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Have we done Miles Davis' First Quintet or Miles Davis' Second Quintet yet?

Paul Bley, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny and Bruce Ditmas - Jaco (Improvising Artists, 1974) My first time listening to this. Pastorius is absolutely great, but Bley and particularly Metheny really aren't there at all. It's like very weak Weather Report.

Horace Tapscott Sextet - Dial 'B' for Barbra (Nimbus West, 1981) One of my favourite records from that LA scene.

George Otsuka 5 - Go On' (1973)

Philly Gumbo Vol. 2 on Criss Cross. A nice recent recommendation from @Larry Kart, for which thank you.

That's right.

Jazz Sur Seine (Philips, 1959) I am interested to learn from Discogs that this was not in fact originally a Barney Wilen leader date, and that he was in fact second named co-billing.

Bengt-Arne Wallin - Old Folklore in Swedish Modern (DUX, 1962) Well this was a surprise! New to me and possibly the best thing I have listened to all week. Folk, pagan, exotica and jazz in big band setting with some excellent Sahib Shihab, from the 1960s Swedish scene. Another excellent recommendation from the Euromodernism thread. Now on to The Magic of Ju Ju (Impulse!, 1968) by Archie Shepp.

Masayuki "JoJo" Takayanagi - Free Form Suite (Free Blind Mice, 1972) The first tune of this could be Guiffre. The rest, less so.

Thanks everyone.

Thank you.

This old thread has some quite interesting discussions, quite aside from from the core questions that are discussed. There are a number of names of musicians with whom I am familiar but whose work I really don't know, largely because I don't really keep abreast of modern "genre work" in the bebop/hard bop world. I would be grateful if someone who likes these players could recommend me one record for each of the following players that he or she thinks is a good representation of the player at his or her best (it needn't be a leader date): Grant Stewart Tardo Hammer Scott Hamilton Sasha Perry Steve Ash Thank you in advance.

John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound (Atlantic, 1964) I'm interested to know what this is like. It's an interesting mix of players.

Thanks!

Ambrose Akinmusire - When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note, 2011) It's my first time listening to this, having been a bit turned off by his more recent albums with their attempts at crossover. I'm struck by how strong it is.

Group Niche - No Hay Quinto Malo (1985) Cali salsa classic. I've been looking for this ages. It is one of my favourite records from the Latin pantheon. I was going to import it from Columbia over discogs. Then one day I found it in the market for £15. I have heard myths of Columbian vinyl being on a level with classic Jamaican pressings, and, whilst I can't comment, it does sound great. It comes in a weird plastic case with the actual sleeve inside, not sealed. I'm not sure whether that's normal for Columbian vinyl.

Wow. Were you involved in the Atlantic records as well as the others?

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Fanfare for the Warriors (Atlantic, 1974) Weird cover on this release, but it sounds great. Weird cover on this release, but it sounds great.

Free Jazz Collective's menu du jour. Four and a half stars well earned?

I had the pleasure of introducing a friend to this recently.

I love that record. Thank you for the reminder.

Yep. Can you hear the improvement?

Good one, and a narrow choice, but I think that, despite the ever so very slightly smaller recorded output, Mitchell has greater depth and a wider vision. Soprano saxophone or Baritone saxophone?

Herbie Hancock - Sound System (Columbia, 1984) Bizarrely, I see that Toshinori Kondo and Hamid Drake are on this record. It's a shame that Brötzmann wasn't available.

Hum Dono (Columbia, 1969) by Joe Harriott & Amancio D'Silva Quartet