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Lean Silver but I could sway the other way easily... Miles Smiles is one of my favorite albums ever, the proverbial desert island choice. So ESP/MS it is. Even though the SGQ did no wrong in my eyes. Roscoe Riley As stated above, Quintet the 2nd for me. Nyet on both. Bob Cranshaw or Rufus Reid?

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Feldman also produces those Reel to Real releases that include Adderley in Seattle, Griff & Lock at the Penthouse, and the recent Land, Coleman and Roy Brooks live sets. I'd be willing to bet that all of those Reel to Real releases sales figures combined don't meet a single one of the Resonance Evans album's revenues. I could be wrong of course as we can't see the books but it seems to me that Zev & Co keep the risk low for Resonance albums and hedge that with lesser known artists on other labels. Just a guess... Resonance does have horn players like Rollins & Hargrove however, but they're definitely fewer and far between the names like Evans & Montgomery.

Shorter Moreira Timmons Only a few of these choices have been easy, and this isn't one of them. Going with Kenny Drew. Studio Mingus albums or Live Mingus albums?

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I don't have enough exposure to say this is his "best" but it's a good album and I think he plays well:

Good question. Hoping the answer is yes to the quad mix... NP: Fantastic record, produced by Cannonball. Earlier it was: With this one I had to get by the challenging mix as the overall sound is substandard. However, once the groove settles in I dug the hell out of this album. Richard Davis is a monster on the bass (electric here) and it sounds like he and Bellson are really enjoying themselves. Frank Owens comps better than he solos (and talking the mix, his piano sounds almost electric even when it's not - and it is on track 4 "Little Suede Shoes"). And while I can't tell which order Soloff and Faddis solo in, it doesn't matter because the playing is terrific. Stitt doesn't solo as much as you'd think given it's his leader date but no matter. Higgins is all over this one. Great session from '66.

Drugs. I dont think a good tan helps with TB. Dickens Bobby Hutcherson or Walt Dickerson?

Electric. Electronic does not boogie woogie woogie Peter Brotzmann or Tim Bern?

The dual tenors of Lovano & Jim Pepper work well here

Caravan. Percussion profile for the win Roscoe all day. Soprano Tina Roy Rogers for the Die Hard connection Woody's First Herd or Third Herd?

Yeah, some of these I'm not familiar with or have no opinion on, so I have to skip them. But Kevin over Bob by several country miles.

Clifford and Red Kenny Barron or Hal Galper?

I have vol 2, need to get vol 1 love this set

Indeed. And I love it all, but it's NYC by an edge for now. For sure. The live material from both is way beyond the studio stuff for me. One day maybe I'll be able to listen to Jarrett outside of Miles' band. Now is not that time however.

Both new for me so after doing some listening, going with Boyd but barely. NYC Ra but not by much. The more I listen to Ra, the more that NYC music appeals to me. Hope, and that's not really all that close for me. No preference? Enrico Rava or Tomasz Stanko?

Milt Jackson by far over Tjader, whose music I do enjoy. Hard to decide on Mabern or Hicks. Love them both. Looking over my collection and what I have of both, I'll go with Hicks by the slimmest of margins. Jacquet all day Glover's performances at Smalls (listening to one now) are what tilted my preference in her favor. Nubya Garcia or Muriel Grossman?

Had to do some research on this one. I'm familiar with Aldana but not Glover...so off to bandcamp for some listening. Not digging in on a position at the moment but right now I'd go with Glover. Hoping to hear more from each of them that's not so much in that warmed over neo hard bop vein, at least from the studio. If anyone's interested, this link takes you to some recordings done by Glover last month (songs 5 & 8 on tenor, song 10 on soprano and for me I enjoyed her tenor playing more): https://arthirahara.bandcamp.com/album/open-sky Aldana's latest: https://melissaaldana.bandcamp.com/ Chicago Sun Ra or NYC Sun Ra?

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A perfect hip hop album if there ever was one. Pac and co in top form and the production is excellent.

That Johnny Richards Mosaic Select is my least favorite of that line. It's got moments but they're too far and in between to really dig into the whole set. And it's only 3 CDs. Typically those inspire me to look more deeply into an artist's discography but that one stopped me cold. This morning: Which I enjoyed and then something completely different:

VMP just announced one. Recently some their limited LP editions follow reissues from UK based labels so maybe that will happen in reverse with this one?

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Live from '58.