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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.

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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:

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It's also a great album, though, as you note, quite different from Glass Bead Games. Wouldn't want to be without either of them. In terms of the context of my post, 'In The World' is not offered on the website, where Glass Bead Games is.

That's a great question, as they had two other unreleased sessions (Wilbur Ware, Ed Blackwell, if I am remembering correctly) in the box.