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I wonder. Perhaps a mix of Eicher's clammy touch with the effect of age and becoming an older statesman - something that normally doesn't affect jazz as much as other genres, but does seem to have gotten to Iyer. I don't know these two. Would you start here or elsewhere?

Vijay Iyer - Panoptic Modes (Red Giant, 2001) Listening to this early Iyer I am struck by how much more enjoyable his playing used to be. Whilst I am almost always impressed by Iyer's records, I am not sure that I have found them "enjoyable" for a while. They seem to be getting weightier with each year.

How about: John Gilmore or Jimmy Lyons?

Oh no. I hope it's okay.

There's always time. I'm really enjoying it. A great example of underappreciated and unrecognised 70s bop.

Ouch!

James Moody - Feelin' It Together (Muse, 1974) With thanks to @HutchFan for the recommendation.

Is it a West Coast thing too? (Probably a result of a pervasive Lester Young influence, although that could just be stereotype). One example:

In terms of tracks, there's always that version of "Sonnymoon for Two" on 100% Proof with him and Ronnie Scott trading back and forth. Possibly this beats it in LP terms.

I second that Hailu Mergia recommendation. And Mulatu is another good place to start if only because of his availability. For some reason he is very popular among the same hip hop crowd that also loves Lanquidity, so the Sun Ra connection is there - I also hear it in the short funk pieces on Atlantis. As with US jazz, there is a point where this sort of “ethiojazz” shades into “ethiofunk”, I.e., R&B. What’s interesting is that, although there is a clear influence from US music, a whole lot of the rhythmic detail appears to be taken from more traditional Ethiopian musics and is shared within the “genres”. Sticking to the “jazz” music gives a great but slightly incomplete picture, as with the US equivalent. On the “R&B” side Mahmoud Ahmed’s Ere Mela, available through the same Ethiopiques series, is a good place to start. Awesome Tapes from Africa seems to have moved away from its original concept, but it was and is still a blog with mp3s to download. If you go on there and filter for East Africa there’s some incredible records, which when the blog first started were very obscure.

The Odean Pope Saxophone Choir - The Saxophone Shop (Soul Note, 1985)

Oh sorry. I missed that. Please ignore my question. Sorry.

Ooh. Roach or Elvin?

Keith Jarrett or Chick Corea?

Tubby Hayes - 100% Proof (Fontana, 1967)

Should there be an answer to these questions?

Absolutely. So awful.

It happened to video games too, I think. There was a dramatic slump in the early 1980s, and Atari notoriously just dumped a huge shipment of E.T. games straight into landfill.

Kenny Werner - Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note, 2007)

Chris Potter - Gratitude (Verve, 2001) I think this has aged well, unlike the truly awful cover art.

Not yet. I fear giving in an emboldening the algorithm further.

The John Dankworth Quartet / The Ronnie Scott Boptet - Bop at Club 11, very early British bop recorded live in 1949. Funny to hear how different trumpeter Dennis Rose sounds to the other featured soloists - almost as if bebop had just hit as he was getting to grips with Armstrong, and he wasn't sure whether to make the jump. Then on to: Rolf Kühn Quintett - Solarius (Amiga) This one's a great record. Ahmed Jamal - Outertimeinnerspace (Impulse!, 1972)

I don't think it was mentioned above, but an excellent website with discographical details for the early British Bebop scene is Henry Bebop: http://henrybebop.co.uk/bebop.htm

Lee Konitz and Rich Perry - RichLee (Steeplechase, 1998) I'm interested whether anyone can think of a better deployment of a shellsuit in jazz than here? Konitz demolishes his sparring partner in polyester terms, giving him a crucial psychological edge when it comes to the secondary issue of the saxophone.

This record is really something. I've just finished spinning the reissue of Black Unity Trio's Al Fatihah (1968)