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Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges - Con-Soul & Sax (RCA, 1965) Lately, I keeping coming back to this record, playing it over and over again. and Count Basie 6 - Kansas City (Pablo, 1982)

Fun to hear James Moody sit in with Dexter on three of the cuts.

Eddie Harris - The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (Mutt & Jeff Records/Ubiquity Jazz, 1983)

Oh, that's awful.

Pulling this disc off the shelf to give it a spin. Thanks for the reminder.

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Heh. I hear you. Plenty of other good, off-the-beaten-path stuff out there that should take priority, eh?

Doh! My bad.

So true! Just the Japanese Victors alone will put a person in the poor house.

Interesting. I didn't know about this "pre-Black Jazz" Gene Russell LP. Doesn't appear to be in Discogs. Yep. And it worked really well! Speaking of RC with Tony, this LP is now spinning on my 'table... I almost picked this album for my 70s survey. Love it.

My guess is that if you talked to enough jazz guitarists you'd encounter the same spectrum of humanity -- from dickhead to saint -- that you see in any other group of people. OTOH, rock guitarists -- or anyone who's subjected to any sort of continuous adulation (any famous actors, musicians, whatever) -- I'm not as sure about. I think fame would often have its effect of messing up a person, losing their sense of perspective, introducing needs to put up walls, etc. That's what makes it different, not the instrument or the musical genre.

Yep. ... I really dig the Ron Carter-Billy Higgins hookup. They're not a pair that I associate together -- not like Higgins with Sam Jones or David Williams or Ron with Tony. But I think Ron & Higgins really mesh well on this LP. And then Corea does his lyrical thing. So it's a bit of a "disparate parts that come together nicely" sort of record, isn't it?

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Two solo piano LPs by Michel Petrucciani: and

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A terrific record!

Now spinning: I like how the words "Contemporary Music" appear beside the Verve logo on the cover -- as if to say, "If you're looking for strictly-speaking 'Jazz,' this ain't it." Earlier: Frank Strozier Sextet - Remember Me (SteepleChase) I have the U.S. vinyl release on Inner City. Excellent stuff -- with Strozier's Memphis homie Harold Mabern.

Oh yeah. Mine too. Have you heard Norma Winstone's version of "Lazy Afternoon" on her album ...Like Song, Like Weather? It's fantastic. Probably my favorite version with vocals. Which are some of your favorite renditions?

Primo Chico This whole album is outstanding -- but Side 2 takes it to a whole 'nother level: - "Basra" - "Lazy Afternoon" - "Eiderdown" Yeah to that.

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