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This'un's a good'n. Obviously, this too. More than the quartet track? I enjoy a lot of Joachim Kuhn's music, but I really think that the second LP is much improved by Dudek.

Joachim Kühn – This Way Out (MPS, 1973) Double LP. I feel like the second, with Dudek, would potentially be a euro free jazz classic if it had been released on its own. Whereas the first LP is just dull.

The point was that I don't think the two older kids had power to control decision making. I think that percentages meant that it was in the hands of Ahmet.

David S. Ware Trio – Passage To Music Having just finished this excellent record: String Trio Of New York – Area Code 212

I can't stress enough how much I've enjoyed listening to the recommendations above in this thread. A lot of records I didn't know, with, overall, an extremely high quality.

Beautiful cover art.

Isn't it just Ahmet? I thought that Gail's will was very uneven.

This is basically it, isn't it. I have quite enjoyed every record of theirs that I have heard, but never felt anything stronger than that. Given the quality of the players, I think that counts as a failure.

Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter – 1+1

Herbie Hancock – Magic Windows (Columbia, 1981) First listen. An extremely cool electro funk record. Now on: Herbie Hancock Trio With Ron Carter + Tony Williams (Columbia, 1981) Also first listen. Seems less good. It's like everything that made Hancock interesting in the 60s has been washed out of his acoustic playing by this time.

I love this one

Thanks for the detailed write ups both. Lots to look into. Sad that RogueArt is still not doing downloads as its catalogue just looks better by the day. Which duet recording(s) are you thinking of here? I have a lot of their work together in groups but not sure about duets.

Thanks! I'm surprised at how prolific this group was. I had never heard of it. More listening to do.

The Jef Gilson Nonet feat. Jean Louis Chautemps – New Call From France (SABA, 1966) First listen to this, which was referenced in the recent MPS / SABA thread. The musicians in the nonet are: Bass – Gilbert Rovère Bass Clarinet – Claude Lenissois Drums – Gaëtan Dupenher Piano – Jef Gilson Tenor Saxophone – Pierre Caron Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Jean Louis Chautemps Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – François Jeanneau Trumpet – Jean Baptiste Mira Vibraphone, Percussion – Bernard Lubat I'm surprised not to know any of the players on the record other than Gilson.

Jim Staley – Mumbo Jumbo (Rift, 1987)

I've never even heard of Seabreeze. Is it a vanity imprint for school and university bands?

Interesting. Electric Bath by the Don Ellis Orchestra triggers neurolinguistic programming. They never did find who killed Jimmy Hoffa.

This reminded me to dig it out. I have not listened to this record in around 2 years, but every time I do I remember just how incredibly superior it is in every way. What an album.

Thank you for sharing this!

I know that one, and am definitely on the lookout for it. Kamuca records (other than the Shelly Manne set) are hard to find.

Er. Thanks. Thank you. This is good stuff.

Looks like an interesting one. I'll check it out!

Cy Touff – His Octet & Quintet I cleared out a lot of records today; over thirty. Short sharp and brutal. My four year old son had tears in his eyes thinking that I might sell Jump Up Calypso by Harry Belafonte, but I took pity. Then I took myself to Alan's on the Finchley Road, and bought myself this as a consolation prize. I've been going through a Kamuca phase for a while and this is the first time I've seen a record of his in the wild other than the Shelly Manne live set.

Was this an actual marketing effort then? Like the Young Lions would be? Or was The Big Bands Are Back just an impression that people got, fed by the music press?

I'm not typically a splurger, but this weekend I've been having an absolute great time with Fritz Pauer and the Clarke Boland Big Band. Now on this: Francy Boland & The Orchestra – 3. White Heat Having just finished this: Fritz Pauer, Jimmy Woode, Erich Bachträgl – Power By Pauer, Live At The Domicile