Dub Modal

Great reissue.

This one is good. Reminds me I need to give it another listen.

Great album. I think it was on the Mosaic Select.

House of Bush: House of Saud by Craig Unger. Heavy stuff that I need a break from after each chapter, so I'm interspersing it with both music and this one: Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud Both as audio books on Spotify.

Thanks!

Wow. I'm shocked about that. The first and only time in Smith's recorded discography?

Which Substack? I'm a newbie there and need some recs to fill out my feed.

That opener is so good though. No. 1 Green Street

I absolutely love Grantstand, the album with McDuff, Hardwood & Lateef. Also dig his trio record, Green Street (Ben Tucker & Dave Bailey). In one of those tunes he repeats a triplet like 6x in a row. He's got nowhere to hide in this setting and he definitely shines. The blues influence is unmistakable and his sound is incredible.

Any recs from the Corbett vs Dempsey catalog? The Mars Williams/Hamid Drake album is fucking awesome

Most of the live Monk I've listened to have either Dunlop or Riley as drummer. Of those sets, I prefer the Dunlop dates but wouldn't say that Riley was weak or less compatible. Seems the consensus here is that there's no consensus.

Tried to sleuth a bit on that clue, but Liebman has been an educator for a long time. He's got to have a lot of former students.

I'm interested in finding out who this is. The way you wrote this, it seems like this was a recent release.

Yeah, Sommerhausen is fine streaming. A little on the LOUD side but not problematic.

Not good Harrison. Not good: https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2024/05/13/chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-bashes-pride-month-tells-women-to-stay-in-the-kitchen/

Got it. That streams too. Will give a listen

Great link

caught a break 8 - HBD as others have cited. Least favorite so far. No guesses. 9 - A kiss is still a kiss song which I don't know the official title of. Player ID'd on this very nice song. 10 - This starts out so good and then fizzles a bit. Is/was the sax player young at the time of recording? The drum/bass portions are the best. Sax player always comes in strong at first but just loses ground quickly. 11 - Missing link between some North African style and American bluegrass? I'm largely ignorant on that region and India (other parts of Asia as well) in case that is represented here too. I would enjoy bluegrass festivals a lot more if something like this was present because I definitely hear it in those interludes. Eager for the reveal on this one. That percussion is powerful. 12 - The production of this track holds it back from being better. It has so much potential weight - I'm betting this is great live. 13 - Nice - 2 organ tunes in a row. Production is better here, by miles. Guitarist throws an homage to Grant Green in there with those repeated notes? Hilarious if so. Because I'm 100% sure it ain't Grant. This one comes much later but has an authentic throw back feel that comes from a good place. Damn, another one I'm waiting to be revealed. 14 - Ok, I totally missed this my first time through. I've never heard this shit live and damn it's so good. I never thought of seeking out live tracks of the OPs (and others). Going to have to remedy that!!! Once again, thanks for putting this together!

Returning to this with more time... 1 - I get more Hubbard than Morgan from the trumpet. Is it their date? As I've learned here, drum mic'ing can indicate time frame of recording, and that here is where all parts of the kit seem mic'd. That should indicate a more recent recording but I still don't have any guesses. 2 - The playing is great and I like some of the interactions, especially in the last 3rd. Sounds like they could play this more balls out and muscular but they ended up striving for subtlety which at worst is getting too cute with things, but these players keep it on the better side of cerebral because there's some good convos in here. I like this the more i listen to it actually. 3 - Charles Lloyd-esque, but the playing from the tenor sounds less direct. Overall the song is nice. Near the end it dips into trio level and that was my favorite part. 4 - This is different for sure. I have no guesses. Eager to find out who this is. 5 - Ha, I like the beginning. There's some humor there. Especially as to how they follow that up. I really like this but no guesses. 6 - Looks like this one has been guessed and now I can't believe I missed this song and guitarist the first time around. Nice add. 7 - Excellent. No idea but I dig it. Will need to revisit the rest soon.

Great, thanks!

I have a partial of that set, 2 of the CDs I think. Just that little bit made me regret not buying the box while it was in stock/print. Now prices are a bit prohibitive, so the download sounds like a great option

Bremen streams on Spotify and the sound is fine. I haven't noticed any vinyl rip artifacts or muffled whatever. That Amazon review is bizarre and seems to be way off the mark assuming the CD would be the same as the streaming album.

I haven't heard that one. Looks like it may parallel with O'Neill's book along with Martin Lee & Bruce Shlain's Acid Dreams. (which is also on my to read list).

From Erotica to Exotica...Love this cover art.

Forbidden Planet is a good one