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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.

The Brecker Brothers – Return Of The Brecker Brothers (GRP, 1992) It's an excellent record.

This sort of stuff is so far away from George Howard and Grover Washington that it is really a different genre. Treacly Disney jazz for sale at the supermarket.

Michel Portal · Léon Francioli · Pierre Favre – Arrivederci Le Chouartse (Hat, 1981)

Interested to know what those who know this era better than I regard as the key recordings, where there by Mitchell or by his peers.

The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra – White Satin (Capitol, 1960)

Ed Summerlin / Roger Ortmayer – Liturgical Jazz: A Musical Setting For An Order Of Morning Prayer (Ecclesia, 1959) Just streaming this. I expected it would be some hyper-serious 60s oratorio thing, but exactly it has some good writing and solos. I know nothing about Ed Summerlin but on the basis of this taster I'd be interested in more. Elysian Spring – Glass Flowers (Despa, 1969)

Just finished: Not my favourite of his, but lots of good bits. Now switching it down a bit:

I like this one a lot. Very smokey stuff.

Bu Pleasant – Ms. Bu (Muse, 1974)