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Hey, that's some fantastic news about the BW documentary! Will have to keep my eyes peeled for that.

Found some interesting vinyl at Wuxtry today... Chico Freeman - Spirit Sensitive (India Navigation, 1979) Looking forward to hearing this one. Got this LP too: Roswell Rudd - Flexible Flyer (Arista Freedom, 1974) I'd downloaded Flexible Flyer a few years ago -- but having it feels so much more "legitimate" now that I have the vinyl. The collector in me likes having something TANGIBLE. Irrational? Probably. Yeah. What can I say?

It's still odd to me that he's gone. He died too young.

Yikes! That's hideous!

Some more:

Jim - I love that Elvin cover too. Re: the Walton/Mobley record -- Can you believe that both 32Jazz and Savoy have reissued it with this wretched cover?!?!? Come on!!!

Yeah, thanks for sharing Wellstood's notes. Never read those before. I love his liner notes to Earl Hines' Quintessential, Continued LP. "Behold Earl Hines, spinner of yarns, big handed virtuoso of the black dance, con man Earl Hinesextraordinaire, purveyor of hot sauce. Behold Earl Hines, Jive King, boss of the sloppy run, the dragged thumb, the uneven tremolo, Minstral of the Unworthy Emotion, King of Freedom. Democratic Transcendent, his twitchy, spitting style uses every cheesy trick in the piano-bar catalog to create moving cathedrals, masterpieces of change, great trains of tension and relaxation, multi-dimensional solos that often seem to be about themselves or other solos—’See, here I might have played some boogie-woogie, or put this accent here, or put this accent there, or this run here, that chord there…or maybe a little stride for you beautiful people in the audience…’Earl Hines, Your Musical Host, serving up the hot sauce." A different sort of writing here, of course. But clearly the man had a way with words. Pretty good piano player too!

A few more: "Groovy, baby." Rowles' self-portrait.

A few faves, off the top of my head: Betty Carter is so "photograph-able." She oozes charisma. I like simplicity of this. Strong colors tell the story. Just a fantastic painting (by French painter Raymond Moretti). Many of his album covers are fantastic, imho. Eugene Gregan did a series of album covers for David Liebman and Richie Beirach. You can stare at this for LONG time and keep finding more. So evocative!

I'm STOKED about this set too!

I put all of the discs in slim-line CD cases too. Much easier access off the shelf than out of the box also.

Pete - Thanks for the suggestion. Pages started coming out my book too. So this weekend I took the book to FedEx/Kinko's and they put a spiral binding on it for a few bucks. Works great. I actually prefer it to the original binding. When it's open, the book lays flat.

I think this a great record. There's more piano than organ on this one. But I love Goldings' organ playing too. I also dig Goldings' trio records with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart, and I LOVE his work with Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts -- especially Wake Up to What's Happening. Goldings is definitely an underrated talent in my book.

When I was a young person, first getting into jazz, I became an immediate Jimmy Rowles convert after hearing his "Georgia on My Mind" solo on that ^ record. Such a distinctive sound. Made my jaw drop. Rest of the band was pretty good too.

Thanks soulpope!

I was happy to discover that Sony Japan is reissuing Richie Beirach's Ballads and Ballads II. According to Amazon, both discs are due for release on November 20, 2015. I have nearly all of Beirach's recordings, but I've never even heard these. I can't imagine that they'd be anything other than great. Anyone have any opinions?

Yep! With a Cedar Walton/Buster Williams/Billy Higgins rhythm section, you really can't go wrong.

Picking up another old thread... For starters, I'd recommend these: Plus the three in soulpope's initial post! Buster is THE MAN.

I enjoy Getz and I have quite a few of his records. It was fun scrolling through this old thread and seeing everyone's favorites. If I were forced to pick ONE Getz record, I'd probably go with Blue Skies. with Jim McNeely, Marc Johnson, and Billy Hart This is Getz at his most concentrated and intense. I'm sorta surprised that more folks haven't mentioned it! Some of my other Getz favorites (in no particular order): - Sweet Rain - Recorded Fall 1961 (w/ Bob Brookmeyer) - People Time - Voyage - Captain Marvel - Dynasty - Communication '72 Communication '72 was Getz's collaboration with Michel Legrand and the (uncredited) Swingle Singers. It's a strange record, a stylistic hodge-podge, downright odd at times. But, somehow, for me, it works. I think it's compelling, beautiful music. Obviously, it's not one for the purists, but I'm really fond of it. I even love the cover, which features a painting by Raymond Moretti.

The next set of Elemental's Xanadu reissues are due for release on December 11: Ronnie Cuber - Cuber Libre Dolo Coker - California Hard Al Cohn/Dexter Gordon - True Blue/Silver Blue I'm definitely getting the Cuber. Not sure about the others.

Surprising, isn't it? Because that trio with Jamil Nasser and Frank Gant was really, really, really good.

I recently got SOLID's reissue of Walter Norris' Drifting, a duo record with George Mraz. Beautiful music and excellent sound.

Some doozies in there.

Prompted by this thread, I re-listened to The Open Road during my morning commute. I really like it. Nothing mind-blowing. But solid. They play an ear-catching version of "Someday My Prince Will Come" with some nice Herbie-ish harmonies. They cover "Maiden Voyage" too. Can't go wrong with that tune. By the way, anyone besides me ever thought that Don Braden looks an awful lot like Harold Land??? Not quite "dead ringers." But close!