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Thanks for posting. In Joe's dream group, he forgot to list a drummer! I've never really understood the connection critics make between Henderson and Getz. Their sound, to me, isn't similar—but I guess others hear it.

Dig Paquito guesting with McCoy in 1981. Paquito's solo begins at 12:43 into the video.

Dig Wadud as part of the Arthur Blythe Quartet in Berlin, 1980:

That is the Brignola CD I play the most. The Penguin Guide is also fond of it, if I recall correctly. Did Baritone Madness with Pepper Adams ever make it to CD?

And now, more than four years after this release was canceled, the "deluxe" edition, with 12 tracks over two discs, is scheduled for release again. Google Translate sez: "The only leader work that Coltrane recorded in 1957 and left on Blue Note, the eternal masterpiece "Blue Train". One of the most popular works in jazz history, but to commemorate the 65th anniversary of recording, the complete version "Blue Train: Complete Masters" which includes the latest remastered original album and 7 other takes. Release is decided. This is a historic excavation that this is the first time that 4 of the 7 other takes recorded have been recorded. The monaural version of the original album will also be released at the same time with the latest remastering. This release is part of Blue Note's recent reissue series, Tone Poet. Under the supervision of John Harley, a producer nicknamed "The Poet of Sound," virtuoso Kevin Gray carefully remastered from the original analog master. Coltrane was at the bottom of his life when Miles Davis Quintet was fired for heroin addiction in 1957. However, after a long-term co-starring with Thelonious Monk at Five Spot Cafe, he cut off heroin and began to perform passionately again. "Blue Train" is a rare work created by Coltrane who has achieved such a miracle revival, and it became an eternal masterpiece that remains in the history of jazz as well as an early masterpiece that he himself is deeply proud of. This excavation is likely to be a historic event that reveals the whole picture of such a masterpiece for the first time.

Raphe Malik died less than two years after he posted here (just once). He was 57. Listening to this Taylor album right now: I think Malik is excellent in this setting; of all the trumpet players who recorded with Taylor (though there weren't too many) I think Malik fit in the best. I've still never heard his own leader dates. His birthname was Laurence Mazel.

On vinyl and compact disc September 2nd:

Didn't know that—very interesting. Would be great to hear that.

Club Jamaica, En Vivo ~ 1961 Early Gato recordings, released on the Argentinian label RGS, due out September 10th.

Thanks for sharing! Von Freeman sounds great on those tracks. Reminds me in places of John Gilmore. Which gets me to thinking—I wonder what Von would've sounded like in Sun Ra's band. Or, rather, what would the band have sounded like with Von in it.

I wonder if the Blue Spirits session will have any other bonus tracks. This one is superior.

Isn't Thompson on the unreleased Wayne Shorter/McCoy Tyner Blue Note session? Or am I thinking of someone else.

Spinning this one again tonight. The range Dennis Brain had was amazing. Died like Jackson Pollock.

This album is being reissued in Japan this August. I was totally unaware of it. A good listen.

Anyone here pick up these vinyl releases?

I've never thought about how a soprano would fit on top of that record. Could/would work. Cecil Taylor seems like he actually might fit the bill, but then it would become a Cecil Taylor record. I wonder how he and Coltrane got on for that 1958 United Artists recording.

This is how I know Schwaller. I need to spin that disc again—been far too long. I remember his tenor being a highlight.

Motivation had its 50th anniversary this year. Maybe for the centennial it will see a digital release.

You are so right. I must have been conflating Dewey Johnson with Bill Dixon! I didn't know that Frank Wright was invited to be on Ascension. Imagine four tenors on that album! I've also thought that Gary Windo might fit the bill, but he was in the UK (I think) and still in his early 20's. True on Dixon. Marshall Allen and John Gilmore together on Ascension would have made it a ... Sun Ra record? (Maybe, kind of.) I think Jackie would've been great on that album. And then maybe sub in Tony Williams. And, why not, get James Spaulding (but forbid him to fall back on his favorite licks). I still think that Barbara Donald would have been an excellent choice for the trumpet line. Would Ornette have agreed to appear on trumpet? Now I need to play Ascension back-to-back with Machine Gun and see what happens.

Al Shorter and Frank Wright are good calls. Were there a trombone section, Roswell Rudd would have added considerably to the session. In my list above, Lasha perhaps should be replaced. Marshall Allen? I also thought about Bill Dixon on trumpet.

For those who missed the Mosaic, this one is highly recommended: Not a bootleg, 2 discs, and good remastered sound.