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Yeah she’s a very good pianist. Love here attributions on the Steeplechase records. A gifted musician and like many of Harper’s side(wo)men a little obscure.

That looks interesting. Are there any surprises in the book or is it comparable to jazzdisco.org? Never seen that book before. Imo only Mingus Lives is a little less interesting. All the others are indeed very, very much worth listening to. The 70’s was a great decade for Mal

So today my Japanese order arrived after only 3 days. Gave them all a wash first on my good old Knösti washing machine. I always find it a very meditative occupation. Sometimes my wife comes in with a look that is somewhere between pity and diss appointment like I am some kind of compulsive maniac… maybe she’s right but anyway: I gave these two a first spin and man they sound amazing. I love Japanese vinyl. A nice detail on the Pepper: it appeared to be the limited edition instead of the regular edition as it was advertised. Now I am going on holiday to France the day after tomorrow and I am not able to spin some more. I thought I might suggest to stay home but then decided these records were not worth a divorce. I’ll be back for the rest in two weeks

Wow that must have been one hell of a night. All musicians that I hold in very high regard.

Are you trying to get met jealous with that P3 or what? 😜

Thanks for that. No EU tour still unfortunately:(

Yeah that’s the only one I miss too. Plus the DIW date but that’s the only Harper date I don’t really dig. The Japanese releases are my favorites: Knowledge of Self and Love on the Sudan especially. The recent Antibes live date on Sam records is also very good. Yeah that opening solo is so powerful. A musical landmark on Blue Note I would say. I love that whole album by the way. Where do they perform? I don’t see any touring schedule on their website.

It’s indeed the first Japanese pressing.

A Hutcherson favorite ❤️:)

This afternoons playlist before going out for a walk with my two boys. This Cookers album is so freakin good. I hate the fact that I had to miss these guys in Rotterdam. They were about to perform there and then there was COVID. I never got the chance to see them @david weissif you ever got the chance please visit us in Holland! Belgium or the western part of German would be fine as well. I’d take a long ride to see you guys perform.

I searched but couldn't find a threat dedicated to this tenor giant. I think he deserves one. Harper is one of my musical heroes. One who speaks directly into your soul. You could feel every single note. It's hard to describe but it's just there. I've got the same thing with John Coltrane and Mal Waldron. Harper seems to have peaked to late, when jazz was much in decline. But his '70's early 80's output remains his best imo. Those Black Saint, Denon, Baystate and MPS lp's and of course the stuff with Max Roach. This group man: Still don't really know most of the personell from other works besides Harper but this was an excellent band. Harper managed to produce the finest jazz with relatively unknown and obscure bands. I'm a Billy Harper nearly completist. He is more easy to collect than Mal. I really enjoyed almost everything he has put out. And he is still with us of course

Same Baker preference here and those are two great compilations of his quartet work with Freeman!

I'm a bit too late in the hole vinyl race. I don't have any original Blue Note record and I am curious to hear one in good condition. I am not in the financial position to pay a thousand euros for a single LP nor am I interested in doing so. The 3000 pounds True Blue copy: that's what I spend on vinyl in 3 years..... The two single LP's I spent most money on were Nathan Davis' Jazz Concert at a Benedictine Monastery and Mal Waldron's Spanish Bitch. I do have some older Blue Note records: a Liberty pressing of Jackie McLean's 'Bout Soul and an early 70's copy of Lee Morgan's last album. I have to say they sound amazing. Also a near mint copy of Lee Morgan's The Gigolo early 70's US press that sounds flawless. I do love the idea that something that old could still sound so beautiful. My oldest LP is a Gerry Mulligan mono pressing from the Netherlands from 1956. I always think: my mom and dad were 5 and 6 years old when this was pressed. And who has owned it since then? But with Blue Note vinyl I mostly own Japanese versions and those pressings sound so incredibly good to me. Especially those King pressings are really up into that Tone Poet league. I bought most of those Japanese pressings for something around 30 euros a piece which is of course more expensive than a cd but I am more a vinyl than a cd guy (though I still own more cd's than lp's). I am also not a pressing fetishist or real audiphile. One pressing is good enough for me (as it sounds good of course). Not interested in buying multiple pressings from the same record as there's so much music yet to explore. One exception are my Blue Note 75th series of which I really dislike the sound. I gladly sold my copies of Bobby Hutcherson's Happenings and Hendersons Mode for Joe for 50 euros combined and be happy to replace them. I only have one of them left: Free for All by Art Blakey which sounds louzy as well.

Yes it was

When I started listening jazz I had trouble connecting to his sound. But a few years ago there it was and I love his whole Blue Note output. All Seeing Eye and Etcetera are my favorites but I learned to love them all. I had a similar experience with Jackie McLeans music. Evidence that it’s good to revisit those artists you don’t really dig.

this afternoons playlist.

Billy Harper Live at Antibes '75

Oh yes those King LPs sound so incredibly good. This one gets reissued in the Classic vinyl series. I am happy because I have a 75th anniversary that sounds meh and has serious paper sleeve scratches that are audible in the last two tracks Sounds interesting thanks!

That’s a rare one! So how’s the music?

Two very powerful tenors

Fantastic music and a great reissue Same here, I’ve got The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival, Music Inc. and Compassion. Billy Harpers Capra Black, the Shamekh Farrah, the Charles Brackeen, the Cecil Payne and of course Glass Bead Games. They all sound fantastic, digital or analog I really don’t care.

I remember Snidero from some play along cds for alto saxophone. Very clean player, too clean for me to be honest. But I never heard a real recording by him.