John B

just about any Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note cd. "Booby Hutcherson?"

I would love to hear this disc, but Label Bleu releases are difficult to track down on this side of the pond. Does Jazzos have them in stock usually? (too lazy to go and do a search right now...)

I've only heard Stenson as a sideman on Litania and Leosia by Tomasz Stanko. This thread has prompted me to explore this album, as well as War Orphans and Serenity. Thank you for this pick! I look forward to listening and joining in on the reviews.

Wadada Leo Smith's Red Sulphur Sky is another great disc on Tzadik.

I'll buck the trend and recommend this one: some great sax by "special guest" Pharoah Sanders on this disc.

the best story I ever heard of this was that test pressing of Chico Hamilton's Ellington Suite found in a record store in England that contained an alternate version of the album.

Lou Donaldson - Everything I Play is Funky Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues "Groove" Holmes / Gene Ammons - Groovin' with Jug Husker Du - Zen Arcade Bad Brains - Attitude: the ROIR sessions Ozric Tentacles - Become the Other

Agreed. There are some albums I only listen to on long car trips as I never have enough uninterrupted time at home to really get into some of the longer tracks.

if I make a mix for the car it is usually rock. With jazz the songs tend to be too long for driving around town, so I usually save it for longer rides and prefer to get into the groove of a full album. I also tend to prefer free jazz while driving. Recent favorites have been DKV Trio - Live in Wels / Chicago and Trigonometry and live Miles from the 70's.

Today: Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues Robert Walter's 20th Congress - Money Shot Billy Bang - Vietnam: the Aftermath the Pogues - Red Roses for Me Neu! - s/t Neu! - Neu! 75

Very sad news. I'm spinning Billy Bang's Vietnam: the Aftermath right now. Some great playing by Frank on this one.

Some light listening, eh John? I got up at four in the morning in order to drive three hours, followed by eleven hours at work that day. I figured a few of those discs would be "bracing" enough to keep me focused on the drive. (along with some good, strong coffee.) Over the weekend: Coltrane - Bahia Billy Bang - Vietnam: the Aftermath Jimmy Smith - The Sermon Stanton Moore - Flyin' the Coop Godspeed You Black Emperor - Yanqui UXO Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do Ozric Tentacles - Waterfall Cities Ozric Tentacles - Spice Doubt

One - Basra - and I am very glad I do as it sounds great!

Kari - I really dig the cover you made. Very remniscent of John McLaughlin's Extrapolation.

another McDuff recommendation: this was my first McDuff. I agree that Groovin' with Jug is essential.

Pixies - Surfer Rosa / Come on Pilgrim Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to the Sky Neil Young - Time Fades Away Brotzmann - Die Like a Dog Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency! Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core - The Neon Truth

Joe Christmas is on an RV trip around the US, if I recall correctly. He posted a thread about it in the Alley over on JC.

Miles - Live - Evil Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder Marley - Catch a Fire Joe McPhee & Hamid Drake - Emancipation Proclamation

I'll have to disagree with everything you said here, with the exception of "time will tell." I think it is an easy assumption to make that there are less musicians trying to "say" something than in the 40's 50's or 60's. IMO they are still out there, making fantastic, powerful, emotional music that has, again, IMO, quite a lot to say. The one difference might be in the level of publicity they get and the lack of mass commercial support for this music. It is also easy to look back on those salad days and forget that, sometimes, it takes historical perspective to appreciate what those musicians were saying and doing at the time. Remember, a lot of people *hated* what Trane was doing with Miles, for example. As you said, time will tell. In a few decades people will probably look back on these days and agree that giants still walked the earth. In the meantime we should all just enjoy the music. I think I will spin Brotz' Never Too Late But Always Too Early tonight. Try that for some fantastic Drake / Parker

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Jimmy Giuffre 3 - 1961 Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Flight, Bremen 1961 Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land Peru - Kingdom of the Sun: The Inca Heritage (Nonesuch Explorer Series)

I just saw this posted by Jan "elsewhere" and thought some here would be interested: "This is the info on the underside of the box: Jimmy Lyons ayler records The Box Set aylCD- 036- 040 www.ayler.com Jimmy Lyons, as Karen Borca, bassoon (39,40) Hayes Burnett, b (36,37,38) Henry Letcher, dr (37) Raphé Malik, tp (36) Paul Murphy, dr (39,40) William Parker, b (40) Sidney Smart, dr (36) 036. Jimmy Lyons Quartet Studio Rivbea, NYC, September, 1972 75:34 037. Jimmy Lyons Trio Studio Rivbea, NYC,June 30, 1975 78:42 038. Jimmy Lyons Trio Studio Rivbea, NYC,June 30, 1975 13:36 Jimmy Lyons solo Soundscape, NYC, April 9, 1981 65:00 039. Jimmy Lyons Trio Geneva, Switzerland, May 12, 1984 55:23 Jimmy Lyons Interview NYC, July 27, 1978 11:41 040. Jimmy Lyons Quartet Tufts University, Medford, MA, Feb. 12, 1985 75:50 Total time: 375:46 Music composed by Jimmy Lyons. Karen Borca and Thelonious Monk Analog tape restoration, transfer and mastering by Ben Young Final mastering by Per Ruthström Liner notes by Ben Young and Ed Hazell Cover art and design by Åke Bjurhamn Photographs by Maryanne Driscoll, Nils Edström, Lona Foote, Chris Green, Jerry Kambisis and Willard Taylor Executive producer for ayler records is Jan Ström"

O'Neal's Porch is essential listening. To clarify the AMG review, this was initially released on Centering and quickly went OOP. It has since been reissued on Aum Fidelity.

Jimmy Giuffre - Free Fall Pauline Oliveros - Deep Listening My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Shellac - At Action Park

Thank you! I knew it was one of those discs but could not remember which on. RVG it is.