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Currently trapped in an absolute beast of a Milt Buckner loop. Losing all sense of time, sense or space. Nnnrrrgghhhrrrryeeahyeaahnnnnrrgghrr

I'll never listen to a 4 CD set. Just the thought makes me squeamish.

Of the four, does anyone have any favourites among the four? Someone in another thread mentioned that they get weirder as they go.

I'm trying to find out which records the 4CD set is derived from. Are these two among them?

Thanks.

Is this really our only Milt Buckner page on this forum? I can’t find any others. I’ve just been listening to Crazy Rhythm with Buddy Tate. That combo of purest grease and those weird smacking lascivious noises has got me feeling grubby, exhausted but not yet sated.

Hahahah

Cameron Graves - Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue, 2017) It's a West Coast Get Down record from 2017 with Thundercat on bass and Kamasi Washington on tenor, but much more aligned with conventional jazz than I'd expected. Washington's actually pretty good in a 1970s sort of way here, without the theatrics of his leader works, and I like the trumpeter, Philip Dizack, who I don't otherwise know. Obvious 70s "spiritual jazz" influence on the soloists, but the tunes are a bit rockier and younger, and there's a nice interplay between Graves on acoustic piano and Thundercat on bass, so it's not just a throwback. Worth a do.

The Conte Candoli All Stars - Little Band Big Jazz (Crown, 1960) Black Art Jazz Collective - Ascenscion (High Note, 2020) Part of my ongoing project to fritter away the short time I was given on this earth by at least experiencing the work of Young Lions and co at different stages. It is hard to put a finger on why this record doesn’t work even on a craftsmanship / retro genre work level (with which I have no problem).

Mongo Santamaria - Mongo (Fantasy, 1959)

Looks interesting.

Masahiko Sato - Palladium (Express, 1969)

Dewey Redman - Living On The Edge (Black Saint, 1991) I'd like to know the story behind the track "Blues for JAM", a very straight and absorbing 1980s blues tune. It is a great tune, but it stands out. Was it intended as a 'bit' like Drudgery by Ayler? Feels like not.

What I find most interesting about the version of Night Train on this is how swaggering and mean it sounds. A totally different song to the hooky and hokey Oscar Peterson version. Now playing: Oliver Lake Featuring FLUX Quartet – Right Up On (Passin Thru, 2017) Oliver Lake with a string quartet. It is interesting to hear how Lake has adapted his normally very characteristic playing for the context. I would certainly not have guessed who was playing in a blindfold test.

Gary Bartz NTU Troop - Live in Bremen 1975

Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (Pablo, 1975)

Ornette Coleman - The Empty Foxhole (Blue Note, 1966) And now on to: Jimmy Forrest with Shirley Scott - Heart of the Forrest (Muse, 1987)

Houston Person - Talk of the Town (Muse, 1987)

It's good! Thanks for the recommendation. I particularly like the 2009 - 2011 tracks. I really can't believe the names that they have too...

SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE | MIGUEL ZENÓN RETROSPECTIVE: ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS, 2004-2016

Thanks for the info. It's worth checking out. It is also quite distinct in putting a lot of emphasis on the bass horns: much more low end than you normally expect to hear in jazz from before the 1980s.

Composers Workshop Ensemble with Warren Smith – Composers Workshop Ensemble (Strata-East, 1973) A Strata East record that I don't really know at all and am listening to for the first time. I was expecting some sort of Michael Mantler or European 60s art school thing, just from the name, but it's not that at all. It's quite interesting stuff - to my ears it sounds like it revisits some of that lost school of hard boppers like Gryce/Byrd or Golson: larger sized groups, playing very heavily arranged happy hard bop with interesting front line combinations and an emphasis on memorable tunes. I've always had a soft spot for that era, and am enjoying this. The record has quite a bit of recognisable talent: Howard Johnson, Julius Watkins and Johnny Coles are on it. But I've never heard of the rest, including drummer Warren Smith, who seems to be the leader. Does anyone know anything about it?

Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams (ECM, 2004)

Matthew Shipp Trio - Prism (Brinkman, 1993) Nice early record. Some good digestible free piano trio playing. Fun to revisit. Thanks! Also, nice to see some Helio Alves. A good reminder.

Lou Donaldson - Here 'Tis (Blue Note, 1961) I don't. Is it good? I'm pretty basic in my Kaiser-knowledge. So basic that I only realised a couple of weeks ago that he's a different person to Fred Frith...