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One of those records that doesn't ever get old.

This afternoon's line up: Yeah, I agree 100%. Golson and Chico O'Farrill are two excellent composer/arrangers.

The REAL Q!

Perhaps we could build some sort of elaborate and fabulous theory that a comprehensive Bill Barron box set is, in fact, coming soon from Mosaic! Of course, it would all be based on "insider information" from a highly placed individual, who wishes to remain anonymous (naturally). For the sake of simplicity, let's just call this insider "Y." With the right media contacts and internet presence, it's only a matter of time until a large percentage of the U.S. (and even worldwide!) population regards a Bill Barron box set as well nigh inevitable. If enough people believe in it with all their heart, then we CANNOT be denied. It will happen!!! Right?

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Giving this another spin today: Booker Little plays wonderfully here, of course -- but, more than anyone's soloing, the thing that's really knocking me out is Little's compositions. Does anyone else hear echoes of Tadd Dameron in Little's writing? Not in a derivative, copy-cat sense. Just an influence.

I think it's very good. Not as good as some (many?) other Waldron-Lacy collaborations, however. Their bar is VERY high.

Next up: Booker Little and Friend* (Bethlehem)

The Super Quartet of Mal Waldron featuring Steve Lacy - Live at Sweet Basil (Evidence)

I probably should have included one of these Nathan Davis albums in my 70s jazz survey.

Prompted by the Nathan Davis posts above: I wish this was more readily available on CD or LP. If we're imagining a Mosaic box, I'd recommend expanding it to include his two Segué LPs as well -- 6th Sense in the 11th House and Makatuka. "From Paris to Pittsburgh"!

Sunday morning Monk. and

Understood. I was just explaining my "workaround" for listening when I'm not near my turntable. In the car or whatever.

Yeah, it would be convenient to have this music in a digital format. But the LPs sound damn good, so I'd probably keep the vinyl even if I had the CDs. BTW, the second disc from The Essential Collection, 1927-1962 compiles some outstanding cuts from the 1947-52 period. I ripped that disc to high bitrate MP3s and always have those files on my phone for on-the-go listening. I love Duke's music from this '47-'52 era -- so having this "sampler" is better than nothing. I queue it up quite a bit.

Next up: The Complete Duke Ellington: 1947-1952 (French Columbia) Sides A / B

with Bill Connors (g), John Taylor (org, p), and Jack DeJohnette (d) I agree!

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My grandmother was born in Brooklyn. She was a Dodgers fan -- unlike my grandfather, who pulled for the Giants. My grandmother used to tell me stories of walking to Ebbetts Field to see games -- and how the Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in '55 after being the "Brooklyn Bums" for so long. I never saw any of it, but her stories used to fire my imagination. She liked to tell me baseball stories because I was immersed in baseball as a kid. Playing Little League. Watching the Braves on Ted Turner's "SuperStation." Going to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to see games. (Good grades on the report card earned free nosebleed seats!) Collecting baseball cards. All of it. All the energy that I pour in to music these days used to go to baseball.

David Friedman - Of the Wind's Eye (Enja, 1981) with Jane Ira Bloom, Harvie Swartz, and Daniel Humair Excellent. and Cecil McBee Sextet with Chico Freeman - Compassion (Enja, 1979) More excellence.

Yessir! IMO, it's one of McPartland's best LPs -- in no small part b/c of Dodgion.

Bummer. Oh well. Maybe I'll have a different take. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'm glad he doesn't dismiss the Milestone stuff out of hand. I liked Nisenson's Trane bio, Ascension: John Coltrane And His Quest. It's not mind-blowingly good. But it's good. While we're talking about Sonny Rollins books... Has anyone read this one? Richard Palmer - Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge (Continuum, 2004) Just curious.

2018 Record Store Day reissue