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Me too. On most days, Accent is my favorite BJP. NP: Gary Thomas & Seventh Quadrant - Code Violations (Enja) Good thing Gary Thomas is so tough. You GOTTA be tough to walk with a puma on a leash among the pyramids. In all seriousness, this music is badass.

Yeah, that's a good one. Rowles never made a bad record -- at least that I've heard!

Greg Osby - Mindgames (JMT, 1988)

Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - Vol. 2 (YVP, 1988) with Enzo Pietropaoli (b) and Alfred Kramer (d) and Odean Pope - Almost Like Me (Moers, 1982) with Gerald Veasley (el b) and Cornell Rochester (d)

It's difficult to come to many conclusions at this point in the process. I literally spent years compiling my 70s jazz list. So I've only spent a tiny bit of time digging around in the world of 1980s jazz, comparatively speaking. But, if were to generalize, I'd say that 1970s jazz was dominated by outward, centrifugal forces. The best metaphor (that others have used) is a river entering its delta, spilling over banks, spreading wider and wider, blurring lines. I think those same "outward" forces continued into the 1980s -- but there was also a strong countervailing centripetal force. Of course, this yin-and-yang is always present. It's just a question of which side is tipping the scales more. During the 1980s, jazz followed right along with the wider cultural forces at work in the Western world towards conservatism -- a sort of Thermidor, in reaction to the upheaval of the 60s and 70s. Speaking more personally -- based on my recent listening, it does feel like there was a tad more homogeneity during the 80s -- at least in terms of what was put on record -- compared to the 70s. Another thing: My 1970s survey was comprised of 366 albums. I expect to include something like 150 in my 1980s survey. (The final number will be larger, since my collaborator is choosing 150 or so of his own -- so there'll be around 300 at the end of the game.) But I don't feel like the 80s offers nearly as much "undiscovered country" as the 70s did. Of course, to a certain extent, this conclusion is a reflection of my own tastes and predilections. I love traditional jazz of all kinds -- but also I like the blurry, blended stuff with rules that are unclear. I suppose that's why I've always gravitated toward jazz from the 70s. That sort of music continued to be made in the 80s. ... But perhaps just not as much? Also remember that I'm a pluralist at heart. So generalizations, while often helpful, are always less meaningful than the particular and the momentary and the individual. These are my still-evolving thoughts at this point.

NP: Disc 2 - originally released as Sensacion

That's "Little B" in the passenger seat, IIRC.

I love, love, love that band. The sound of George Adams with that rhythm section. Oh man, it is something! My desert-island choice would be Earth Beams -- but I think Life Line and Decisions are amazing too. IMO, those three Timeless LPs -- plus Don't Lose Control -- feature the quartet at their very best. Yes sir. The companion record -- Things Ain't What They Used to Be -- is excellent too.

Google turned up this: https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/12486/-SACD_Jewel_Case-CD_Care

More Mel Lewis & Bob Brookmeyer: Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra - Make Me Smile & Other New Works by Bob Brookmeyer (Finesse, 1982) Soloists include Dick Oatts, Jim McNeely, Tom Harrell, Joe Lovano, and Kenny Garrett

NP: Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra - Bob Brookmeyer: Composer, Arranger (Gryphon, 1980) Featured soloists include Dick Oatts, Jim McNeely, Rich Perry, Brookmeyer, and Clark Terry

Wadada Leo Smith - Procession of the Great Ancestry (Nessa)

Yeah, that album is terrific!

Bob Stewart First Line Band - Goin' Home (JMT, 1989) with James Zoller (tr), Earl Gardner (tr), John Clark (Fr hn), Steve Turre (tb), Jerome Harris (el g), Buddy Williams (d), Ed Blackwell (d), and Frank Conlon (perc) The final cut is a 12-and-a-half-minute version of Billy Harper's composition "Priestess."

OH YEAH!

Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff - Steppin' Up (Milestone, 1987) Billy Preston sits in on three cuts

James Williams - Magical Trio 2 (EmArcy, 1988) with Ray Brown & Elvin Jones

After listening to Booker Little's Out Front last night, I'm giving this CD a spin: Eric Dolphy with Booker Little - Far Cry (New Jazz/OJC) Stealing a phrase from Duke, I'd say this music is "beyond category."

R.I.P. to an excellent jazzman.

Prompted by Rab's bebop thread elsewhere on the board: V.A. - The Bebop Boys (Savoy/Arista)

Kondrashin's Shostakovich recordings are one of the "essential" sets, IMO.

Tremendous record. Hooray for Michael Garrick!

Completely agree with the idea that box sets can sometimes be difficult to digest -- especially those from the pre-LP era. (I usually make playlists of the original albums if the music in the box was originally released as LPs.)

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