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I'm not John -- but late-60s/early-70s Jamal is my favorite period too. My recommendation would be to check out all the Impulse albums, beginning with The Awakening.

If you'd like to hear Lorez's version, click here and advance the video to the 2:40 mark. Then advance to 33:02 and listen to her version of "Baltimore Oriole." Gildo Mahones' funky arrangement is TUFF.

Next up: Lorez Alexandria - How Will I Remember You? (Discovery, 1978) with Gildo Mahones (p, el-p, arr), Charles Owens (fl, ob), Grant Geisman (g), Allen Jackson (b, el-b), and Jimmie Smith (d) Here's something that I've only discovered this year: Lorez Alexandria is an amazing singer -- and this is a terrific album.

Now spinning: Arnett Cobb and the Muse All Stars - Live at Sandy's! (Muse, 1980)

Now spinning: Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy - Twilight Dreams (Venture, 1987) Venture released some excellent records during their brief run. This is one of them.

In the Mosaic Bee Hive set. I think that's the only digital issue.

Stanley Turrentine - West Side Highway (Fantasy, 1978) with arrangements by Claus Ogerman

via YT: Okay Temiz - Oriental Wind (Sonet, 1977) Drums, Percussion, Berimbau, Kalimba – Okay Temiz Flute, Bagpipes, Baglama – Haci Tekbilek Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax], Flute – Lennart Åberg Piano – Bobo Stenson Bass – Palle Danielsson A very interesting fusion of traditional Turkish music and jazz. I wish Matsuli or We Are Busybodies or some other like-minded outfit would reissue this. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

They follow the money.

Next up: A great record by a great band.

No doubt. But a trio record would sound very different compared to this Kim Parker LP. Waldron, Eckinger, and Thigpen are in a strictly vocal support role here.

Now spinning:

Oh yeah.

Prime Fathead.

Excellent. Quiet but intensely focused. Yes !!! I just picked it up a few weeks ago, and it is knocking me out! I definitely would have included it in my 80s jazz survey, if I would've been familiar with it when I was making my selections. I've only heard it a few times so far, and it's already become a favorite.

Cool! Good vibes all 'round.

James Newton / Anthony Davis Duo - Crystal Texts (Moers, 1979) and Martial Solal - At Newport '63 (RCA Victor)

Hmm. I would say that the deception is an aspect of the uproar. Mo-Fi lied. No doubt about that. But the REASON that Mo-Fi lied is because a large segment of their customer base wants an exclusively analog sound reproduction chain. So I would say that sound IS very much a part of the scandal. It's not the sound of the records; it's people's ideas about the sound of the records. People are quoted in the article as saying they wish they hadn't purchased the records, now that they know Mo-Fi used DSD. Why? The sound of the records hasn't changed. The only thing that has changed is their knowledge of how the records were made. That's the abstraction that I was referring to. And that's the part that strikes me as odd. Then again, there are plenty of people who look at all my CDs and LPs and say, "You know that you can stream music now. No need for all that stuff cluttering up your basement." They think I'm crazy. So I guess I'm a guy living in a glass house who needs to be careful about throwing stones.

Dave Holland Quintet - Seeds of Time (ECM, 1985)

Next up: Charlie Palmieri - Gigante Hits (Alegre, rel. 1978)

Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim - Blues for a Hip King: The African Recordings (Kaz Records, rel. 1989) Compilation of recordings made in 1974, 1976, and 1979 True.

Found this LP a few weeks ago in a Toronto record store's dollar bin -- in NM condition too. Schubert: Quintet in A Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 114 ("Trout"); Beethoven: Quartet in E-Flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 16 Members of the Budapest String Quartet with Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Julius Levine Columbia Masterworks, "360 Sound" stereo, rel. 1963

I hear you. I generally try to avoid these sorts of discs. But -- to use your term -- "porn" is sometimes difficult to resist. NP: Louis Armstrong - The Great Chicago Concert 1956: Complete (Columbia/Legacy) GREAT indeed. Yep. "Same difference," as we say 'round these parts.