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It's a great video. Exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. Who is the drummer?

That's great. I was vaguely worried that the Dorseys wouldn't get a look in. What are the Harry James records.with which to start? There's been a lot of discussion on a couple of them.

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble – Memory / Vision (2003)

Okay. I like his playing but I don't like the composition. It is a bit folk/metal adjacent 1990s crowd pleaser. I'd like to hear him in other settings.

Akosh S. Unit – Imafa

Got it, thank you.

What’s the significance of 1947 specifically? Wikipedia says Universal is right.

It's a great piece.

Lionel Hampton And His All-Star Alumni Big Band – Newport Uproar!

Luckey Roberts & Willie "The Lion" Smith – Luckey & The Lion: Harlem Piano (1961)

I should add that I love the fact that there is a jazz record called "Sweatin' with Hamp". I would like to buy two copies just to send to Brad Mehldau and Vijay Iyer.

Thanks! Those look really interesting records. This Mayer is the closest I've heard of him to a leader so it was interesting to hear. I'll dive in.

John Mayer's Indo-Jazz Fusions With Larry Adler – Indo Jazz Fusions I never really thought of Stan Sulzmann before, although I've seen his name on a number of British jazz records from the era. Did he have any good leader dates?

Joe McPhee With The Bill Smith Ensemble – Visitation (1985)

This is absolutely great, and I look forward to it! I similarly often find myself drawn to the fill in the story where I think the generalised narrative has ignored or obscured what was going on. I tend to find that the music that sits in those gaps is easily the equal of whatever was going on elsewhere.

That would be amazing. I would love to hear more. No need for speed. The thread is a little diffuse at points. That is my fault for not setting proper parameters at the start, and then getting excited when everyone has been pitching in with great recommendations. Definitely, what I am looking for is recommendations of LPs* by post-WW2 swing big bands. They needn't be immediately post-war. R&B and bop influences or inclusion of modernist-leaning players is all absolutely fine. At a push, swing can also include 'dance' bands, if they otherwise fit or are interesting to you. Basically, what I am saying is that I think your suggestions up-thread sound like exactly what I am looking for. * By "LPs", what I mean is either something issued on a long player of some sort at the time, or at least in a historic and now-standard collections issued originally on single or double LP. Vinyl or not vinyl is less important to me than running time and historical 'presence'. I personally find it very hard to listen to or digest 5CD retrospective box sets of singles, even if that is sometimes the name of the game for music issued before the mid 50s. Thanks for this. This is great stuff. Thank you for taking the time to put all of this down.

How is this?

I like Questlove.on the Philadelphia Experiment. Otherwise I've never been impressed. I think it's a halo from his time in Roots.in effect.

These look bang on. Thank you.

Anthony Braxton - 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003

Stanley Turrentine – Home Again (1982)

Round About Midnight / Live at the Totem, Vol 2

The Buddy Rich stuff is definitely in there. We were talking about it recently, and that's one of the things that led me to that Auld record. Do any Lionel Hampton or Illinois Jacquet big band records measure up? I know Hampton's earlier singles, and Jacquet's smaller group records. Jimmy Wales. The Wikipedia guy. Keeps a lower profile than Elon, Big Jeff and Zuck.

Oh. Okay. Wikipedia recommending them, then. Thanks Jimmy.

They look interesting. Is there an exotica / jazz subgenre for big band records about cityscapes?