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The difference between me and Walter Becker is that reading NAKED LUNCH made my hair curl.

Agree. If you can get your hands on a copy of this book, do so. It' both unusual and excellent... kind of like its subject matter.

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Underrated, IMO

to name just 3 from the 70s

Highly enjoyable set of music. Some new names here for me. I look forward to investigating further. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing that! I recently discovered this recording by David Angel and have enjoyed it very much. https://vsoprecords.bandcamp.com/album/v-s-o-p-127-cd-the-david-angel-big-band-camshafts-and-butterflies Arthur Lee didn't often help himself, but he also got a pretty raw deal on that "third strike" offense that sent him to prison for almost 6 years. But he got his flowers at last not long after.

Probably the first record I remember putting on repeat. Well, asking my parents to put on repeat... I was 4 or 5 at the time. Bought a gold label copy for 4 bucks at a DFW record show based on something I'd read about it. Hearing it and falling in love with became the thing that decisively separated my musical tastes from my siblings', particualrly my older brother: child #1, so he typically controlled the radio and TV. I'd been "investigating" jazz up until the point I auditioned this. (It must have been a used CD I came across.) I knew Joe Henderson from Tyner's THE REAL MCCOY and Richard Davis from OUT TO LUNCH. Hill I knew nothing about, not Haynes really. This is when I became obsessed with Blue Note and following all the threads between leaders, sidemen, etc. Which obsession soon spilled over to the other great independent labels of that era (Prestige, Riverside, Contemporary).

My eyes say "he did," but my ears say "not so fast." What's Bill Connors up to these days?

Thank you!

I am guessing said recordings are not available for general consumption? Agree about the importance of the Guild and her role in it.

True, true, true.

Sigh. A person of incredible talent and integrity. She will be missed. But what a wonderful bunch of compositions she left us.

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Pink Pearl & John Moscitta Jr. - The Rubber Meets The Roadrunner

Paying close attention to Bob Cunningham's contributions this time around. Damn! Dickerson had a special relationship with bass players.

w/ Ben Webster, Sweets Edison, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, Chico Hamilton, others.

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