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Funk Inc. – Chicken Lickin (Prestige, 1972)

Wild Bill Moore Quintet Featuring Junior Mance – Wild Bill's Beat (Jazzland, 1961)

Compost -S/T (Columbia, 1971)

André Jaume – Musique Pour 8: L'Oc (Hat Art, 1982)

I struggled with it a bit. I found that I enjoyed Sorey's drumming the most. I agree. I like New Ideas a whole lot more.

Don Ellis- How Time Passes (Candid, 1960) My first listen to this one. I'm quite struck by how much it anticipates some of the Second Quintet's most famous moves, but also by how much less I enjoy it than those later records.

The Vandermark Quartet - Big Head Eddie (Platypus, 1993) Anthony Davis – Variations In Dream-Time

Giorgio Gaslini Quartet – Dalla Colonna Sonora Del Film "La Notte" (Cinevox, 1967) This is a great one. Some beautiful compositions. Sadly, streaming it whilst wearing a tracksuit like a schlub, rather listening to it on pristine ultra rare original pressing vinyl, in my fur coat.

It's that (I'm going to the later one designed for the parent of young and restive children) and the Myra Melford. There are a couple of others too that, whilst not exactly Evan Parker, are at least at the more interesting end of mainstream jazz. I'd stopped checking Ronnie Scott's but it is generally looking interesting.

Not me. I'm getting older.

Is it just me or has the booking at RS's recently become a lot more adventurous?

Misha Mengelberg - Solo (Buzz, 2000) The El Zabars I know and like a lot. The Moye looks interesting and will be checked out. Thanks.

Oh cool. I do know him then. I had just assumed that he was Ari Brown. O Neal's Porch is my favourite William Parker record.

Ben Webster, Buck Clayton And The Henri Chaix Quartet – Ben And Buck (Sackville, 1967) Nice one from Switzerland. I don't know Rob Brown. Where would you start?

I think he just plays straight through Nana. He might as well not be on the record.

Marcus Printup – Nocturnal Traces (Blue Note, 1997)

Flute Force 4 – Flutistry (Black Saint, 1997)

Jan Garbarek - Eventyr (ECM, 1981) Now that the 90s/00s and ECM's era of commercial dominance with associated lifestyle associations is long gone, I've been checking out Jan Garbarek a bit more. I'm finding that some I like whereas others I don't, of which latter category this is probably an example. Garbarek just seems to play through the other musicians as if he can't hear them. That's something that other musicians do without necessarily grating (Ornette Coleman, for example) but here it gets to me.

Trying to locate this. Is it the same as Zoot on Argo, mentioned above?

It's the one that pops into my head when I think of albums I'd want reissued, second only to By Myself, especially now that Black Unity Ensemble is done though. Anyway, currently on: Paul Motion Trio - Dance (ECM, 1977) Some excellent Charles Brackeen.

Reissue coming any time now...

Interesting. I hadn't heard of him. Is this the one to listen to?

Paul Hanson – Frolic In The Land Of Plenty Impressive bassoon work.

The most taxing part of Luke's training.

Noah Howard - Space Dimension (America, 1971)