Joe

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).

This will be the first Mosaic I've ordered in a long time.

Awesome news!

I too like the Steeplechase date. There appears to be a solo recital on Progressive (MEMORIES), but I've never heard it. Progressive have reissued a couple of LPs (A PEARL FOR ERROL and A PRAYER FOR LILIANE) on a single CD. Edit: MEMORIES can be auditioned via Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/album/1OdFnWqBzjISimE3JyUJXs

Doesn't Donald Byrd play pocket trumpet on FUEGO? Recording date: October 4, 1959. The "toy instruments" were part of the whole Ornette Coleman Quartet package at the time. I can imagine those visuals might have made the music sound even more disorienting / alienating to someone like Mingus whose avant-garde roots were more Third Stream.

All the Centro-matic. https://centro-matic.bandcamp.com/album/24-songs-free-download

I'd almost call it revelatory! Excellent stuff.

https://anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/number-pieces

Spotted on the YouTubes. Some fun anecdotes here. There's a follow-up video in which the host shows off a few items from the collection (since pushed to Ebay). He's also promised to do more show and tell in future videos.

More Herbie Nichols? That is very enticing. But I somehow doubt his involvement.

Closer to AMM than I recall (joking not joking). Beautifully recorded, and a nice showcase of the incredible rapport these musicians had.

You remember Ships Lounge on Lowest Greenville? That was a beer and set-ups establishment. Might still be. Interesting jukebox, too, back in the day.