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Yeah I have the cd's to but also having trouble to dig trough all those alternates.... Gray was such a great saxophonist. And a tragic figure unfortunately.

Also very looking forward to this one.

Thanks. His records from this era are hit and miss for me so will give this one a try

It’s a great photograph and probably the one of Wardell most used on the Internet these days.

Thanks for doing this great project Hutchfan! SOme of my personal selections would be: Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble in Mind AEOC - Urban Bushmen Billy Harper - The Believer Takeo Moriyama - Smile Joe Henderson - Mirror, Mirror Horace Tapscott - Live at Lobero Vols 1 & 2 Mal Waldron - What it Is Chick Corea - Three Quartets Hannibal - The Angels of Atlanta Joe Bonner - Impressions of Copenhagen Mal Waldron - Live at Dreher Steve Lacy - At the Bimhuis 1982 Charlie Haden - Ballad of the Fallen Khan Jamal - Infinity Pharoah SAnders - Heart is a Melody Nate Morgan - Journey Into Nigritia Michel Petrucciani - Live at the Village Vanguard Makoto Terashita - Topology Abdullah Ibrahim - Water from Ancient Well Cecil Taylor - Winged Serpent Chet Baker - Diane Mal Waldron - Seagulls of Kristiansund Evan Parker - The Snake Decides Sonny Fortune - Great Friends Steve Lacy - Morning Joy Tchangodei - Three for Freedom

Interesting stuff!!! Toshiba Japan always delivers fine sound

Yeah he’s great. But on this record the whole band shines. The 2 young Andrews especially.

Unique vibes player and a unique album

my favorite Chet Baker record.

One of the underrated tenors of the forties/fifties: Wardell Gray.

I smoked cigarettes for 10 years and am still so glad I managed to kick the habit 5 years ago. But hey to each his own of course.

The west coast stuff from the early/mid fifties is my favorite Chet ❤️ it breathes a certain atmosphere I just really like. When I close my eyes I feel like I am on the other side of the ocean in that very decade which is interesting as I never visited the States and I was born in 1990…

Yeah I see them on Discogs too. Not acceptable for 50 euros so I am going to return it.

Great musician, great album and a great reissue. now spinning also a Pacific Tone Poet: Excellent sound Edit: the first undamaged LP that skips on my turntable. And my first Tone Poet complaint!

I’d love to hear how you experience his music So now that you’re almost done with the eighties…. Time for the next decade?

How’s that one? Thanks! I did not knew that. Looks like him this might be my favorite Wayne. Schizophrenia is selected for the upcoming Tone Poets. Wayne is such a powerful player but I have to say it’s his ballad playing that stuns me the most. About Chet. For me it’s the other way around. I prefer the young Chet. The stuff I like best is with Russ Freeman on piano and the stuff on Barclay. The later stuff is hit and miss for me. I do like these Paddle Wheels a lot. Indeed a 1987 live recording.

What’s a Claxton?

Wow this reissue sounds amazing

Well I got around 20 of the Tone Poets and 12 Classics and never had an issue. But since I am reading the Hoffman board I am seriously thinking my hearing isn't working properly.

Still waiting for you commentary on that Waldron album I LOVE Crowd Scene. It got the full 5 stars on my blog but so did Seagulls and What It Is got 4,5. All great albums and I could see why it was difficult making a choice. Both Ricky Ford and Sonny Fortune are on fire on Crowd Scene. The whole band is. I think youre right about the '70's and 80's being his most productive years. But there was still some very joyful stuff to come (the Tutu's, the duets with Lacy, Shepp and Murray for example). Hope you'll be able to pen some things down fast on the Soul Note album Also saw a very nice Billy Harper selection last week by Dan: Destiny is Yours... 😍