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Great blog. Working on my Spanish so trying to read this without translation will help. Cheers 🍻

👍 👍 Been playing a trio of Sun Ra records: Super-Sonic Jazz and Sound of Joy are some of the most inside Sun Ra albums. Haven't listened to them in a while and I forgot how they play so damn good on these.

Pete Brown was off my radar. Not anymore.

Is 2 recorded on Vogue? I'm thinking someone like Willie Smith...

So alto on #2. Thank you! It's not Procope's sound but it's spirited like him. There is a clarinet style coming through to me that reminds me of how Ed Hall played. This is interesting... For me it's both how it's recorded and played. I'm not used to listening to alto from that era outside of Bird and I'm pretty darn sure this is not him.

So it was Tyshawn Sorey beating that snare to death on 3. Got it! And crazy that I mistook Mary Lou Williams for Guaraldi on 6. Whiffed on her for track 10 too. Enjoyed it regardless. Thanks Randy

As a fellow lover of the fine arts, props to the Indy photo up there. My favorite movie trilogy of all time. To the music: 1. I've heard it before and probably have it but can't name it on the spot. Crazy good in every way. Wild guess for Fred Jackson on sax with EVD on organ. There's a guitar back there and that organ playing does't exactly match my idea of how a strictly jazz musician would play. Saxophone is so damn good. Really swings with a strong R&B style. Love it. 2. I can't even get a bead on what that is: clarinet or saxophone. So no guesses but totally digging it. 3. Sun Ra inspired intro and song. Not sure who it is but another winner. 4. Another tune with great swing. Love the bari and the sax chorus. Tenor is excellent. I would buy this album 100% 5. The guitar comes in at the right time, and this song gets better and better as it goes along. Melody is really familiar. Damn, helluva playlist so far. 6. Love that accordion. Nice find on this one. They are jamming 7. Mac the Knife? Good listen. No idea who these players are. 8. Somebody's getting vocal back there. Who is it? This is another winner. 9. Epic intro. Drums and piano all in the right channel. Left is bass and sax. The split works. Is it the sax player calling out in between notes there? Is this Dexter? I'd buy this album in a heartbeat. Bass player is on fire. Stereo split really works when it's just the piano/bass/drums trio. Incredible. No one is missing here. 10. That's great. Reminds me of the WSQ but I don't remember them being this inside. I'm no expert however. 11. Expensive sounding production. Song isn't holding my interest long though. There's something in how this was recorded that I'm not a huge fan of. Would probably dig this live. No guesses. 12. Percussion is great on this one. Love those bass notes too. 13. Is this Oregon? Not a bad song at all. Really loved this one. Wish I had more guesses to throw out there but just have to look forward to the other comments and reveal. Thanks for putting it together

Great deal, almost half price. Not a bad album among the bunch. I wish we got more of the Matthew Halsall, El'Zabar, et al type gigs. Sadly they only come around rarely. Shows at the type of venues they'd perform at trend more straight ahead here. Looking at El'Zabar's 2026 tour dates, the closest stop was Baltimore which is an ugly 5 hour drive.

If I'm dipping fries in mayonnaise then there will be hot sauce involved. Valentina Extra Hot preferred. I pretty much always dip fries into some kind of sauce, so prefer them off of a sandwich, gyro, or any other sandwich cousin. I like the bread to get the meat's grease flavor, and fries typically block that from happening. Good on others for digging it. I've tried it, but it just hasn't worked for me.

Well, even though they're out on CD/LP elsewhere some of them can be pretty expensive. I went for this just to knock out all of that and get the booklet and improved sound. If you're going to break your no physical media pledge, this is a good one to do that for.

Oh, definitely better than Phoenix. Like light years better.

I'm all too familiar with that. Public transport there was good the last time I went. Buses were dependable and the drivers were friendly when help was needed but that was all pre COVID.

Been to SD several times and love it (Point Loma seafood is excellent) but never record shopped. I see online they seem to have some good places. Hopefully accessible during your visit.

😆 Mel Jablonski lol

nah. Here's a David Benoit soundcheck from 2012. Those drums might grab you but those melodies?

Solid Never heard this album but the cover photo is excellent.

He's credited with percussion on this album: Despite the fact that Acapulco is in Mexico, the sound here is decidedly more Brazilian.

Whenever I hear the smooth jazz of the past decades up to current times, I hear Desmond influence all over those sax players. Whether the players themselves would cite him or not I have no idea. Take Ten to me is a proto-smooth jazz record.

Confirmed that the PBS app allows streaming of this documentary, along with the Max Roach American Masters doc. Watching the Roach now, and will probably rewatch the Sun Ra one later.

I really enjoyed it. The interviews and footage were top notch. Made me want to deep dive Sun Ra afterwards. Don't know if anyone else caught the King Records doc right after but the first 15 mins of that were great. Hopefully the PBS app allows streaming of these.

Sun Ra's Hidden Fire Synthesizer – Sun Ra Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore Alto Saxophone – Eloe Omoe, Marshall Allen Bass Saxophone – Danny Ray Thompson, Kenny Williams Bassoon – James Jacson Trombone – Tyrone Hill Trumpet – Ahmed Abdullah, Michael Ray Violin – Billy Bang, June Tyson Guitar – Bruce Edwards Bass – John Ore, Rollo Radford Drums – Buster Smith, Luqman Ali Vocals – Art Jenkins, June Tyson

An hour in and I think they've done a really good job on this; connecting his roots, music and philosophy in a cohesive presentation.

Yeah, will be checking it out. Cheers! 🍻