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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaMghCrOC8w Bobby Valentin feat Johnny Vasquez "Ven Bernabe" (from Bronco LP "Afuera")

I believe it came out on CD in the 1990s - have definitely listened to a CD copy of it before. Really good one. I've never seen a cd copy of that. . . I'd buy it in a heartbeat, a great ECM record. I've a cdr of my lp somewhere. . . . saw CD release in Japan in the early 90`s........

if you don`t know this, Mal Waldron "Free At Last" from the 2014 batch is a IMO a "must have"....

reg Harvey, this is IMO an excellent recording...

It would be most likely too harsh stating that George Cables ruins a performance/recording. Nevertheless, as me being a dedicated Art Pepper follower, comparable impressions come to my mind like expressed in the openening post. George Cables was Art`s pianist for a number of recordings and tours and so for instance on his much heralded "Live at the Village Vanguard" records for Contemporary. I never felt comfortable with this and credited it inter alias also to Elvin Jones (running his own thing ?)......more than a year ago Laurie Pepper made available a tape showcasing Art Pepper @The Village Vanguard a couple of weeks before the Contemporary recordings http://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/first-night-at-the-village-vanguard with a rhythm section consisting of Onaje Allen Gumbs (p) Gene Perla (b) and Joe LaBarbara (dr). Gumb`s playing is sensitive, imaginative but challenging for Pepper at the same time and the Perla/LaBarbara tandem grant an excellent backbone. For my taste it`s a pity, that the Contemporary recording didn`t feature these musicians at work..... Cables was Pepper`s pianist on most of the Galaxy recordings, but alternatively Pepper played with his love/hate relationship Milcho Leviev and IMO the recordings with the later ("Live at Ronnie Scott`s"...) are reflecting the tension beetween both artists, bringing the best out of them...an impression i don`t get from Pepper`s Galaxy recordings..... So probably this is also about George Cables...just my 5 cent worth...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCVffNZFc1U King Curtis feat. Jerry Jemmott "Memphis Stew"....

Cosmos is not a great album, but I kinda like it. To me, it's the last LD Blue Note album that sounds like a Lou Donaldson album, if that makes sense. It would be stronger without the vocal trio that's on most tracks, but I still like it. Don't expect desert island quality, though. Because Jerry Jemmott. actually for me the participation of Jerry Jemmott was the main reason to think/research about this album....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7aAg7w-t3E Jerry Jemmott on Dorothy Morrison`s extended version of "Rain" (Elektra)

Kenny Dorham "Matador" (United Artists)