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Mr Bongo (UK) reissue

Clare Fischer and EX-42 (MPS, originally released in 1975 on Revelation Records)

More Clarence White:

The total was bit more than that. The six LPs in the lower photo weren't from the dollar bin. But still... good deals.

My wife & I are in North Carolina, visiting one of her friends. I took a few hours this afternoon to hit a local record shop. Got some excellent music and very good deals. In fact, I pulled these ten LPs from the dollar bins: All in VG+ condition -- or better. I also picked up these: Pretty nice haul.

Now streaming: Masahiko Sato and Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd - Nayutagenjo (Columbia Japan, 1976) All compositions and arrangements by Sato. Strange, otherworldly music. I think I'll give that a listen too.

I guess I agree with you, John. Sort of. Let me put it this way: If I were forced to pick jazz from the 1970s or jazz from the 80s -- strictly speaking, one or the other -- my preference would be for the 1970s. I think there was more interesting stuff happening in the 1970s. When I say this, I'm speaking about recordings -- because that's all I have to go by. (I'm too young to have been a part of it in-person.) But I'm glad that I don't have to make that one-or-the-other choice -- because I think there was a tremendous amount of terrific music made in the 1980s as well. Working on this 80s project has been an eye-opener, because I discovered all sorts of amazing, new-to-me music. If I hadn't been deliberately looking, I'm sure I wouldn't have ever heard a great deal of it. And, at the end of the day, the whole decades thing is just an abstraction anyway -- an arbitrary notion to help us make sense of things. In reality, jazz has always been a continuous, ever-evolving stream that's too complicated to ever sort out fully. And that's one of the best things about it.

O.K. I'll add that one to my list & see what I think.

Clarence White was one helluva guitarist.

Thank you, sir!

I like that album too. I have it on a CD paired with Gone for the Day.

Back to the Brazilian stuff: Robertinho Silva - Speak No Evil (Milestone; originally CBS Brazil, 1989) with a raft of Brazilian jazz stars + Wayne Shorter & Alphonso Johnson

I need to get that CD!

Yesssssss.

Now streaming: Tamba Trio - Tamba (RCA Victor Brazil, 1974) with Luiz Eça (p, kybd, vo); Bebeto Castilho (b, fl, sax, vo); Hélcio Milito (d, perc, vo) I only discovered this recently, and it's knocking me out! It's comparable to the Tamba 4's We and the Sea, which is much more well-known in the US (since it was released domestically on A&M in '67). This 1974 release actually reverts to the original early-60s trio lineup, with Milito returning to the drum chair. Along with José Roberto Bertrami (Azymuth), Egberto Gismonti, and Jovino Santos Neto (originally with Hermeto Pascoal's 80s group), Luiz Eça is one of the most interesting Brazilian pianists/keyboardists I've heard.

What do you think of that album, Larry? (Or others?) I've never heard it, but always wondered if I should check it out.

Mongo Santamaria – Dawn (Amanecer) (Vaya, 1977)