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Nice selection, thanks, going to take some thought. Not expert on the B3 repertoire, good tunes but I'm unlikely to identify them. Really enjoy #4 and #6 on first listen. Sonny Blount vaguely comes to mind for #5, but will have to search the collection. Sound quality suggests a bootleg. Feel like I should know #7, but definitely don't own a recording. Will go through the program again later this weekend

Louis Hayes and Peter Erskine.

That (bolded). IMO of course, how people spend their discretionary income is their decision. I used to read Stereophile, but threw in the towel about 20 years ago when I decided that (one of their big columnists at the time) Jonathan Scull's constant touting of "Shun Mook resonators" was absurd rather than funny.

Sorry, I mistyped (edited above). My MS-14 Dexter is numbered, MS-16 Hill not. MS-20 Tolliver numbered, later MS- unnumbered. So maybe they pressed some extra Hills? Or just forgot to number some of the release. I don't really care, never paid much attention to the issue.

Two-thirds (6 of 9) of the Selects I own are numbered. I thought it'd depend on the MS- number of the series (early MS- being numbered), but not strictly: Andrew Hill (MS-16) isn't numbered while Charles Tolliver (MS-20) is.

I have this recording but this is more interesting to watch:

Thanks! Honest (and strange coincidence), I've never done a ranking of KD solos but this might very well be my favorite.

+1 but not highly confident.

I have the Select, and your second suggestion (bolded above) is correct. I can't comment on "soprano-heavy" offhand. Maybe I'll spin the set in the next few days and post if nobody else does. I'm not very enthusiastic about this Select, have other listening planned and am not going to play it this evening.

I found the list of songs at https://lithub.com/here-are-the-songs-bob-dylan-is-writing-about-in-his-forthcoming-book-on-modern-song/

Both Montréalers as well.

I don't listen much to OP, and when I do it's practically always in the "X with the Oscar Peterson Trio" format. But tastes vary and I'm not into dissing musicians. I was impressed by the fact that Hampton Hawes and Paul Bley, in their autobiographies, expressed high regard for OP. Perhaps Hawes referred more to OP's generosity and geniality, but Bley extolled his musicianship. So who am I to complain?

Agreed on Garcia/Hunter. That's the Dead material I loved back in the '70s, and I still enjoy it when heard on the radio. (Sometimes I get the Woodstock radio station when driving, and the Dead and offshoots get significant play.)

Haven't looked in Mark's book yet but found this page: http://www.detroitartistsworkshop.com/strata-a-detroit-movement-defined-by-john-sinclair/ Detroit Contemporary 4 was probably a spinoff/offshoot of Detroit Contemporary 5, which was formed by Charles Moore but initially did not include Kenn Cox. "Charles Moore formed a cooperative ensemble called the Detroit Contemporary 5 with Nozero, Dana, English and Spencer and began performing at the Artists Workshop and on the WSU campus. At the same time Cox was the pianist with trombonist George Bohannon’s quintet." Added: Hit the jackpot with Mark's book. Jazz From Detroit, p. 182: The most important band that grew out of the Artists Workshop was the Detroit Contemporary 4, which initially included trumpeter Charles Moore, drummer Danny Spencer, guitarist Ron English, and bassist John Spencer. Stanley Cowell and Ronnie Johnson eventually replaced English and Spencer. (The band was billed as the Detroit Contemporary 5 whenever saxophonist Larry Nozero joined for gigs.) The DC4 is considered Detroit's first avant-garde jazz group. Its avatars were Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and left-leaning Blue Note albums by Jackie McLean, Grachan Moncur III, Andrew Hill, and Eric Dolphy. The band played originals...; modal anthems like Davis' "So What" and Coltrane's "Impressions"; and expressionist pieces like Dolphy's "Gazzelloni" and Moncur's "The Coaster" and "Twins". There was also free-form playing, especially when Chicagoans such as saxophonists Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell and others associated with the AACM came to perform. So Cox was not involved.

True, but OTOH all that hairspray* might double as an insect repellant! *Hope it didn't prove toxic to the band members. The mountain backdrop looks super fake to me. The band appears superimposed or a fabric curtain is possible, only the rock (or painted Styrofoam) the dude is seated on looks real. But I don't know the state of photo doctoring technology in 1974.

Wow. Unbelievable to say the least. Words fail me. Pity I was unaware of it in real time. And those threads are priceless, weirdly appropriate for a band from Nebraska, would probably fit in just fine at a football game or pep rally.

I imagine the answer is in Mark's book, but I'm in the office and the book is at home. Will look it up later. This release looks like a big for me.

Many people whose taste / judgment I respect dig the Dead, but my opinion happens to be "No thanks". I grew up fanatical about early Dead recordings. Skull and Roses and Europe '72, as they were released, were among the first LPs I ever purchased. But after a string of albums I didn't care for (Mars Hotel through Shakedown Street (ouch)) I wrote the band off and never looked back. To my taste (which I admit is questionable) the extended improvisations are mostly tedious. The culture is somewhat cool, and despite misgivings I came to somewhat enjoy clone band Phish (for example), but (a) the music wears on me after a short time; (b) I no longer have time for potheads (or boozers or other big-time substance users). YMMV of course, no arguing with taste and there's room for both viewpoints. I don't, for instance, go on Dead threads and trumpet the fact that I don't dig 'em.

Sunset on Friday night, September 15, 2022, as seen from an Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft flying through Tropical Storm Fiona. (Image credit: @Flynonymous)

Not meaning to be an old curmudgeon or belittle a tragedy, but haven't rappers been getting murdered for decades? Tupac (1996) was the first big case I heard of. See for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murdered_hip_hop_musicians "Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of 51.5% of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip hop has a higher rate of homicide than any other genre of music, ranging from five to 32 times higher."

I've listened some, and it's pretty good. At this time, my subjective bar for acquisition-worthy hard bop dates is set pretty high, so it's tough to say. How likely is this to resurface? The DG listing you linked to was for a used copy, I assume just one unit was in stock.

Alice Coltrane Eternity, Sepia Note 05 CD I bought this from Michael (Scott), but already have the material on the Spiritual Eternal Warner reissue. In the above's standard plastic sleeve, tray card folded to fit in sleeve. Haven't graded the disc, but it plays fine. Free (incl. shipping) to domestic US claimant.

My preorder from Da Bastids shipped today.

Recently bought this via the forum (Michael/Scott). Impressive.