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Larry "Wild" Wrice – Wild! The Big Big Sound Of Larry "Wild" Wrice

Milcho Leviev Quarter - Blues for the Fisherman

George Lewis and Roscoe Mitchell - Voyage and Homecoming

Thanks everyone for the recommendations. I've listened to some of them above. Quite a different pianist to the earlier style. Far less hard bop and far more swing and stride in his later style. Some very good stuff, if not quite such a jolt as the older self-titled record that made me first pay notice I've been quite interested in the Scott Hamilton ones. I don't like Hamilton very much as a rule, but he has a harder edge on Handful of Stars than I had expected, and plays some unexpected stuff in his solos. Zoot's Hymns has a tenor player on it called John Doughten. A completely new name to me. Seems to have released only a single leader record. Does he have much of a presence?

Marco Colonna, Edoardo Marraffa, Fabrizio Spera and Marco Zanotti - Red Planet

Thanks! I generally don't mind Venus' covers, but the two quartet dates are, not just porny, and awkward, but also ugly. Feel free to point me elsewhere.

Thanks!

Toshimaru Nakamura - No Input Mixing Board #8 Such melodies.

Oh wow, this one is great. I'd never heard of it before.

Stephan Oliva / Bruno Chevillon / François Merville – Jade Visions

Sonore (Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark and Peter Brotzmann) - No One Ever Works Alone I've been listening to a lot of WSQ recently and the difference between that supergroup and this supergroup is pretty stark. Much more so than WSQ v Rova. The different ways that the European* free jazz musicians handle counterpoint and rhythm really shows through in this context. Edit: Ken Vandermark of course is not European, but it is also hard to see him as the lead here.

If I were to go for these, would that be a good choice? Time on My Hands (Arbors) Speaking of Jobim (Sunnyside) A Handful Of Stars (Venus) - A Hamilton / Peplowski one Bewitched (Venus) - A trio one Or would you substitute any of these? Sorry to be asking for specific recommendations, but I want a nice drink, rather than a pub crawl.

Sainkho Namchylak – Letters

The MPS Rhythm Combination & Brass Leader: Peter Herbolzheimer – My Kind Of Sunshine

John McCowen - 4 Chairs in 3 Dimensions

Thanks! And that Flophouse interview was what led to me listening to him! It's a good piece and a good extract. Of the Venuses, with which you start? I notice that they're all streamable, so the old availability issues don't apply.

Goran Kajfeš – Headspin What a dreadful album cover.

Pretty much a new artist to me. I hadn't really clocked him before. But I like what I am hearing a lot. I'd be interested to know forum members' recommendations for him. Ideally, recommendations for specific albums from different periods, rather than e.g. all the Venues.

I find I like her when I like her. Records like this or No Try No Fail are among my favourite ever. But then she has released plenty of records with which I can't really connect

Eddie Higgins - Eddie Higgins First listen to this.

Maarten van Regteren Altena – Handicaps

Joëlle Léandre – Contrebassiste (Taxi)

Andrea Centazzo, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams – Velocities

Joseph Jarman and Don Mote - Earth Passage – Density

Sy Oliver And His Orchestra – Sentimental Sy