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OK, you got me on Havens' "Freedom" and Santana's "Soul Sacrifice". I don't own either one, but they are certainly both memorable and exceptional. I'll have to stream TYA's "I'm Going Home" -- not recalling it (but then again, TYA rings no bells for me at all, generally speaking).

PS and BTW, the "unknown" drummer in the photo in post #1 of this thread looks VERY much like the drummer in the photo in Mark's Detroit book (different outfit/tie, but 80% sure it's the same guy). If that's the case, then the "unknown drummer" would be Roy Brooks.

I'd love to spend a month with an entire 38-cd set, but I'd be perfectly happy without most of it in my collection. The Hendrix is better on video (and the performance itself isn't spectacular, at least the lion's majority isn't). Not sure what else I'd really 'need' -- but it'd be a gas to hear the entirely thing sometime. *Once*

FWIW, there's a semi-similar photo (that was entirely new to me) on page 128 of Mark Stryker's new book Jazz from Detroit, with the following caption: "Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson leading his quartet at the Blue Bird Inn in 1958 with pianist Kirk Lightsey, bassist Herman Wright and drummer Roy Brooks. Photo courtesy of Jim Gallert collection." I say only "semi-similar" because in the photo in the book, Joe is wearing dark (sun)glasses, and wearing a bow tie. BUT the stage background (with the diagonal lines in the back, and the small framed photo hanging on the wall on the left) are *identical*. The position of the piano is entirely on the opposite sides the stage (and facing 180° in the opposite direction). But the venue is 100% the same. Not proof it's Joe, but damn good circumstantial evidence if you ask me. Would have to have been in Detroit (and at the Blue Bird Inn), and probably in that same late 50's time-frame. HOLD UP! I just managed to zoom in on the picture in this thread, and I'm NOT sure it looks similar enough to the confirmed picture of Joe (in the Mark's new Detroit book). Facial structure, hair, and facial-hair are all different. I showed my wife too, and she doesn't think it's the same guy either. So given the venue is confirmed to be from the known time-frame when Joe was known to have played there (around 1958), I could see where someone could easily think that it was Joe. But I really DON'T think it is. Which means, of course, we have a NEW mystery. Who IS the tenor-player in the photo in post #1 of this thread?? (And can someone with mod-powers please change this thread-title to "Mystery tenor-player? - in photo from Detroit Blue Bird Inn, circa late 50's".)

Yeah, that Elvin session with Lee Morgan is probably favorite out of the entire Elvin Jones Mosaic (because of Lee Morgan), and it's a shame it's never been issued individually. Agree with you about those Mclean and Moncur dates too -- but that Elvin/Morgan date is really maybe the single greatest Blue Note date NOT YET issued individually on CD.

OK, NOW you gotta explain what the "Now Sound" section is -- ??

Lovely track! By any chance, is this available on any compilation CD's (various artists)? Not sure I need a whole disc of this, but it could be a nice part of a bigger overview of some sort, I can imagine.

Personally sent 2 CD's from the US to the UK in the last year, and I think shipping ran me just slightly over $20 (and that was the very cheapest USPS option). Even asked for 'media mail' - which they said wasn't available from US to UK. Absolutely could not believe it, but I gritted my teeth and got out my credit card.

I don't think Terumasa Hino and Mal Waldron recorded together more than twice (are there any others?? - besides Mal's Moods (1978) -- and Reminicent Suite (1973) on which they're billed as co-leaders)... ...but the results were fantastic in both cases. I'd pay a pretty penny for a legit CD release of Reminicent Suite (which has never been on CD).

"Regular liver?" That's almost as good as when we take my 90+ yr old father out for a nice dinner, and he always asks the waiter about whether they have any "regular beer" on draft? No joke either, he's deadly serious. Despite my father being a second generation American of 100% German stock, what he's talkin' about is Bud, or Old Milwaukee, or Stag, or maybe a Pabst. You know, "regular" beer.

So, has there been anything more said about this, specifically RE: Blue Note??

I have all but one of Ranelin's post-1995 leader-dates on CD (~5 discs, iirc), and they're all uniformly outstanding.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg??

So somewhere I could have sworn I read 'somewhen' (eons ago), that the song "Soul Makossa" spawned a slew of covers specifically because the song was never copyrighted (or copyrighted properly), or something like that. All I remember is that the song was considered 'Public Domain' from the git go. Does that ring any bells for anyone?

No musicians, but too good a commercial not to share somewhere...

More than half seriously, who isn't terrible in that OP ad for Bud?

Close enough for jazz?

That Oscar Peterson ad for Bud, OMG. I guess, if nothing else, it certainly was a product of the time (early-to-mid 80's).

If anything, I'm really looking to downsize my collection by about 20%, maybe 25%. Best thing I ever did was thinning the herd (the "heard"?) by 30% back when I moved to DC in 2011 -- and I'm really due to get rid of more. And I liked what I kept a lot better, honestly, because it was "diluted less" by all the stuff I obviously didn't need, that I got rid of when push finally came to shove. Yeah, I've bought back 6-8 individual titles that I wished I'd kept, but that pales in comparison to the 3,000+ CD's I got rid of (and don't miss one bit).

Was this query ever settled?

Of course the very best thing about such a "collections comparison thread" -- would be to convince my wife that there are plenty of others here who are WAY more obsessed with this stuff than I am. Bring it on!! And needless to say that the various "post a photo of your collection" threads on the Steve Hoffman Forums are automatically shared with my wife.

Infinitely more, and then some.

Probably as good a place as any to inquire about this obscure 1976 Detroit jazz album (with you, Mark!!) -- which, of all things, saw a CD reissue in 2013 (which is when I got wind of it). Phil Ranelin is on it, which I'm sure is how I even found out about the thing in the first place. But it's really more of a "cast of a thousand" kind of thing, covering a number of different styles, though I think it all hangs together as an album surprisingly well. Any more story to this release, by any chance? https://www.discogs.com/The-Hastings-Street-Jazz-Experience-Detroit-Jazz-Composers-Ltd/release/1089572 The Detroit Jazz Composers Ltd. - Hastings Street Jazz Experience (Midnite Records, 1976)

I've yet to be particularly moved by Bruckner's symphonies (any of them, really) -- but I've always liked (just shy of "loved") singing his various choral motets -- which are lovely, and very well written imho. I'm not sure I've really tried hard enough to get into orchestral Bruckner, to be honest -- but for whatever, he and I have just never clicked. But the one and maybe only Bruckner piece I'm really ga-ga for, is his string quintet -- which I really clicked with a good 20 even 25 years ago.

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