HutchFan

Thanks.

NP: Geri Allen - The Gathering (Verve, 1998) Living, breathing music, full of vitality. And hearing Allen with Buster Williams? Uh, yeah! What do you think of this one, @jazzbo?

Yeah. It's cool. The cover feels very contemporary & 21st century while also echoing aspects of classic Blue Note/Reid Miles design. Hard to pull off that balancing act.

Next up: John Stowell - Golden Delicious (Inner City, 1977) A subtle gem featuring outstanding piano work (and three compositions) by Jim McNeely

So true.

Now spinning: Gary Burton - Throb (Atlantic, 1969) with Richard Greene (vn), Jerry Hahn (g), Steve Swallow (b), and Bill Goodwin (d) Interesting to note that four of nine cuts are by Michael Gibbs. I suppose this is a sort of prequel to their collaboration on "In the Public Interest" five years later. I pulled this LP out of a dollar bin on Saturday. In excellent condition to boot.

Unipaks always make me think of the Mainstream label. Yep.

Yessir. I didn't realize until recently that it's "almost" a Crusaders record -- with Wayne Henderson producing, Joe Sample on keys, and Wilton Felder on bass.

Now playing: Della Mae - Headlight (Rounder, 2020)

Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive (BN, 1975)

Quincy Jones - Gula Matari (A&M, 1970) Oh yeah.

A terrific album.

NP: Always enjoyable to hear Red Garland with Paul Chambers & Art Taylor.

Yep. I put the discs from that set in regular jewel cases, so they're accessible on my CD shelves for that very reason. Funny you mention the cover's similarity to Agharta. I thought the same, Gheorghe.

Now playing: Keith Tippett's Ark – Frames: Music for an Imaginary Film (Ogun, 1978) Very strange & interesting. Some of the shimmering, maximalist passages make me think of Ligeti -- music that evokes a vivid sense of the uncanny and surreal.

In 1970, Freddie recorded both Red Clay and Straight Life. Two stone-cold classics.

medjuck, I'm more familiar with Threadgill's earlier music -- from the 70s and 80s. But, among those listed on Bandcamp, the one that I like best is Everybodys Mouth's A Book.

I was able to go there a couple times, many years ago. Both times I was on business trips to NJ, so I didn't have as much time as I would've liked. Even so, it was great! I brought a BUNCH of Charles Ives records home from there, many of which I'd never even seen before -- back in those pre-internet days.

I still pull stuff out of the dollar bin regularly. That said, all dollar bins aren't created equal. Sometimes, I quickly get a sense that there's not much to find and quit searching. And sometimes it's just the opposite. Last December, I pulled all these LPs from the dollar bins at one shop: - Oscar Peterson Trio, Clark Terry - Oscar Peterson Trio + 1 (Mercury) - Thad Jones, Mel Lewis - Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State) - Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement (Atlantic) - Herbie Mann - Concerto Grosso in D Blues (Atlantic) - Billy Eckstine - Mr. B and the Band: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy) - Mel Torme - Songs for Any Taste (Bethlehem) - Marcio Montarroyos - Magic Moment (Columbia) - Ken Peplowski Quintet - Sonny Side (Concord) All vinyl VG+ condition or better. Admittedly, that was an exceptional day. But still. This is very true. There's one shop where I sometimes go. What was formerly his dollar bin is now his FIVE dollar bin. Uh, no thanks. OTOH, the price of CDs are still cratering in most shops.

Yowza. That's great that you were able to get all that terrific music so inexpensively. IIRC, my one-and-only EKE bargain-bin find was The Togo Brava Suite on UA. The top seam was busted, but the vinyl was fine. That was a long time ago, near the beginning of my deep dive into Duke.