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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....

Tone Poet that sounds great 😊

Rainbo pressing…. Doesn’t sound bad but this one deserves a proper reissue.

😓 oops.

Forgive me my ignorance on Bill Barron but I’ve always thought he was more an inside than ‘outside’ player. Very curious to hear him play with Taylor so added it to my Spotify list. Also time to dive into Bill Barrons discography.

Excellent recording by an excellent trumpeter! I also enjoy A Part with Reggie Workman and Love Nature a lot. I long overlooked the whole Japanese jazz scene.

If I would have known that Pure Pleasure was to release it as well I would have bought that copy. This one sounds okay by the way. Flat and silent.

Like Soulpope said: Little Reds Fantasy on Muse records. ‘70’s recording and that was one hell of a decade in Shaws legacy. Highly recommend. The 32Jazz albumcovers were awful but have to say most of the Muse originals weren’t a thing of beauty either. LMO and MJQ are both groups I would have loved to see live. Very different kind of music but I like them both. And yeah Grif + Wes is a fantastic combo. They really sound like some very, very cool jazzcats.

These two Sam Rivers records by NoBuisness with Joe Daley are very, very good: https://www.discogs.com/release/16277949-Sam-Rivers-Quartet-Featuring-Joe-Daley-Dave-Holland-Thurman-Barker-Braids https://www.discogs.com/release/14488662-Sam-Rivers-Quintet-Featuring-Joe-Daley-Dave-Holland-Barry-Altschul-Charlie-Persip-Zenith

Back to Black so that’s a hit or miss. This one is pretty good especially considering the 15 euro price. The music is just awesome. What a group. This one could have easily been selected for the Acoustic Sounds series if the series wasn’t run by someone who wants to release music ‘he digs and gets’ only.

Man I love this period and I love this group. U-Jama 🥰 that’s one very tight rhythm section

Yeah, the last one Song for the Whale is the least interesting imo

I have always liked the Spanish music connection. But then I do love jazz crossovers with other genres. That music gets the stamp kitch pretty fast (too fast in my opinion). I really like the self titled LMO, The Ballad of the Fallen and Dream Keeper. Not only for its composition, arrangements and theme but also for the individual quality of its players. the album I never got connected to is The Escalator over the Hill.

Yeah I still remember I heard her playing the first time on his ESP work. I thought I was listening to some well known postbopper to found out it was Donald. I didn’t knew of her yet. Fantastic trumpeter.

They should make a nice twofold reissue with a cd and an LP version. Or a deluxe edition with the Prince Lasha sessions and the Burning Spirits in a boxed set

not for the faint hearted I would say….

I live in Heemskerk. That’s 30 kilometers from your place I don’t know where the other Dutchmen live but it might be a nice idea to organize a meeting, have a craft beer somewhere and talk some jazz somewhere in the future?

That’s a fantastic record!

I get you. It’s one out of thousand reasons that I am not on any social media platform.

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Niko is living in Rotterdam I believe so that’s 4 including myself