Joe

Thanks!

TBH, I'm surprised something like this has not been attempted before. Also, love Stan as a a musician. Considering the kind of person he was reputed to be, however, this feels a bit like poetic justice.

It holds up, IMO. "Mother" and "Strawberry Hill" are appropriately climactic.

TO MY QUEEN prompted me to review Tucker's discography. What a fantastic inside-out player he was; so sad to lose him so young.

Such a fantastic ensemble effort on this. Maybe George Tucker's finest hour?

Mrs. Dash Mr. Delicious Baby Huey

Romano Mussolini Aldo Ciccolini Ettore Boiardi, a.k.a., Chef Boyardee

Golden Tate Vladimir Tatlin Tatu

Nice!

Sharpe's solo on the title track is some epochal stuff.

Eagerly awaiting!

I mean, my favorite Ron Carter performances are probably "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and this track, so WTFDIK?

Love that set! Me:

Thanks! I sampled "Tempest at the Colosseum" again yesterday and agree the performances on that one are more cohesive.

I find both to be "fussy" players at this stage of their careers. And I've never been a huge fan of Carter's tone. Just my opinion/preference.

Prompted by this thread (thanks!), I've gone back and re-auditioned several of the V.S.O.P. records. I have to confess I'm not digging them much. Too much sound and fury for me; I'm most disappointed in Tony Williams (TBH, my expectations of Carter and Hubbard were always pretty low going in). The quality of the recordings, which separates the players and deemphasizes the notion of an ensemble (to my ears anyway) doesn't help. Would curious to know which of these dates members here consider the best/most worthwhile.

So much piquant contrast! (Nelson, Dorham, Bryant, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor)

Excellent news indeed. Hoping now more people get to hear this record: https://chrismcgregorsbrotherhoodofbreath.bandcamp.com/album/in-his-good-time.

And SEXTANT, an ostensibly "fusion" record, is about as far out as Herbie ever got.

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but I find it an interesting bit of trivia... Shaw and Garnett also play together on Andrew Hill's LIFT EVERY VOICE, recorded more than a year earlier (when they were both with Blakey, I presume).