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Tapscott, Tapscott, Tapscott.... been listening quite a lot to him these days and I think this is going to be my favorite. What a great musician!

@Rabshakeh Pretty good record this is but nothing that blows you away probably. It’s a bit weird in places: some funk, freebop and spoken word. Something that needs a few listens. But definitely interesting music!

Thanks guy, did not think of the Murray dates. I know them but forgot Lancaster played on them. No leader dates? The Rib Crib disk is on my 'to listen' list That kind of music is mostly my cup of tea.

Looks very, very nice

Love that record!

It's Sunday so time for a fresh update We're still there in the early '70's as Mal's output in those years was huge with multiple records for Victor, Enja and Freedom/Black Lion. A couple of solo albums this week: Signals on Freedom and Jazz A Confronto 19 on the Italian Horo label. Also his more known Billie Holiday tribute 'Blues for Lady Day' with which I still have a little trouble connecting with... All in all these were not his strongest solo outings in my humble opinion (especially the Horo). Part from those solo records there is very nice group recording with Sonny Grey, Alain Hatot, Gus Nemeth and the one and only Kenny Clarke. Nice advanced postbop with a surprisingly good Hatot and hard swinging Clarke. A very first reunion on record with the great Steve Lacy who I admire so much. 'Journey Without an End' was the reboot of a very fruitful relationship. It's also among the most 'avant' recordings by Mal. Great stuff. Closing this week with 'A Touch of the Blues' which is probably one of the lesser known Enja releases. It was never reissued on cd until last year on the Japanese Solid label. Great record, highly recommended. Might want to add it to your basket with your next CDJapan order https://snake-out.blogspot.com A (still incomplete of course) discography with all reviews could be found here: https://snake-out.blogspot.com/2020/12/all-reviews-in-chronological-order.html A (still incomplete of course) overview of all recordings by rating could be found here: https://snake-out.blogspot.com/2020/12/all-reviews-by-rating.html Thanks for reading guys!

I don’t think I did but thanks anyway

Thanks! Not sure yet... I saw the line up, listened to some samples and just ordered blindly! Will let you know as soon as I have given it a spin.

Well of course a nice idea. Joe is one my favorite tenors but I have to admit that I hate the fact that Mosaics new sets contain mostly music that is widely avaible. For the Henderson set. I already own all of that music in pretty great vinyl or cd versions. What’s the point of buying the same music again in that black box for let’s say 120 euros? I think the ideas we’ve presented in that one topic here for new mosaics were much more interesting....

There does not seam to be a Byard Lancaster topic yet. At least not one that is just dedicated to the guy. I think he is one of the most fascinating reed players of his time. Up til now I know 'It's Not Up To Us' and his concert at Macalester college. I also recently bought the Sounds of Liberation LP and Doug Hammond's Spaces. My question to you guys is: Where should I go next? Both as a leader or a sideman.

Got a very generous family in law and a less generous but very sweet own family. December the 25th was my birthday and that means money for me to spend in any way I want. Without the interference of my bossy wife.... who I love very much but has no musical taste. I think I have spend the money quite well. Quite a lot of trouble with the postal companies so most of them arrive pretty late. These week I received these, all on vinyl: Most of it is new and sealed. The two Nimbus' releases are on Outernational, that do a pretty great job releasing Tapscott's work. The Rivers is of course a Tone Poet and Tolliver is on Pure Pleasure, the British label that does a really great job remastering and releasing the Strata East legacy.

Well I managed to find me a copy after all! Contacted a Discogs seller I order a lot from. He did not had it in his marketplace but I asked him anyway. And surprise, surprise: he did had one last copy! I am a very lucky man

Looking back now, my wife and I seriously doubt if we did not have Covid already. Last year we were skiing in Austria at the end of February. On that moment little was known about the virus and the first case in The Netherlands had yet to come up. But it was already in Italy those days. There were no rules yet, no masks and no lockdown. A few days after our return we both got sick: sore throat, lots of coughing and a fever. The coughs were pretty heavy and I was really gasping for air sometimes. The only people we visited directly after our return were my parents. They also got sick a few days after with the same symptoms. It took them a week or so to recover. it might as well been the flu but who knows.... I’ll take the vaccine anyway. Time to kill this virus for once and for all.

Wishing all you guys strength to defeat this awful disease!

Looks interesting! Great pianist, great band

I think I heard Pete LaRoca sued Muse for releasing that under Coreas name and with success. I assumed that 32 jazz indeed reissued it from their rights on the Muse catalog.

Pete La Roca’s ‘Turkish Woman at a Bath’ I know this has been released on cd but as far as I know never in a proper (or legit) way or did it? Anyway it’s up for release in March: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/YZMS-1055 not a lot of details yet but Tokuma mostly does a fine job in remastering. It has my interest.

Is it really unacceptable to them if you’d just say: we rather do not take any risk and are not interested in having a dinner?

What a loss. One of the greatest on Tuba. He’s on so many classic albums.RIP

Another weekly update from me Were still pretty much stuck in 1971... The early '70's were really very productive years for Mal, recording around 25 leader dates in only 3 years time. And though not every album was equally good, there are some real masterpieces among them both known as more obscure. In this week's batch we've got a couple of those more known classics (Black Glory, Mal Waldron Plays the Blues), much in demand but hard to get classics (The Call), obscure masterpieces (Number Nineteen), his first vocal encounter since his breakdown as a co-leader (One For Lady) and one of his best solo outings: The Opening. And of course his first and last encounter with the great Gary Peacock who passed away only last year With a few exceptions, the quality of his work in this period was very high. He really was at one of his creative peaks. Hope you guys and do not hesitate to reply, discuss or correct my writings! https://snake-out.blogspot.com

I am afraid she’s not. Look at the nose guys, it’s definitely not her.

We cant always agree can we?

Love the Night of the Mark VII albums but I am less fond of the On Stage albums.

You’re probably not surprised but I do not agree with that at all. For me it contains some of Clifford Jordan’s most intense and best playing on record. The title track is a killer. One of my favorite Waldron records. Funny how two people could experience a record so differently.

this is the one I immediately thought of. I bought it blindly, excited by the personnel. Some of my favorite artists all together playing Trane repertoire. But when I gave it a spin I could not be more disappointed. This really is a very average bop date, nothing more than that. None of the musicians sound truly inspired.