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I'm with you on this one. I wish more people (anybody?) had heard & lived with Iapetus for a while, but Motivation is, like Iapetus, a wholly unique record that has been virtually unheard. As I type, I'm listening to Iapetus on headphones. I gotta say — this really is a great record. More than Motivation, I think, this is a band effort. While Caliman is clearly the leader on the session, the rhythm section has that feel (not muscially, but socially) of the great Hancock-Carter-Williams team. It's weird — tenor players working today would eat this up, I'd think. Meaning, I can't believe that this session hasn't seen a reissue anywhere. The record, though it bears traces of its recording year, has an unusually modern feel to it. This is to say that the music, almost note for note, might easily be heard in a hip club anywhere in the world today. Jonas Kulhammar reissued Utan Misstankar on Moserobie. (Don't know that rekkid? Get it here ... quick! An absolutely brilliant 1965 Swedish in/out session.) Other titles, just as obscure, will be rescued at some point by like-minded individuals.

Just listened to this record in total. Stone classic? Maybe, maybe not. Killer performance? Absolutely! Details: Date: ca. 1972 Location: New York City Label: Savoy Bill Barron (ts), Kenny Barron (p), Chris White (b), Al Hicks (d) 1. Motivation (Bill Barron) 10:22 2. Land of Sunshine (Bill Barron) 3:26 3. Blues for R. A. (Bill Barron) 6:15 4. Cosmos (Kenny Barron) 9:47 5. Hold Back Tomorrow (Bill Barron) 5:12 6. Mental Vibrations (Bill Barron) 4:01 All titles on: Savoy LP 12": 12303 — Motivation The title track really is killer. Not so much in a burning way, but in a makes-you-think and not-copying-Coltrane way. Authentic stuff. Barron is Barron, just like Joe Henderson is Joe Henderson. No overriding influence. Al Hicks on drums sounds like a blend of Elvin Jones (primary) + Max Roach & Louis Hayes (secondary). Super clean, polyrhythmic solos. Tasty, not too long, and razor sharp. I don't know how to post sound clips, but if there's interest, I can try. I'll stay behind this one record as my personal vote for a JLH reissue so to not overload the thread. I know of course it doesn't make economical sense. But neither do wide sideburns ... yet.

I love all of the Rivers trio work I've heard — both the horn-bass-drums trio and the horn-tuba-drums trio. Sizzle is an excellent record. The cover art (if it matters) is fairly ugly however. I keep bidding (and losing) on Japanese versions of Streams on eBay. I'm buying Dogon A.D. when it comes out.

Those three are all excellent — my very favorite Al Cohn on record. A couple of years back, eMusic had a number of Xanadu titles (a lot of them needle drops), and this was the only way I could find to hear them. Finding the four Sam Noto titles this way was a gift.

Ahh. Didn't know that. I'm guessing that's Dixon's son with him?

Has anyone here heard the Jack Brokensha record? And Then I Said ...? That Savoy has eluded me.

Available tomorrow! I was mistaken about what the original cover art looked like. I guess there were two versions, at different times. Edit: I hope JLH doesn't mind me posting the cover art. I'll take them down if it's any cause for concern. I'm just excited about the reissue!

Was about to suggest the exact same thing. What a campaign that would be. Welcome A.S.! All quite good records. The Curran is my favorite, with the Levin and Pozar close runners-up. Not as crazy about the Watts, but I'm sure some here are fans.

You're right. I have the Denon reissue (purple spine, yellow print), which unfortunately used an altered version of the original cover art.

The Giant Is Awakened really is magnificent stuff. Important historically too. The compilation West Coast Hot sounds pretty thin on disc. Both Flying Dutchman records (The Giant Is Awakened and Flight For Four) sound considerably better — darker and warmer — on vinyl. If Jonathan were to reissue either album (though he mentioned that attaining the rights is currently a mess), I bet they'd sound great. The missing track from the Carter/Bradford — "Domino" if memory serves — is really nice. Plus, both records have really nice artwork — icing on the cake.

Yes!

Up for air. Finally found the Vincent Hill record. Waaay better than I'd expected. Kind of like ... if Dave Brubeck (with a softer touch) had avant leanings? Something like that. I need to keep listening to it. I'm also a fan of the Perry Robinson title.

It'd also be nice to have Charles Brackeen's first album in circulation.

Along the lines of Intents & Purposes, it would be very nice to see reissued the Savoy dates that Dixon produced. (And I have to put in yet another plug for Bill Barron's Motivation. A very good, and sometimes great, record.)

1. JR Monterose • JR Monterose Is Alive In Cafe Paradiso (HSM) 2. Bill Barron • Motivation (Savoy) 3. Gary Foster • Grand Cru Classé (Revelation) 4. Jouck Minor • Candles of Vision (Calig) 5. Sam Rivers • Paragon (Fluid) 6. Hans Dulfer • Jazz in Paradiso 7. Steve Lacy • Stalks 8. Ed Curran • Elysa (Savoy)

Agreed. Some Blue Note listeners, it seems, forget how diverse the label actually is. How about an SACD of Art Hodes on Blue Note? Or the Port of Harlem Jazzmen! Nah. (Yes!)

Fingers crossed. Maybe they'll shock everyone and do Unit Structures. That's one of the better-sounding Blue Notes to begin with, and, after all these years, it's finally starting to click with me.

It's more formal with me. It says I have "no permission." My message said I have "no persimmons."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEgsOUhpOpU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKpbjgyMe90&feature=related Max Roach Quartet, 1970. With Billy Harper, Cecil Bridgewater, Reggie Workman. Also in Lugano, I think.

It was recorded in 1958 on Jive For Five, a Bill Holman and Mel Lewis session on Andex. Rowles was on piano for the recording, and the track's title was listed as "502 Blues Theme."

Let us know how it sounds when you get it, and if you have any other versions to A/B it with.

I'm really looking forward to New Soil and Hub-Tones on (hybrid) SACD. I wonder if the distortion (is it distortion?) on the first track of New Soil will be given any special focus or treatment. Both Blue Note titles are some of my favorites. I really, really wish AP would put out an SACD of a Sam Rivers Blue Note title. Don't really see that happening, however. Even less of a chance for a Don Cherry title I suppose. (But I hope I'm wrong!) As for the Impulse! titles on SACD, I'd like to see East Broadway Rundown rehabilitated. It's never been one of the better sounding Impulse titles.

Forgot to mention that the sound on this disc is very good, especially considering the vintage. Some filtering seems to have been applied, but minimally. There's some inevitable hiss, but the music easily shines through.

About two years ago, I went through a tango music craze, and the CD that I keep coming back to (after binge-buying, and then selling some off) is one on the British Harlequin label, entitled Orquesta Tipica Victor: 1926-1931. I first read about this disc on Amazon, where there is all of one review. (Here's the link to the disc, including sound samples.) It was one of the few times where a review swayed me toward an impulse buy. I'm glad I was impulsive. This is some of the best tango music I've heard — it's also authentic stuff (as opposed to some more contemporary recordings which are only tango-flavored). If you have an ear for tango music, and know what to expect with recordings from the 20's and 30's, I strongly recommend this disc. It is music full of life. You can actively listen to it on headphones, and you can also put it on for dinner parties — both ways make for a great mood. Whenever I feel down in the dumps, I put this disc on, and I always feel a little better. Enthusiastically recommended. Any other tango fans here? Or fans of early tango music? (Or fans of the Harlequin label?) [Note: I don't remotely know how to dance the tango. I just love the music.]