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so what’s better than a Mal Waldron Quartet? A super quartet! This one’s among their best: Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy playing with a killer rhythm section with Reggie Workman on bass and Eddie Moore on drums. Cheapest copy is 12 euros in Discogs. Sometimes happiness is cheap!

were there any represses without the wobbling piano or am I deaf? Cause I don’t hear it on my LP…

I don't do vinyl upgrades as well except for the 75th anniversary series. Those really sound crappy sometimes. I don't need to buy Tina Brooks' True Blue nor Jackie McLean's Let Freedom Ring as I own perfect other versions of them. But I did sell my Hutcherson's Happenings and Joe Henderson's Mode For Joe to buy them in the new classic series.

I am really enjoying the reissue series and I like the diversity in the program which makes it much more exciting than the rather tame Verve Acoustic Sounds series. Also glad not everything is my taste as than it would become a very expensive habit collecting those TP’s. I do pity the fact that all the MMJ’s are skipped as those limited and extremely expensive releases aren’t quite really avaible to most people.

There is no MMJ rule?

The only one I had problems with was the Pepper/Baker record. Blue Notes explanation that there was nothing wrong with it and people should adjust their equipment made me laugh. I sent it back and didn’t bother for a replacement. But all of the other TP’s I enjoy very much. My best sounding must be Bobby Hutchersons Oblique

Exactly the ones I will get. I would have got Total Eclipse and Let Freedom Ring as well if I did not already have a copy. For me personally not the most interesting list but I understand that to some others it's great. I really don't see the point of two very average Byrd releases but that's me.... Was hoping for Matador and glad I did buy Hutcherson's Patterns and Lee Morgan's Tom Cat and The Gigolo last year. Is the 'I will not do any MMJ title again' philosophy still intact?

Yeah you're right. Never adjust your ammount of LP's to the size of your house. It should always be the other way around

a favorite from the series.

Lacy and Shepp in one group…. Definitely interested but as Mark mentioned perhaps a little expensive. Will dive into it when it’s released.

I think you’ll like. It’s a pretty unique record if you ask me. Not free but definitely something else.

i think this record proves that Elmo Hope is not a pianist to play in the background. Like for example Herbie Nichols he is an attention demanding pianist without playing really out.

Fred Thomas from Sam records is reissuing this great record. Originals go for insane prices and the Japanese reissues were pretty expensive too. This one is from the tapes. The Japanese I don’t know. I have great experience with Sam records. https://samrecords.fr/produit/sahib-shihab-and-the-danish-radio-jazz-group-oktav-1965/

last one for this day

That's the Montreux group right? On Freedom records? Those are among my favorite Shepp records. I was so fortunate to see him at the Bimhuis in 2010. Though not really comparable to his 60's and 70's work it was an unforgettable experience.

Hope all the best for him. A huge fan! Shepp got me into the free stuff

This German cd pressing must be the worst cd sounding I have. Is it the pressing or the recording? The distortian is almost unbearable at times. It's insanely good though. Cecil Bridgewater, Enrico Rava, Charles Sullivan, Sonny Fortune, Carlos Ward, Roland Alexander, John Stubblefield, Hamiet Bluiett, Cecil McBee and the great Roy Brooks....

Definitely. Same goes for The Call, Spanish Bitch and Number Nineteen.

Abdullah Ibrahim - Senzo Art Tatum - Solo Masterpieces vol.2 Thelonious Monk - Solo in San Francisco Oscar Peterson - My Favorite Instrument Abdullah Ibrahim - African Magic Uri Caine - Moloch Mal Waldron - Meditations Mal Waldron - The Opening McCoy Tyner - Echoes of a Friend Michel Petrucciani - Au Theatre Champes-Elysees

This is the only Byas in my collection but I frequently revisit it: https://www.discogs.com/release/4790053-Don-Byas-Ambiances-Et-Slows A compliation on Barclay from his years in France.

My favorite Ella. What a voice she had 🥰

That’s a tough one. If I’d really really had to make a decision I’d say Number Nineteen is my favorite studio trio date and Black Glory my favorite live trio date. And if I really had to choose beteeen them I’d probably go for Black Glory. But would still want to mention Blood and Guts as a serious runner up live record and Free at Last, Tokyo Bound and First Encounter as essential trio studio records. But now I am cheating