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Interesting mix of players on that one. Festival Big Band (Jerry van Rooyen) - Explosive! (Philips, 1971)

Thanks for the heads-up on this, Mike. I've never heard it, and I'm going to check it out.

Brahms: Symphony No. 2, as heard in this set:

I have an extra copy of Tito Puente's Mambo Diablo (Concord, 1985). Totally free to anyone in the U.S. Peeps overseas will need to pay shipping. It's an excellent record too!

A 2021 CD from the artist (formerly?) known as Bayeté, who worked with Bobby Hutcherson, Stanley Clarke, Julian Priester, and others back in the day. He also made a couple records for Prestige in the early-70s.

I bought the Barnaby reissue (used) of that LP at Mole Jazz in London about 30 years ago. NP: I really dig this music, but my Schema-Rearward CD reissue sounds very hard and congested. Everything feels overdriven, recording-wise. I realize that this is blaring, LOUD music -- but the recording seems to accentuate that aspect of it. It's distracting (to me, at least). Of course, it might just be my ears. Or I could be bumping up against limitations in my (old-but-trusty) stereo system. So I'm curious: Does anyone have this album on LP? Or, for that matter, the Schema-Rearward CD? If so, does it sound that way to you too?

Still going bananas for Baden: Volume 1: L'Âme de Baden Powell (Festival FR, 1973) and Volume 2: L'Art de Baden Powell (Festival FR, 1973) On both of these albums, Powell is supported by: - Guy Pedersen (b) - Joaquim Paes Henriques (d) - Luis Aguido (perc) - Janine De Waleyne (vo, selected cuts only) Powell performing with Guy Pedersen

I just now stumbled across a website and forum dedicated to A&M Records: https://www.amcorner.com/ It reminded me of this thread, so I thought I'd share it here.

Seemed like he put out a record every week!

That cover image caught my eye. Clifford's looking dapper!

NP: Baden Powell e Paulo César Pinheiro - Os Cantores Da Lapinha (Elenco, 1970) A bit unusual because vocals are the focus of this album, rather than Powell's guitar playing. The vocal ensemble includes with two singers from the Quarteto Em Cy and two from the MPB-4, plus Elizete Cardoso.

LOL!

That quote on the back of the cover is hilarious. "Don Ellis can bridge the generation gap! Oh yes, he can!"

I didn't mean to open a can of worms, but it looks like I have. There would be all sorts of huge, difficult issues to unpack if we were to dive into this topic -- volatile things like racism, slavery, and colonialism. Given our forum's ban on discussions related to politics and religion, I suggest that we drop it. Fair enough?

True dat.

I'd read that he'd converted to evangelical Christianity -- at least in some part to help him deal with his heavy drinking habit. So it's not too surprising that the Candomblé stuff was off-the-table after that. He may have been crazy too, but I think there was some logic to his decision -- assuming he had embraced conservative, "born again" Christianity. That's just part of the deal. Living in the South, and growing up in my family that I did, I get it; it's consistent with the way they think about the world -- even though I don't hold those views myself. Tolstoy repudiated War & Peace and Anna Karenina when got older, also for religious reasons -- although he wasn't embracing a traditional religious perspective like Powell did. It seems nutty, but I suppose it made sense to him at the time. Honestly, sometimes you just got to ignore what artists say and focus on what they've made, their art. Next up? Big surprise! MPS created such striking, memorable covers for Powell's albums. Very much of their time, but fantastic.

Me too. Why try to re-create perfection?!?! It's bound to be a let-down.

Streaming these this morning: Baden Powell Quartet, Vols. 1-3 (Barclay, rec. 1970) with Ernesto Ribeiro Gonçalves (b), Helio Schiavo (dr), Alfredo Bessa (perc), and Janine de Waleyne (vcl)

I've been bitten pretty hard by the Baden Powell bug. I feel a listening bender coming on. Streaming this now: Os Afro Sambas de Baden [Powell] e Vinícius [De Moraes] (Forma BR, 1966) with the Quarteto em Cy And earlier: Baden Powell - S/T (Barclay FR, 1971)

Braves lost today, but still took 2 out of 3 from the Giants.

Still in a Brazilian bag. Now re-listening to this album by the Quarteto Em Cy, a four-sister harmony singing group: Quarteto Em Cy - S/T (Odeon/Elemental, 1972) Among the many musicians backing them are all three members of the Tamba Trio: Luiz Eça, Bebeto, and Hélcio Milito.

Don't know that one. Will seek it out.

Some Sunday afternoon Brazilian jazz: Moacir Santos - Maestro (Blue Note, 1972) with a bunch of West Coast heavies, including Oscar Brashear, Frank Rosolino, Don Menza, Clare Fischer, Joe Pass, and John Heard and Baden Powell - Canto on Guitar (MPS/BASF, 1971) Superb. Intimate, dream-like, and intoxicating.