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Bobby Jones – Hill Country Suite (Enja, 1974) KU1213 sounds like KU12 + KU13. Agreed that your version makes more sense.

My information comes from Wikipedia only: "Soul Box is the third studio album by American saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. The project was originally divided in two LPs, both released in 1973 on Kudu Records with quite identical covers as Soul Box Vol. 1 (KU-12) and Soul Box Vol. 2 (KU-13), then issued as a 2-LP set as KUX-1213. Both albums were recorded during March 1973 with the same personnel. In 2008, the two volumes were released on one CD by Verve/GRP Records." No other knowledge in my head.

I think it was 2 separate LPs then rereleased as an actual box. I was not there at the time though, and have never owned it, although I have other Grovers.

Stefon Harris / David Sánchez / Christian Scott – Ninety Miles (Concord, 2011)

It's a mixed bag, but some of it is great. Just a strange sprawling statement for something released on Kudu.

It feels like more ‘forward thinking’ jazz and improvisation has entered a strange space, where critical praise is linked more to the critics’ trying to keep up with the in crowd than with views on the music. Not that critics ever didn’t do this, but I don’t recall criticism and reviews all seeming quite so rote as it does at present. The truth is that I really enjoyed your playing on that East Axis record. I thought that the freshness of your ideas on the album stood out in a scene that has become increasingly samey. Really awful to read this. And sending you best wishes.

Clare Fischer – Salsa Picante (MPS 1979)

I hadn't realised it was a British expression. The moment that the lightbulb went on.

I'm with you on this. The penny dropped for me when I heard the Trios album.

Now on Volume 2.

Grover Washington, Jr. – Soul Box Vol.1 (Kudu, 1973) A real statement, despite being wildly uneven. I really think that kids getting into jazz get a whole lot out of this era of Washington's music. I'm still upset to see the sneers that his music receives from some areas of the jazz establishment.

It's strange how low profile many of the players on this are. Given that the arrangements allow the horns to intrude in on Parker with their own solos are various points, I had expected to see a list of very familiar names. It is an interesting session. Much rawer than Verve with orchestration would lead one to expect.

Thank you! Not sure why I couldn't locate.

Thanks. Sadly I don’t see it here. Those Verve comps are a bit of a mess.

Charlie Parker And His Orchestra – Night And Day (Verve) Strangely hard to find out who played on this one online.

Thanks!

Someone just posted that on twitter (a Sheffield based jazz radio programme) and I thought I'd check it out again too. Junius Paul – Ism (International Anthem, 2019) Quite enjoyed this one. Good BYG style rave up at the start.

Jimmy Smith – Sit On It! (Mercury, 1977) First listen: not as bad as is made out. Actually, fine. It’s an okay instrumental funk record with jazz chops.

Are they released and / or available?

Gary Burton & Steve Swallow – Hotel Hello (ECM, 1975) What a charming record this is, every time I remember it's existence. There's a lot of what I love about Keith Jarrett's more concise earlier stuff, but just more concise and congenial.

Eddie Harris – The Electrifying Eddie Harris (Atlantic, 1968)

I was going through a bit of a Don Cherry patch a few weeks ago. Still have a lot of love for Mu.

どくとる梅津Diva – Diva (NEC, 1988)

Randy Weston – Blues To Africa (Freedom, 1975) It's on YouTube. I listened to it via the Discogs page videos. A really interesting one that I'm going to hunt down. With the woozy studio vocals and the 007 references, I assumed that @TTK would know it. Allmusic is a truly great resource but one that I do not trust much. I learned an awful lot from it back in the day: before that all there was was word of mouth and occasional retrospective critics' lists. But good God is it always wrong on a lot of stuff.