randyhersom

Hell Yeah! on the Adams/Pullen I'll add the complete Max Roach Quartet with Billy Harper. Seconds on the Complete Arista Anthony Braxton.

Haden is my favorite bassist. I realize that William Parker, Richard Davis and Ron Carter may be technically superior, but Haden gets to me. There are a few different reasons why. 1. Deep resonating soulful slow playing. Try Prayer from Keith Jarrett's Death and the Flower. 2. Bass that feels like strummed flamenco guitar, very Spanish feel. Hear Paul Motian's Tribute album. 3. Funky grooves that often incorporate #s 1 and 2. Ornette Coleman's Law Years from Science Fiction, Keith Jarrett's De Drums from Fort Yawuh.

CD Baby is rumored to be hooking up with EMusic.com. I'll keep an eye out for some of these CDBaby discs.

Trane's Body and Soul on Coltrane's Sound. McCoy's insanely beautiful piano intro gets some of the credit too.

As far as I know, Hope From Riker's Island is the only participation of Walt Dickerson on someone elses date (as producer). He never recorded as a sideman.

As far as suggestions, I think Walt Dickerson's To My Queen and Peace would be very interesting choices.

Ken McIntyre - Looking Ahead

David Murray - Shakill's Warrior McCoy Tyner - Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit from Enlightenment Lester Bowie - For Fela

Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Terence Trent D'Arby Aretha Franklin, Lorraine Ellison

Thanks, Jim, but the site disagrees with two other sources on Mose Allison's birthday. I share a birthday with Marvin Hannibal Peterson, Ernestine Anderson, Gunther Schuller and Mose Allison if my other two sources are right.

Number one by a huge margin Max Roach - Live in Tokyo also rans Anthony Braxton - Creative Orchestra Music 1976 (Arista) Max Roach Quartet live in Amsterdam non jazz Garland Jeffreys - Ghost Writer Thomas Jefferson Kaye - Thomas Jefferson Kaye & First Grade

I love all of Live at the Lighthouse, and also his great organic bass clarinet funk on The Call from a Michael Howell album called In The Silence. That's another LP only issue that I'd love to see Fantasy reissue.

Ra! (dual purpose post)

Barbara Dennerlein

Tom Waits does alright by Phantom 309 on the live Nighthawks at the Diner.

Rooster - were you thinking of Victor Sproles?

Vi Redd

Will they ***please*** reissue the Mal Waldron - Gary Peacock First Encounter on Catalyst!!!!

I know that the ones getting the votes are probably the "right" answers, but I couldn't resist going off the board for ... Billy Harper! Such a shame that Last Sessions is back OOP.

I'm astonished that Santana hasn't come up here yet. Any version of Soul Sacrifice, the great Lotus live set with Leon Thomas, Welcome... The great Allman Brothers Fillmore Concerts. Whipping Post is as close to Trane as rock got... With the possible exception of the Byrds Eight Miles High. King Crimson Red, Islands and Larks Tongues in Aspic.