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I posted this in another thread some time ago (which links back to another thread where it was first brought up)... ============================================================ What ever happened to this?? Does anybody know what specific "material by Andrew Hill and Wes Montgomery" was being readied?? Hint, hint, hint... Whatever became of the "Discovery" series?? Anybody know what Andrew Hill and/or Wes Montgomery recordings were being prepared for release, and is any of that still in the pipeline? FWIW, Freddie's "Without a Song" came out in June '09.

Dusty Groove, Around February 28, 2012.

I should probably know -- but were Byard, Davis and Dawson (all three) on any other (non-Ervin) dates together?

2010 copyright on this disc. I got mine at Dusty Groove in May of 2010. Would love to have a new reissue of Contrasts. You can say that again. After all, "you know who" is on that date.

Oh yeah. I'd already gotten that date as a TOCJ, otherwise I surely would have jumped at the Water issue of it.

I'm listening to Stan Getz "Captain Marvel" for the very first time just now -- from 1972, with Chick Corea (who wrote all the tunes), Stanley Clarke, and Tony Williams (and also Airto). I'm normally not a big Getz fan, but this rhythm section is certainly a big draw for me. (...which is what gave me the idea for this thread.)

Here's another recent Grant Green 'first-time-ever-on-CD' re-issue (2009, it would seem). Visions

Both sound very interesting on paper (and I'm a sucker for jazz Radiohead covers). Welcome to the board!!

Occasionally I've run across albums where the rhythm-section is really the biggest thing of interest (or more notable, in any case, than the leader or the front line). Any favorites come to mind? Things that really stand out in a leader's entire catalog (looking at all their leader-dates) particularly because of who else is on the date?

Modified the subject of the topic to say anything within the last 10 years (not just 5). Anyone know what titles were in the very last batch of domestic (US) RVG's?? Or maybe the last 2 batches?? How about the very last batch or two of Rare Grooves?? I'll dig around and find out the very last batch of Conns (that'll be easier info to find, I think).

Did "Water" ever come out with any other obscure late 60's / early 70's BN titles? I have Lou Donaldson's "Say It Loud", and both of the Eddie Gale's -- and seem to remember there were one or two others (that didn't interest me as much). Anyone have a full list?

Is this relatively recent to CD for the first time? - (meaning within the last 5-ish years). It's not one I remember ever seeing on CD. Grant Green - Shades of Green

The portions with Don Cherry sound pretty exciting. I'd buy an individual disc of that, for sure.

Just today I noticed Blue Mitchell's "Bantu Village" here on the Dusty Groove site, first time ever on CD (far as I know). What ELSE -- what other BN titles have come out on CD for the very first time, say, over the last five years or so?? Many thanks for helping develop a list. Anything within the last 5 (make that 10) years or so, though that's not a hard cut-off date. But especially anything reissued by a label OTHER THAN Blue Note (stuff beyond the RVG series here in the US). Titles that may have been part of some long-out-of-print Mosaic (as their only prior CD issue) can also be included.

Was just transfering the entire McLean 64-66 Mosaic to my ipod, and pasting in cover-art for each of the albums - and stumbled on this homemade cover (through Google image search), which isn't half bad...

Although the entire Amy Select is enjoyable -- I'd have to say that "Groovin' Blue" plus the West Coast Classics issue of "Katanga!" (with its bonus tracks that feature Marcus Belgrave) -- are collectively the cream of the crop.

Never did, maybe I should.

any more thoughts on this?

This one?

I would have liked to have heard Bennie Maupin on tenor with Miles, and particularly live. Maupin brings it on Chick Corea's "IS" sessions (with Miles' actual 2nd quintet rhythm section), and with much of the kind of energy that Shorter brought around the same time. I think Bennie would have been an interesting sub for Wayne.

I brought this up before (here), but... "Lord Sideways" (Albert Dailey), from Ramon Morris' mid-70's Groove Merchant album "Sweet Sister Funk" (with Dailey on piano on the date) and "Love Dance" (Joe Bonner), on Woody Shaw's 1975 Muse album "Love Dance" (with Joe Bonner on piano on the date) Which one is the correct writing credit? - since both can't be right. They are the exact same song, same vamp, same head, the whole enchilada.

How about the Ornette of '73-'79 (Dancing in Your Head, Body Meta, Tales of Captain Black, Of Human Feelings -- take your pick)... ...with the Miles of '71-'75 (not sure which year would be the best fit though). I'm thinking more of Ornette jamming with Miles and one of Miles' 70's bands (which I could actually sorta see), though it's mind-boggling to try to imagine Miles trying to play with Ornette and Prime Time.

OK, we all know Miles was searching around for various suitable sidemen after Trane left in '59, until he assembled the complete 2nd Quintet in 1964. So who ELSE (besides the people he actually recorded with) would have been interesting to have heard play with Miles especially during this 1959-64 timeframe? And who (else) would have stood a chance in hell of fitting with Miles (or at least half-way) during his 'Seven Steps to Berlin' period? And how about with Miles after '64? I'll answer both questions with Grant Green (because, in some sense, there are two Grant Greens. 1) The more straight-ahead Grant Green of '62, '63, '64 would have been interesting to hear with Miles (though I'm not sure the Miles of '64 (with Sam and then Wayne) would have quite worked with the Grant Green of '64). And 2) the more funky Grant Green of '69, '70 and '71 might have been interesting somewhere in there with the Miles of '67/'68 (thinking primarily of Miles very first recordings with guitar in 1967 and '68, shortly after "Nefertiti"). Would it have been a great fit? - probably 'hell no' - but perhaps it could have been interesting. Anybody else? Answers certainly don't have to fit into both/all "Miles" time-frames.

Saw this on the Hoffman board, any ideas? "Hollywood Blues" - 1969 Hollywood Recording Session - Wrecking Crew? Youtube description:

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