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Yessir 👍

Just listened to Bobby Hutcherson's Patterns yesterday. Spaulding is the star of that record along with Rudy's production. The mood he built off of what these guys were playing is master class stuff. RVG unbelievably gets slogged at other audiophile forums but I guess that's what jealousy gets you.

Listening now. First 2 tracks were great. Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy really struggles with One Love surprisingly.

Clues: Track 1 is a band of European players. I misspoke about Track 5 earlier. Irene Aebi is there, but not singing. Track 6 is led by a well known sax player who’s still active today and actually has a tour going on now. Track 7, another well known bunch led by a guy who played with a legendary Miles band. Track 8 is led by a frequent collaborator with Ehrlich.

Wow. I never realized that 🤯 Actually played the Flip last night and Philly Joe was standing out in a great way. And it’s the only album I have with Alby Cullaz. Where’d he come from to get this date?

Stellar selections

Thanks to Mosaic’s Mobley 60s set I got the Flip and damn, I liked it much more than I anticipated. Maybe because the title opener is a bit generic? Once that’s over though there’s some great tunes and playing. Glad you dug a couple more too, esp the first track.

This music on this set looks to be outside of the Dial and Verve material. Savoy too maybe?

$40 at ImportCDs right now.

Excellent on both counts

Hard to believe this album is almost 30 years old!

Such a good album 👍

Haven’t started the 2nd season yet

Sticking with Wayne for a bit

Mixed bag. Kali's Children No Cry is built off of Ras Michael's None a Jah Jah Children and works for the most part. You can tell it's roots reggae inspired but there's a missing ingredient that keeps the whole album from working 100%. Can't put my finger on it exactly. Moved on to: Another good one but heavy. Needed a change up so:

Impressive album.

Spent some time with Hamid Drake's Reggaeology: And now listening to: Masabumi Kikuchi Quintet's End for the Beginning

Waterloo made its way to our area and it’s going to be my pool/beach side drink this year replacing beer. Definitely better than La Croix and Bubly.

Fantastic selections 👍

👍 Totally understand work being busy. Mid-year can get pretty crazy especially when colleagues are out on vacation etc.

Thanks for those that have lent an ear and shared thoughts so far. I’ll post answers next Friday so a little over a week left.

Been a few today so far: Elvin Jones Is On the Mountain & It Don’t Mean a Thing Ike Quebec’s It Might as Well Be Spring Paul Motian’s Jack of Clubs

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Great news. Been streaming for a while now and Ellington’s digital catalog on those platforms is an absolute mess. This will help at least a little bit.

Ha, unlike @Gheorghe I dig this. Maybe the entire string section isn’t necessary but the sitar, guitar and tablas look to be played by guys with chops. Thanks for posting it