Eric

Yes 💗 So much good stuff. Inspired by this thread, will listen to the Temple recording on the drive home. Simply bracing, life-affirming music. But I too, love all the eras. A fav from the Atlantic years is Coltrane Plays the Blues. Never tire of that one. Coltrane's Sound too and Coltrane Jazz. Well and First Meditations. And Crescent. And Soultrane. And Sun Ship. And, and, and! What an amazingly deep well. Maybe 30 years ago I thought the Impulse stuff was too out there, although I had never really listened to it. Found a 3 CD Impulse comp around that time and was blown away by the later period material, although there were only a few selections. What an amazing journey.

Close call between Impulse years 1 & 2, but I ultimately chose 2. It has very little to do with the sidemen of that era, rather it is the intensity and urgency of Trane's playing. The ideas and the ability to execute on them, although I have no idea what he is doing in a technical sense. Among my favorite jazz ever recorded.

Back cover of Our Thing by Joe Henderson. Bought it used in the 1980s from one of those jazz list guys. Of course the music is awesome. With the drawings, perhaps my favorite record.

A precursor to the “Rainbow” covers? 😁

For me, there is a small amount of nostalgia factor going on there. Early 1980s, it was hard to find anything on Blue Mote. So the Dexter album, sure, a yellow tint if I recall correctly. I didn’t really give a crap about sound quality, and that was probably the first place that I heard Freddie Hubbard. A later favorite was Witch Doctor by Art Blakey on cassette that I played to death. Not sure the crappy artwork was even the correct artwork, but I knew it was Art Blakey, and that it kicked butt. I also had Grant Green’s Am I Blue, which saved me from ever buying it again 😂

Yes, Sama Layuca has been on the summer 2023 hit parade as well! 😊 Dig it!

Up for this 20 year old thread. Hard to believe I first posted here 20 years ago. Anyway, 20 years later, I am still delighting in his Milestone period. More recent favs have been Focal Point and Horizons. But just a deep, deep well. is there any kind of Tyner biography out there?

Hell yeah 👍👍👍

Thanks!!

Just saw a headline for a review in the Wall Street Journal. Apparently a three-part series on Prime Video. Just alerting the gang 😊

Love those Milestone two-fers, huge part of my jazz indoctrination, before and after the OJCs. I used to devour the notes as well as the music, which I “burned” on cassettes to listen while driving 😂

Wow - too young!!

Spent extended time with that one a few months ago. So, so good!

Yes, great feature. I have been a Mac guy since 1984 and through some trial and error, have found Apple Music to be a fantastic solution for my digital music listening.

This is fantastic. Under 40 minutes, taut. Antoine Roney (best I have ever heard from him) and James Hurt are sharp.

Have the Horizon lps *ever* been on CD? Discogs says not. Shame, but will add "Waves ..." to to "to spin" list.

He even shows up here from time to time!

Details at Bandcamp, which I found to be very helpful app/site. Both download and physical product: https://michaelweiss.bandcamp.com/album/homage

You gotta wonder why. Mosaic was able to put out the Woody Shaw Muse stuff - was that prior to Concord buying Muse? I don't understand why you sit on product and don't monetize it. So glad I bought these Hardman/Tucker/Cook records way back when, they are delightful.

Ha ha. Saw the title, immediately thought of “The Harder They Come”!

And those Kenny Burrell jam sessions - Blue Lights? on Blue Note. I love his playing along Tina Brooks and Louis Smith.

Or the massive box with both Muse & Steeplechase!

Oh yes, that is a good one! I pulled it out recently thanks to this thread. How about - The Complete Muse Recordings of Junior Cook, Bill Hardman and Mickey Tucker?

I could not agree more. I am amazed at how good it can sound.