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Reuben Wilson Quartet Trevor Lawrence, tenor sax; Reuben Wilson, organ; Eric Gale, guitar; Tommy Derrick, drums. Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 16, 1968 3080 Knock On Wood Blue Note unissued 3081 Tom's Thumb - 3082 Ronnie's Bonnie - 3083 Baby I Love You - 3084 Robbin', Mashin' And Sqeezin' - Here's one that's 'unissued' rather than 'rejected', from the same day as Tyronne Washington's Train Wreck. Reuben has another issued session from later, this was before the first one of his to be issued on BN. I don't think there's any more Lee than what I posted, nor Hank, but there are a few other interesting things awaiting first issue or first official domestic reissue. Did anyone here pick up the Japanese reissue of Lou d's Here 'Tis that had one new track on it?

Well, there is this, which I've never heard: Jackie McLean Sextet Woody Shaw, trumpet; Jackie McLean, alto sax; Tyrone Washington, tenor sax; Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Scott Holt, bass; Norman Connors, drums. Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, July 5, 1968 3054 In Case You Haven't Heard Blue Note rejected 3055 Hymn To Rap - 3056 One For Jeru - 3057 Kupenda - 3058 Abrasion -

on this album, he definitely is

nice album, but not what I'm listening to now, lets try again: that was certainly my impression at the time, haven't revisited

If you look at the discography for '67 on, after the label was sold and then Alfred left not too long after, things seem to have been quite chaotic and a lot of stuff wasn't issued at the time. I don't think this session is brilliant, but I'd certainly say 'release quality' - it's not like anyone is really struggling. Plenty of things no better have been issued on BN, and some worse, IMHO, YMMV, etc.

True, officially Miles is a sideman on Something Else....

Part of it came out as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of 6th Sense, IIRC.

I have this Mosaic and am open to trades.

from a session Alfred Lion an Mike Cuscuna didn't think was up to snuff. Sounds at least release quality to me...what say you?

Years of working in record stores and libraries have convinced me that people's tastes just aren't that predictable....so give him the record and see what happens.

Such a great band, the one with Pat Martino and Harold Vick too.

Threads like this are why I come here, even if I don't have much to contribute. Does make me wonder how much of what we take as good history is actually bullshit.

Oh, hell yeah...

This is how I feel about Otis: pretty much the way I feel about my late brother.. record company can do whatever they want - if it brings more people to Otis it's OK.

While I have some DP, I definitely needs to get some more!

If anything I think I prefer Joe Hen as a sideman. He is so good on such a wide range of albums, from the Real McCoy to Idle Moments to Basra to Brown Sugar. And he's on the two biggest hits the label had in that era too. And he and Kenny Dorham are one of the great trumpet/sax tandems. It took me a while to really appreciate Joe and it was the cumulative weight of the sideman dates that did it. Just two more I'll mention Unity and Point of Departure. Now if they could've just gotten Sam R and John G to play some boogaloo....

I've been working on a BN boogaloo playlist on YouTube so I've been listening to lots of Billy, he owned that groove. But it was still only a small part of what he did. I'm a huge fan.

Did Conrad Lester ever make a leader date for any label?

...and Geo. Benson, only a few sideman dates for BN but the're all worth seeking out. We should make this a poll, 5 votes each, mine got to Higgins, Joe Hen, Grant, Hutch, and Sonny C.

https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Organ-Shirley-Scott/dp/B000003N6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521225830&sr=8-1&keywords=shirley+scott+queen+of+the+organ a nice document of the working band with Stanley.

Woody Shaw and Richard Davis, not so many but all the dates they did do are fine. Sam Rivers did some fine sideman work with Tony W, Andrew Hill and Larry Y. Thy even got Ornette to do a sideman date (on trumpet) and use guys from outside his circle on a leader date. Too bad they couldn't get Don C and Cecil T as sidemen! Jack DeJohnette and Billy Cobham both make sideman appearances at the start of their careers. But Billy H and Sonny C and Butch W are probably my favorites.

The possibilities here are endless - having your political opponents say things they didn't say, Charlie Parker plays with Ornette, Wynton with Duke, I get to talk to my dead brother, fake porn really is the least of it.

Had that Tribute to M & B thing and gave it to a musician who I thought might better appreciate than I, not my cuppa but I totally admire the ambition.

"totally skilled" I don't think so (weak sound and not well controlled either, Konitz's sound may not be to my taste but I have no doubt it's intentional), reasonably/passably/moderately skilled sure....Sonny Stitt was totally skilled and still boring half the time, other half he kicked ass - all the detractors here are calling for is a sense of perspective: In a world in which Charlie Parker and Johnny Hodges exist, she's not all that, in a world in which Darius Jones and Rudy M and (insert your favorite here) are currently playing I'm not sure why we're even talking about her. And I don't think it has much to do with the current political climate, tortuously PC use of language, women's very real struggles throughout history, or any thing else beyond that they all exist in the same world at the same time.

Editing was certainly not unknown prior to '69, but In a Silent Way and Bitches took it to another level.