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Lucky Thompson - Illuminations (Groove Merchant, 2 LP set) LP 1 - originally released as I Offer You; with Cedar Walton, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes Lucky makes such a singular and wonderful sound on the soprano sax. Don't get me wrong: I love his tenor playing too. But there's just an ineffable, special something about the way he plays the soprano.

Jimmy Heath - Jimmy (Muse, rec. 1972) Originally released on Cobblestone as The Gap Sealer.

And music too!!! NP:

Happy to help out. It's an excellent book. I think you'll enjoy it.

Listening to this gem again: Recorded in 1972/73, with Chris Laurence (b) & Tony Levin (d).

Exciting news!

blues, Looks like there's some less-expensive copies at alibris.com: https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?keyword=Warne+Marsh+Unsung&mtype=B&hs.x=0&hs.y=0&hs=Submit

Prompted by a recent post by another forum member: Charles Tolliver - Grand Max (Black Lion) and more Tolliver: Music Inc. - Live at Historic Slugs' (Charly; originally on Strata-East)

A couple of Brother Jack McDuff titles this morning: Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring? (Blue Note, 1971) Fun to hear Ray Draper get down on the tuba here. Draper also wrote 4 of the 6 tunes. He should've gotten a "featuring Ray Draper" credit on the front cover! The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1972) I've been listening to this over and over lately. It features some outstanding percussion work by two guys who are completely new to me: Greg Williams (d) and Fred "Derf" Walker (cga). Also this: Arnett Cobb is Back! (Progressive, 1978) Cobb's in fine fettle and his rhythm team is outstanding -- Derek Smith (p); George Mraz (b); and Billy Hart (d). Honestly, to this listener's ears, the Mraz - Jabali combination on anything is a guarantee that the rhythm is going to be operating at the highest level. I hope you're enjoying it as much as I have, Mike!

Sir Roland Hanna - Solo Piano (Storyville) This man is a magician.

Dizzy Gillespie - The Big Bands (LRC, recorded 1962 & 1968) Disc 1 There's some excellent music here -- but it's astonishing how bad a job LRC does packaging it. They do all that they can to convey, "Hey, we're cheap!" (And I don't mean value-conscious cheap. I mean slipshod and careless.) Dizzy deserves better.

I don't know that one, erwbol. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the heads-up.

Billy Harper - Somalia (Evidence, rec. 1993) This is one of Harper's best, imho. It's right there with Capra Black.

Duke Ellington - The Great London Concerts (Jazz Heritage) Recordings from 1963 & 1964

Sun Ra Arkestra - Reflections in Blue (Black Saint, 1987)

Danny Richmond Quartet - Ode to Mingus (Soul Note) Frank Strozier Quintet - What's Goin' On (SteepleChase)

I only saw Lacy that one time. Didn't realize that he'd come back the following year at the Red Light. Still have wonderful memories of that one show, how they played their asses off for a nearly empty house. That was 18 years ago. Wow. Time flies. . . . cool story about seeing Lacy's early sets at the Nexus, then running to your gig. I'd have been in Athens / UGA then.

Jeff, if that's the show that I'm thinking it was, then I was there too. Was it at the Variety Playhouse -- with about a dozen people in attendance? with Jean-Jacques Avenel on bass?

Now on to this: Junior Cook - Pressure Cooker (Affinity)

Now: Stanley Turrentine - That's Where It's At (Blue Note, 1962) 1986 DMM reissue Earlier: John Stowell - Golden Delicious (Inner City, 1977) with Jim McNeely, Mike Richmond, Billy Hart, et al BOTH of those are TERRIFIC. Nice score! CONGRATS, chewy!

Sonny Fortune - Four in One (Blue Note) All Monk compositions. with Kirk Lightsey, Buster Williams, Billy Hart. You hipped me to this one, soulpope.

Mike Wofford Trio - Live at Athenaeum Jazz (Capri) with Peter Washington & Victor Lewis Doc Watson - Southbound (Vanguard) "He had the nerve and he had the blood / And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud..."

Yep, I thought the same thing about hearing Prime Time in this music. The Players and Peregrinations have a big, fat bottoms with a keening alto across the top -- just like Prime Time. Glad you're enjoying it.