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I agree with you. There's no "right" way. Just preferences. Plus, having the music in digital form makes it easy to (re)sequence it however one wishes.

Yep. From a session point of view, the way that those two CDs are assembled makes perfect sense. But listeners do lose out on the original LP sequencing -- if you want to hear things from that perspective -- at least when it comes to Hip Cake Walk. (Unless you happen to have both CDs and you make a playlist, like I did. )

More Jimmy Heath from the early-70's: Muse reissue of an LP originally released on Cobblestone as The Gap Sealer

Speaking of vocal gems from the 1970s ...

Now spinning: Jimmy Heath - Love and Understanding (Muse, 1973) Deliciously groovy and musical. Nothing earth-shattering, but it's plenty nourishing regardless.

Don Patterson & Sonny Stitt - Legends of Acid Jazz (Prestige/Universal Italy) Originally released as two LPs: Patterson's Funk You! (1969) and Stitt's Soul Electricity! (1968)

That's an insightful and fascinating career overview, Mark. Thank you for sharing it!

I decided to pick up this thread because I've been enjoying Booker Ervin so much lately. I've loved his music for years. Just listening to it again a lot lately. And getting bowled over by it as much as ever. Also, looking thru the thread, I noticed no one's mentioned a Booker album that I think is really wonderful: I've had this CD for decades, but -- for whatever reason -- it's just really GRABBED me lately. Now, it just might be my single favorite Booker record! It's a sort of variation on the Space Book and Freedom Book records -- with Jaki Byard & Alan Dawson -- but here Reggie Workman subs for Richard Davis. Of course, the other difference is Dexter sits in on two of the four cuts. All of it was recorded in Munich in 1965. (Originally, the two cuts with Dexter were released on LP as Setting the Pace. The other two cuts w/o Dexter -- plus "Groovin' at the Jamboree," which isn't on this CD -- were on Booker's LP The Trance.) I love the whole two tenor thing. I think this is a really extraordinary example. And the two cuts with sans Dex are tremendous too. Since I've been on a Hammond B3 kick lately, I also wanted to mention Booker's records with Don Patterson: The Exciting New Organ is available on the Patterson & Ervin Legends of Acid Jazz CD. Hip Cake Walk is (unfortunately) spread across two CDs: the same Legends of Acid Jazz disc, as well as another CD in the series, Legends of Acid Jazz: Just Friends (with Patterson, Booker and Houston Person). And finally here's one more with Booker, Patterson AND Sonny Stitt. Also outstanding. FYI - Booker plays on five of this CD's seven tracks. Hooray for Booker Ervin! I need to get that LP! It's one of the few Ervin-led dates that I don't have.

Like many people, I'm working from home every day instead of going to an office. Before the pandemic, I worked from home just one day per week. One "side effect" of that situation: I can listen to LPs each day while I'm working. One very small silver lining on an otherwise dark and terrible cloud.

NP:

Thanks Niko! 👍

Yep. I dug him. 👍 Does this "other Bootsie" show up on any other records?

NP: David "Fathead" Newman - Concrete Jungle (Prestige, 1978) Arrangements by William Fischer

First spin of a new-to-me LP: Don Patterson - Why Not ... (Muse, 1978)

In memory of Steve Grossman. R.I.P.

I agree wholeheartedly.

Great stuff. I need to pull that off the shelf. Haven't played it in a long while.

Exactly!

👍 Excellent! Love it!

Nope. I know the LP that you're talking about, but I haven't ever heard it. I would love to hear it though...

Mike, THANK YOU so much for sharing this important work! Not only this Don Patterson discography, but ALL of them!

This LP is now spinning on my 'table:

Turns out that I have seen that record before. But I'm familiar with a cover that looks like this... Which, of course, raises the question: Did they (Collectables? VeeJay?) change the cover because they thought the cover with the buxom, bewigged woman was sexist? Either way, I'm listening to the music now via YT. You're right. It sounds really good. Nice back-story. Very illustrative.

O.K. One more for the list! Speaking of weird shit. Here's what I think is weird: Nine out of twenty-five people who rated Gene Ammons' Got My Own on discogs gave it a rating of one or two stars. What?!?!? The breakdown looks like this: I don't understand. Are we listening to the same music? To me, Got My Own is a five-star record. What the hell?