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Melba Liston plays a big part in the Randy Weston Select. She could be a candidate in the "classic jazz" mold. Though this discussion is merely fantasy.

[Emphasis added] At this point of Mosaic's life cycle, "take a risk" is not operative.

That would have been a thread of epic length! 🤣

Listening to this intense album on Youtube. Not likely to find a recording.

Zuzana Růžičková's husband was a pretty good composer.

Wanted to listen to something upbeat, and this worked.

The latter being Silver World (or Ginkai) by Hozan Yamamoto and Masabumi Kikuchi (+ G. Peacock, H. Murakami)

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Dissent or Descent is on the Bandcamp Nimbus West page (download). Physical CD has been in/out of stock at Dusty Groove, currently out.

On the heels of the very recent 11/26/78 release https://www.nimbuswestrecords.com/shop-5/p/pan-afrikan-peoples-arkestra-live-at-iucc-62479-2cd-preorder Limited edition of 333, up from 250 for the 11/26/78

A local paper finally published a significant obit. Karl Berger, music pioneer: His mind and work will live on - Hudson Valley One

I looked on discogs, https://www.discogs.com/artist/164253-Ahmad-Jamal?type=Credits&subtype=Instruments-Performance&filter_anv=0&page=1 There was an album with Yusef Lateef as co-leaders and an album where he backed Shirley Horn on a couple of tracks

In-stock notices from DG are notoriously ephemeral. I can't tell you how many times I've clicked on the link in their notice e-mail, only to find the "Just Sold Out!" announcement. I try to preorder titles I really want from them.

I'm also very curious about these boxes. Getting increasingly interested, but they're significant investments. I'm more inclined to duos, but the material on the solo 5-disc set looks more diverse and is (on first impression) slightly more attractive. On the other hand, the solo set has multiple performances of several pieces, which may not be a plus.

[Emphasis added] Agreed, especially on non-Amazon sources. I prefer this kind of CD packaging, but have some qualms about the "remastering" in view of mjzee's comments above. Can live w/o alternate takes.

Weirdly, I AM in the market for this...I have a lot of Mingus recordings, but the '70s output is severely underrepresented (granted, because I thought it was more, uh, mixed quality). I'll likely go for the CDs, don't bemoan the extra track details...I suppose the vinyl buyers need some kind of carrot given the silly prices vinyl goes for these days. 😉

Very much the same for me. I've significantly reduced my subjective weighting of Amazon reviews over the years, but still consult them to some extent.

For those who worried about jazz choir, there are no vocal numbers on the album. [Mine arrived today and I just listened to the whole thing.] The track Lately's Solo (opener of disc 2) sure sounds a lot like Milestones.