Here's the tracklist for the Waldron:
Tracklist
A1 - All Alone (6:26)
A2 - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (10:40)
B1 - Fire Waltz (11:13)
B2 - I Thought About You (8:07)
C1 - It Could Happen To You (5:47)
C2 - Round Midnight (6:50)
D1 - Stella By Starlight (11:15)
D2 - Old Folks (feat. Sonny Stitt) (3:02)
D3 - Stardust (feat. Sonny Stitt) (4:31)
l would love to see a 1975 Miles Davis Japan tour box and the rest of the Coltrane Half Note stuff ("Creation"!). Would be nice to get the Olatunji concert on vinyl, too. We're more likely to get Miles 1987 live and The Gentle Side of John Coltrane remastered by an audiophile dudebro.
Can't find the source right now, but I remember reading in a Jones interview somewhere that Keiko had studied piano in Japan. I really dig her tunes, as well, especially "Mr. Jones."
Amen to the Barron and the Bill Dixon-related Savoy albums. A George Russell set would be cool, too.
Though the music straddles 1960, I'd love to see a Jimmy Giuffre Verve set.
Anything by Mal Waldron.
If there's any unreleased tunes or alternates, an Ahmad Jamal on Impulse would be a nice set.
I've been mostly underwhelmed by the series (though the Rollins Village Vanguard set was great), but this is a good list. Particularly excited to see Big John Patton, Larry Young and Andrew Hill titles. Hopefully, the latter doesn't have the warbling piano issue that the Black Fire Tone Poet had.
According to Ralph Towner, the band showed up at the photo shoot to find Elvin passed out after a bender. "So, what do they do? They put this picture of the four of us on the cover and put this big smiling picture of Elvin’s face on it like a sticker glued on top with these drumsticks around it. The art director was so bad." Innerviews: Ralph Towner - Unfolding Stories
Track 4 is from André Jolivet’s Pastorales de Noël. Nice post-Debussy vibe. I have no idea who is playing but my wild guess is it’s members of Ornette Coleman’s one-time backup band, the Philadelphia Wind Quintet, plus Marilyn Costello on harp.
I loved #3, too. The saxophonist sounded familiar in more of a Lennart Aberg way rather than a Jan Garbarek way and I didn't even notice the bass at first. My initial thought was Europeans, JAPO not ECM, and a whole "we once played with George Russell" vibe. JSngry's hint tells me I got the Russell connection right, but, if this is what I think it is, the more well-known pianist and bassist were a surprise to me.
RIP. Her astute notes to Coltrane Jazz are my favourite liner notes on a Coltrane LP. Also one heck of a pianist.
I have the LP and it's definitely her, she's in the credits.