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Big Band and Quartet is top notch. Great Hall Overton arrangements, nice solos from Phil Woods and Thad Jones and Frankie Dunlop is firing on all cylinders.

Richard Davis is a big favourite of mine. As for bassists I've seen in concert, Harrison Bankhead, J.J. Avenel, Bob Cranshaw and Ken Filiano were all great. Ditto for Charnett Moffatt, who I've seen on acoustic (with McCoy Tyner) and electric (with Ornette Coleman). Glad to see Michael Henderson was mentioned. He was really wonderful with those Miles Davis bands. He was a memorable bass player. He did some great things with Derek Bailey.

Meanwhile, Vince Wilburn, Jr. has sounded off: http://www.milesdavis.com/us/news/miles-davis-estate-official-statement “I Vincent Wilburn Jr., drummer and nephew of Miles Davis, and Cheryl A. Davis, daughter of Miles Davis, want to clarify that “Blue” the ultimate tribute by the band Mostly Other People Do The Killing, is not supported by us, nor done with our cooperation or participation."

Track 1-6 is "Peace Piece" from Sevens Steps to Evans with Gordon Beck, Kenny Wheeler, Ron Mathewson, Tony Oxley and Stan Sulzmann.

John Coltrane, Offering, Live at Temple University.

Ethan Iverson has written a blog post about the kinda Kind of Blue. http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/2014/10/classical-music.html

OK, but can they do the same with Get Up With It?

The Bad Plus along with Tim Berne, Ron Miles, and Sam Newsome will be performing Ornette Coleman's Science Fiction in its entirety. Ethan Iverson has written a nice feature on the album: http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/science-fiction.html

Dewey Redman, Look for the Black Star. Steve Reich, Tehillim. Elvin Jones, Live at the Lighthouse

Sad news. I really enjoyed his posts here and his passion for the music. RIP.

1-4 is from Stanko's Almost Green, recorded in 1978 with Vesala, Palle Danielsson and Tomasz Szukalski. Still stumped on the others.

Really enjoyable selections. Almost all of them have me stumped, but there's some familiarity there with some--just can't put my finger on it. 1-7 sounds like homefromtheforest's favourite soprano player. With Masahiko Togashi? 1-1 sounds like some Finnish dudes. Whoever it is, I really like it. 1-2 My first thought was one of those Japanese pianists from the 1970s (Masahiko Sato?), but also sounds like it could be some of Dave Liebman's buddies. 1-4 Has a bit of a Stanko-Vesala vibe to it with a Komeda influence? I really enjoyed 1-5.

And how about the Nordic obscurity percentage?

Abbey Lincoln, People In Me (Inner City). Nice session from 1974 featuring a few members of Miles Davis' band of the time (Dave Liebman, Al Foster, Mtume).

I have a few classical albums approaching 40 minutes. There's some relevant information on optimal side lengths in this thread:

Leo Parket's two Blue Note dates were mighty fine.

That's a great one. One of my top 5 favourite Lacy records.

The live date Fats Navarro did with Bird two weeks before the trumpeter's death immediately springs to mind.

I really like Baker's playing on "Jazz in the Space Age" but have not heard anything else. Recommendations? My favourite record featuring Baker is George Russell Sextet at "The Five Spot," which, in a continuing theme from Russell's time at Decca, wasn't recorded where the title said it was. Great album, but the other Russells featuring Baker are all very good.

Good idea. I'm going to spin this next. Great record.

George Russell Sextet in K.C. (Decca). Actually they are in New York. Nice session with Dave Baker, Don Ellis and Dave Young. Krystall Klear and the Buells, Ready for the 90's. Marty Krystall and Buell Neidlinger with Warren Gale and Billy Higgins. Excellent date. Includes a stray track with Cecil Taylor from the 60s.

Leo Smith, Creative Music-1 (Kabell).

Horace Tapscott & Arkestra, The Call. Great session--love those massed basses on Side 2. Teddy Charles, 3 For Duke. With Hall Overton and Oscar Pettiford in great form. Seriously underrated record. Dewey Redman, Coincide. Nice latter -day Impulse date.

Pepper Adams' Encounter, Kenny Dorham's Quiet Kenny and Gil Melle's recordings immediately spring to mind.

ROVA, The Crowd (Hat Art)