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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.

Don Pullen - Healing Force (Black Saint, 1976) Beautiful solo piano.

Patterson and Ervin together make powerful music. So feel free to go all Gleason-y. I'm right there with you. Nice roundup. I've been digging into some Lonnie Smith this evening.

Firebirds with Prince Lasha -- and Bobby Hutcherson, Buster Williams, and Charles Moffett. Fantastic.

Willis Jackson - In the Alley (Muse, 1977)

"Groove" Holmes - Shippin' Out (Muse, 1978) This record has been in heavy rotation at my house. ... I remember The Magnificent Goldberg recommending it highly. Good call!

Shirley Scott - Soul Song (Atlantic, 1969) I think this is Shirley's last LP with Stanley Turrentine, recorded just after Common Touch. Good one. One of the LPs compiled on the CD, Houston Express, is my favorite Person album. Very nice Horace Ott arrangements.

Freddie Hubbard - Outpost (Enja, 1981) Excellent. And the audio fidelity is outstanding too. IMO, lots of Enja LPs from right around this time sound really, really good. ... Along with Outpost, I'm thinking of records like Chet Baker's Peace and David Friedman's Of the Wind's Eye. A last gasp of all-analog, German-pressed vinyl before the digital revolution?

I've been listening to this over and over again lately, and it keeps growing in my estimation. I used to think that it was clearly an inferior record compared to Red Clay. Now... I'm not so sure.