (Descendants of Mike and Phoebe, Billy Parker), but In The World sounds to my old ears like it is from a strong tape source, though nothing in that Dolphy Series was ever a sonic marvel.

I'm all in favor of more Strata-East music being reissued for sure, but not following the numbering - I show Glass Bead Games as SES 19737/8, and see the SES 19xxx as the usual Strata East numbering.

I'm a fan, and every few years I use a BFT cut that features him.

Bill Lee's sister, Spike Lee's aunt.

Sounds like we have a clear consensus on where to start (and possibly end) with Gioia's books, thanks!

I subscribe to Gioia's 'Honest Broker' on Substack, he's a very compelling read much of the time, really bright and engaged guy. Started out with the free subscription, got so much out of it, I upgraded to paid. I've never actually read any of his books. Any recommendations? Also, how is he as a jazz pianist?

Just ordered it. I have the 'Castles Made of Sand' bio (which I never got around to reading), but this one sounds better.

I also have almost her entire English Language Verve Catalog, plus the CTI with Turrentine. Easy to get a jump on the Verve titles with the collection below, you only have 'Shadow Of Your Smile', 'Beach Samba', and 'September 17, 1969' to pick up past this collection, assuming you have everything issued under Getz's name. I'm only missing 'Beach Samba', and have all of the 'Shadow of Your Smile' tracks on 'The Silver Collection' rather than a release of the original album.

RIP, I enjoyed his most famous albums.

+1

No, though I'm aware she was here. She kept a low profile.

RIP, she was an icon, and a survivor.

Treasure his early BN's. RIP

I was thinking Braxton. He can sound frantic when he plays "inside", not a strong natural sense of groove/swing.

If you're correct on White, then that would likely be Kevin Toney on piano and Keith Killgo on drums, wouldn't it? Long way from the Blackbyrds, mentioned largely as a reminder of what those musicians were capable of.

You can hear happiness staggering on down the street

Listening to 'Shadow Kingdom'. Utterly fascinating radical transformations of some of his earlier material.

Utterly fascinating radical transformations of some of his earlier material,

Would LOVE to get that Tolliver material on CD.

What are those? Not familiar with them by that description.

This is a great album: