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Willem Breuker – Psalm 122 (1998)

Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix I like to keep up with what the kids are listening to, or what the companies are telling the kids to listen to (hard to tell). This one is definitely better than the previous Coltrane tribute record. I'm not sure that it's so much better that I'd listen to it again, though. Great cover.

In the good way or the bad way?

Michael Shrieve – Stiletto Very dated, but David Torn is excellent on here, perhaps better than on his solo records.

Idris Muhammad – Peace And Rhythm

I've heard that one too, I liked it but it is quite a different record because of the mixed sources of the tunes.

Artifacts: Tomeka Reid, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed – …And Then There’s This (2022) Listening to this after seeing it posted upthread. A really good one. Exciting from the opening. I like the use of bass-like cello and percussion on many of the tunes. Good to hear a bit of funk in the vanguard jazz world these days.

Orchestre National De Jazz, Daniel Yvinec, Gil Goldstein – Piazzolla! (2012)

Those records that you mention are great, and I think any jazz fan could / should be able to enjoy them. This thread is perhaps more designed for the "deeper cuts" that would appeal to a hardcore fusion head who particularly likes this era. To me, this era of fusion seems like a very arid period of music, with too much widdly guitar and complete rhythmic constipation, but I have found some gems whilst exploring, like that Niacin record.

I posted yesterday about a Georgie Auld record I was enjoying (In the Land of Hi-Fi). It's not ignorant of bop (look at the players), and there's a big chunk of R&B in the sound, but overall, this is some great big band swing of the pre-war style. I'm pretty familiar with 1950s-80s small group 'mainstream' records, and with the post-war work of the greatest of the swing groups, Ellington's and Basie's, but my knowledge stops there. What are some other really great post-war swing records of the pre-war type? I'm looking for anything on level with the Auld record. I should add, on the edit, that it needn't be that big a band. If Artie Shaw or whoever made a great sextet record in 1957, I'd love to hear about it.

Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech – Nomad This one's towards the top of the 1980s fusion pile I guess. Still pretty stiff but not that stiff, and with an awareness of the concept of restraint. Good bass work too, and a slight sniff of late period Weather Report.

Thanks!

The Pepper-Knepper Quintet – The Pepper-Knepper Quintet With Pepper Adams & Jimmy Knepper (1959)

Zeena Parkins – Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics (2017)

Akosh S. Unit – Élettér (1998)

Georgie Auld And His Orchestra – In The Land Of Hi-Fi Really into this one. My first listen to Georgie Auld. Music with guts. Any other recommendations for Auld or similar records very welcome.

Is that who the guy was? Ridiculous behaviour.

I generally don't like Mouzon that much, but I think that as jazz funk goes, this record is very strong. I think it stands out among Mouzon's back catalogue.

Jon Appleton & Don Cherry – Human Music

Nels Cline – New Monastery (A View Into The Music Of Andrew Hill)

Alphonse Mouzon - By All Means Necessary I don't understand why this isn't more famous. A great jazz funk record.

George Jones – I Am What I Am Oh. What are the shades? That he could still do it at that point? Was Henderson perceived to have sold out?

Live in Japan by Freddie Hubbard?

Thank you!

Cheers