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I saw Calvin Keys in an intimate club setting in San Francisco this last October. An unforgettable experience to see one of the true masters of the music. Only a small handful of people in the club. His playing at 80yrs old was perfection. I am so saddened to hear of his passing.

Erin was so vulnerable like that.

Did she ever recover her muse after this album?

Info on the Doodlin Lounge advises they have had to review the personal after the vinyl had been already pressed. Henry Johnson has confirmed it is not he playing on the recording. Whoever the guitarist is I will be interested to know. They have a great feel, lots of fine chromatic style runs a'la Benson and Martino, interspersed with some overt Blues phrasing and string bending. Indeed the guitarist does not sound like a young Henry Johnson. They almost have echoes of George Freeman at times, but it's definitely not Freeman to my ear. It is believed Garrick King is the drummer.

https://soulbankmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-parnells Great to hear about this via a recently uploaded Doodlin Lounge podcast. Sounds like a labour of love to get this to release stage. Wonderful news.

Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more. I think 'people' have come to terms with On The Corner a long time ago. "Many outside the jazz community later called it an innovative musical statement and forerunner to subsequent funk, jazz, post-punk, electronica and hip hop". "Despite remaining outside the purview of the mainstream jazz community, On the Corner underwent a positive critical reassessment in subsequent decades; according to Tingen, many critics outside jazz have characterized it as "a visionary musical statement that was way ahead of its time".[14] In 2014, Stereogum hailed it as "one of the greatest records of the 20th Century, and easily one of Miles Davis' most astonishing achievements," noting the album's mix of "funk guitars, Indian percussion, dub production techniques, loops that predict hip hop."[17] According to Alternative Press, the "essential masterpiece" envisioned much of modern popular music, "representing the high water mark of [Davis'] experiments in the fusion of rock, funk, electronica and jazz".[21] Fact characterized the album as "a frenetic and punky record, radical in its use of studio technology," adding that "the debt that the modern dance floor owes the pounding abstractions of On the Corner has yet to be fully understood." [29] Writing for The Vinyl Factory, Anton Spice described it as "the great great grandfather of hip-hop, IDM, jungle, post-rock and other styles drawing meaning from repetition".

These Columbia albums were the direct result of John Hammonds intervention. The power of Ronnie Cuber's baritone is always felt on the heads though. The whole mood is set from the Baritone/Guitar unison. But mostly it's the George show. No 12 minute Blue Note or Prestige workouts. Lonnie Smith was given his own leader date at the time. Otherwise it's not until the later Verve sessions with Hancock and Billy Cobham do you get much sense of dialogue occurring on a Benson lead session imo.

People still trying to come to terms with Electric Miles lol.

One of Stam's best.

I've seen it spelt with three E's as well.

This more recent one is something to enjoy. It captures the brilliant trio he had together for some time with Dan Wilson and Jason Brown. So glad I got to experience this trio live. Sadly to be no more.

Global Front Core - Throwing An Error

The Mosaic select goes deeper than that doesn't it? I seem to remember that's where I first heard the tracks from the exceptional That Certain Feeling session.

If it's vinyl, have you got the one with the reflective cover? Very rare if so. FYI, there are two on Discogs, both going for $1200 plus.

It's hard to find Polo necks these days.

Jimi promised us we'd never have to listen to Surf music again. Oh well.

So this is what this thread was all about lol. Great article btw! https://jazztimes.com/features/columns/grant-green-larry-young-elvin-jones-organ-jazz/

Posthumous overdubs ruin it for me.

Looking forward to this. Seems like they've rounded up the troops to make this one extra special.

Just out of curiosity, which do you prefer, Been And Gone or Forgot to Stay?

Ah the Algerian war film soundtrack I think that's where you'll find the elusive Mobley performance footage.

There appears to be a similar treasure of resources from Juma Sultan's archives documented here... https://webspace.clarkson.edu/projects/jumasarchive/public_html/video.php#main

I can't quite remember.......it was a long time ago.

I'm sure I've read in notes, something to the effect that 'Green, Young and Jones' performed gigs together when they were in the New York area at the same time. Can't recollect the exact source. My first guess would have been the Mosaic Larry Young booklet. Otherwise, Lonnie Smith has stated Green's working trio around the time of the Blue Note Green/Young/Jones sessions was Green/Young and Otis' Candy 'Finch. Edit - yep. Page 1 of the Larry Young Mosaic notes by Cuscuna. "Larry, Grant and Elvin would work in the New York area whenever possible. Larry Coryell remembers moving from Washington state and running up to Harlem to hear them...." There is more detailed recollections from Coryell in various sources including his Autobiography if I remember correctly.