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I'm not. Is it good?

I'll hazard a couple guesses: Being released on MPS probably didn't help... at least in the U.S., where it was issued by PAUSA, a relatively small-time outfit. Also, wasn't this sort of musical style beginning to lose steam by the beginning of the 80s? I think the conservative, "Let's turn the clock back to the mid-60s" thing was already ascendant. So funky music -- unless it was the "original" Horace Silver-type funk -- was becoming passe (in some circles). So, ironically, it was going out of style because it wasn't old enough. EDIT: Noodling on this a bit further. I love the idea that, with passing of time, what was hip or popular (or the opposite) at any given time can be re-visited and re-evaluated without the baggage that may have gone with it at the time of its release. Time can provide a sort of leveling effect; in other words, the music can be recontextualized with the passing of time, with different times yielding different meanings. So music that may have been ignored can be lifted up, and music that was lionized may prove less durable than expected. At the very least, things get shifted around, meaning-wise; so, if the art is good enough -- and so much of jazz is -- it's continually, kaleidoscopically becoming something new and vital. I hope that makes sense. 😉

The recordings by Szell & Serkin may be more intense -- but Jochum & Gilels' relatively slower pace makes these already large-scale concertos sound even more massive, giving them a symphony-like grandeur. Desert-island stuff, for sure.

Yes, I like that painting too. Very mid-century modern.

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Two solo guitar albums by Laurindo Almeida: and

I never had an opportunity to see Schifrin perform with Dizzy. But I think Schifrin did his best work with Diz -- even tho' I've only heard the recordings. These two albums in particular:

More from Clare Fischer:

Sure thing!

Yes, isn't it FANTASTIC music!?!? Brackeen is terribly overlooked, I think. If you'd like to explore more, I'd strongly recommend Keyed In. It's the same group -- minus JoeHen: Also released on Tappan Zee. If I'm not mistaken, Sony controls the rights to these recordings. So they could be made available again easily -- either by Sony or through a third-party reissue label like Wounded Bird. I guess folks figure there's not enough demand for this music to bother with reissuing it. At least there's still used copies floating around out there.

Next up: Clare Fischer with Woodwinds featuring Gary Foster - "Blues Trilogy" (Discovery CD) Compiles 1.5 Discovery LPs, both recorded in 1982: Whose Woods Are These? (all cuts) and Starbright (4 of 8 cuts)

"Round Midnight" is the unreleased cut, and it appears on Vol. 2. However, I'd forgotten that it's a feature for Joe Henderson. Neither Hubbard nor Hutcherson play on it. (See details below.)

Those two tunes -- and others from the same 1981 Keystone Korner gig -- have been released on CD with slightly different titles: Keystone Bop: Sunday Night and Keystone Bop: Vol. 2 Friday/Saturday These two CDs compile three LPs -- A Little Night Music, Keystone Bop, and Freddie Hubbard Classics -- plus one unreleased cut. However you listen -- vinyl, CD, or whatever -- it's outstanding music.

I agree. Now playing: Luiz Eça, Bebeto, Helcio Milito [Tamba Trio] - Tamba (RCA Brazil, 1974)

Now streaming: Beaver Harris 360° Music Experience - Live at Nyon (Cadence Jazz, 1981) with Grachan Moncur, Ken McIntyre, Ron Burton, and Cameron Brown

Now playing: Tony Williams - Native Heart (Blue Note, 1990) with Wallace Roney, Billy Pierce, Mulgrew Miller, and either Robert Hurst or Ira Coleman Great band, great record.

Jim, I'm sort of surprised that Keep the Customer Satisfied isn't on your shortlist.

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That'd be a bummer if they lost their ballclub a second time.

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