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I can't think of a jazz harpist who swings harder than Dorothy Ashby. To play swinging eighth notes on the harp can't be easy, and Ashby makes it sound effortless. Coltrane doesn't really swing on harp (and that doesn't seem to be her objective), and other harpists, contemporary to Ashby, seem fairly stilted (90 degree angles) in comparison. I haven't heard that Atlantic record posted above, and need to. I will spin Afro-Harping tonight.

That is a tasty track. Thank you for sharing! I'd never even heard of the Greyforrest label. Al Grey is under-represented in my collection. What a player. After listening to the YouTube video mhatta posted, the next video was this. With Shirley on piano! And a SCRUNCHY Jimmy Forrest solo!

Always the first explanation for listening to Cecil Taylor.

Did Forrest only record five albums as a leader for Prestige/New Jazz? Discogs says yes. What's your favorite? I have to go with Forrest Fire followed by Most Much! The Delmarks (yes, not Prestige) are good too. Were they originally intended for Delmark?

The headphones appear to be like two telephones. What the?

And McCoy and Coltrane up on the wall.

I have the same feeling on this one. The compositions are great, but for some reason (at least for me) a certain spark is missing. I hate to say this, but I often find Gary Bartz underwhelming. I'd like to hear the whole album, perhaps minus the vocal track, with Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson in the front line. Hmm, don't know why the above showed up in italics. I guess I was emphasizing something.

Love Forrest's cover of "When Your Lover Has Gone."

For some reason, I've always used this set for my "first disc played" A/B comparisons. Room sound does indeed sound different from player to player.

Yamaha Music Bar, 1967 • Tokyo

Listening to this right now, and enjoying it a lot more than I have in the past.

"Stairs"

There was a 2012 Japanese reissue that sounds pretty good:

This one?

You can listen to the whole album here. Anyone here have the vinyl? James Newton sounds great.

Got this one out today. The Japanese version I have has six bonus tracks—all alternate takes with a bit of studio chatter. Man, Hartman's speaking voice is a lot different than his singing voice! The difference is kind of surprising. I didn't know that, in 2001, this album was reissued on compact disc: Anyone here have it? I've never heard it.

The outer sleeves. The Nagaoka variety I used to buy came in the dark purple packaging. I actually do have the inner sleeves that T.D. pointed to however. They're quite nice. I did go the eBay route in the end, but with a different seller. We'll see how they work.

You were right about sextets ...

That would have contributed to some great cover art.

Any guesses as to what kind of car that is? I wonder if it's Roy's. And just in case you haven't listened to the album in a while, or have misplaced it (I do that), here it is.

I used to buy Nagaoka plastic sleeves from either CD Japan or Dusty Groove, but neither place seems to stock them these days. Where do you all buy resealable sleeves? I use them for mini-LPs but also digipacks.

Thanks. Had never heard Chuck Manning before. Also .

Ahh, gotcha.

I didn't know this was being reissued. Too bad I don't really buy vinyl anymore. Might (?) have to make an exception in this case. This too.

I'm not sure, but that label and its music looks interesting. I wonder what the Zorn sounds like. The label I'm thinking of, if I recall correctly, used a single red dot for its cover art for a number of its releases. Argh—I usually have a decent memory, but I must be getting older. The Berkeley Amoeba at the time had a handful of these mini discs for sale. I can't recall if they were a European label or otherwise.