Rabshakeh

Polish alto player, who is on Andrej Trzaskowski's Seant, oddly alongside Ted Curson. I am enjoying his playing, which is gutsy in the early FMP vein. Surprised to have never heard of him, particularly because he appears to have released a number of records. Does anyone know anything about him or have anything to recommend?

I didn't know Kuhn and Haden were on it!

A classic.

Thank you

Thanks. I think that you are a lot further advanced on this music than I am. I am with you in that the music that I have probably enjoyed the most has been the Condon crowd stuff. It has more space (which is probably what I am used to) and seems to have better playing than a lot of the SF stuff. The George Lewis stuff seems to vary: some stuff of the repertoire is quite repetitive and hackneyed but there are times that it gets really strong. What is jeffcrom's blog? I have tried looking for it.

Free Jazz in Japan by Teruto Soejima.

Paul Bley - The Nearness of You Billy Hart is just fantastic on this one.

Put down the Mizell brothers records and give Marcus Miller's leader dates a go.

We see what you did there. I don't own this one. It's the last Hemphill that has eluded me.

Dick Hyman and Roger Kellaway - Live at Michael's Pub This one is great. Thanks to @HutchFanwho I think recommended it. Such an exciting and fresh sound.

Al Hirt – Swingin' Dixie! (At Dan's Pier 600 In New Orleans) This one is just a tad on the maximalist side. Like a Dixieland Maynard Ferguson. Quite fun schlocky stuff, I guess. Just as long as noone hears you listening to it.

Kid Thomas - George Lewis Ragtime Stompers – Kid Thomas - George Lewis Ragtime Stompers This one is pretty great.

I was completely obsessed with Abe as a young man. Very useful, but flawed. It is very much a narrative of how the part of the scene of he was involved was built, so the focus is quite narrow. I had two main issues with the book. First, that the translation is quite direct, which makes many of the descriptions of people and music sound quite samey: the inferences and ironies that are presumably in the original are missing. Second, the scene was obviously very insular and clannish, and marked out by 70s student maoist / nationalist views that are a bit exhausting to read about, and hard to sympathise with.

NRD – Sport I Religia (Not Two, 1997)

How is it? I feel like I am hearing less and less about him.

The best beginner's guide I have so far located has been this one: https://syncopatedtimes.com/texas-shout-8-guide-to-classic-dixieland/ From the 1990s and from a bandleader who is obviously quite embedded in and committed to the San Francisco revivalist circuit. Not much there that a dedicated searcher would not know, but I have not found anything that goes into more depth than this out there. A complete contrast to 'spiritual jazz' or Blue Note or whatever, where there are thousands of lists and dedicated blogs.

I had mixed views on this one. I thought that it succeeded on around half the tracks, but there are quite a lot of sections where I felt the soloists missed a piano.

This one is excellent.

Shel Silverstein And The Red Onions – Hairy Jazz This one is pretty great.

New Air Featuring Cassandra Wilson – Air Show No.1 (Black Saint, 1987)

The New Black Eagle Jazz Band – The New Black Eagle Jazz Band (GHB, 1972) Actually enjoying this one.

Thanks!

Seems like a positive. From the limited stuff I have explored, I have enjoyed the Yerba Buenas the least. Very interested in hearing more about the French and Australian scenes, then and now.

Blind Connie Williams – Philadelphia Street Singer (Traditional Blues, Spirituals And Folksongs)

Classic. "Well, I'm going to pay you a tenner".