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RIP, great legacy. He was 92, recorded for like 70 years.

This seemed to be RCA's idea of what to do with a good tenor player at that point:

Fascinating article! Two questions: how could RCA be in play for a Miles/Trane album, when they didn't have either under contract. And did RCA really have more money than Columbia at that point? I thought Columbia was the biggest record company in that era.

But she played with the Bee Gee's!

On the other hand

I love how you nailed ID'ing the horn players on #14 while totally dissing the track! I'm with you on Brecker 90% of the time, then he would throw in things like those incredible Hal Galper late 70's albums, just to mess with my head that he really could play. Same with Galper himself for that matter, how could musicians formerly so bold and creative become so bland and predictable? That's a rhetorical question BTW, I know the answers all too well.

RIP, fascinating musician, so glad to hear he was also a wonderful human being.

Joe Bonner

Jothan Callins, Trudy Pitts

+1. The Moncur is especially amazing.

Added to discogs and ebay wantlists, thanks. Current best available price is $70, can't go there.

Just pre-ordered the CD.

I can trade if anyone runs into unexpected issues. I have December.

Pharoah Sanders - Live at Fabrik, Jimmy Heath - The Classic Riverside Albums, and a used Heath Brothers - Brothers and others. All on CD

I miss Ronnie's humanity and vulnerability,

Same here.

Go for it. I hope you have success with generating discussion. I gave up many years ago, as I put up what I thought were some fascinating albums, and by the end was getting almost nothing except a few snide comments. Shocking to me that people did not have much to say about something like "John Handy Live at Monterey" or "Jazz Contemporaries - Reasons In Tonality" (one of the greatest Strata-East albums, with Clifford Jordan, George Coleman, and Julius Watkins exploring new ground.), but there it was, or more accurately, there it wasn't.

Yep. My experience also for many decades. One of the perks of working IT.

And the day job funds the research! I know the drill well!

The 50's and 60's are crying out for the same exercise!

Never heard of this but looks great, thx!

Great group. Litherland, to me, was a better singer than either Greenslade or (shudder) Farlowe, though Clempson was a more remarkable guitar player than Litherland. How's the sound quality? I know that musically, a lot of Montreux recordings have magic.