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Now spinning: Pat Martino - We'll Be Together Again (Muse, 1976) duos with Gil Goldstein

Now this:

Yeah, I've heard exactly this sort of thing many times. It makes me think of an analogy: A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. -- Mark 6:4

There's nothing else quite like it, is there? It's almost miraculous. The music has a Gil Evans-like grandeur, but it's much more jumpy and trippy -- almost like a fever-dream. And the production is perfectly in tune with the music. Hand in glove.

Mickey Newbury - Lovers (Elektra, 1975) A tremendous album. Like much of Newbury's music, it's cinematic in scope -- and dark, dark, DARK.

Now spinning: John Coates, Jr. - Tokyo Concert (Omnisound, rec. 1979) I enjoy Coates' music. He plowed his own furrow.

Now playing: Joey Calderazzo - To Know One (Blue Note, 1992) with Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette. Jerry Bergonzi and Branford sit in on some of the tracks. That's interesting, Gheorghe. Thanks for sharing. It sounds like this might be another example of Europe being more supportive of jazz than the U.S. I've heard & read about jazz musicians saying over and over again that their lives would be even more economically untenable without the opportunities that European festivals/touring/recording provides. (Or is the right word "provided"? No sure whether this continues to be the case in the present.)

Sure thing. I think you'll enjoy it.

Yep. There's also one more -- chronologically, it falls between Swiss Movement (1969) and Les McCann at Montreux (1972): Eddie Harris & Les McCann - Second Movement (1971) Of the three, I like Second Movement best.

Earlier this evening: and

Yes indeed! On the other hand, there's a former Bulldog with the Chiefs too -- Mecole Hardman. He's another DGD (damn good Dawg)!

I expect a close, hard-fought game. I don't really have a horse in the race, but I'll probably pull for Philadelphia -- since Jordan Davis is a former Bulldog. Yeah, I understand that he may need Tommy John surgery. Sorry to hear that for the kid. Such a LONG recovery period... and no guarantees that his arm will ever be right again.

I second that motion!

Now: Bob Moses - When Elephants Dream of Music (Gramavision, 1983) Superb.

Shifting gears a bit: Stanley Clarke - Journey to Love (Nemperor, 1975)

Just arrived in the mail: Gunter Hampel and His Galaxie Dream Band - Journey To The Song Within (Birth, 1974)

Can't say that I'm surprised. But that is a bummer.

It is strange that Max's Live in Tokyo isn't recognized as a "classic of the 1970s" on par with say, Mingus' Changes One and Changes Two. I'm sure that the fact that it was released on Denon didn't help. Even so, you'd think that, over time, jazz fans would get hip to it. I know that it's regarded as an all-time classic on this forum. But elsewhere no one seems to talk about it much. Of course, I'm coming at it from the perspective of someone who wasn't listening to jazz at the time it was released. (Since I was just a kid in the 70s, I only came to it retrospectively.) Did the record -- and Max's Quartet (in general) -- make a big splash at the time? Were they recognized as "important" relative to other bands? I know that Max was acknowledged as a bebop pioneer. But did folks talk about this band as something special? Yes!

Yeah, it's good stuff. I think these recordings from the Maiden Voyage Club in L.A. are some of Pepper's finest from any time in his career. He seems very relaxed -- even when the music is intense.

Peter Apfelbaum - Luminous Charms (Gramavision, 1996)