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The Philadelphia Experiment – The Philadelphia Experiment (Ropeadope, 2001) Forgot how good this one was.

Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet – Stellar Pulsations (Delmark, 2012)

This is cool. The good fight.

Illinois Jacquet – Illinois Jacquet With Milt And Jo (Black and Blue, 1974) I'm not that into Buckner on piano as opposed to organ, but this has some serious stuff on it.

I'll check out that Zaghreb record as the track was strong. Who is Kleinschuster?

Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra – Live At Sweet Basil (Electric Bird, 1985)

Discogs claims he had two other leader dates. His playing on the Nimbus Collective record is one of the best things I’ve heard in years.

I really liked La Notte, so I am going to double down, here.

Listening to this now. It's really really good.

Playing follow the leader.

Awful news. RIP.

Buddy Terry – Awareness (Mainstream, 1971)

Brad Mehldau – Jacob's Ladder (Nonesuch, 2022) My first listen to this, and unless I hear it playing in the background somewhere, my last.

Henry Lowther Band – Child Song (Deram, 1970)

Maybe not. It feels like the flood has slowed a bit, maybe. It was seeing the 'And Winds' reissue this morning in OTO that made me want to start this thread. Okay. Need to give it another go. Are they the same record with different quality reissues or different records entirely?

I found it a couple of years ago when I was first exploring 80s jazz, probably off a list on Amazon or RYM or something. It's a favourite.

Listening to The Band – The Alpine Power Plant (MPS, 1972) There's a real tendency towards big bands from the period recording double LPs. Presumably it's a matter of not knowing when you'd next record, and wanting to get the whole book down, but it does lead to some sprawling and excessive records.

That's a good point. I have edited the original post to include the label. I really agree. The identification of Miranda as a major player on the scene has been one of the things I've most enjoyed about these reissued. I didn't really know him before, whereas he's a player whom I now look out for on other people's records. One of those great bassists who just makes everything better.

John Lewis, Albert Mangelsdorff and The Zagreb Jazz Quartet - Animal Dance (Atlantic, 1962) This might be the first time I've heard Mangelsdorff before he'd heard Ornette Coleman. It's actually easy to understand the reports of how the German jazz establishment considered him their greatest - there weren't many European musicians in 62 who could pull off a performance like this. Let alone trombone players.

Junei' Lee – Junei' (Nei, 2010)

The Australian Jazz Quartet – The Australian Jazz Quartet (Bethlehem, 1955)

It feels like the dust has now more or less settled on what has been, for me, one of most enjoyable reissue runs of recent years: the reissue (in some cases, first issue) of records by Horace Tapscott and his various peers and students on the West Coast, many of them on Nimbus West, and latterly on Dark Tree. I can't speak for the rest of the board, but, given that I was pretty much unaware of all of these records 10 years ago, it has been a real pleasure to discover these. My three favourites (hardly unexpected choices) are probably: Horace Tapscott's The Call, which serves up everything I love about larger group jazz / Black American Music, with so much joy and colour. The vocal tracks work really well with it. Creative Arts Ensemble's One Step Out, again, so much colour and good use of vocals. Henry Franklin really keeps the whole thing alive. Nate Morgan's Retribution, Repatriation, a bit different to the two above. this one sums up what I love most about modal/spiritual jazz, without sounding tired or underpractised. That said, there've been a couple I've found less i interesting, like the dates led by Jesse Sharps. What have been your standout discoveries?

Julinho – O Som Do Julinho (Equipe, 1969) I might marry this record.

Hate to be that guy, whinging because his poorly worded post got read differently to intended.

How’s this one? (Other than the excellent cover photo) What a great record this is