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Do you enjoy this one?

I don't know this one. What is it like?

Is it Tabackin who plays so well on Donald Byrd's Kofi? I don't always recognise his style. I really love those covers. They've got such raw energy.

Sounds good. I always feel that Sommer gets unfairly overlooked as a euro free jazz drummer great. His various Intakt records with Irene Schweizer are favourites of mine.

What syndrome's that? What are the symptoms? Thanks. For some reason I thought that they were T-A Big Band records but I see that they ain't. Thank you everyone!

Can anyone recommend me a good Lew Tabackin record that is small group and which slants towards his tenor playing? I have and like Dual Nature and Tenor Gladness already.

It is hard to tell whether or not you recommend it...

I've been keen for a while. Definitely wavering on the side of getting it.

I'd be interested to know in what sense? I'm not disputing the link, but I have never heard the box set.

Thank you for sharing this. It looks great.

Looks interesting. It's a good line up.

I love Charli Persip on this one. Great record.

This bunch don't get talked about much. I've only recently discovered Varner and Previte.

When I first looked at this thread, I got very excited because it thought it would be about records with a joint piano / vibes front line, like Khan Jamal's The River or Bobby Hutcherson's Happenings, or pretty much all the best MJQ records. It's one of my favourite combinations of instruments.

I find the flickery light difficult to deal with, but otherwise I feel your pain. The mind just goes off on its own cycle and you need to find something harmless on which to concentrate.

Welcome!

Nice one.

I'm a life-long insomniac. I find some gently funky music at low volumes really helps me get to sleep or to ease back in. Late 1950s hard bop is the exact right level for me since it generally has a decent mid tempo, enough funk, and few arrangements or sharp edges. Anything too outside, arranged or too danceable (whether boogaloo or smooth jazz) just makes things worse. At the moment, I'm using Houston Person's High Notes, which are absolutely perfectly made for insomniacs.

Melotron too.

I've no idea why it's not more widely suggested as a first stop for NY era Sun Ra. I like the extra space for the solos.

Interested to know how you find it.

Close competitor for my favourite Ra.

Is this the same as the bootleg that's been knocking around on YT for a while?

I think that we may just be speaking at odds. I am not complaining about the repetitious loops, but the quality of the repetitious loops. Hence the comparison to the similarly loop driven and DJ oriented world of hip hop.

I have no mixing knowledge or ability, but I don't see how this would be the case for house music, but not for post-Kanye hip hop. Perhaps it's just that there's more money in hip hop now, so artists can afford an entourage of people including beatmakers with enough time to spend on the beat itself.