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I love this track so much that I'm still listening to it in the car. Why on earth it hasn't seen any sort of official issue is beyond me. I think it may be Coltrane's greatest solo.

The Yamashitas are wild in the best of ways. I don't know Rhapsody, however. I wish they would have included Frozen Days or Up To Date instead.

These are the albums I've held on to from this period. They still hold up. This last album more so for the sidemen. Pianists are Kenny Kirkland, Herbie Hancock, and Larry Willis. Kirkland's ballad "Dienda" is a gorgeous composition.

30 Japanese Jazz titles reissued. Some are fairly rare. I believe it's the digital debut of Yosuke Yamashita's "A Figure Of"—both Vol.s 1 & 2.

Just found it used! I didn't know that Bley had a chin beard though.

Sale through March 17th.

This.

Good news: Far Out Records is reissuing Hermeto's 1970 Cobblestone album Hermeto on both LP and compact disc. The reissue is due out in May. The album was previously released on compact disc back in 1989 (on Muse) with different cover art. This reissue will restore the original Cobblestone cover art. Far Out's Hermeto reissues (two so far) have been excellent.

"Carole's Garden" is bangin'! This trio was really locked in.

Nice! It looks like both volumes are up on YouTube: Volume 1 Volume 2 Ponty can really make his violin sound like an alto saxophone at times. For some reason his sound makes me think of Sonny Stitt.

I'm not all that familiar with Ponty, but I noticed that Sunday Walk is being reissued by MPS this month. Sunday Walk Other Ponty recommendations? Favorites?

If it's any gauge, the La Cave live recordings recently reissued on ezz-thetics sound better to me than the same music from the Holy Ghost box set. The recording itself is rough of course, but the drums are clearer (to my ears) on the new ezz-thetics reissue. Perhaps the same will be true of the imminent Slugs reissue. I actually don't have a hardcopy of the Slugs recording, so I'm looking forward to the ezz-thetics reissue.

The upcoming Reincarnation of A Love Bird will contain the additional tracks found on Mysterious Blues.

Aha! It's available again.

Is this a version of Black Satin? I know "Sleepy Night Records" has been discussed on this board a few times.

Wow! Time for Hat/ezz-thetics to release THAT. Any new addition to the slim Ayler discography, particularly if it wasn't in the Holy Ghost box, would be cause for celebration. How is the sound?

I've heard this before, but I've never read it anywhere. Is this common wisdom, or is there a specific reference to a scene/exchange between Jones and Weinstock? For me, Taylor reached another level with Giant Steps.

Saw that too. Past typos in cover art have been corrected though. While I'm not crazy about the Blue Note reissues from ezz-thetics, I actually appreciate their willingness to keep certain titles on the market. They're usually a notch above most bootleg labels. But how about digging back into the HAT catalog? There are still some Lacy titles that could be reissued. And it'd be cool (though I don't hold out hope) if some of the JCOA titles could be reissued. Then I think the whole "Revisited" series would generate some heat. Heck, release—for the first time, digitally—Jimmy Giuffre's 1961 Tübingen set! That would be cause for celebration.

Anyone here pick up this new release (from 1981)? Planetário da Gávea And this, Far Out's previous Pascoal release: Renaissance Man: The Story of Hermeto Pascoal’s Great Lost Album, “Viajando Com O Som”

I've been spinning the Cafe Montmartre recording (with Cherry, Peacock, and Murray) a lot lately. In some respects, this date feels like the purest representation of Ayler's art. Many of the moments are quite serene.

Well, now I want to hear that Black Satin boot. I wish Sony would've passed on that "Freedom Jazz Dance" (I think that's what it was called) bootleg volume and focused instead on the early to mid-70's. I'd rather listen to the album Miles Smiles than some exploded version of it.

I wonder why the bootlegs with Jarrett have been overlooked (at least so far). That would be a box set I'd be very interested in ...

The back of Volume 1 states: "The recording equipment digital" [sic]. I assume that means a digital recording, but you never know for sure, I suppose. At any rate, I just purchased compact discs for Vol.s 8 & 11—two volumes I haven't heard yet. Looking forward!

That makes sense. If I'm not mistaken, weren't all the volumes recorded digitally (DDD)?