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It’s annoying how it goes all out on Stan Getz’ nickname.

Any change you could copy and paste this? I’m struggling to access it for some reason, not being on tumblr.

Embryo I know, and there is also primetime era German fusion (Passport!). I agree on the Krautrock / Kosmische link, similar to the link between fusion and the most Canturburyiest wing of prog in the UK. Is this well known / recommended? I don't think I know him.

Steve Coleman - World Expansion (JMT, 1987)

Charles Kynard - Wa Tu Wa Zui (Prestige, 1971)

That clip really does show the link to Burton, as well as Zappa. Thanks.

I think that makes sense for Burton, but what is the German connection? Was David Pike based there?

I recently read somewhere that part of Gary Burton's influence when recording his very early fusion records was a trip that he had taken to Germany in the mid-60s. The article made it sound like there was some sort of proto-fusion scene in Germany at the time which Burton heard and inspired his new sound. I have been trying to recall / find where I read this, but I cannot find it unfortunately. Perhaps it was a comment on this forum rather than an article. Does anyone know whether there was a fusion or near fusion or electric jazz scene in 1960s Germany (I assume West Germany is meant)? I had never heard of it. I am familiar with the emerging British jazz rock tendancies of the time, but had never heard of Germany mentioned in this regard.

This is good. Looking forward to the press release.

Oh no. Some of my favourite flute records and more. RIP.

Urs Leimgruber, Marilyn Crispell, Joelle Leandre and Fritz Hauser - Quartet Noir (Les Disques Victo, 1999) Nice to revisit this old friend from a thousand years ago.

An interesting idea. Perhaps this is the future. I'm looking forward to 'Wynton meets Pops at Basin Street', and 'Kamasi and Coltrane: Spiritual Jazz Giants'.

I think he was massive: a sort of celebrity of classical radio at a time when that was one of the main media. A bit like Errol Garner, his popularity at the time has meant that he is no longer so well regarded and is almost forgotten by even classical fans. I don't think I had ever heard him mentioned until I started buying vinyl and noticed his name showing up everywhere. I think he has a completely unfair reputation as a performer for a middlebrow audience, simply because the critics at the time thought his audience and repertoire was somehow beneath them. As with Garner I think that's sad, because I enjoy his performances. I agree on his Beethovens in particular, which I love and own.

I'm a very big fan of RYMs user lists. They're a great way to get recommendations. That's what I typically use it for.

If you are excluding singer songwriter piano players, then doesn't this just become a question of the decreasing popularity of jazz and classical and the rise of rock/pop? What changed into the 1970s was the style of piano playing, not the instrument. Anyway, one to add to your list is Solomon. A classical pianist who was the king of a certain sort of British classical music radio programming from the 1940s onwards. Now largely forgotten but still available in the discount bin at literally every single record shop or charity shop in the UK. My mother in law gets very nostalgic about him.

Yosvany Terry - Today's Opinion (Criss Cross, 2012) I hadn't heard of this one until two days ago when I noticed it was the (not particularly reliable) RYM site's highest rated Criss Cross release. It is excellent.

Did this stop? Elton John is the first celebrity piano player who pops into my head. He flowered in the 1970s and was certainly a little bit famous. More recently, despite the overall decline in prominence of musicians who play instruments, Alicia Keys. There’s never been a shortage of singer songwriter pianists. I don’t think the A list piano player ever left, and certainly not by the end of the 1960s.

MTB - Consenting Adults (Criss Cross, 1994)

Such an incredible video. I think that over time I have sent this to almost every music fan I know.

Tony Scott - Manteca How do you find it, with the passing of the years?

I’m extremely allergic to crossover attempts between jazz and hip hop (as opposed to other electronic, “urban” or rap genres, which I think work more naturally, or hip hop with jazz samples), but I think that so much love and time has gone into this one that it really works.

Shirley Scott Trio - For Members Only (Impulse!, 1963) My favourite of her Impulse! records.

Paul Desmond - Easy Living (RCA, 1966)

I think this one is very underrated.

I see you're also hunting the Guilbeau.