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NP: Oh man. Music doesn't get better than this. One little collector-y thing y'all might enjoy: My version of this record is an American Barnaby reissue from 1978. It has an interesting label that I just noticed today as I put the disc on the 'table: Never seen one like that before. It looks like something you'd see on a prog-rock LP, not a record by Pee Wee & Hawk!

mjzee, re: Steve Kuhn -- The Best Things is excellent. ... I'm not familiar with the others. Also, Pete Malinverni's Invisible Cities is very good -- with Rich Perry & Tim Hagans.

T.D., My favorite Mike Westbrook recordings -- along with the two that you mention above -- are both from the early 70s: Metropolis and Citadel/Room 315. Metropolis is readily available on CD in the U.S. BGO has reissued it. Citadel isn't so easy to find, but I would definitely recommend searching for it. It's worth it! Just to whet your appetite, here it is on YT:

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Charlie Palmieri - Impulsos (Coco, 1975) with Andy Gonzalez, Jerry Gonzalez, Manny Oquendo, a.o.

Billy Harper - Capra Black (Strata-East, 1973) Still so powerfully expressive -- and an important statement, then and now.

Richard Beirach - Jeremy Steig ‎– Leaving (Storyville, rec. 1976) Originally released on Trio Records in Japan.

Giving this Don Patterson LP another spin:

I know some listeners have described Paul Jacobs' playing as "not French enough for Debussy." Not me. I think his Debussy recordings are marvelous.

NP: I listened to Baby Face Willette's Stop and Listen a couple days ago. Now, it's the "companion record," recorded a few months earlier with the same trio.

That is indeed incredible. Justin, your comment made me think of this famous photo of Roy with Bird, Monk & Mingus: The others have been gone for DECADES ... but not Roy, God bless him.

No such thing as too much "Groove."

Now: Earlier:

Great news!!!!

Recorded in 1978 but not released until 2015. I think George Mraz makes the most beautiful sound of any bassist.

I've enjoyed those recordings very much.