Guy Berger

I think it's Lewis Porter who mentions that Coltrane's ballad playing is more influenced by Hodges (or pre-bebop styles) than by Bird? I may be misremembering.

My preference increases chronologically. I love the post-1964 stuff the best, the early Impulse stuff 2nd best, and the Atlantic stuff 3rd best. I *enjoy* the pre-1959 stuff but I wouldn't say I *love* all of it outside of the stuff w/Miles and some sideman appearances (Monk, Dameron). In a finite lifetime, would be fine never hearing the pre-Giant Steps Coltrane-led albums again. I agree they sound quite different than the 1965 music. Not sure which I prefer, Interstellar Space, Stellar Regions, and Sun Ship are among my favorite Coltrane, so lumping it all together is very convenient

This is a great, great recording. Is this a legit release?

I got mine.

I agree that Sama Layuca is amazing. I also love Sahara, though - it’s an outstanding album.

Reading this thread 19 years ago is the reason I ended up getting the album last year, no joke. I’m still making my way through recommendations I read on this board (and rec.music.bluenote) a very long time ago.

Henry Threadgill, The Other One (Pi)

Adobe and Apparitions are both excellent.

Just listened to Nine to Get Ready for the first time. ECMish, but not in a bad way. I like it!!!

I guess I'm on the opposite side. Not a completist, but his presence on a recording (especially a more recent one) makes me more likely to check it out. I like his sound and his playing, and am glad he's still making music.

I was listening to PLUMB, Murray’s new collab w/Questlove and Ray Angry - it’s excellent.

lol

Ah. I'm not a fan. His MD bio is not without value, but the value is low overall and at times negative

Milestones (quintet + Adderley) has alternate takes. There are also the reels from the Round About Midnight sessions.

Here? He’s a forums member?

Finally started exploring Mal’s Enja albums. Hard Talk - damn, that’s an intense performance.

Steve Lehman and Rudresh Mahanthappa, Dual Identity 4/5 - good one. Liberty Ellman on guitar! Recommended for anyone who likes these folks’ work on Pi. Igor Lumpert, Eleven - 4/5 very enjoyable, with Greg Ward and Chris Tordini. I’d never heard of Lumpert before but it’s a fine album.

Dang. That’s amazing and exciting

I finally got around to listen to a few of his albums on Clean Feed. Excellent.

Cool. Aside from Solomon's Daughter and Spirits of Our Ancestors (as well as some live performances I attended), I'm embarrassingly blank on post-1973 Pharoah.

Is this a good album?

WHAT?!?!?! 50 hours of remedial listening to Blues & Roots, post-haste [your Antibes comment suggests you are talking about the Atlantic years more broadly, not just the 1970s Atlantics]

Listening to the first disc right now. Really good music, in the same tier and stylistic universe as live releases by John Handy and Charles Lloyd from the same period.

Have they shipped anything from the subscription series yet?

No disagreement with the assessments here. A useful calibration is to take your personal rating of The Giant Is Awakened, dock it 0.5-1.0 stars, and you’ll have a good idea of how much you’ll enjoy this reissue. Imho TGIA is a 5 star album, one of my favorites by Tapscott, and so I’m really loving this one too.