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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.

Eric Kloss' Consciousness! (Prestige, 1970) There's been some mention of this recently which inspired me to dig it out. A really great album, with some of Chick Corea's best playing.

Neuringer/Dulberger/Masri – Dromedaries II (Relative Pitch, 2020) Really hot stuff, and recommended for those on this board who don’t mind it free. Now on to this one: Historic Concerts (Soul Note, 1979) by Cecil Taylor and Max Roach

One of my favourite records of the 1990s, the Misha Mengelberg Trio's No Idea (DIW, 1997). In my head, it sits right next to similar classics by Lacy, but this one in particular is Monkism as extremist provocation.

I was generation minidisc, and only had a few tapes. I loved my mixes, and spent hours drawing colourful labels etc., but it was all metal, east coast hip hop, dub and hardcore. Then and now I have always preferred enjoying jazz as an album-length artform, not on a song by song basis. The sole exception being classic bebop, where there's not much choice.

Just finished: Litania Sibilante by Italian Instabile Orchestra (Enja, 2000) A brilliant big band record. With thanks to whoever suggested it recently on the Italian scene thread. Now playing: The Warne Marsh Quintet's Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 (Storyville, 1975). Not the best of their meet ups (that would be Halfnote, in my opinion) but a favourite nonetheless!

Nice one!

I’m less into it than I was, to tell the truth. His playing is still good, but I feel that the rest of the world has caught up a bit with the rest of the concept, and it now seems less special than it did at the time.

Power Lines by Ned Rothenberg

I may have mentioned elsewhere, but Matana Roberts is apparently a big fan of this one. I'm not sure that I hear a lot of it in her alto playing.

I don’t know what the music is like, but the covers are entertaining.

Now on to Expression (Impulse!, 1967) by JC.

Some electric Bley, Peacock and Bennink to end the weekend on a high, with Paul Bley's Improvisie (America, 1972).

Gioia's career strategy is Jazz Writer.

I do find that the lyrics have got less funny and more difficult to handle with time and age. That's less of an issue for original Mothers and the Roxy band.