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Me too. But I was very late to the game. I'd been listening to jazz for decades time before I got 'round to Jacquet. But better late than never, I guess. Now listening to more Wallace Davenport:

Agreed. Even more broadly: Jacquet doesn't get nearly the love/cred/ink that he should. IMO.

Yup, the cover art is ugly -- but the music is terrific. My adult son -- who is a working (visual) artist -- saw the cover earlier today. He laughed and said: "Eww. Early digital."

Next up: Eddie Palmieri - Arete (TropiJazz, 1995) Eddie Palmieri (p, arr), Donald Harrison (as), Brian Lynch (tr), Conrad Herwig (tb), John Benitez (b), José "Cochise" Claussell (tim), Paoli Mejias (bgo), Richie Flores (cga), Adam Cruz (d)

Tito Puente - The Legend (Tico, 1977)

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More Charlie Palmieri:

Now playing: Charlie Palmieri - ElectroDuro (Coco, 1974); reissued on Bomba Records JP Electric organ, Percussion – Charlie Palmieri Bass – Andy Gonzalez, Israel "Cachao" Lopez Timbales – Manny Oquendo, Mike Collazo Bongos – Manny Gonzalez, Roberto Roena Congas – Rafael Cortijo, Louie Goicoichea Lead Vocals – Victor Velazquez Coro – Adalberto Santiago, Yayo El Indio plus others (unnamed)

Yep. And Charlie Palmieri was the ringleader. And don't forget the Cesta All-Stars too!

Some of my CHARLIE PALMIERI favorites . . . Jazz (Alegre/Fania, rec. 1960s) - with the Alegre All Stars Charlie Palmieri served as the Music Director on these recordings; tracks selected for this compilation by Bobby Sanabria Impulsos (Coco, 1975) A Giant Step (Tropical Budda, 1984) Mambo Show (Tropical Budda, 1989) - with the Latin Music Legends Again, CP is the MD; with Mongo Santamaria, Chombo Silva, Nicky Marrero, Barry Rogers, and others

Yes. Also, it's my home state, although I live too far north for cotton. In the southern part of Georgia -- down on the Coastal Plain, you can see cotton growing everywhere.

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At the end of the day, that's all that matters.

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Yes! That trio with Yamashita, Sakata, and Moriyama is INSANE. Koyama is no slouch, but Moriyama's drumming takes the music to an entirely different level. I'd also recommend Clay (Enja, rec. '74) and Chiasma (MPS, rec. '75), two live Yamashita Trio recordings with Moriyama. Such a lovely record.

Thanks! I'm not an expert, but it seems like there was a slight-but-definite evolution in La Sonora Ponceña when Lucca took over as producer, beginning with Musical Conquest in 1976. Even though I like the stuff from the first half of the decade, there does seem to be an increase in the "jazz quotient" in the latter half of the 1970s. For example, Lucca's piano interludes are often featured a la Eddie or Charlie Palmieri. That's the stuff that really captures my ear & gets me stoked: When the Venn diagram of jazz and salsa (or perhaps we could use the more general term Latin music) aren't only adjacent, there's overlap. And when the overlap is "significant enough" (however one might define that!), you have Latin jazz. Of course, this is all a continuum thing. The lines between these genres are very fuzzy and porous. And that's one of the many things that makes this topic so interesting.

I don't know the answer to your question; I was just a kid at the time. But I've read similar things about Watrous making waves back then. It always surprised me that Manhattan Wildlife Refuge was released on Columbia. Given the year (1974), the music seems like something that would more typically be issued on a small/indie label. Then again, Maynard Ferguson was recording for Columbia at that time. They released MF's Live at Jimmy's in '74. Maybe Watrous appealed to the same college kid "lab band" and/or big band crowd as Ferguson -- or, as you say, the bop revivalists. Or both.

Two albums featuring bassist Gene Perla & drummer Don Alias: Stone Alliance - Stone Alliance (PM, 1976) and Jeremy Steig - Energy (Capitol, 1971)

Dusty Groove will be stocking it: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/157799/Various:J-Jazz-Free-and-Modern-Jazz-From-Japan-1954-to-1988

I love Ismael Quintana's vocals -- but I'd only heard him sing with Eddie Palmieri. I've never explored his solo work. So this music is completely new to me, and it is OUTSTANDING!

Speaking of Papo Lucca. . . Which album is your favorite album by La Sonora Ponceña? I'd probably go with Explorando or La Orquesta de Mi Tierra. What say you? EDIT @soulpope, I just now noticed the cut you featured from Musical Conquest earlier in the thread. I suppose that answers my question.

Next up: Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (East Wind, 1975); issued on Inner City in the U.S. Transcendent.