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I'm glad you mentioned Wyands. I just listened to him on my "Oliver Nelson "Screamin' the Blues" LP and another LP I played recently (darn, but I can't recll it at the moment ) where his playing really caught my attention. Perhaps one of those "talents deserving of wider recognition"? Absolutely ! Fits extremely well into the soulfull groove on this session, indeed holds it all together. He's also on that Richard Williams 'New Horn In Town' I seem to recall. 'Screamin' The Blues' is a nice Nelson session, must track down a vinyl of that one. I have it on the Dolphy Prestige CD set though.

Great !

I think the first great jazz stuff I heard was a bundle of LPs lent by an uncle with a great jazz collection back in the early 70s. There was the 'Wardell Gray Memorial Album Vols 1 and 2, the Miles Davis 3LP French CBS 'Essential Miles Davis' box, a Charlie Parker Verve ('Pick of Parker') and then for Xmas I got the Sonny Rollins twofer on Prestige. It was downhill from there... :rsly:

Hi Tooter - table lists it as a Duke Jordan composition but published under one of Gryce's publishing companies. Maybe Mike can elaborate? (from the book it is clear that many musicians of the time got their tunes published by Gryce, who was something of a pioneer in this field). Great book by the way..

Just noticed from the appendix to Mike and Noal Cohen's 'Rat Race Blues' book that 'Sheila (Pannonica)' is listed as one of the Melotone Music, Inc. publishing holdings administered at the time by Gigi Gryce.

Noticing that Bobby H had not featured to date in 'AOTW' and of the opinion that this is a very under-rated Hutcherson session that should be in permanent print, here it is.... I think the last time this one was put out by Blue Note was as a 'Collectors Choice' issue back in the mid 1990s, since then it's quite hard to find and has yet to be put out as a Conn or RVG. Absolutely wonderful quartet with Herbie Hancock, Albert Stinson and Joe Chambers that is stylistically quite similar to the equally fine 'Happenings'. When I first heard this one, apart from the stunning empathy between Hutch and Hancock, the rock solid and inventive bass playing from the late Albert Stinson really stood out. Joe Chambers is his usual majesterial self (both on drums and as composer ). PS - If anyone has got a good vinyl copy of the King LP for this one for sale let me know.. Also realising that 'Oblique' is currently OOP I suggest that comments relating to other Hutcherson albums of this vintage ('Components, Happenings', 'Dialogue') are also very much welcome.

Just spinning a Liberty of Frank Foster 'Manhattan Fever'. Nice late 60s session this one, some good Richard Wyands on piano. Possible future Conn (or Rare Groove)candidate?

Good to hear he's back in action ! Fond memoris of his solo recital in Bath (1988 I think) in the Georgian splendour of the Guildhall. About the most civilised jazz performance I have ever witnessed and Solal was awesome.

When I saw him in 1999 at a round-table discussion on LA jazz he was wheel-chair bound. Full of great stories and very engaging - If he's playing again that would be wonderful.

I have to agree with you on that. For example, I was checking out the Hoffman forum for a while (no longer) and it seemed as if everyone was obsessed with DSOM. Almost like a religious thing. It's weird. It's still a huge seller I believe. At a recent vinyl sale there was a guy there selling a whole incredible collection of Floyd vinyl, with pressings of every album in every country released (Argentinian first pressing DSOM anyone?). Incredible - I bought a German Columbia-EMI original of 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' plus a couple of other early ones. Apparently he was selling because his Mrs thought they were cluttering up the house..

I've got the Milburn LP set in my long-range sights, not sure when it is likely to hit 'running low' (anyone any idea?). I like the Charles Brown LP set so this will likely be a nice next port of call in that genre.

Choice track for this workout experience must be 'Rio' Not one to 'Procrastinate' on...

:rsmile: Hmmm - do I sense a cross-linkage here to another recent Germanic thread?

These German Libertys should not be mentioned in the same breath as the Pathe Marconi DMMs . Visually they are hardly distinguishable from Blue/White US Liberty pressings but just have a bit of German text around the periphery of the label. The quality of the pressings far exceeds that of any US Liberty pressings of the 1967-early 70s vintage I have heard. Better quality control - comparable I guess to the early (pre-Liberty) NY USA vintage in the US.

A couple more: RJL-8105 Blakey & Messengers 'On The New Tradition' RJL-8054 Benny Golson 'Time Speaks'

Glad to hear that it is not just me that is hearing this ! That Morgan 'Live at the Lighthouse' has tremendous presence and is in mint. 'Van Gelder' in the hot wax too. In fact it absolutely trounces the 3CD set in terms of sound quality. I think the LP has additional announcements by Lee too (although admittedly the extra material on the CD set is nice). Worth keeping a lookout for these !

Tony Williams Lifetime 'The Old Bums Rush'. US Polydor promotional copy.

I've got Baystate RJL-8026, which is Benny Golson 'One More Mem'ry'. This lists on the OBI: RJL-8013 Benny Golson 'California Message' RJL-8018 Joe Chambers 'New York Concerto' (sounds nice, me wantee ) RJL-8025 Some dude/band called 'Kazu', can't translate !

Recently listening to a German Liberty copy of Lee Morgan's 'Live At The Lighthouse' (which has the original US sleeve) I was impressed at the really excellent pressing quality. On the basis of this and several other German Liberty's in my collection (including a 'Natural Essence' and a 'Conquistador') I'd say that the German pressings definitely have the edge on the US counterparts of this particular vintage. Anyone else got any of these Teutonic beauties and care to comment?

Followed up by Johnny Coles 'Little Johnny C' mono NY USA DG side 1.

Horace Silver 'Horace-Scope' 47 W 63rd DG both sides. A few marks on the vinyl but the stylus is totally oblivious to them. These old original BN pressings are the greatest !

Looks like the 'Applause' reissue vinyl artwork. Typical 1970s taste low point..

'Oblique' and 'Happenings' are long overdue for reissue. Both gems.

Shut the hell up. I strongly recommend this set. :rsly: