John Tapscott

Don't forget Children of Lima which is all Broadbent's writing - Side one - Herd with the Houston Symphony Orch.; side 2- the Herd alone. IIRC Andy Laverne is the pianist , not Broadbent. I don't necessarily think it's a great record but I like it more than Scott Yanow does. http://www.allmusic.com/album/children-of-lima-mw0000879597

Especially as an arranger - Blues in the Night, Variations on a Scene, Reunion at Newport, Adam's Apple, Live in Silent Amber (the last four original comp/arr's). Lots more too, but those off the top of my head. I don't know that his piano voice came across quite as strongly in the Herd, because he was playing mostly the el p. (as did all the Herd pianists in the late 60's early 70's). And Herman had some really good ones - Broadbent, Andy Laverne, Harold Danko, Lyle Mays etc. I loved the Herd.

A wonderful recording IMHO, under-rated and overlooked (or looked down on perhaps), but this music swings like crazy.

I certainly like Broadbent, though his strong classical background sometimes gives a rather formal feeling to his music (as opposed to the looser spontaneity of the best jazz). IMHO, of course. He is a fine, swinging player, for sure. Here are several which I own and enjoy: I also have a couple of LP's on Discovery from the 80's which are actually my favorite Broadbent recordings. Everything I Love is especially good.

Really good sounding studio date, IMO (with Kenny Drew, NHOP, "Tootie" Heath).

Sure he's not to everyone's taste (and yes, most of his Columbia records were commercial messes) but there's a lot of great music on this Mosaic set: And he actually had a beautiful sound in the trumpet's lower register, too. For example in Shorty's Rogers arrangement of "What's New" recorded by Kenton.

Thanks for posting. I have several Tate recordings on Sackville in my collection and they're good ones, but don't have this one for some reason. So I pre-ordered it.

5 out of 6 of the titles linked are unauthorized European Public Domain releases. Buyer beware. Yeah, that's right. Don't buy them. Do this instead. For $1,100 you can get a new set or for $700 a used set. http://www.amazon.co...aynard Ferguson I know some people here have much high moral standards than I, but I say that when the legitimate owners let them go out of print and have no interest in reissuing them, then get them however you can.

Actually quite a bit of it is available on individual CD's. I'll list some amazon links http://www.amazon.com/Maynard-Straightaway-Themes-Bonus-Tracks/dp/B00BZV12QE/ref=sr_1_12?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1407627423&sr=1-12&keywords=Maynard+Ferguson http://www.amazon.com/Message-Birdland-Maynard-Ferguson/dp/B000TE8BHQ/ref=sr_1_19?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1407627685&sr=1-19&keywords=Maynard+Ferguson http://www.amazon.com/Swingin-My-Way-Through-College/dp/B00491C6FS/ref=sr_1_69?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1407627767&sr=1-69&keywords=Maynard+Ferguson http://www.amazon.com/Message-Newport-Maynard-Ferguson/dp/B0049Z2S2A/ref=sr_1_73?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1407627817&sr=1-73&keywords=Maynard+Ferguson http://www.amazon.com/Newport-Suite-Maynard-Ferguson/dp/B00LODO64I/ref=sr_1_89?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1407627846&sr=1-89&keywords=Maynard+Ferguson http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Sessions-Maynard-Ferguson/dp/B000UZ4GJQ/ref=sr_1_91?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1407627902&sr=1-91&keywords=Maynard+Ferguson That's not quite all of it, but the prime stuff anyway. But why go through the hassle. For $1,100 you can get a new set or for $700 a used set. http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Roulette-Recordings-Ferguson-Orchestra/dp/B002SK5THY/ref=sr_1_82?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1407628013&sr=1-82&keywords=Maynard+Ferguson

Kenny Drew Jr. - "This One's for Bill" (w George Mraz and Al Foster) from