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Here is some of the music: .... link to illegal site removed by moderator.

What John and Bill said !

Then my chapter would be... Paul Bley - Footloose ! George Russell - G.R. Sextet in K.C.: Original Swinging Instrumentals Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin' Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song... or Andrew Hill - Black Fire...or Archie Shepp - Four for Trane

I would have loved to see De Franco "committing" to the bass clarinet and ultimately offering a kind of mainstream alternative to Dolphy in the 60's.

You'll find a few comments on the album here: For my part, I'm somewhat underwhelmed by that album. Great band, excellent tunes selection, but I feel De Franco could have used some more time with his instrument (did i read that he just had a few days ?): he often sounds strained to my ear (but maybe it's just me).

Thanks to this thread I picked up this Hardman album, which is quite good - a standout (if not outstanding) hard bop session: good band, excellent originals (by Hardman, Tom McIntosh, Cal Massey), and Hardman in top form, sounding significantly less "stiff" to me. He's great on "Angel Eyes" and wonderfully fast on his feet on the brisk "Capers" and "It Ain't Happened Yet".

How do you like it ? Moore is one of my favorite writer ("Birds of America" was brilliant).

Pretty much the same for me. I've never truly connected with POD, but very much so with "Black Fire" (I like "Dance with Death" for late 60's Hill).

Ethan Iverson' s take on Mr Harewood: RIP Al Harewood Back in the heyday of hard bop, when everyone played a similar folkloric ride cymbal beat, it was up to the drummer to make sure his pattern was distinctive. A quarter note is a quarter note is a quarter-note: Al Harewood’s version was effortless and Caribbean-inflected. His left hand coughed and bumped. Of course the bass drum was feathered just right. There was probably no moment of his professional career as a musician where Al Harewood wasn’t swinging. Harewood can be heard on the following albums, all of which are lifted up by his beautiful beat. The 60's music is the most famous: the many albums with Horace Parlan and George Tucker show that unit was a canonical rhythm section. Later, through Betty Carter, Harewood linked up with Norman Simmons, another musician with whom he shared similar ideals and taste. Completed by Lisle Atkinson, that unit was canonical too. [follows a list of records featuring Harewood] http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/2014/03/rip-al-harewood.html

It's not quite this session's 50th, but ESP-Disk' is a half-century old and has re-released it as a "50th Anniversary Remaster": has anyone heard it (the remastered version) ? Does it sound significantly better ?

bump (stumbled upon it: fun thread ! curious to read more "confessions")

Thanks to the recommandations on this thread, I discovered and quite like "Wherever the Five Winds Blow" and "Clickin' with Clax".

He makes a great team with Ike Quebec (& Bennie Green & Sonny Clark, Blakey & Hinton) on that one. Love his solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQKC5jL_0lQ

I'd liked to see (and finally hear) Don Joseph's "One of a Kind" on cd. Paul Bley's 60's output remastered and/or (re)issued on cd would be nice too...

Günter Kronberg sounds mighty good with the Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet (Tension, Now Jazz Rammong...)

Where Higgins' spirit lights up the composer's "darker" sides.

PM sent on Rex.

Grabbed a copy of Ayoub's "Montreal Scene" yesterday (actually somewhere down there in the album cover picture). Very happily impressed so far: catchy originals, cleverly arranged, delivered with gusto by a well-seasoned, inspired band. You can hear that the session was carefully planned and executed. Very good recording and remastering. The tenor/trumpet frontline and the music’s allure made me first think about hard bop à la west coast, say Kamuca/Candoli (or Land/Gordon?)… but an east coast echo just struck me: Tina Brooks/Blue Mitchell.... "Back to the (Montreal) Tracks". Ayoub (tenor) and Al Penfold (trumpet) both have a really appealing sound on their instrument.

Its historical (from Jelly Roll to Polar Bear), geographical (Komeda to Ibrahim) and stylistic (Brötzmann to Sinatra) range sets it favorably apart, for me, from most lists I remember. I'll certainly explore some of the albums mentioned.

Followed some of your Polish steps, king ubu: Stanko's "Music for K" is perhaps a little too out for me (I'll listen some more for sure); I like what I'm hearing from the Andrzej Kurylewicz Quintet right now.

Thanks to all for these recommendations ! Listening right now online to Hans Koller indeed excellent "Exclusiv"; heard him also on Oscar Pettiford's very good "Lost Tapes" (also featuring Rolf Kuhn). Listened to Michael Naura as well (W. Schlüter quite impressive on vibes !). Special thanks to Joe for that Nick Ayoub MONTREAL SCENE heads up (didn't know about that album recorded in my back yard, shame on me).