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Bobby Bradford-John Carter Quintet - Comin' On (hatOLOGY) Phew! This is really good.

Michele Rosewoman and Quintessence - Contrast High (Enja)

NP: Me too!

Didier Lockwood - Out of the Blue (Gramavision)

Pim, Just wanted to say that I'm loving your WaldronBlog! It's terrific. ... And -- even though it's not a prerequisite for my enjoyment of your site -- your assessments of the albums are very similar to my own. So good on you for that too! 😉 Keep up the excellent work.

NP: Baikida Carroll - Shadows and Reflections (Soul Note, 1982) with Julius Hemphill, Anthony Davis, Dave Holland, and Pheeroan Aklaff

Earlier: Now:

NP: Shabaka & the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse, 2020) Earlier: Ryan Cohan - Originations (Origin, 2020) I've only heard a handful of albums released in 2020 -- but I would certainly recommend these two. They're very different, but they're both excellent. Yes! Especially when the package contains music as good as that Hampton Hawes disc!

Santi Debriano - Panamaniacs (Free Lance/Evidence) and John Coltrane - Meditations (Impulse)

I'm sad to hear of Tyson's passing. R.I.P. I vividly remember seeing The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman as a kid. It must've been a re-run though -- since I was only 6 years old in '74. Around the same time that I saw the movie -- maybe 4th grade? -- I remember getting To Be a Slave, Julius Lester's collection of slave narratives for young people, at my school's book fair. I still have the book. They go together in my mind. Both made a lasting impression.

More Max with Booker Little:

Following soulpope's lead with Chopin. Now listening to Géza Anda's wonderful recording of the Preludes.

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I still need to order that. Price's Brahms recital on Orfeo features some of the finest Brahms lieder singing I've heard. NP:

Max Roach Quartet - The Loadstar (Horo, 1977) with Billy Harper, Cecil Bridgewater, and Reggie Workman

Inspired by jazzbo's Shepp posts above: and