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True. I have a bunch of Another Timbre recordings and am on Simon's e-mail list. Cage box highly recommended if you're into that sort of thing.

This is a pretty good album, but after a couple of listens I was struck by how much the first track sounds like a Billy Harper ensemble! [The other tracks less so.]

Could Stevie Wonder possibly have been influenced by Ra? I wouldn't have thought so, but

Thanks. Will pass unless I run across a compelling / rave review.

Yes, that album has a strange history with multiple reissues and different titles/cover art. Certainly good, though.

Newish book published by U. of N. Dakota [Digital] Press. Looks interesting but I'm a little sceptical about collected blog essays. Has anyone read this? Rodger Coleman, Sun Ra Sundays. Edited by Sam Byrd. 2022. In his time on planet Earth, the iconoclastic musician, visionary, big band leader, and composer Sun Ra left behind a treasure trove of music—studio recordings, live performances, rehearsals—many of them appearing on his homegrown label Saturn. In Sun Ra Sundays, Rodger Coleman examines over 130 of these recordings, both released and unreleased, placing them in historical and biographical context and giving detailed critical analyses of the music. Originally appearing on Coleman’s blog NuVoid, all of the essays have been updated, corrected, and arranged in discographical order. Sun Ra Sundays is a major work of criticism, a goldmine of information for both the novice and the experienced Ra fanatic (and everyone in [between). - ? - text cut off]

This is a good one. And the sound is vivid, which is not always the case with Enja releases. Although this is a Japanese reissue.

Do they sell any Indian food at those events? I'm not being facetious. Some of the Indian convenience store owners in my area sell samosas (as well as non-vegetarian foods which I skip).

👍 Excellent collection of "loft" material from NoBusiness. Also fond of Jemeel Moondoc's Muntu Recordings set from the same label.

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Sam Jones The Bassist! (reissue), featuring Kenny Barron w. Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins and a string quartet on some tracks

The Pentagon w. C. Walton, S. Jones, B. Higgins, C. Jordan, R. Mantilla

Thanks, missed the thread before. The name looked familiar, so I checked and SO plays on the Shintaro Quintet Evolution album, which was the first CD I bought on my relatively recent J-jazz exploration. But I've heard nothing else, so will listen to what I can find online.