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That’s understandable. Thanks anyway.

Ahmed Abdul-Malik - The Music of... (New Jazz, 1961)

No. Should I check it out?

Karl Berger, Dave Holland and Ed Blackwell - Transit (Black Saint, 1987)

Some nice new purchases.

Are these available to download as podcasts? I've tried looking but can't find it on the usual Spotifys etc.

I think it's my favourite of his.

Well done for owning this one at least. I'm always impressed by this stuff.

... or at least get them up on their feet and doing the Lindy Hop. What are some jazz tunes, postwar to present, that get you our of your chair and on your feet in a second? My nominees: Eddie Harris - Listen Here (Obvious one) Steve Reid - Lions of Judah

Definitely. I second that recommendation.

Lee Konitz - Tenorlee (Candid, 1978)

Eden Ahbez - Eden's Island: The Music of an Enchanted Isle (Del-Fi, 1960)

Love a bit of Azymuth.

That's right. Tricky to find online, like a lot of his stuff. I think the tracks from that comp that are streamable on YT are also taken the original South African release.

Sting - Bring On The Night (A&M, 1986)

Thank you!

Thank you.

Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim - Blues for a Hip King (The Sun, 1976) Coetzee always turns up.

Thanks. An interesting review. I hadn't realised it was a touring group. I had it in my head that Ammons was very Chicago based, and made a record with Stitt as he passed through, then some more when that turned out to be a hit. That's the sort of "event" I'm thinking about. Similar to the example of Jacquet's famous solo on the Hampton record that you mention in that article.

Sorry. Spelling error. Unless there's a third Turrentine brother who never really made it on the dulcimer.

I haven't seen this. Is it a new rerelease?

Ha! This was basically my response to my friend, in different words. Largely because I hear so much church music and blues in Turrentine's playing. (Someone mentioned Fathead - same applies.) These players are right there in the centre of the continuum that then gets packaged as blues, jazz, gospel, soul, R&B or whatever depending on the target audience and route to market. Who is to say that Ray Charles and Lonnie Johnson aren't jazz, but Jimmy Rushing yelling over Basie or Lester Bowie playing 80s pop is; whilst Louis Jordan either is or isn't, depending on who you're trying to impress? However, I still don't think that's all of it. These "blues/bop" players emerged from that continuum and were recorded in that style at a specific point in time. Who were the individuals who led the way, or the events (artistic, commercial, personal?) that caused recordings of this sort to be perceived as potentially lucrative and to be released? Perhaps it was just the effect of Parker re-entering the swing/ mainstream/ blues bloodline as bop became less specialised and more widely diffused, but you'd still expect to be able to point to leaders and milestone records, like you can with Jimmy Smith and the explosion of soul jazz on the organ, or (going much earlier into the same musical continuum) Blind Lemon Jefferson and the growth of unaccompanied guitar blues.

Sorry. I didn't mean it to be taken as a disparaging comment on Tommy Turrentine. My point is that there is very limited discussion of his brothers, and that this is one of the few details out there. It was meant just as a joke. I guess it is soul jazz or it isn't. Like early Lou Donaldson or the 3 Sounds or Gene Ammons. But whatever they're playing sounds slightly slightly different to that later 1960s soul jazz bracket that flows out of it. I like the "bluebop" and "swinging mainstream" ideas. I find this interesting, as I associate him with Ammons and Chicago. Probably as a result of the exact same associations.

Barney Wilen - Le Ça: New York Romance

Are there figures available? I’d love to know how they compared.