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Found a nice used copy of 2H/2R at Euclid Records in St. Louis when I was there visiting my dad -- and also a copy of and The Jazz Prophets V1 -- for a couple dollars less each than I've seen them thru Dusty Groove too -- so I grabbed them both. And, man, have I ever been digging them both, especially 2H/2R -- which, sans piano, really does seem to open things up a bit. This is also my first exposure to Ernie Henry, and he's really a delight. Late mentioned Ernie sounding a bit like "a more diatonic Ornette Coleman" -- and I'm definitely getting that sense too (even if it wasn't intentional). Thanks, Late, for starting this thread. As I said up above, I really don't have a ton of KD's leader-dates -- but I've got some new homework now.

Payment just sent. AND, if *ANYONE ELSE* is looking for a similar deal on this set, I just noticed one just came up on Dusty Groove for $49.99 (and with media mail, that's even a couple bucks cheaper than what I just paid for the one here from @pglbook). Here tis... https://www.dustygroove.com/item/689048

PM sent, re: Mosaic Select: Pacific Jazz Piano Trios Thanks!!

There oughta be a big prize for anyone who can recommend Vol 2 — based on actual firsthand listening experience. (Far as I’m aware, anyways.)

Tell you all what… I’ll match Pat Metheny’s first donation.

I’ve always thought it was a really weird cover too — so much so, in fact, that I’ve always wondered if (half assumed that) it was some, cheap Pickwick-type label of some sort (or some weird reissue of something else entirely). I’m only now seeing the “Riverside” in the upper right corner. But, confession, I’ve also never heard the album, and I only know the cover from seeing it online (on Dusty Groove, mostly — just a glance, really). Another confession, I don’t have a ton of KD — about 3-4 leader-dates at most, mostly on Blue Note, and one OJC — plus a good smattering of his sideman work.

Hype?? You don’t say! “A TRUE HOLY GRAIL OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BILL EVANS RECORDINGS!!!“

That’s kinda what I was politely trying to say. It doesn’t move me a whole lot, but I’m not actively put off by it — other than hearing it doesn’t move me to spin it again terribly soon.

I ‘like’ this session ok, but it’s a lot more relaxed than I was hoping for when I got it. The vocal tracks with Tony are fine. Ultimately it’s not the kind informal session I have very many of in my collection. Might eventually trade it off, simply because I just have too many CD’s and really need to thin the herd (thin the ‘heard’) again one of these days. But it is perfectly fine for what it is — no complaints.

Oh shoot! I sure wish I had! Bertrand and I were both there, but I have to confess, sometimes I forget there’s a few other DMV-area folks on the board too.

I have this British two-fer CD, pairing Soul Man with Soul Food (which is a trio date). https://www.discogs.com/release/9180956-Bobby-Timmons-The-Soul-Man-Soul-Food I’ve thought about trading up(?) to the pairing (cd) you have, Chuck — but I’ve never seen one cheap out in the wild, and it’s always been prohibitively expensive online (I saw one like you have on Dusty Groove for $25 recently — and my price point would be half that).

About to hear the Billy Harper Quintet at Blues Alley in about an hour. Have tickets for both sets. Can’t wait!!

I only heard it the one time, and it was very late - around midnight Eastern time - and I was only half awake. A friend hipped me to it being streamed, and I did my best to stay awake to catch it. But it does exist, that much I can say. But others around these parts might have heard it to, I could imagine.

I heard it once (live-streamed, online) — it does still exist.

I decided maybe about a decade ago, that Etcetera is my favorite Shorter leader-date — among many, many great ones.

A soft-spoken titan of his instrument, and the pen. RIP.

Will this perhaps be part of their American Masters series? (Or, regardless, what are the odds of seeing it on PBS nationally?) The most recent Miles doc played under the American Masters banner -- but the most recent Trane doc played as part of their Independent Lens series. In any case, I wanna see it here in DC.

True story: I’ve been trading txt-msg’s the last hour with a friend in the know — who I’d sent a link to this topic. And he told me “I still think Valdo sounds like Erroll Garner on acid.” And further that “…if you told AI to fabricate Erroll Garner playing “Impressions”, it would sound like the first cut on Valdo's album.” So my theory is this lacquer (and my friend thought it was a lacquer too, he said Chuck was right)… So now my working theory is this Valdo Williams thing from the past, was AI-generated Erroll Garner sent back from the future!!!!!!! You heard it here first!!!

From an earlier studio album, I’ve always found his solo reading of “Martha My Dead” inspired. Would love for others here to listen (below), and give their impressions (good or bad).

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Must have been this!!

Got it!! Thank you!!!! (Figured I shouldn’t hem and haw about it, since I bellyached so much about the price up above several times.) Thank you again!! (It was $35 + $4.50 shipping)

❤️❤️❤️ Still looking for a legit CD of this (that won’t break the bank). Wish he’d recorded more!! — especially in the piano trio format.

Enjoying the heck out of this one last night and on my morning commute now — which I’m only just now getting around to listening to (streaming, unfortunately). A used CD copy popped up on Dusty Groove for a couple hours yesterday, but already gone — too pricy for me ($25). But it got snapped up quickly, so I guess that’s what the market will bear. As a plus, there are definitely some moments where Mall’s playing presages (in a good way) some of Mal’s late 60’s and 70’s style — more so than I’ve heard on very many of Mal’s work in the 50’s. Will have to keep my eyes peeled for another one someday (hopefully under $20 if I can).

Excellent choice!! I’ve yet to hear a live Woody Shaw disc that I’ve regretted getting — all, what?, 27(?) of them?, I’ve lost count. Anyway, I’ve got like 85% of all the live Woody Shaw discs out there, and they’re almost all amazing.