HutchFan

Wonderful. Not a surprise, I guess, given the musicians involved. Yes indeed!!!

I second the hosannas for Sangam. * * * * Wish I could contribute something to this thread. But nearly all of my spending/investigating recently has been focused on older stuff.

Enjoy!

Ordered these today:

Epic.

Two 5-star records!

NP: Mike Osborne - Outback (Turtle) Earlier: Marc Johnson's Right Brain Patrol - Magic Labyrinth (JMT/Verve)

Me too. No idea that this existed. Thanks for the heads-up.

Bolivia paired with Under Fire on a single CD.

I need to hear that! Love both of those artists, but I've never got 'round to that record. Seems like an odd pairing. But sometimes things gel, despite appearances. soulpope, do you know this one? Tate & McShann go together like peanut butter & jelly.

Yes, the stuff that Heath did during those years is strong, and those records are WAY off the radar of most jazz fans (with the possible exception of Strata East aficionados who seek out Marchin' On). The labels haven't done Heath any favors either, since most of those records are out-of-print now. I know that Elemental recently reissued Picture of Heath, but that's a relatively retrospective/conservative record compared to Heath's more "70s jazz" LPs like The Gap Sealer, Love and Understanding, and The Time and The Place.

Frank Kimbrough - Solstice (Pirouet, 2016) with Jay Anderson (b) and Jeff Hirshfield (d) Lovely.

I agree. A rock-solid session.

Outstanding. Thank you, sir!

Yes!!! Fully agreed. I think that's a great idea. I'm open to any suggestions, input -- as long as it keeps the dialogue going.

Yeah, I have a feeling that I may be tracking down more in this series. How many are there in total? Five? BTW: That Billy Harper / Carter Jefferson haul looks fantastic!

Oh. I see. Not sure whether this makes any difference to you or not -- but I think lists that claim to compile the "best" or "most important" things (of any type -- music, movies, motorcycles, novels, whatever!) are usually ridiculous. They almost always tell us more about the list-maker (and his or her predilections) than they do about the topic at hand. OTOH, I love lists when the list maker freely admits "this is really important to me." I guess, on some level, I believe that it doesn't matter what you love -- as long as you really love it. Then talk about that. That's where the interesting conversations start to happen. For me, that sort of attitude changes list-making, making it interesting and fun and (most importantly) personal.

Chuck, why on earth would this sort of project "repel" you? Just curious.

Yes. At the end of 2020, I'll list all 366 recordings in a single blog post. I'll also likely make it available as a downloadable, print-ready .PDF file then. I've also got other stuff that I plan to share at the end: a list of biographies & other books, 800+ additional recordings, year-by-year stats, label stats, etc. Appendices, sorta. Thanks! I assembled it during my lunch hour earlier today.

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Thanks, Niko. I've also developed a site dedicated to the American composer Charles Ives. The URL is http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ives/ Both sites are long overdue for updates. Will get around to it some day. . . . But not in 2020!

On January 1, 2020, I'm launching a new blog dedicated to exploring recorded jazz from the 1970s. It's called Playing Favorites: Reflections on Jazz in the 1970s. During the year-long blogging project, I plan to list one album per day for the entire year. So, at the end of the year, the site will provide details for 366 albums, all recorded between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1979. As the title of the blog implies, I'm not focusing on the "most important" or "best" recordings from the decade. Rather, I'm discussing my favorite recordings, music that has personal meaning to me. One other caveat: I'm limiting myself to one recording as a leader per artist and one recording as a co-leader per artist. Rather than digging deeply into a handful of musicians, I wanted to show the breadth and diversity of jazz during the decade. This strategy also had the effect of prompting me to listen to lots of new music -- and to carefully re-examining old favorites. The URL for my blog is https://jazzinthe70s.blogspot.com/. So far, I've written one post, providing background info about the project (as above). I've already chosen all 366 recordings. I have them listed chronologically (by recording date) on a spreadsheet -- with sidemen, labels, reissue details, etc. I've already written several of the entries, but I won't post them until next year on their "assigned" date. Some blog entries may only provide a sentence or two of commentary. Other entries will be longer. I think the main value of the project will be to shine a light (however dim) on some under-valued artists and express some appreciation for all the enjoyment that they have given me. It goes without saying that I will NOT be sharing files on this blog. That's not my purpose. I may occasionally provide links to music that others have posted on YouTube -- assuming that those YT posts are legal. But I'll emphasize again that my main purpose is to offer up a sizable, annotated LIST of recordings that others might recognize as jumping off points or gateways for further exploration. I've been tinkering with this idea for a long time, and I'd intended to write a book on the topic. But, based on the progress that I've made (nearly none), I decided that it would be better to create something, rather than holding on to a grander idea and as a result produce nothing. Let's see how this thing goes.