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with Larry Willis, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette

NP: Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez - Rainforest (CMP, 1980) Kurt Renker's CMP label released some excellent music.

And Hannibal in Antibes! 👍

I'm enjoying this Sammy Nestico-arranged Basie record from 1971. It was released on Daybreak Records; not to be confused with the Dutch Daybreak label that released Jimmy Knepper and Ben Webster LPs, among others. No, this is the short-lived American Daybreak label based in Hollywood that also released music by Bing Crosby and Laurindo Almeida. Incidentally, the vinyl is REALLY thin, and it turns out that (the American) Daybreak was (per the small print on the cover) "manufactured and distributed by RCA Records." Makes me wonder if it's a dreaded Dyna-Flex wafer-thin platter! ... Fortunately, recorded sound quality is plenty listenable, neither terrible nor great.

Yep. Another VERY famous anachronistic cover photo: This was the first version of KoB that I purchased. I soon realized that the photo was out-of-time AND reversed!

Does it bother anyone besides me that the photo on this 1971 recording is from 1947? Sure, that's a terrific photo of Monk -- and a famous one. But why not choose an image that's from around the time that the record was made??? That photo is anachronistic. ... Of course, the music is far beyond all criticism.

A very special record.

"Old" is a relative term. I'd just turned 8 years old when that record was made in February 1976. So it pre-dates my first forays into jazz by about ten years.

Woody Herman. One (Philips compilation) from the 1960s and one (Fantasy album) from the 1970s.

I agree.

Joe Henderson - Multiple (Milestone, 1973) with Larry Willis, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, et al Oh man. This is SO good.

as heard on ...

Joe Henderson - Black Is the Color (Milestone, 1972)

More from Bobby Hutcherson's Mosaic Select set; music originally released on this LP:

I hear you. There's definitely an "off the cuff" vibe. ... Need to pull that one out and give it another listen.

as heard on

Do you mean the mix is poor? Or some other aspect of production?

Excellent!

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More Coryell ... This is one of his strongest records, I think.

Yes! Outstanding record!

Larry Coryell - Toku Do (Muse, 1988) Very enjoyable -- in no small part because of this primo rhythm section: Stanley Cowell. Oh yeah. Beaver Harris. Yessir. And Buster Williams!!! Plus the album is named after Buster's composition "Toku Do." I'm always in favor of props for Buster. Larry sounds pretty good too.

From one superb trio record to another ... Stanley Cowell - Equipoise (Galaxy, 1979) with Cecil McBee & Roy Haynes Beautiful.