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Bill Evans and George Russell, Living Time (Columbia). More of a Russell album than an Evans one and with a pretty impressive orchestra--Tony Williams, Sam Rivers, Joe Henderson, etc. Wonder what the suits thought of this?

Just Ike Quebec and Douglas Quin (field recordings).

If you decide yes, a board member has Santa Cruz on offer:

Joe Daley is fantastic. With Rivers, he gets the fullest exposure on the Horo trio dates (he also plays baritone horn) plus the Circle label recordings where he tries to drown out an univited guest. He was also with Howard Johnson's tuba-powered Gravity. A good place to check Daley, Johnson and a whole lot of other tubas is Taj Mahal's The Real Thing (check out the banjo plus tuba on "Tom and Sally Drake").

Thanks for elaborating! I don't really know his playing all that well yet ... any particular recommendations? Time to dig up that last Mobley rekkid again, I think ... what else? Joe's recs of the KD Time & Jaro (did he hit both of those?) & Steve Lacy Candid are spot-on, and for later work, try Super 80 on Nilva. The Mobley album is great, imo, butnot in the manner of GREAT, if you know what I mean, more like, oh look mommy, that man is pissing on the wall, and it's ok baby, that man is a genius who's just had a hard time, but mommy, it' still piss, yes baby, it is, but it is GOD'S piss, gee mommy are you drunk, don't ask baby, lust keep walking, mommy's got to see this man over here, I'll be right back, mommy, are you having a hard time too, yes baby, Mommy's having a hard time, everybody has hard times, and when we do, we piss on walls sometimes sometimes we get out of room. So if you have an aversion to seeing geniuses piss on walls because they're peoples who are out of rooms, hey, this will NOT be the record for you, ok?. Me, I love it for the blood, which is kinda like piss when it comes out like this. You can also get him on a lot of early Ra things, and Elvin's Illumination! the cat was never "high profile" for whatever reasons, but he was there, and he could play. Davis is great with Abdullah Ibrahim's Ekaya band, too.

I saw him with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra a few years back and he was the standout in the band, both for his playing and his arrangements. I would be interested in any recommendations of his work.

Kenny Dorham, Matador (United Artists reissue) John Coltrane, A Love Supreme (UK, mono)

A good time of year to pull out Gary McFarland and Steve Kuhn's The October Suite.

I'll second that--they go together like gin, tonic and ice.

Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron. Richard Davis and everyone.

Kent Carter, Solo with Claude Bernard (Ictus).

J.D. Parran! Does he play with a King Crimson vet on this one?

Cecil Taylor Unit, Akisakila (Trio). Great music for a windstorm.

If you decide to, I would be one happy, paying customer.

The article has a pointlessness to it: written by someone who neither understands the music or makes any effort to understand the music. Name-dropping Yeats and Adorno tries to distract from the fact the article is 11 paragraphs of "I don't get it..."

My first impression was that it was some obscure McLean date from the 70s. Doesn't fit with anything, but I agree whoever it is is a big Jackie Mc fan. The pianist sounds a bit like Mal Waldron at one point. I wonder if it is the pianist's tune?

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