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Good call. I recently picked up Arild Andersen's ECM box that collects his his 1970's quartet albums. Aaltonen is on a couple of them, and he really impressed me. I'll have to check out those more recent TUM recordings. Is there a particular one that you've enjoyed most? Yeah! American-African Blues is one of my favorite records!!! How about Pete Christlieb?

How about "Meditations" off of Mingus' Cornell 1964 recording? It's more than 31 minutes. "Fables of Faubus" off the same record is nearly 30. Only caveat: These tracks are $1.29 at amazon, so you'll have to chip in 29 cents to buy one of them with your one dollar credit.

If I can chime in re: Don Pullen... I COMPLETELY agree with all of the above, but don't overlook his work with George Adams. Some of their LPs are collected on George Adams' Black Saint/Soul Note box, and one of them is in Pullen's Mosaic Select/Capitol Vault set. But my favorite records by the Pullen/Adams Quartet were released on Timeless records: Earth Beams, City Gates, Live at Montmartre (with John Scofield) and Decisions.

Wow. Both of those sets look fantastic. I'm jealous.

I'm just now listening to the sample tracks on Mosaic's site. One thing about the samples: The Sal Salvador track is marked as a Ronnie Mathews track -- and vice-versa. ...No big deal. Just thought I'd mention it. I'm looking forward to this set!

Since that trip was a few years ago, the beard is a little more grey now. Life will do that to you, I guess.

Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt ‎– Together Again For The Last Time (Prestige, 1973)

Some of us -- myself included -- are unable to post images to the forum. It appears that others are not having this issue. Obviously, this isn't a huge deal. But I thought I'd raise the issue just to make the moderators aware. ************************ UPDATE: Disregard this thread, as this issue is already being discussed here.

I watched it on Netflix after reading about it here. It's a lovely film about a lovely man. The "anti-Whiplash" indeed.

Today, I found this LP during a lunchtime run to a nearby record store: Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - Together Again for the Last Time (Prestige, 1973)

I have that one as two UK Stateside LPs, 60s issue. Very nice and an old favourite ! Yes, yes! Gray's "Sweet Lorraine" knocks me OUT. My LP set looks like this: Same material. Just a different cover.

Good call on Walter Norris. Also, don't overlook his two duo sets with George Mraz. The first one was on Enja -- Drifting -- and the second was on Concord -- Hues of Blues.

I just finished reading Hampton Hawes' autobiography, Raise Up Off Me:

I like Rudolf Buchbinder's Haydn sonatas. I haven't heard them all, but I've been impressed with what I have heard.

The Best of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Pablo)

Gene Ammons - Early Visions (Cadet)

Count Basie - Sixteen Men Swinging (Verve, 2 LPs)

Very sad news. RIP.

Disc III

My favorite single-volume history of the Civil War is James M. McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.

Yeah that.

Such a luminous, magnificent record!

A couple more... Jim McNeely Ellis Larkins

Thanks Larry. I'll check 'em out! Yes indeed on "Metamorphosis" and on "Thingin'"! There's another very good early one pairing Friedman with Attila Zoller released under the guitarist's name, "The Horizon Beyond" (Mercury, rec. 1965, CD reissue on ACT, probably quite OOP). Other good ones include "Invitation" (Progressive, 1978) in trio, the solo "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Stash, 1984), the trio "Almost Everything" (Steeplechase, 1995) or the more recent solo album "From A to Z" (ACT, 2005), which is an hommage to Attila Zoller. If you want to hear him in a band with horns, go for "Hot Pepper and Knepper" (Progressive, 1978) in quintet with Pepper Adams and Jimmy Knepper. I guess as a general recommendation I would just say: don't stay away from later recordings, don't restrict yourself on the early ones just becasue they're on Riverside and look like "classics" - he became better later on! But the two with Zoller (there's a third, "Dreams and Explorations", I think the one recorded first of the three, not half bad either) are indeed very good! I've not heard "My Favorite Things" yet, guess I'll have to get more Don Friedman anyway, sooner or later ... Thanks, ubu! More to explore... Joe, I'm not very familiar with Katz, but I agree 100% re: Anthony Davis. I particularly dig his collaborations with James Newton.

I wholeheartedly agree re: Carnival. "The Mystery of Love"!!! And that tribute to Duke!!!