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I’ve never heard that one - but I can imagine that an Xmas album by Ms Dennerlein would be just great !

I think the Lou Mosaic was more of a dip into the sessions, including more obscure ones, than specifically a coverage by date x to y. All the better for it, IMO ! That one disappeared fast on the infamous ‘Black Friday’, when the production parts disappeared.

Just going on deck. Last Resonance vinyl of the year - it has been a good year for them. Sounds absolutely fantastic - the usual Resonance surface marks but plays like a dream. My new favourite Monty Alexander album !

Big Bear/Transatlantic

The Lou is a good one, in excellent sound. ‘No fusion confusion’, to quote the maestro. Rearward LP - in mono !

Plenty of copies around, I think. Ronnie was hugely under-rated as a saxophonist.

Both of the above are really good.

Tone Poet

Dusko Gojkovic and Eric Van Lier also still with us, that I can think of.

Ralph Peterson Jnr’s Blue Note releases are worth picking up, as are the Don Pullens and the ones by the Tony Williams Quintet (although late 80s I think). I have a soft spot for the early Don Byrons too. I saw that McLean ‘Rhythm of the Earth’ band in performance - and they played much of the material from that CD. An excellent evening, well received by the Canadian audience.

My ‘Free Flight’ has arrived - sound is better than expected from a bandstand cassette recording and the music on the two CDs is very good. The usual expert notes from Simon Spillett as well. Worth getting !

Totally agree, Daniel. No need for a separate mono rig in this set up here. Space - and racking - which can be better used on other stuff. Personally, I have always found both stereo and mono pressings sound just fine on a single, half way decent, setup. Lunacy !

I remember him having at least one disco hit in the late 1970s - at least over here.

Is that Billy Root on the tenor? I have the feeling that he was in a Gillespie Tribute Orchestra I saw in LA in the late 1990s. The lineup in that band was quite an eye-opener.

LP1 - sounding great, thankfully. One of the releases of the year for sure. The Bennink/Jacobs team is excellent. LP2, Arnhem - Sonically obviously compromised but Sonny in incendiary form, Bennink wonderful. Very listenable, in a ‘Dean Benedetti’ sort of way. Love it !

The story about it is in the book. The drawing of Evans by DSM was held by Cynthia Sesso of CTS Images, released for use on this release by Zev F.

The way he anchors ‘Trenton Place’ case in point. I’ve ordered ‘Free Flight’. Some negative reviews about the sonics on this recording from various quarters but the music sounds damn good to me !

London Jazz News has done a nice writeup. Fascinating story about Joe Henderson seeking Ron out in NYC: https://londonjazznews.com/2020/12/04/rip-ron-mathewson-1944-2020/

Rearward CD

Thanks for that. I have the Ray Warleigh from this archive, definitely worth hearing too. I think I also caught Ron live with ‘Paz’, also the subject of one of those archive releases.