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Freddie Roach - Mo' Greens Please Who was Conrad Lester?

I don't listen to these but I really love reading the written summaries. They're always fantastic.

Shorty Rogers And His Giants – Clickin' With Clax

What is your tolerance for monotonously lachrymose hagiographies of jazz greats?

Ha! I wondered at that too.

It is your chance to see what a But Beautiful chapter on Albert Ayler would have looked like.

Thanks for forwarding! Geoff Dyer, though... I somehow managed to get to the end of But Beautiful, and this is giving me flashbacks.

What I would say is that it was a hearteningly young audience. Very nice to see.

I really came away thinking that she had about five tricks and not much more. Amadou made it good by tying it together and keeping it punky, which meant that I was less concerned by Amba's repeating herself.

No flute. Very similar to the first set, really. Do you know Amadou in any other setting? I don't think I have ever heard of her.

Saw Zoh Amba at Cafe OTO, with Farida Amadou on bass and Chris Corsano on drums. It was a good gig. I am half and half on Amba and a bit sceptical on Corsano, but I really enjoyed it. Amadou, who I didn't know at all, played 80s harmolodic influenced electric bass, which gave the whole performance a gritty punk free jazz edge. I went with two civilians, who both really enjoyed it.

Yeah. That's a great record. Sabuuuuu

It's no Jazz Espagnole

This is one of my favourite Sanders records. There is a real smoothness to it, along with a lot of brawn. My wife burst laughing when I brought it out of the bag.

Charlie Parker - Bird/The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes)

Ironic name. I was very impressed though.

Abdul Zahir Batin & The Notorious Ensemble – Live At The Jazz Cultural Theatre

Joel Futtermann, Jimmy Lyons and Robert Adkins – In-Between-Position(s) - A Trio In Eight Movements

Another recent acquisition, this time not a jazz record: Albert Collins - Ice Pickin' Again, happy to own this one finally.

It's one of my favourite of his weirder ones.

Eddie Harris - Instant Death A record that I have wanted to own for a while but which never showed up at the right price point, bought on recent trip to Phoenix.

I did not know about this. Having checked up on it, it looks really interesting! A family affair. How does it sound?

I started listening to jazz in the 1990s, during the reissue era that Cuscuna himself ushered in. At the time, those pastiche-Reid Miles style re-covered CD reissues of LT-era releases were everywhere. It really shaped what I listened to and bought. Cuscuna and his involvement in the LT series and beyond is a piece of jazz history that I would love to see explored in a detailed longform article. Anyway, RIP.

Has anyone listened to any of these yet? Any that are outstanding? Any that didn't need to be issued?

This really made me chuckle