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Masters of Reality by Black Sabbath has a LOT of hippy christian themes, for reasons that I never understood.

Steve Kuhn & Toshiko Akiyoshi – The Country & Western Sound Of Jazz Pianos (Dauntless, 1963) What a strange record this is. Such a strange combination of musicians too.

I'd never heard this. Looking at the internet, I am amazed to see it treated as "fact", not just by the Quoras but also by some legacy media outlets. Whether that's because it is substantiated or because whatever intern writes for what's left of them is doing his/her "research" through Google isn't clear.

It has still never been clear to me why he recorded so little. Lots of other jazz musicians were in Western Europe at the time and many of them got to record all the more for being here. Why did Steeplechase or SABA never come a-knocking? Why aren't there 400 records of Byas playing on radio with NHOP and Kenny Clarke, with Sahib Shihab on baritone?

Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Non-Cognitive Aspects Of The City - Live At Iridium (Pi)

Probably I'm wrong. I'm just not sure they'd have made the same impact if you'd read them for the first time in your 80s.

I don't know this one! Time to check it out.

There are surely some that are best read at certain times. On The Road or Donna Tartt I think benefit from a reader having no life experience. Conversely, I really think that Dickens should only be read once you are a couple of bosses deep into your working life.

Jimmy Smith – Stay Loose (Verve, 1968) Roscoe Mitchell - Hey Donald (Delmark).

Good interview, although, in classic Iverson style, it ignores the last five decades entirely. You would think Shorter retired after he left Miles Davis and never recorded again.

I should get that Barefield. I was listening to him on Sound and Space Ensembles (which has been on repeat over here for a while).

A real lack of Moondoc out there.

"Whoa. Uh oh, spaghetti-o! Now we’re talking!" Great opening line.

Strangely highly regarded though. Scandinavian sophistication.

That's a great post. Semi-classical.

Wiebelfetzer – Live (Bazillus, 1971) A lot of fun streaming this murky little Swiss number. Now moved on to: Roscoe Mitchell Quartet - In Walked Buckner No actual Thomas Buckner on this record. Hunh.

Anthony Braxton – This Time... (BYG, 1970)

I mean... It is pretty cancellable. I'm not surprised. Just surprised to come across a 32 year old who's really into something I had imagined to be of the long ago past.

Roscoe Mitchell – And The Sound And Space Ensembles (Black Saint, 1984)

Paul Gonsalves Quartet – Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick (Vocalion, 1963) My birthday is coming up, in case anyone wants to buy me this very reasonably priced LP.

I second this. From the moment it starts you know it is going to be good.

Do you know the other Morgan record called Retribution Reparation? That's a really good record.

Why the double Mulligan?

Bought 20% in a sale.