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First I've heard of the label. I thought he was excellent tonight (I was at the later show). I've never been mad on his leader records though. Let us know if any of the others shine. A limited haul for me. Just: https://abbaarsighennemanwig.bandcamp.com/album/songs

Thanks

What is it called?

Thanks. It is a great record. I know it well. I just never found it in a shop for some reason.

Sam Rivers - Crystals Just bought it from Yoyo on the Hackney Road, where I am apparently known as "Joseph Free Jazz". (My name is Joe. So it isn't a random thing. I am still very pleased with my new nickname.)

Oh yeah. Definitely. I can only imagine how expensive a Roy Ayers record on Strata East would be.

It's a different thing. Bertrami is the keyboardist from Azymuth. It's a lot more Jazz than that group, but still...

Now on: Ab Baars Trio – Songs (GeestGronden, 2001) This one is brilliant. My first listen. Does anyone know anything about Ab Baars? He's a new name to me.

What do you mean by the Strata East thing?

Melissa Aldana – 12 Stars (Blue Note, 2022)

What was Bop For The People? I’ve tried googling it with mixed results. A Charlie Ventura project that bridged bop and swing? Was there a particular record that made a splash?

Morning Glory (Antilles, 1973) I'm reminded of how much I really like this record.

Jose Roberto Bertrami – Blue Wave (Milestone, 1983) Marc Levin – The Dragon Suite (Savoy, 1968)

And? Do you still feel that way?

Playing this one now. Quite unique.

Thanks. I'll check this out. They're a remarkably consistent cadre of players.

It's still a good phrase. I meant that I detected no hostility towards McPherson in its use upthread.

Maybe it's a generational thing. When I first heard Bob James, years after the fact, it was a moment of discovery. He was so heavily sampled in the hip hop of the late 90s and early 00s that it was almost like a game to listen to his records. Bob James is perhaps not much better than that, but the anti CTI gatekeeping still exists, and it is damaging. It took me years to discover Grover Washington, who I only picked up for the first time after reading some supercilious review in the Guardian that mentioned how shallow people in the 1970s would have a Grover Washington album displayed in their room in order to look deep and get laid. The tone made clear that Washington was beneath the writer's contempt. I followed it up and found that I loved Grover Washington. A danceable popularisation of the more groove driven end of jazz that is in line with the tastes of the post-soul era. A world where Mr Magic was put forward as a Jazz 101 classic would almost certainly be a world that had more jazz fans.

This is a old thread (19 years), but I’m struck by this excellent turn of phrase, which I assume wasn’t meant pejoratively.

Guillermo Gregorio – Ellipsis (Hat, 1997) Marty Ehrlich ‎– The Long View (Enja, 2002)

The problem is that they're mostly on CD, which is a format I no longer buy in. If they were downloadable I'd do it.

Some interesting stuff. A Ballad Album is one of the all time greats. I'm less into 1980s Abdullah Ibrahim (oversaturation from South African-born parents partly to blame, but I prefer the 1970s stuff) or the Michel Petrucciani. I'm interested in the Bill Barron and Steve Grossman records - like your 70s blog, a lot of what I find I enjoy most are the late period or more obscure records by artists whom I otherwise know fairly well - so looking forward to trying those out. Thanks for your ongoing work on the blog.

I see that there's been some additions, including another Petrucciani.

This is the first I have heard of this compilation. Having read a little about it after seeing this post, I thought it would have a listen. It's amazing stuff, and you can immediately see how hard it hit the music scene at the time. Presumably the Bluesbreakers and Yardbirds etc just stayed up all night listening to these tracks on repeat and forlornly trying to replicate them.

Not very!