The Tone Poets have a thread but these series not (yet). Now they do. So the new list was presented this week and I can't say I'm very happy with it.... Some nice records but not the ones I hoped for.
January 20, 2023 – The 70s
Grant Green – Green Is Beautiful (1970)
Bobby Hutcherson – San Francisco (1970)
February 17, 2023 – Hard Bop
Jackie McLean – Bluesnik (1961)
Horace Parlan – Speakin’ My Piece (1960)
March 17, 2023 – Post-Bop
Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles (1964)
Sam Rivers – Fuchsia Swing Song (1964)
April 21, 2023 – Hidden Gems
Dizzy Reece – Star Bright (1959)
Johnny Coles – Little Johnny C (1963)
May 19, 2023 – Bebop
Miles Davis – Volume 1 BLP 1501 (1952-53)
Fats Navarro – The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 BLP 1531 (1947-49)
June 16, 2023 – The Rebirth
Robert Glasper – In My Element (2006)*
Madlib – Shades of Blue (2003)*
July 21, 2023 – Soul Jazz
Ike Quebec – Heavy Soul (1961)
Lonnie Smith – Turning Point (1969)
August 18, 2023 – The Avant-Garde
Anthony Williams – Spring (1965)
Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures (1966)
I will definitely pick up the Hancock and the Cecil Taylor. I may be picking up the Lonnie Smith, the Sam Rivers, Horace Parlan, McLean and the Hutch. The rest is not interest to me and the Anthony Williams I already have.
I really hoped for Lee Morgan's Gigolo and Search for the New Land. Plus Jackie McLean's Let Freedom Ring or Right Now. On the other hand: the list only goes to august.... So now I am here again doubting if I have to buy an expensive Japanese reissue or just be patient and wait a little longer....