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NP: Man, this is hitting the spot! I think Vol. 2 is even better than Vol. 1. ... And I think Vol. 1 is really, really good!

Amazing music. NP:

No doubt about it!

Two of the finest Chopin recordings I've ever heard ...

Oh yeah, I have The Village Caller and like it very much. But my favorite Johnny Lytle recordings are his two Milestone LPs, compiled on this CD: Available from Real Gone Music.

Scratching a Max Roach itch. with Booker Little and George Coleman and with Hank Mobley and Kenny Dorham -- and Ramsey Lewis (!) Adding it to my list.

More Eric Dolphy & Booker Little: and Prompted by another thread.

Rooster, Danny Moore also plays very well on Strozier's next album for SteepleChase, What's Goin' On. ... I like that album even more than Remember Me. (Not for Moore's work in particular; just in general.)

Thanks for sharing this news, ghost.

A desert-island disc.

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Good idea! Yes. Same here.

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I only have a blogosphere-sourced needle-drop DL from many years ago. I do have Mover's self-titled LP on Vanguard that came out in the same year as On the Move. But I think the Choice record is better. Tom Harrell's presence is a big plus.

Daniel - That Bob Mover CD with Tom Harrell is a good one.

Gordon Beck - Sunbird (Disques JMS, 1979) with Allan Holdsworth, J-F Jenny-Clark, and Aldo Romano

Bummer.

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Ha! I knew it! I love those records you've listed too, by the way. I just like Land's latter-day sound a bit more.

Les McCann Plays the Hits (Limelight, 1966) and The Ramsey Lewis Trio - Stretching Out (Argo, 1960)

I've heard the same said about Harold Land and evolution of his style. Ironically but perhaps not coincidentally, I prefer Land's later, less bop-oriented style. Peter, I'd bet a dollar that you prefer the earlier. And that's probably just a manifestation our predilections, preferences, and built-in assumptions about what constitutes good music. Of course, the information, the background, the context, the knowledge that we're carrying around in our heads -- all of that "consciousness stuff" -- may be more or less sophisticated, more or less informed. And hopefully it's continually shifting and evolving and not hardening into some that gets ossified -- but, at the end of the day, there is something in us that says, "I really like that music. It works for me." Or we don't. ... On top of that, we might be able to articulate why we prefer (or don't prefer) a given musician -- like the conversation that I've been following here -- but at the end of the day it comes down to non-objective things that tell as much about the listener as they do the musician. Then again, perhaps that's easy for me to say -- if only because I am neither a musician nor a critic! I've only jumped on the bandwagon to hear some good music. I'm just along for the ride.

Another recent dollar bin find: Nice selection of Pee Wee's Commodore sides -- with all the usual suspects.

NP: Shirley Scott - Lean on Me (Cadet, 1972) with George Coleman (ts), Danny Turner (as, fl), Roland Prince (g), and Idris Muhammad (d)