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Willis Jackson - At Large (Prestige) Compilation of Gator tracks from 1961 to 1968

Andrew Cyrille - The Navigator (Soul Note, 1983) A different energy from Cyrille's two preceding quartet albums -- Metamusicans' Stomp and Special People. David S. Ware has departed. Pianist Sonelius Smith is added. Still wonderful. Just different.

This again:

NP: Yeah!

More Illinois Jacquet:

Grant Green - Grant's First Stand (BN)

I think you'll like it. It's a bit more "chilled" than some Patterson dates. But it's very enjoyable.

Yep. Terrific music that's never had a digital release. Pairing them up would make a great 2-fer CD. But that'll almost certainly never happen. The band assembled for those LPs is really exceptional. I think Billy Higgins is the not-so-secret sauce. But they all play fantastically well. Also, I love the choice to NOT include a pianist on the date and use Diorio's guitar instead as the chordal instrument, à la Sonny Rollins & Jim Hall. NP: Don Patterson - Why Not ... (Muse, 1978)

My oldest son is a musician and music-lover. So he's asked for my collection when I shuffle off this mortal coil. I have told him that I plan to cull it down at some point in the future. I don't plan to leave him my entire collection, only stuff that's special to me. There'd be too much. That said, I don't expect the collection down-sizing to start anytime soon. I'm 52 years old now, and I'm in relatively good health. Hopefully, I have a couple decades of new music discoveries ahead of me, knock wood!

Ira Sullivan - Peace (Galaxy, 1979) and Ira Sullivan - Multimedia (Galaxy, 1982) Both LPs from the same session with Joe Diorio (g), John Heard (b), Billy Higgins (d), and Kenneth Nash (perc). R.I.P.

Good guess. Explains proximity!

Was there anyone -- ever -- who was able to play BOTH the trumpet/fluegelhorn AND reeds with such mastery? Benny Carter, maybe? ... I can't think of anyone else.

Yes sir! I knew that you produced that one! Didn't know about the bonus track. May need to plop for the CD then...

Now: Ira Sullivan... does it all! (Muse, 1983) Up next: Ira Sullivan - S/T (Flying Fish, 1978) R.I.P.

Lovely story, Justin. Thank you for sharing.

So sorry to hear this news. He was a wonderful musician. R.I.P.

O.K. gents, I'm adding that one to my "to get" list. Now spinning:

Wow. That is something! What a find! ... Not to mention, it's probably worth scads more than you paid for it. NP: Sonny Stitt and Don Patterson - Brothers-4 (Prestige, rec. 1969)

jlhoots, you're referring to this one?

Such a great record! Gato had an astounding run in the first half of the 70s with Flying Dutchman and Impulse. I love all of them!

That's interesting re: Motown psychedelia as an influence on Patton. I barely know that music. Sounds like new turf (for me) for exploration. Thanks. Also, did you ever find out more about your LP? Is it the only one in existence? No doubt.

John Patton - Memphis to New York Spirit (Blue Note, rec. 1969/70) I sure do wish Patton would've had an opportunity to continue making records into the 1970s. Everything from That Certain Feeling up to this one: They all have something -- hard to put a finger on it -- that's somehow unexpected, definitely not pro-forma. They're even a little "off." And I mean that in the best possible way. Marvin Cabell's and Blood Ulmer's contributions are certainly part of the equation. But Patton was charting the course and steering the ship, no?