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Absolutely love it. Other than his BN work, this is my favorite Joe Henderson album, hands down. 5-stars. Edit: It doesn't hurt that this was one of the very first jazz albums I ever heard (and probably one of the first ten I taped, back in my college days). Had it on a 90-minute cassette with "Mode For Joe" on the flip-side.

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Not to cause a complete thread-jack here, but what did Mitch Mitchell do (record) after Hendrix passed -- that's worth seeking out. (Looking on the AMG, the answer should be short enough not to derail this thing too badly.)

What are your favorite 'covers' of Joe's tunes, by others (other than Joe). (And you can't include albums that Joe's on as a sideman either.) Three that come to mind... Mulgrew Miller does a burnin' piano-trio version of "Inner Urge" on his 1985 Landmark album "Keys To The City". Kevin Hays has a sweet version of "Black Narcissus" on his 1994 BN album "7th Sense", with just piano, vibes, bass, and drums. (Seamus Blke is on tenor on the rest of the CD, but not on this tune.) And there's a really bitchin' arrangement of "Recorda Me" by Mark Shim – both on Shim's 2000 BN album "Turbulent Flow", and also (same arrangement) on the "New Directions" BN disc, the one with Shim, Osby, Moran, Harris, etc – also from 2000. Shim's arrangement has this killer-difficult ostinato in the piano, right under the head of the tune. (And what's difficult is playing that pattern, under the head, at the same time – since they have nearly nothing to do with each other, especially rhythmically. I asked Jason Moran about it specifically – if they ever played that version 'live' much. He said "no, too damn difficult", or at least without a bunch more practice than they ever gave it.) I'll probably think of others as the night and/or thread goes on...

Joanne Brackeen - "Ancient Dynasty" (Tappan Zee / Columbia, 1980) Joanne Brackeen : piano Eddie Gomez : bass Jack DeJohnette : drums Joe Henderson : tenor Spontoonious burned this LP for me (it's never been released on CD, far as we can tell), and I have to give it very high marks. Joe plays very well (as do all the players), and there is quite a bit of through-composed music here, which one rarely gets to hear Joe play (or many jazz musicians, for that matter). Well worth seeking out. (If it were ever released on CD, I'd buy one for sure.)

It's been said before in this thread (though about another recording), but I think all four players on "Black Fire" were absolutely at the top of their game the day that was recorded. One of Roy's finest hours (one of MANY!!!).

Is that THIS February. Feb, 2005!!!!

The best of the pics...

Not very likely. Aren't sales figures for the two Leo Parkers among the worst in the catalog??

FWIW, Herbie Hancock had no memory of this session either (when I asked him about it last year)...

To paraphrase Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, "I know it when I hear it". Basically, I'm looking for anything that pushes against the norms of what "normal" piano trios were "normally" doing at the time. BUT, a trio that also doesn't obliterate those norms either (or at least not all of them, and not all at the same time). It's a pretty loose definition, yeah, and given the dearth of piano-trio recordings in the 60's, it pretty much has to be. Basically, I'm looking for piano trios that really were doing something "interesting", something "different", even if only "somewhat different" (though something more different than just "slightly different"). How's that for a big mish-mash of a definition.

Seems like 'Oblique' should be a very high priority for being released, and available to the masses. It's my favorite of all of Hutch's BN dates, by some margin. How it sat in the vaults until the mid-70's is beyond me.

Judging from the on-line sound-clips on the AMG (I don't own the disc myself -- or at least not yet!!), this disc may fit the bill of being "relatively progressive", and is a piano-trio date recorded in 1968. Dave Burrell - "High Won-High Two" (Black Lion, 1968) Any opinions of this one?? (Before I try and track one down for myself.) The audio-clips sound promising.

Soundclips HERE and HERE and HERE

Soundclips HERE and HERE

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about this one -- and I even own it . I'd call it "interesting", but the best track is the all-instrumental (Sting-less, at least on vocals) big-band version of "Synchronicity" (I forget if it's " Synchronicity I" or "Synchronicity II", and it's mislabeled on the disc anyway as some entirely different tune). I'd call this release (in total) "better than average" for Sting's output, and certainly "less than average" for Gil's (goes without saying). Guess I could (should?) also mention the studio recordings of "Little Wing" and "Up From The Skies" that Sting did with Gil Evans, in conjunction with the "Nothing Like The Sun" sessions.

By the way, here's the cover. Glad to hear people are enjoying this one. Still available from my buddy, before you can get it anywhere else (see first post in this thread).

Individual tracks, or entire albums -- take your pick. Two from my collection... Sinéad O'Connor - "Am I Not Your Girl?" (Ensign/Chrysalis, 1992). An entire album of big-band versions of pop standards. The best tracks (about half the disc) work pretty well, I think. (I don't pull this out all that often, but usually enjoy it when I do.) And one individual big-band track that I was just listening to in the car this morning, from... Björk - "Post" (Elektra, 1995). The song "It's Oh So Quiet", which is a total hoot!! (Not a trace of a big band anywhere else on the album, but this one track is pure big band.) What are some of your favorites??? And what's interesting, or unique -- even if it doesn't work as well as you might like. Couple other things that came to mind, though I haven't heard them personally... 1) Didn't Deborah Harry (of Blondie) record once or twice with The Jazz Passengers?? 2) Hasn't Elvis Costello done a little work, here and there, with a big band or two??

Actually, in their own way, I find all of Ellington's piano-trio recordings to be progressive. (At least all that I've heard.)

Just picked up my very own copy of "The Trance" just now (found one at half.com, brand new and still sealed, for only $9, plus postage), and it just arrived in today's mail. I've got it on now, and it's just as amazing as when I first heard the copy I borrowed from Spontoonious (which prompted this thread). What a great date!!!

If you happen to see the Mal Waldron Black Lion on CD at a decent price, don't hesitate to pick it up. Those two bonus tracks add almost 36 minutes of music –– music that's worth the price of admission all by itself (at least in my book). Edit: In fact, frankly, I see the solo-piano material (the first nine tracks on the CD) as "bonus material" to the live stuff at the end. (Yeah, I'm weird that way. )

Our thoughts and/or prayers are with you, big-time, Jim. Keep demanding answers, and ask lots of questions.

From what I heard (about 15 minutes worth), there's definitely some uptempo stuff on his new one ("Time and Spaces"). But I hear ya. Much as I like Eddie's more recent recordings, he does seem to need to kick things up a notch, and more often.

And between those two, I'd go with "Miles Ahead". Both are great, but "Miles Ahead" is my favorite of all the Miles & Gil projects. And oh, Mace, welcome to the board!!! Glad you decided to join the party!!!

And be sure to notice that there are TWO pages of downloads from Osby's site. Page "A" and page "B". (It's easy to overlook page "B".)