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Some of the greatest work on the label happened between 68 and 72. They were less consistent, but the highs were very high (Tyner, Elvin, Hutch, Patton, Lee Morgan, etc.)

Here were mine, the first two jazz albums I ever bought. Got both at the same time at Franklin Music in Plymouth Meeting, late 1972:

None of us would be allowed to own this one:

My five (no particular order), off the top of my head - but how can you pick only five ?!? Lee Morgan - The Gigolo Donald Byrd - Free Form Jackie McLean - One Step Beyond McCoy Tyner - Expansions Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Indestructible

I never even knew the 1981 recording existed! No CD reissue. Well aware of the 1976 Columbia Montreux sets, which I enjoy a lot more than I probably "should".

Great album. Etc is fantastic on piano, plays a lot like McCoy Tyner 🙂

I still need a reasonably priced "Complete on the Corner"!

Motown isn't Motown without the songs of HDH. RIP.

By far the best collection of that seminal group. Had a pretty decent set of lead guitar players throughout their history, (Clapton. Beck, Page) and their singer and drummer went on to birth the spectacular Renaissance, probably my favorite group ever in their mid-70's prime. Could have been the first thing on the list! That album changed the direction of popular music in 1971. I believe it remains the second longest chart run of any album, next to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"?

Mark, I agree with the previous suggestions, "Extensions" is great, to me his best single album, and the Impulse's are the period I like best ('Tranquility', 'At The Top: Poinciana Revisited', 'The Awakening', 'Freeflight, 'OutertimeInnerspace'). The last two are from the same 1971 Montreux Festival Concert. The Impulse titles are easy to come by, and most have been two-fer'd.

+1. My favorite era of Jamal.

Some of Blakey's most exciting groups didn't get to do much recording. Billy Harper passed through, Julian Priester passed through, Gary Bartz passed through, Carlos Garnett passed through, John Gilmore and John Hicks got to make one undistinguished album. Woody Shaw/Carter Jefferson got to do some good recording on Prestige. And so on. And so forth. And I think Bobby Watson's early contributions (writing and playing) were outstanding, as was (dare I say it) young Wynton Marsalis's trumpet work.

LOVE "Members..." !!!

#5 and #12 are the big winners for me, and I would bet even money on each that I have them on my shelves at home.

Concord is my understanding. 32 Jazz sold out 20 years ago. Savoy acquired the Muse catalog (and did a couple of horrid compilations of it), then Concord acquired Savoy in 2017 (crickets since then on both the Muse and Savoy catalogs, not even a 34 minute "Woody Shaw Plays for Lovers").

Glad to hear. Blessings to you!

My favorite albums of hers are 'Clouds' and 'Ladies of the Canyon'. I find the song "Tin Angel" incredibly moving, largely from a sense of fear for the woman ("dark with darker moods is he....still I'll take a chance and see...I found someone to love today"), though also for the gorgeous melody and amazing vocal.

I already have two versions of this ("Ultimate" and RVG) on my shelves. That's good enough for me. BTW, anyone know how to play the Ultimate bonus content on modern 64-bit PC's?

More interesting (though not necessarily more tasteful) than any since then.

My wife and I love the first three Tuck & Patti albums, "Tears of Joy", "Love Warriors", and "Dream". Not typical Windham Hill territory, but quite beautiful. .

Didn't realize Henderson and Reggie Lucas were each only 19 when they joined Miles. Just noticed that now, looking them up online.

Agreed. My ordering with them tends to be when a label (usually Blue Note) has a great reissue batch scheduled, I'll pre-order what I want from that (can be up to 15 CD's sometimes) and order whatever else I've been saving on my watchlist that happens to be in stock (which usually isn't much). They run out of things very quickly, I never plan on something being available there after it's released.

Nor have I. And their base prices are fabulous.

And the other early Mercury Mangione albums. Would have made a nice Mosaic.