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Sad to hear this news. R.I.P.

duaneiac, I've often thought the same about the Argo/Cadet catalog. It's been woefully under-served in terms of digital reissues, particularly in the US and Europe. A quick scroll through the Argo/Cadet discography shows many artists who recorded for the label whose recordings have been overlooked. These are all in addition to the three that you mentioned -- Ahmad Jamal, Ray Bryant, and Ramsey Lewis. Consider ... Dorothy Ashby - Several Kenny Burrell - The Tender Gender Lou Donaldson - Several Art Farmer, Benny Golson, and the Jazztet - Several (not counting the Mosaic set, of course) Bunky Green - Several Al Grey - Several Barry Harris Trio - Breakin' It Up Willis Jackson - Several Illinois Jacquet - Several Budd Johnson - Several Hank Jones, Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Elvin Jones - Here's Love Harold Land - The Peacemaker Jack McDuff - Several (including one of his very best records, The Heatin' System) James Moody - Many (an egregious oversight, IMO) Shirley Scott - Several Sonny Stitt - Many (no surprise there) Baby Face Willette - Mo' Rock and Behind the 8 Ball I'm know there are others that I'm missing. I suppose someone at some point decided that mining the Argo/Cadet catalog for reissues wasn't worth it from a dollars-and-cents point of view. But I know that decision often had little or nothing to do with the quality of the music.

Stuff Smith - Dizzy Gillespie - Oscar Peterson (Verve, 2 CDs) Disc 1

Originally released as two Fantasy LPs: Stormy Monday and Sky Street

Fun to hear Joey D with Big George.

NP: A beautiful record. One of MMcP's best, I think.

Joey Calderazzo - Amanecer (Marsalis Music) and John Lewis - Private Concert (EmArcy)

More Don Patterson: Originally released as two Prestige LPs: Opus De Don (1968) and Oh Happy Day (1969)

The Return of Don Patterson (Muse, 1972)

NP: Originally released as 2 LPs: Plays Jerome Kern and No More (Moodsville) and Happy Days Are Here Again (Prestige)

Yes! Evidence of Things Unseen and Healing Force are both amazing. Agree with you, felser, regarding that Galper group with the Brecker brothers. One helluva band!

NP: Randy Weston/Vishnu Wood Duo - Perspective (Denon, 1977) Earlier today, I posted a brief entry on this outstanding recording on my blog, Playing Favorites. Hooray for Randy Weston!!!

Weekly Recap - PLAYING FAVORITES: Reflections on Jazz in the 1970s Randy Weston - Vishnu Wood Duo – Perspective (Denon, 1977) Hal Galper Quintet – Reach Out! (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1977) Jimmy Knepper – Cunningbird (SteepleChase, 1977) Albert Mangelsdorff, Jaco Pastorius, Alphonse Mouzon – Trilogue: Live! (MPS, 1977) Arild Andersen – Shimri (ECM, 1977) Anthony Braxton – Dortmund (Quartet) 1976 (hatART, 1991) Don Pullen – Healing Force (Black Saint, 1976) I'd happily recommend all seven of these to anyone. But the recordings by Randy Weston, Anthony Braxton and Don Pullen are EXTRA special. If you haven't heard them, do yourself a favor and check them out. What say you???

John Patton - Accent on the Blues (Blue Note Japan CD)

That one is probably my favorite of Beirach's Venus recordings.

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NP: Just posted a brief entry on this 1976 Braxton recording on my blog. I love the humor and theatricality in this music.

More Don Pullen. From solo piano to Mingus sideman:

If you're looking for a "classic" -- in the sense that practically everybody agrees that it's important milestone of the art -- then you're going to run into difficulties after Coltrane. Coltrane seems to be the end of consensus in jazz. Personally, I think many, many, many classics have been made since Coltrane's passing. But they haven't -- and couldn't -- have the same impact from a broader cultural perspective. They haven't gained the consensus -- or the entry into the canon that can only come with consensus. Some of the reasons why come from within jazz itself, and many come from factors outside of it. ... I'm not sure that's even addressing your question.