HutchFan

McCoy Tyner - Passion Dance (Milestone/OJC)

Wayne Shorter - Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note) with David Friedman (vib, mar); Gene Bertoncini (g); Ron Carter (b); Cecil McBee (b); Billy Hart (d); Alphonse Mouzon (d); Frank Cuomo (d, perc) A singular and wonderful record.

Now listening (via YT) to "Little Sunflower" from the Freddie set. Wow. Sounds really good. Another one for the list, I guess. Will probably get around to the Woody Shaw too, eventually.

Not exactly your "garden-variety" Christmas music. I love it!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ep1str0phy. I think this idea is especially on-the-mark: Don't you think that these "perverse desires" you're describing just reflect our larger societal desires for stability and comprehensibility -- and the most natural way for people to find that is to look backwards, to the way "things used to be"? Especially in a time when formerly stable-seeming things seem to be falling apart all around us. I remember reading an interview with the composer Lou Harrison, and he made these same sorts of criticisms that you make about jazz about classical music -- and then he expanded those ideas into critiques of Western thought in general. So I guess we can take your macro view of jazz to MUCH greater macro view. The social forces that you're describing in jazz are the same as those affecting our entire world. It's happening all around us. Old theories aren't really working all that well any more -- but people can't resist their attraction without having something else to replace them.

Finally got around to ordering these two NDR live recording from Onkel Pö's: I took advantage of an ImportsCDs.com 10%-off sale -- promo code TAKE10 -- to get these 2-CD sets for $14.61 ea. ************************ By the way, I'd love to see what everyone else is adding to their collections. But posts are few and far between. I KNOW that I'm not the only one who's getting stuff!!! Come on! Some show-and-tell is always fun!

Shirley Scott - For Members Only / Great Scott!! (Impulse) Note for Oliver Nelson-ophiles: About half of the cuts on both of these albums feature arrangements by ON. Strangely, they were not included in the Nelson Mosaic set -- even though the Nelson-arranged cuts from Roll 'Em were. ...No idea why.

Shirley Scott - Oasis (Muse) and Poncho Sanchez - Conga Caliente (Concord Picante) Disc 2 - originally released as La Familia

Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine - The Dedication Series, Vol.III: The Great Live Sessions (ABC Impulse) LP 2 - Originally released as Queen of the Organ Man, this sounds good!

Earlier this evening on the way home from work: playlist derived from:

and

More Sonny:

Oh yeah.

Willis Jackson - Headed and Gutted (Muse) An outstanding Don Schlitten-produced session from '74.

Warne Marsh / Lee Konitz Quintet - Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1 (Storyville) with Ole Kock Hansen (p), NHØP (b), and Alex Riel (d) Playlist derived from this 4-CD set:

NP: Bill O'Connell - Monk's Cha Cha: Live at the Carnegie-Farian Room (Savant)

Dizzy Gillespie - Matrix: The Perception Sessions (Sanctuary) Disc 1 - Originally released as The Real Thing and Portrait of Jenny

It's just a 1970s reissue of the same music. 😉 Agree that the cover's strange. But I only paid $5 for it in a local shop. Hard to find fault with it at that price. NP: Cadet reissue of an Argo title originally released in 1959.

The Gene Ammons Story: Organ Combos (Prestige)

Red Garland - Feelin' Red (32 Jazz / Muse) with Sam Jones & Al Foster