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I'm listening to this album for only the second time. Wow. This is the real deal — killer interplay. Picks up where Miles In The Sky left off. If people knew this album instead of their Blue Note work (which is also good, just not as interesting to me), they might have a different opinion of this band. The remastered sound is very good, and production as a whole is top-notch (interesting liner notes, photos, added artwork). Grab this one if you haven't already! Also, the reissue label, BBE, has been putting out some really fine (and obscure) titles. There must be a thread here somewhere ...

Shafi Hadi's solo tracks collected.

Very interesting list. There are a number of cuts I don't know, so I have something to look forward to. I was puzzled by this comment: "It's easy to think a song titled 'Coltrane' would be about John, but the composition feels more like an ode to Alice." (The first two words of the lyrics to the song are: JOHN COL-TRANE.) I love Lee's vamping bass line (which also plays very well on piano), which I'm guessing most members here first heard on Night of the Mark VII?

Bam. 1971. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Jazz Festival. Three guys breaking out of their casino buffet day job gigs.

Yes. Importantly noted. (Why did Candid have to retitle already well-titled albums?) It'll be interesting to hear how Solid remasters these. Sometimes they (Solid) tend toward "loud" and compression, but I was recently blown away by the care and tastefulness applied toward the remastering of Manfred Schoof's Distant Thunder. Excellent balance; no ear fatigue (for me; and it's a scorcher!) on that one. The Candid remaster of Tring-A-Ling is pretty boxed in, to my ears. No life. I especially look forward to the Solid remaster of that title. Brecker, for moments, gets unhinged!

Nice find! So I guess it was ten years ago that I read that, and she listed more than Konitz. (And she listed Lacy in an ostensibly "alto-centric" list?) Cool that Lacy was aware of her playing and encouraged her.

Yes, both Rowles albums on Choice are being reissued in this batch.

Also (last one!) this album should not be overlooked.

+2 Giuffre's River Chant is also being reissued. Both are well-recorded albums. They sound like they're from the same session, but Music for People was recorded in December 1972, and River Chant was recorded in April 1975, both with Kiyoshi Tokunaga on bass, and Randy Kaye on drums. Recorded at MacDonald Studio, Sea Cliff, New York. Giuffre plays all the same horns (clarinet, tenor, flute), but adds bass flute on River Chant. The music is hypnotic and serene — highly recommended, particularly if you're a Giuffre enthusiast but haven't heard this particular era of his music. This is another title being reissued that is excellent and deserving of wider recognition.

• Lenny Popkin: Falling Free This album has always felt like a small masterpiece to me. Under the Warne influence for sure, but what he does with that influence! — some moves that Warne would never make. Plus, it doesn't hurt to have Eddie Gomez backing him. And, at 1000¥, pretty affordable.

With finger-paint artwork ... A period photo for the cover would have been nice.

Can't find a dedicated list, but if you check here, you'll see a July 8, 2020 reissue date for a number of recordings on the Choice label. Some titles of note: • Roland Hanna: Sir Elf • Roland Hanna: Sir Elf + 1 • Joanne Brackeen: Prism • Joanne Brackeen: Snooze • Jimmy Giuffre: Music For People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitos • Lee Konitz: Tenorlee Many of the titles being reissued have been on compact disc before, but aren't easy to find nowadays.

Earspasm again ...

I can almost hear what he'd sound like on "Dance Cadaverous." +1

Maybe this is of some help?

That would be a trip. I've always wondered what a Wayne Shorter album — playing the Alan Shorter Songbook, so to speak — would sound like. Wayne's playing on "Mephistopheles" on The All Seeing Eye is especially inspired.

I thought maybe he'd mention Cecil Payne's solo on "The Big Head." I love that one note solo.

Wounded Bird (reissue) titles currently discounted at Dusty Groove.

Shipping confirmation e-mail received today! mjzee — I hope you receive your shipping confirmation soon!

A member here (in this thread!) kindly steered me in the direction of this fine single-disc compilation, which is exactly what I was looking for. Sound is very good. The music is blowing me away. Much recommended!

Funny — that's my story too. Two years as a jazz studies major, and then off to a different state and different program. That said, my own music school experience was positive overall. I learned that I couldn't really improvise, but I also learned that I was a competent classical musician. (Not a particularly encouraging revelation in a jazz studies program. Plus, repertoire for classical saxophone? Not so much.) My roommate at the time was legally blind and had perfect pitch. You could play a nine-note chord, and he'd (almost instantly) tell you all the notes and what inversion. That freaked me out. Was I supposed to be able to do this too? I started taking creative writing classes.

I finally ordered the new Mobley Mosaic, my first Mosaic order in 10 years. I forget — does Mosaic send out an e-mail when they ship? My credit card was just charged, so I'm guessing that the set is now in motion.

For the Ra reissue at least, it does say: "Recordings licensed from ESP Disk N.Y., N.Y." Does that mean anything?

That Japanese reissue is decent — while way different sound-wise than the 90's Black Lion CD — but I bet this new hathut reissue has even better remastering. Peter Pfister has done amazing work with recent Ayler reissues.