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I'm just listening to the Classic Records mono deepgroove reissue of Dizzy Reece's 'Star Bright', a late 50s session recorded with Hank Mobley and Wynton Kelly. Sounds pretty good to me ! I suspect that the sound is not quite as broad as the 47W63rd original but there again originals of this one are well into the hundreds of dollars, if you can find one that is. These Classics reissues are beautifully presented and the Reece in particular is most definitely recommended.

Totally agree.

I managed to pick up that Vol 1 2LP set today and as the cover has a small tear it was marked down from £15 to £7 (just my sort of price !). Just listening to side B and Bennie Maupin wailing away on Charles Earland's 'Galaxy'. Not as adventurous as the stuff on Vol 2 but pretty nice nonetheless (very 'Headhunter-ish' with a hint or two of Starsky and Hutch and Kojak.. ). I've revised my opinion upwards on the Capitol albums - unfortunately listening to one track of 'Runnin' To Your Love' biased me somewhat in the past.

Dexter's 'One Flight Up'

She was listed as appearing on occasions on the Sunday brunches at The Lighthouse when I was there a few years ago. Didn't see her though..

Horace Parlan 'Speakin' My Piece' on the NY USA mono with Stanley T. at full bore.. . To be follwed by Horace's 'Blowin The Blues Away' 47W63rd and Morgan's 'The Sidewinder' on NY USA, both mono.

I'm suprised this wasn't registered during routine checks of fire sprinklers etc. or by the window cleaners when they did the regular clean up.

This was one of my first Mosaics and still one of the favourites. Sounds particularly nice too in the vinyl format but the CDs are also well up to standard. The set gets quite a 'panning' at times, possibly because of the 70s sound on some of the sessions. I can't say I agree though - the music for the most part sounds wonderful. I even like the vocal numbers recorded with Judy Singh ! Fortunately, you can still pick up copies of 'Stepping Stones' on vinyl for not too many $. Too bad this session was left out of the set.

By the way the sound on the Capricorns reminds me a lot of Julian Priester's 'Love Love' (ECM). Not suprising I guess as they were all recorded at Different Fur Trading in San Fran at about the same vintage.

I passed on Volume 1 so far but I'm passing a shop tomorrow which (I think) has it on vinyl and hopefully at the £12 price.

I picked up the original LP of 'Realization' back in 1976 in a deletions rack and have just loved it ever since. Dig Patrick Gleeson's spacey & heavy moog sounds and Herbie's great playing as well as the fantastic trumpet and flugel from Eddie. Having not heard 'Inside Out' and being a huge fan of Eddie's 'Mwandishi' era recordings (but not his disco-fied Capitols - hate them) I picked up the 2LP set of the Capricorn material. Not a bad price at £12 and a nice pressing to boot. The label is Soul Brother Records - they are an R&B/Soul/Jazz specialist on Streatham High Street in 'Sarf' London. They do a real nice line in multicolour DJ vinyl carry-bags too .. B-)

The biggest suprise for me with this fine set were the Flora Purim vocals, which I enjoyed immensely. Joe's backing to Flora is just sublime, very sympathetic. The tracks from 'Power To The People' though are probably the standout, although the Lighthouse material recorded with Woody Shaw is also nice. Fine set !

Sweet. I'd love to have that one. I've lost on E-Bay quite a few times on it. Yes, its a nice one. Big John in particular sounds glorious. Found it by pure chance on display in a UK store. The vinyl is great and the front cover is absolutely pristine, original laminate. Just minor marker pen (a price) on the back but otherwise its A1. That was the fastest buying decision I ever made.

Nathan Davis 'London By Night' on Hot House Records, put out by the folks at Mole Jazz..

and closely followed for contrast by the NY USA mono of Harold Vick "Steppin' Out". Smokin !

Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan "Goin' Home" on Steeplechase. Mellow.. -_-

Lawrence Marable 'Tenorman' featuring James Clay. A nice 1980s facsimile of the Jazz-West LP put out by Fresh Sounds. To be followed by another Fresh Sounds LP - 'The Nature of Things' by the Lenny Hambro Quintet.

Isn't that the early 70s Impulse version ? I have a 'Sun Ship' from similar vintage with the Coltrane face logo on the bottom right.

Here's the cover of the original LP:

The black label Liberty pressings sometime sound amazingly good for such flimsy pieces of vinyl. Just spinning Benny Golson 'Blues on Down' - a nice Milestone twofer from the late 70s which documents some nice Jazztet-like sessions for Riverside.

Happy birthday indeed to Wayne. I needed an excuse to work my way through the Shorter Blue Notes today and this is it !

'She introduced me to Lennon, and he said laconically, "Ah, yes, Paul has the Sun Ras." I asked Lennon whether their label, Apple, would be willing to distribute ESP. He drew himself up in mock horror. "What? Us distribute you?"' I would never have guessed that McCartney was a Sun Ra sort of guy..

Looks like the article in JAW's post may answer that one: "In 1980, I became an assistant attorney general of the state of New York, where I stayed for the next 10 years..." How did some of those ESP masters end up in Holland though?

This fascinating thread has got me curious on reading more about Bernie Stollman and ESP. There's frequent mention in the Leroi Jones 'Black Music', where Stollman comes across as something of a positive figure in something of a sea of sharks. Wonder how he managed to work that fiscal transformation Chuck observed in the 'Phantom Returns' section of his story?

Those previously unissued Holman dates will be to your likings! What a great musician!