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Today, I've been listening to Ellington's mid-60s Reprise recordings: I still enjoy giving these albums a spin every now and then, even though none are top-tier EKE. Surprisingly (or maybe not), I think Mary Poppins is easily the strongest of the three. The band digs into the music with gusto, and the arrangements are inventive.

LP 1 - Deep Forest with Budd Johnson (ts), Bill Pemberton (b), and Oliver Jackson (d)

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I'd go with the good Doctor too -- by a considerable margin. But I think Lonnie Liston Smith sounds pretty darn good on those early Gato Barbieri records for Flying Dutchman. That's his best work, IMO. His solo stuff has never grabbed me. I had to go to Google to figure out who Mel Cooley was, so Powell wins by default. Tommy Flanagan or Hank Jones?

Is that an extended mix? Or the same music that's on the album in 45rpm format?

George. Not really close, that one. Dr. Lonnie Smith or Lonnie Liston Smith? Wild Bill Davis or Wild Bill Davison? George Lewis (traditionalist, cl) or George Lewis (avant-gardist, tb)?

Abercrombie, definitely. Kenny Burrell or Grant Green?

That sounds like the method one should use when listening to the Duke Ellington Orchestra!

Lester Bowie and Amina Claudine Meyers go together like peanut butter & chocolate. Two great sounds that sound even better together.

I agree 100%. I don't think Sonny saw it as any sort of sellout whatsoever. I think he was just exploring possibilities, different ways of putting across his music. Sonny wanted to his music to connect with people -- and I get a sense that the "art vs. commerce" dichotomy that's so prevalent in many (most?) jazz circles was an idea that did NOT mean much to Sonny. Coming at Sonny from the perspective of Soul Jazz -- and bringing along all the very different assumptions that go with that sub-genre -- re-contextualizes Sonny's Milestone stuff. ... Or, at the very least, understanding Soul Jazz better has definitely changed the way that I approach & think about the records from Sonny's later years. Of course, I'm not saying that Sonny was, strictly-speaking, a "soul jazz musician." Not at all. But I do think it was one of the streams that fed into his conception -- especially from the 1970s onward. "Did You See Harold Vick?" Fair enough. I tried to limit my choices to those recorded in 1979. I think others were posting based on 1979 release date. I think this may account for many of these discrepancies.

Hear, hear! It's on my list. Oh yeah! I'd forgotten about that Sir Roland record. Excellent stuff! Agreed on the Bunky too.

NP:

Some more good ones from '79: ********************************************************** Irakere ‎– Chekeré Son (JVC/Milestone) Clare Fischer ‎– Salsa Picante (MPS/Discovery) Zoot Sims & Jimmy Rowles ‎– Warm Tenor (Pablo) George Adams – Paradise Space Shuttle (Timeless) Stanley Cowell ‎– Equipoise (Galaxy) Jimmy Raney & Doug Raney ‎– Stolen Moments (SteepleChase) Anthony Davis ‎– Of Blues and Dreams (Sackville) Billy Higgins – Soweto (Red) Glen Hall – The Book of the Heart (Sonora/Koch) Marion Brown – November Cotton Flower (Baystate) Attila Zoller ‎– Common Cause (Enja) Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand ‎– African Marketplace (Elektra/Discovery) Andrew Hill ‎– From California With Love (Artists House) Lee Konitz Nonet – Yes, Yes, Nonet (SteepleChase) Pat Metheny Group – American Garage (ECM) Martial Solal, Lee Konitz, John Scofield, NHØP – Four Keys (MPS) Duke Jordan – Midnight Moonlight (SteepleChase) Roland Hanna – Impressions (Ahead/Black & Blue) Walter Davis Jr. – 400 Years Ago, Tomorrow (Owl) David Liebman Quintet – Doin' It Again (Timeless) Lew Tabackin Trio – Black and Tan Fantasy (Ascent) Joe Farrell – Skate Board Park (Xanadu) Hermeto Pascoal ‎– Ao Vivo Montreux Jazz (Atlantic/WEA) Frank Foster – Swing! (Challenge) Art Ensemble of Chicago – Nice Guys (ECM)

Nope. No mention of that. ... There's just a passing reference to Cook being with Basie's band in Vegas, where they made the record.

I'm going to listen to that.

LOL

It's a different record than The Electrifying Eddie Harris on Atlantic from '68. The record that I posted was recorded in 1982 with William Henderson, Larry Gales, and Carl Burnett. It's pretty good stuff. It's out there on YouTube.

Ah. Gotcha.

These were all recorded in '79. Not necessarily released in '79. From my 70s Jazz survey: ********************************************************** Daniel Humair – Triple Hip Trip (Owl, 1979) Poncho Sanchez – Poncho (Discovery, 1979) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – The Heavy Hitter (Muse/32 Jazz/Savoy, 1979) Steve Lacy Five – The Way (hat Hut, 1980) Bunky Green – Places We've Never Been (Vanguard, 1979) Jack DeJohnette – Special Edition (ECM, 1980) McCoy Tyner - Horizon (Milestone, 1980) Joanne Brackeen – Keyed In (Tappan Zee, 1979) [Wadada] Leo Smith – Spirit Catcher (Nessa, 1979) Richie Beirach – Elm (ECM, 1979) Miroslav Vitous – First Meeting (ECM, 1980) Stephane Grappelli – Young Django (MPS, 1979) Andrew Cyrille, Jeanne Lee, Jimmy Lyons – Nuba (Black Saint, 1979) Jessica Williams – Orgonomic Music (Clean Cuts/CD Baby, 1981) Gordon Beck – Sunbird (JMS, 1979) Buck Hill – Scope (SteepleChase, 1979) Joe Newman – I Love My Woman aka I Love My Baby (Black & Blue, 1979) Hank Jones – Bluesette (Black & Blue, 1979) Jerry Gonzalez – Ya Yo Me Curé (American Clavé/Pangea/Sunnyside, 1980) Claude Williamson Trio – La Fiesta (Interplay/Discovery, 1979) Jack Walrath – Demons in Pursuit (Gatemouth, 1979) Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell – Old and New Dreams (ECM, 1979) Max Roach Quartet – Pictures in a Frame (Soul Note, 1979) Dave Burrell – Windward Passages (hat Hut, 1980) Fred Anderson – The Missing Link (Nessa, 1984) Bud Shank, Bill Mays, Alan Broadbent – Crystal Comments (Concord, 1980) George Adams - Don Pullen Quartet – Don't Lose Control (Soul Note, 1980) Dannie Richmond Quartet – Ode to Mingus (Soul Note, 1979) Bill Evans – Paris Concert: Edition One and Paris Concert: Edition Two (Elektra-Musician/Blue Note, 1983, 84) David Murray Trio – Sweet Lovely (Black Saint, 1980) Betty Carter – The Audience with Betty Carter (Bet-Car/Verve, 1980) Beaver Harris 360° Music Experience – Negcaumongus (Cadence Jazz, 1981) Joseph Jarman & Don Moye featuring Johnny Dyani – Black Paladins (Black Saint, 1980) Charlie Mariano – Crystal Bells (CMP, 1980) Anthony Davis-James Newton Quartet – Hidden Voices (India Navigation, 1979) George Lewis – Homage to Charles Parker (Black Saint, 1979) Jordi Sabatés – Solos de piano, Duets amb Santi Arisa (RCA Spain/Picap, 1979)

Cook plays well, sounds good! Apparently, he was in Basie's big band when they made this small-group record, so Granz invited Cook to the session. Voilà. Also, what is "GBD"? I Googled it, and I don't think you're referring to the "Global Burden of Disease."