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Kirk Knuffke ——Little Cross ——(Steeplechase) another great disc from KK. Very dependable

both volumes recorded March 1984

It and Volume 1, Charles Tyler Ensemble, Live at Sweetbasil are both very good as i recall, although not played in a while. Nothing like as complex as Saga but just fine. Sound quality is also tops.

I love this set but if everything else was equal it would be in my opinion the early 1960s dates Roll Call, Workout etc that merited the Rolls royce treatment of a box set. I was delighted when this set appeared as the Japanese reissues Kevin referred to were not widely available in my neck of the woods.

Joanne Brackeen----New True Illusion-----(Timeless) rec.1976 Netherlands Picked this up last week for £3 and consider that well spent. Solid effort and not harmed by drummer being absent. I've so few Brackeens I wouldn't care to rate it, nor do i have clear idea of her unique selling points. A more muscular version of Chick Corea...probably not the greatest comparison but it's good and worth hearing.

Another good one . I recall having difficulty tracking this down but found DIW imports from Japan quite easy to come by

I only picked this one up recently. Even in that short period of time I’d agree that it’s an absolute classic

I was tempted but physically I’m not up to attending a stadium gig. Instead I’ll continue to see the fortnightly jazz at the Outhouse and next month Elvis Costello!! . As indicated elsewhere I’ve followed him with varying degrees of obsession for nearly 40 years😅

I’ve been listening to 1999 issue of The Lost Sessions and was thinking that a Vol 2 would an excellent present for the Blue Note aficionado. All those ‘rejected’ or ‘unreleased’ sessions must have had at least one track that is listenable. None could sure be more shambolic or anticlimactic than Tadd’s from the 1999 disc.

Happened across his Triplicity CD. It’s very good. His tone seems pretty individual. Sorry that I’d not heard of Bob until his death. Clearly had something RIP

This particular JJ is much unheralded. He was great with Getz but his own music deserves a wider audience as it’s mostly superb

Oh no... that’s one I don’t know. I need to stop reading about any potential recommendations.

I didn’t know that but I’m not too surprised. Really none of their LPs have sounded sonically excellent. Take their issue of The Delaware River sounds nowhere near as rich as Chuck’s recording from the same tour. Obviously other factors such as venue could have impacted on the final result.

I’ve heard/ had relatively few USA ECM vinyls. I’d agree that they’re not as good as their German counterparts but none were significantly noisy. Possibly I have been lucky. The only disappointing modern vinyl editions I’ve had have been from No Business and that’s been limited to just a couple of titles.

Discogs only shows a mono UK 1965 first edition of Touching ( with Marte Roling cover art). Of course their info may be incomplete. The first UK stereo edition they list is the 1969 with the creepy hand cover. I’ve as of this weekend got both UK editions (1965 Marte R stereo but marked mono and 1969 stereo - creepy hand).

No Jassmessengers

RIP . I know his work best from Booker Ervin’s The Blues Book.

Paul Bley -----Touching-------(Fontana UK) mono My copy of this 1965 original issue turns out to be stereo despite mono marked on the record labels. Sound is slightly stronger compared to the 1969 UK edition ( with the creepy hand)

Anyone know what volumes in the series have been seen as CDrs? I had wanted to get a few more in the series but have interest in CDrs.

ditto... both new Threadgills and Five Blokes disc too ...

Me too. The original album is ok - quite nice really. The bonus tracks are indeed better . Hubert Laws tenor sax ... who knew

Bill Barron -----Compilation-------(Cadence) Odd title given that this a concert performance and not a compilation in the usual sense. Recorded in Wesleyan University (1988?) Interesting as you might expect. Judging by the liner notes by his widow Anna there is much unreleased BB in her basement collection of tapes.

"Only what we like since 1967", ! ! !

The small series of recordings that came out of Brazil on Sesc are a fine Braxton, a solid William Parker and Roscoe's Sustain and Run.