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Currently listening to Engraved In The Wind (RogueArt, 2013) by Nicole Mitchell. Now this is a jazz flute album. I just wish that RogueArt sold downloads. I don't really buy CDs anymore. But there is so much quality on that label.

Not just a leather jacket, but leather trousers too.

Big John Patton's Accent on the Blues (Blue Note, 1969) For some reason I like this one a lot more than Boogaloo. Now listening to: Marchin' On by the Heath Brothers (Strata-East 1975).

Oh no. Wishing you a swift recovery!

Thanks! I like the idea of the Jazz Thermidorian Reaction. A necessary corrective to the previous Jazz Reign of Terror. And leading inevitably to the period of the Jazz Directory!

The Sam Rivers Quartet with Anthony Braxton playing on Live San Francisco 1978. A really good performance, and a real kick to hear such different musicians play against each other. This time with added tuba. It also has a rare chance to hear Rivers comping on piano behind a horn player - something that I don't think I have heard before. I think it is just a boot, but it sounds fantastic and could really do with a formal release. I think that Ricochet, one of the recent live releases on NoBusiness, came from the same residency.

After over a month of what appears to be quite intense listening to jazz from the 1980s (on the basis of the Listening to... thread), I would be interested to know any preliminary conclusions...

I think I saw a vinyl copy at Honest Jon's in London quite recently. Not sure whether that helps.

I like those random decisions. You never really regret them.

Another brilliant one.

Thanks! Who would have thought it. It didn't occur to me.

I love this record so much.

Slightly random question, but does anyone know the recording details (players, recording date, label etc) for Songs for My Mother? It has almost no internet presence. I would normally get that stuff off Discogs, but Discogs swears that the record does not exist.

Some great players on these. I don't know them so will give them a go too.

I think that was certainly an issue with some of them. Total throw-together-and-bash-'em-out stuff. But others were more solid statements I think. I'm interested in what has so far been left out. No Tadd Dameron. Nothing West Coast or Chicago. The fact is that I don't actually know whether there were any good early LPs for those sorts of artists.

Currently on Bley, Koglmann and Peacock’s Annette (hatART, 1992).

That's a good example!

I prefer this cover. The king one looks a bit cheap and silly!

Oddly one of the only records my father in law owned. Other than endless Goon Show alumni's records. Me too. The idea for this thread actually came from the mixtape thread that is ongoing at the moment.

That's part of the reason I like Story so much - it has lots of alternate takes.

I find box sets or multiple CD editions a bit indigestible, and, even when it comes to earlier bebop sides, I much prefer to listen to the older 10” or 12” LP packaged versions when possible. To my mind, for example, the best starting point for bebop would be The Charlie Parker Story, rather than The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions, which tends to tire me out. So, does anyone else share this view, and, if so, what are you favourites among the earlier releases or packages?

Thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to reading what will no doubt be a very in depth piece.

I always loved the cover for this. He looks incredibly tough.

Issue 261, April 2021. Gretchen Parlato cover. Presumably he sought it out, on the back of last month's release.

Ole EP's at it again in the recent issue of Jazzwise. This time with some added specificity.