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That would be interesting. Some good stuff there.

A great bassist! Ray Drummond had an outstanding run of releases on Arabesque Jazz in the Nineties: - Excursion ‎(1993) - Continuum ‎(1994) - Vignettes ‎(1996) - 1.2.3.4 ‎(1999) Hard to choose between them. They're all excellent. I also really like Drummond's debut LP, Susanita (Nilva, 1984). Also, I think Drummond's sideman work for Ronnie Mathews was particularly strong: - Roots, Branches & Dances (Bee Hive, 1979) - Song for Leslie (Red, 1980) - So Sorry Please... (Nilva, 1985)

Ah, I see.

sidewinder, who is Mr. Tanno?

I thought the same.

Two gems! Earlier today:

For some reason, the previous LP made me think of Dizzy's The New Continent. So now I'm giving that one a spin.

First listen to another recent find: Orchestra U.S.A.; Music Director, John Lewis - Debut (Colpix, 1963) soloists include Eric Dolphy, Phil Woods, and Jim Hall (and John Lewis, of course)

Central Avenue Breakdown, Vol. 2 (Onyx) 1945/47 sessions led by Teddy Edwards, Barney Kessel, and Slim Gaillard

I haven't even had an opportunity to listen to it yet.

5 stars!

Yeah! Absolutely. Coincidentally, I was listening to McCoy Tyner's Song for My Lady yesterday, and the two cuts with Tolliver really stand out. Had me thinking, "I wish McCoy would've made more music with Tolliver."

LOL. You know, you're right! Maybe I need to let go and FULLY EMBRACE the Wonder Bread-ness of it! It is what it unapologetically is! ... I'm kidding. But only partly. I also hear what you're saying.

Fair enough. I dig that perspective. Even if I don't really hear the music now, perhaps I will tomorrow. That ear-evolution thing is (hopefully!) always happening.

Thanks for the recommendations, Jim. I'm listening to them right now. There's a Wonder Bread aspect to the Singers Unlimited / Hi-Lo's music -- smoothly textured & exceedingly white. Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that. Gotta say though ... I've always had a tough time grooving to the Beach Boys, and this sort of reminds me of that.

That's a bummer. I can certainly understand why it would be frustrating.

I picked up this LP because Clare Fischer plays Fender Rhodes on all the cuts and arranged the non-vocal parts. ... Can't say that I love it. But the music is interesting -- even if it doesn't approach the brilliance of Fischer's recordings as a leader from the same era.

All plucked from the dollar bins tonight at Waterloo Sunset Records, a shop right down the road in Smyrna. Muhal Richard Abrams - Spiral: Live at Montreux 1978 (Arista Novus) Charlie Barnet - CB, Vol. 1 (RCA Vintage Series) Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet - To Fred Astaire with Love (RCA) Serge Chaloff - Blue Serge: Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 7 (Capitol) John Lewis - Bach: Preludes & Fugues from "The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I", Vol. 2 (Philips) John Lewis/Orchestra U.S.A. - Debut (Colpix) Oregon - S/T (ECM) Jimmy Ponder - White Room (ABC Impulse) Supersax - Dynamite!! (MPS/PAUSA) Various Artists - Central Avenue Breakdown, Vol. 2 (Onyx) with Teddy Edwards, Barney Kessel, et al Various Artists - Big Little Bands (Onyx) with Jimmy Rushing, Don Redman, et al

Adding that to my TO GET list. Excellent. Let us know when it's published!

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I'd be on that like white on rice.

So strange that this has never been reissued. It's one of McDuff's best ever, IMO. Along with Myrick & Young, don't forget Frederick "Derf" Walker on congas!