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Time Berne's Sanctified Dreams (Columbia, 1988)

Lester Bowie - Rope-A-Dope (Muse, 1976) Stanley Turrentine - Never Let Me Go (Blue Note, 1963) I really think that this is an underrated gem even within Turrentine's and Scott's catalogues. It has such a heavy hit of gospel and blues to it, but, over and above that, the timing is so stretched out. It's amazing.

What are they?

I had that photo on my wall as a young youth.

Brilliant one.

[Ahmed]'s Nights on Saturn (Communication) from early this year on Astral Spirits. Really enjoying this one. Pat Thomas on piano, Seymour Wright (who I don't know) on alto, Joel Grip on bass and Antonin Gerbal on drums.

That may just be an advert. I think that the Japanese just says something like "recommended products for this topic:".

Thank you for these. I actually hadn't picked it up until recently. I don't recall quite why I noted the name but it is pretty likely that I did so because I saw it on your 70s blog, so a big thank you for that too.

The rare good article from the increasingly dreadful Pitchfork media: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sonny-sharrock-ask-the-ages/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

I know nothing about it, and had no expectations. Did he do anything else comparable?

It's gone by incredibly quickly. I've enjoyed trading it throughout.

Eddie Louiss- Our Kind of Sabi (MPS, 1970)

A great one.

There’s always more Steve Lacy to investigate. Now playing: Ornette Coleman’s Of Human Feelings (Island/Antilles, 1982). There was some recent talk about Prime Time-era Ornette on this forum, which has sent me on a listening splurge. I haven’t really listened to them since my student days, when I was weirdly fascinated by Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Amazing how great, yet how comparatively undersung, this music still is. It reminds me of the low appreciation of Mwandishi-era Hancock only a few years ago. Presumably someone will write a book or do a documentary about Ornette’s electric period sometime soon, and the recognition and price of these records will skyrocket, but I’m enjoying picking them up for comparatively cheap for now.

What a great thread this is.

Thanks both. Always interested in anything Jerome Richardson.

What is this one's story? Pretty interesting name and line up A good one.

David Sanchez' Melaza (Columbia, 2000) Some very good playing on here by Miguel Zenon in particular.

Thanks

Baden Powell’s and Vincius de Moraes’ Os Afro Sambas (Forma, 1966)

Bought today from a tiny nook in the wall in Dartmouth.

Burton Greene - Presenting... (CBS, 1970). A really good album, which makes me want to dig further into Greene’s work. Very good Byard Lancaster performances too. Now onto: Idris Ackermoor & The Pyramids - Shaman (Strut, 2020). I think this is a solid late period record, without either the strengths or deficiencies of the Pyramids’ earlier records. None of the wildness in the playing. A bit of a pastiche of 70s styles through a 2020s lense at times, but overall, an enjoyable record. Great cover.

No way! Fourth is best, and the fifth and sixth are great too. it’s only with those three that they learned how to write a vocal line that was not identical to what the bass was playing. Also, no love for the Dio era? Those first two are great metal albums.

Not so much with clave, but this does describe quite a few of my favourite bossa records from the 1960s. There’s a rich tradition of ersatz bossa from all ends of the US jazz world.

I just had a bewildered couple of minutes before I realised there are two different Steve Jordans. One of whom does not play accordion.