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I saw him leading his trio (with Tyrone Brown) at the Knitting Factory a few years back during one of their jazz festivals--it was their smallest venue at the time, just a bar really--the audience was almost nonexistent, but he sure sounded good.

Skipping into the 1980s, there are two quartet albums that I really like--Temptation (Kirk Lightsey-Freddie Hubbard Quartet, on Timeless), and Outpost (on Enja). Freddie sounds great on both of these.

A new Mac would be great, but my imac has worked so flawlessly and is such a joy to use, I feel no urgency. As for the Nano, that is an overpriced product and it is folly to buy one. Get the 30gb Ipod or the 60gb and ignore overpriced small capacity products.

I saw Freddie live many times in quartet and quintets, and I actually don't think he ever ran out of ideas.

Yeah...and that organist is Billy Gardner reincarnate! Those guys really have Braith's BN recordings in their veins! (and yes Lon, I am a non-recovering Braith-o-holic) If I were to buy just one (for now), would the Barcelona disc be the best choice?

It is indeed a great box set (one of my favorites), but since I have one already, I won't be greedy.

One and the same. He's got some health issues but he's hanging in there! m~ He also played with Wes Mongomery.

Charles Mingus Quintet, Flowers for a Lady (George Adams, Hamiett Bluiett, Don Pullen and Dannie Richmond)

I like Red Clay the best (for the spectacular title cut), then Keep Your Soul Together (I think you are underappreciating this one), then First Light (again mostly for the title track).

Sidney Bechet, Blue Note Volume 2--RVG and the ear, with a 1966 Blue Note inner sleeve--sounds rather great.

Savant is the sister label to High Note. They are actually more like the successor to the Muse label. In addition to excellent recordings by Charles Earland and Melvin Sparks, I like all of their David Fathead Newman recordings, also I have a really good James Spaudling record on the label (The Smile of the Serpent), and two really terrific Carlos Garnett recordings. There are quite a few others I would like to hear. These are two of my favorite current independent jazz labels.

I would add this one to your list--Charles Earland, Slammin' and Jammin'

Yes, definitely!

No but since they don't release anything but anthologies and recordings that have been reissued over and over again, I would imagine it's an anthology of his recordings on Prestige as a leader.

found, bought and listened to the moondoc. quit enjoyable, thanks!!! now if only i could find the george adams! Did you ever find the George Adams? I picked it up on vinyl when it first came out. It's really worth searching for! I believe that George Adams, Paradise Space Shuttle is available on CD from Timeless.

Ron Burton sounds great on the newly released Kirk live recording, Brotherman in the Fatherland.

I saw her several years ago at the Museum of Modern Art in a trio (Mark Dresser, Bobby Previte), and she (and the group) were most impressive.

The version on his new CD sounds good to me.

They sound like crap?

This is a really good one (performance and soundwise). The same band as Bright Moments except for the drummer.

I've heard the damage can lead to Republicanism.

His last release, as far as I can find, was in 2002, Chico Freeman e Guataca, Oh By the Way. Not as good as The Emissary, but still has some nice tracks on it. The Emissary, on the Clarity label, is very well recorded.

I wasn't aware of this one but will be getting it. Thanks. The label appears to be Random Chance.

Tradition in Transition on the Elektra Musician label (from around 1982) is an early favorite of mine. Diverging a bit from straight ahead jazz into jazz/world fusion, the more recent recording The Emissary is excellent. A couple of years ago, I saw Chico Freeman with Geri Allen, Richard Davis, and Andrew Cyrille at Jazz Standard.

JMT 872011. Recorded May, June 1987, Systems Two, Brooklyn, Engineer Joseph Marciano. The CD says copyright 1987.