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Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff - Soul Surivors (Fantasy, 1986)

Schlippenbach Quartet - Hunting the Snake (1975/2000)

Derek Bailey - Guitar, Drum 'n' Bass (Avant, 1995)

That sort of thinking is why I missed the recent Braxton standards set and Roscoe Mitchell's last visit. Just saying.

What a shirt...

Thank you for the info, and mentioning the album in the first place.

Tom Rainey Obbligato - Untucked in Hannover (Intakt, 2021) First listen to this one. I had high expectations due to the players, but I thought it very disappointing: despite some good solos, I found it a bit too diffuse, serious and without much drive, which I think afflicts a lot of forward thinking modern jazz. Ha ha. Indeed.

That is a beautiful cover. It's so good...

Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists Volume One - Mango Walk (Esquire, 1951-3) Nice one, which I don't own but listened to on the YouTubes after reading a reference to it in a blog. From the looks of it, it was a London bebop band, with West African percussionists, playing Afro-Cuban bebop. What I heard is very witty and really enjoyable.

I had no idea that these were even available. So thank you.

Thanks for the reminder. I need to get on that Mankunku

Lots of chopped up samples of everything from vibes (Mwamba’s a reasonably-known vibes player on the British scene, not sure of what his worldwide presence is) to dulcimer and a Swiss exercise ball, recorded a home on a laptop. Very much of the “MySpace generation”. I’m not sure that it’s jazz, really, but it’s aged surprisingly well for what it is. It’s available to sample on his Bandcamp page, if you fancy a taste. It lists the wines he was drinking whilst making it. From the list, I’m afraid to say that the Rioja in question probably wasn’t Spain’s finest export.

The Soul Jazzmen - Inhlupeko Distress (City Special, 1969) Duku Makasi on tenor, ahead of a piano trio led by Tete Mbambisa.

Corey Mwamba - Sipping Rioja at Home (RICE, 2008) 2008 really was before the Instagram era...

Gene Harris for sure. What about Jaki Byard and Don Pullen?

Cannonball Adderley - The Price You Gotta Pay To Be Free (Capitol, 1970) There's so much cool stuff happening on this record. Nice! I'm going to listen to this next.

Matt Brewer - Ganymede (Criss Cross, 2018) Great record, not at all what I associate with Criss Cross. Mark Shim is excellent on it. The only problem is the hideous dead eyed cover image. Who signed off on that?! Edit: Oops. Wrong thread. This is not on vinyl.

Signe Emmeluth - Hi Hello I’m Signe (Relative Pitch Records, 2021)

Masabumi Kikuchi - Susto (CBS, 1981) There’s a growing view in some circles that Miles Davis’ comeback records are worth a re-evaluation, alongside the not-so-recent reevaluation of his 1970s work and Hancock’s Mwandishi group. I’ve never been a hater when it comes to 80s Miles (or Marcus Miller), but I’m struck listening to this Kikuchi record at just how much better they could have been.

Thanks. And I see we have a thread on him. I will have a look further.

Just finished: Wolfgang Dauber Trio - Dream Talk (CBS 1964) and Roy Ayers - Coffy (Polydor, 1973) Now on: Bennie Wallace - Plays Monk (Enja, 1981) My first time listening to it. I wasn't actually aware of its existence until @HutchFan posted it above and then @Gheorghe followed with the lovely recollection. Was it a big deal at the time? A lot of these 1980s records slip through the gaps. They're not great for sampling or particularly "spiritual" so DJ culture has no interest in them, and the jazz marketing gods aren't bothered about exploiting their 1980s catalogues. Just another reason to look forward to the new blog.

I enjoy it. Not my favourite, but good. I agree she has something. I like the mix of her quite deep soft sound versus her sense of timing, which is more like an alto player's. I could do without the poems. Hopefully there is more development to come. How about you?

Zim Ngqawana - Zimphonic Suites (Sheer Sound, 2001)

Just finished: Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show – Revenge: The Bigger The Love The Greater The Hate (Polydor, 1969) Now on Hank Marr - Sounds from the Marr-Ket Place (King 1964)