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Yep! I have created numerous backstories about the life that record had lived before settling down with me.

I found a Taiwanese Willie Mitchell record in Albuquerque, home of McGill AFB.

Once upon a time, cities that had U S. military bases could be fruitful.

I've had to do that - successfully - more times that I care to mention. There's not necessarily a logical explanation.

Mathy by necessity! https://youtu.be/bS3Nfw9IYMM?si=6i-5pPxWV8KEoaI_

Steve Coleman is pretty mathy

Do you get sucked into a eternal world of essential qualitiness by this record, especially "Azalea"? I know I do.

Gotcha I very much like the type of business that is in the service of the business at hand!

My first guess would have been Philly Joe, but just a little LESS busy! 😄

Better without the sex scenes or just better sex scenes?

Celia, que Rica indeed!

June 1!!! Are there enough worms to go around? TRACK ONE - I like the head, at least the way the band interprets it. Nice, very big-band-ish. Well now, that's Bennie Green. And that's Johnny Griffin. I don't have this record, but I don't need to, but if I did, it wouldn't matter. It's of such a quality that it feels fresh the first time through or the thousandth. People like this have such strong individual voices that you know what you're going to get, and I mean that in the best way possible. TRACK TWO - Familiar with the vibe, very. The players, not so much. I will use the term "second-tier" here as a compliment and a recognition that "top-tier" is avery high level indeed, one that has been set really high in this music. But that's ok, this one is still very enjoyable. Everybody involved should be proud, and hopefully still are. Rhythm section in a notch higher than the soloists, btw. TRACK THREE - Nice tune and performance, but it sounds like a 70s jam that got set aside. I mean, it's good but....very energetically stale, if that makes any sense. It's good in a mixtape like this, but a whole album of it? Perhaps not? Pianist sounds the most individual, relatively speaking. TRACK FOUR - Oh my, OLD FOLK"S MUSIC!!!!! Not Maple Leaf Rag, but the record LOL. AB & Muhal from their duet album. That's a major, MAJOR album, imo. Two of the great minds of this music, being great on all sides. There ya' go. TRACK FIVE - See #4, only this time it's Air, doing "King Porter Stomp". from Air Lore. This record got a LOT of play by me when it first hit. Not the most important elelment, but it's the record that for me cemented the link between Henry Threadgill & Sonny Rollins, not explicit, but intractably linked deep down in there. One of my favor cuts from one of my favorite records by one of my favorite groups led by one of my favorite contributors to all of music. Period. TRACK SIX - I get it, I like it, but I also wonder what this altoist would do on "Maple Leaf Rag" or "King Porter Stomp"? But then I wonder if their life has given them any real need to do that? And I don't know. I honestly don't know. I do know that I like things better when I can get a sense that it's in there, somewhere. But I guess it doesn't matter? I'm old and (almost) out of the way, so let people play their own story. Either way, can't go wrong with that bassist and drummer! About the alto playing though - one word- dynamics. Use them inside your phrases. TRACK SEVEN - 4-REAL BEBOP!!!! Superior in every regard. I'll guess Elmo Hope because of the true depth of understanding of how changes don't need to be stale, stagnant, and stupefying. That shit moves around and tells a story. How many stars you got Leonard? That ain't enough!!!! TRACK EIGHT - Clifford Jordan? Don't know this record. Yet! Such a beautiful singing tone he had, and that vibrato is so personal. Wonderful piano accompaniment too, those chords voiced just right, not too little, not too much, just right. Early birds get worms, Clifford Jordan gets stars. As many as you got! TRACK NINE - Surely this is in the Miles Orb somehow? I like this a lot. The tone(s), the beat (that bass rhythm!, the mix, it's a RECORD, not just a :song". Ok, the longer it goes and the more layers of guitar there are, the less directly Miles-Orb it seems, but definitely in the "influenced by Miles" Orb it becomes. This is goo! We've heard these sounds before, but not like this, exactly. TRACK TEN - Ruben Blades with Willie Colon? I need to brush up on my Spanish. Like, a LOT. Colon I am sure of Blades, not so much. I like this one just fine. Have you heard the Colon/Celia Cruz album? If not, get theen ass to a streamer ASAP!!!!! TRACK ELEVEN - Putting me in mind of Paul Bley, but I've not heard him in a setting exactly like this. but that don't mean shit, becuase Paul Bley played in ALL kinds of settings. But the longer it goes on....Bley's harmonies wouldn't stay that fixed for this long. Yeah...this one is like a lovely cloud that at first looks like it's in the sky, but the longer you look at it, the more it looks like a really good painting on the roof. Oh Well! Make mine a Bley! Pretty damn fine collection here. I could put it in the car and leave it there for a good while. Thanks?!

Arranged by Bill Holman. And the main theme (at least) was a UA property:

Was Midnight Cowboy a UA film?

Grammaw SaySo - I Take The Vinegar

That Kike Hernández can pitch!

After Tammi got really sick, a lot of people claimed that Motown used Valerie Simpson to complete (in whole or in part) some product that was released as being by Tammi. It's a contentious subject, and Valerie denies it (but in such a way that allows for it being a wee bit true). Google will point you to a lot of fan forums, where the discussion is mostly emo type fancrap For me, the most likely scenario is that Valerie did guide vocals on some tracks, Tammi came back when she could and did what she could. What she couldn't do, Motown used Valerie to finish the job. For me, that's a reality-based speculative conclusion, and AFAIC no harm no foul, considering the circumstances.

Elvis & The Andrus Sisters - Pretend You're A Horse!!!

I concord.

I would even question his being on the A-Side. One can "straighten", one's tone only so much... I mean, ok, maybe. But that must have hurt. Remember, "Tami Terrell" wasn't always Tami Terrell...

That's a good record. For some reason, Gene Roland's soprano playing reminds me of Lucky Thompson. And Kenton's obsession with not swinging in the traditional sense pays off here as Roland totally gets it. He sees both sides of this street clearly! When I pull my Kenton holdings, this one will definitely be staying!

Radell Warnex - Built-In Horn!!!

Amanda Peet...I have heard the name forever, but can't recall seeing her in anything...I keep confusing her with Amanda Pays from the old Max Headroom series. But now I know! At least for now ..

I like how he could play a commercial date like that Chico record and still speak true. He might not have liked it, but there it was anyway. Nobody else had that particular voice and he carried it with him everywhere.