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You can't be blue in Bluesville. As long as you're with Red.

And now they are. June 16, 2021.

Japanese Jazz Reissues • January 20, 2021 Some of these titles go deep into the catalog.

I think that's Ronnie Boykins on bass?

The two medleys on this record are just beautiful. Highly recommended!

Listening to Disc 2. I'd forgotten how brilliant a set this is. Transfers are excellent.

Any word if this will see a digital release?

Nooooooooo! The digital file I have is 23:45 long.

Look for this one in 2021 out of Squidco: No new music, but the sound might be cleaned up a little. (I've really liked what Peter Pfister has done with this series so far.) I'm not sure if this will be one disc or two. Yasmina is 41 minutes. I don't have Blasé.

I realized I don't have this one, in any format. (I thought I had some of the tracks as bonus tracks from other discs, but I guess not.)

Booyah.

Spinning this tonight, the first Red Garland record I ever purchased (circa 1987).

I always used to say that this is my favorite Wynton Marsalis record. But it's actually a very good Terence Blanchard record too. Sam Newsome sounds like Hank Mobley.

Many early Roney titles I purchased back in the day and then let go of. This was not one of them. One of my favorites from the early 90's.

Harris and Joe Chambers are two of the most under-valued drummers from jazz's 60's golden years.

Bam. This album should be owned by all Shepp fans.

Finally got around to giving this album some focused attention. Well, I looped just the first two tracks on repeat. Wow. I'd forgotten that Walter Davis, Jr. is on this album — 1968! Such good playing from everyone, well-recorded, and Shepp is intense. If you have this album, give it a spin! If not, now's your chance to pick it up (in January). The Japanese edition won't have the two bonus tracks, but they'll be on Kwanza. Now I need to listen to tracks 3-6. Dave Burrell takes over on piano for "New Africa" and "Bakai." This reminds me that I have some live recordings of Shepp's band when both Grachan Moncur AND Roswell Rudd were in the group. Have to find them. Too bad that unit didn't (to my knowledge) make it into the studio.

A fine album. I love Sonny Stitt's solo on the title track. And dig that typeface!

Seconded. And you have to dig the cover!

I can't get enough of Coltrane's solo on "Creation" these days. I've been playing it over and over. There's a lot to take in. During McCoy's solo, when he really lays into the block chords, Elvin plays a syncopated figure I've never heard from him elsewhere. It feels like 3 against 4, but suspended into a kind of 7/8 feel? (This would make sense given the opening melody.) It doesn't last long before Elvin settles back into his 4/4 rolling thunder. The whole band is incredibly focused on this track. For all its supposed freedom, this is disciplined music. I love Coltrane's "cell" figures in his solo. Reminiscent of Sun Ship.

I've been listening to this track on the way to work. (Better than caffeine!) Coltrane's solo and the 1963 Newport solo on "Impressions" with Roy Haynes are, for me, some of the very best Coltrane on record. The Half Note recordings are the kind of stuff where you wish (I wish) for a time machine — insist that Rudy record it professionally, pay him extra, pay the band extra, attend the entire gig, serve sweet potato pie and butterscotch Lifesavers at intermission, and ultimately usher into the future a series of well-recorded live Impulse! albums. Coltrane was absolutely on fire for The Half Note gig. I haven't heard that many bootlegs from 1963-1967. Aside from the 1965 Paris shows, what others should I be looking for? There really should be an official Coltrane Bootleg Series. It would sell.

I echo this sentiment. Depending on context, a Sanders Impulse! record creates a great vibe.

D'oh! I have The Way Ahead. I was wanting those two bonus tracks ... and already have them! (Clearly I need to spin that CD again.) $ saved!