John Tapscott

A terrific arrangement of Tyner's "Search for Peace" with a great Pete Christlieb solo from this very fine CD by this very fine K.C. band. Some great playing here (and of course, K.C. has a great big band tradition). Also a very swinging arrangement here of Shorter's "Black Nile" by former org participant Free for All (Paul McKee) who has a fine solo on the track along with Christlieb.

Listened through the Bill Evans 9 CD Fantasy set this week: 2 tracks really stood out for me (out of so many great tracks) "Bass Face" from and "Eiderdown" from I'd forgotten how good both these albums are; especially the latter which has outstanding playing from both Warne and Lee.

I couldn't really answer Clifford Thornton's question about it. I have the U.S. AudioFidelity LP (bought years ago as a cut-out). Really glad I kept it.

"Stuffy" from this wonderful record. Hawk is in exuberant form on this track, and the "Three Bosses" rhythm section (Powell, Pettiford and Clarke) is excellent on the tracks with Hawk and on the five trio tracks as well. I hadn't listened to this one for some years, but it's one of the best records I've heard recently.