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The ‘Complete Miles’ is a great set and one I frequently access. Remember when it came out that they messed up the lid and some of the CDs had glue inside the covers. Ended up being sent a replacement set. Another nice thing is that many of the CDs have bonus tracks not on the original LPs.

Have that one on vinyl. Also remember them doing tracks from the album at Ronnie Scott’s many years ago (40 ish !) just after it came out. Martin Speake is playing Swanage with his quartet next weekend. Hope to catch it.

I think Al Foster’s excellent playing is sort of like the icing on the cake of that fine album - although I wasn’t that keen on the album when it came out. Teo Macero really captures Foster’s drums well.

Interesting. Quite a few of those including the Calvin Keys and the first Blakey seem to have also been RSD issues. The John Hicks too - although I can’t say I ever saw that one for sale or in the racks.

Tempted to get that ‘Eastern Rebellion’ as the copy I have (bought in the 70s) is on Muse (Vols 2 onwards I have on Timeless). The Muse, I have to admit, sounds pretty good. My Blakey says ‘Tidalwaves Music’ in cooperation with ‘Timeless Jazz’ (whatever that means ). It was an RSD issue.

Another very interesting obscurity from 1973 on Frederiksberg by US band Compass.

The Art Blakey double LP that they have just reissued is in equally hideous purple vinyl but sounds good too.

Recent arrival on Frederiksberg. Love it !

They definitely got over here. I have several early original Three Sounds LPs with UK import stickers on the back of them.

Lots of interesting film footage and information about SABA on that ‘Jazzin’ The Black Forest’ film put out by Crippled Dick Hot Wax. Was just viewing it again recently. The book that they put out with it is good too. Don’t think it sold in significant numbers, Germany release only I think and wasn’t pressed in the UK. At least Edel have reissued it on vinyl recently in 180g. Wondering if that old SABA studio of HGBS (converted ex noodle factory I think) does guided tours? If so, I can feel a tourist visit to Villingen coming on. Per the footage on the Crippled Dick film, it is/was preserved very much intact.

Not to forget John Taylor ‘Decipher’ and Art Farmer/Jimmy Heath ‘From Vienna With Art’. Or Freddie Hubbard ‘Hub of Hubbard’. Oh - and Francy Boland ‘Flirt and Dream’ and Fats Sadi ‘Ensadinado’. Still trying to get my head round that one !

Saw him in ‘78 I think - Lyle Mays was in the band and they also did Chick stuff such as ‘La Fiesta’. Managed permission to go back stage and saw Woody close up, amazed how short he was !

My ‘local’ had 3 copies. Same with the Miles and Blakey. Unprecedented ! The Hubbard concert is available in video on YouTube but it is nice to listen to it in good sound.

Predictably good - with Junior Cook and George Cables. INA recording put out by ‘We Want Sounds’.

Light In The Attic double of the two Timeless LPs. The recording quality isn’t the greatest but the music is stellar. Updated one day later to add that I am liking this one a lot and the recording is fine (must be my ears !) not perfect but not bad at all. In addition to the Messengers lineup of the time there is Curtis Fuller on trombone (always a plus) and Ray Mantilla on congas. Vols 1 and 2 totally passed me by at time of issue for some reason. Although this one is on purple vinyl (why?), pressing is fine, the sleeve and OBI are well done and make this into a nice issue.

Yes, I’m spinning it too. This is a good live performance by this band - and in decent sound too. Must have been good to witness it. I’ve been in that Montreal theatre and it is a lovely concert venue. Some good playing by Bill Evans - that flute feature on side D is almost Sonny Fortune-ish, in a sort of Agharta throwback as the tempo is dropped towards the end of the performance. Otherwise though, the influences of the time, the MTV era, dominate. Miles’ (very good) open horn solo on the second track on side B reminds me of the blues solo he did on the ‘Big Fun’ album. More ‘70s continuity than expected !

Just cracking this one open. Decent sound, lots of ‘punch’ in the vinyl version.

I have a number of those ‘Jazz West Coast’ compilations. Forget originals - this sounds pretty good. ‘Two Trumpets’ and ‘Young Bloods’.

He’s always there at every gig blocking the view in front of me.

I see that the signed copy of her ‘starkers cover’ double LP with John Lennon which was in John Peel’s archive has just sold at the Bonhams auction for over £15,000 !

Blakey was wearing those dungarees the first time or two I saw him but not the rest of the band. See cover photo of ‘Gypsy Folk Tales’ LP. Wynton was either in blue jacket plus chinos or suit, definitely not dungarees ! I remember seeing Herbie Lewis wearing dungarees at a Ronnie Scott’s gig as well. Height of fashion at the time.

Listening to the sample track on Bandcamp, the piano sounds out of tune. They have also done the vinyl reissue of Ian Carr ‘Belladona’.

And also former Forum member ‘Deep’? (or was that the BNBB?)

Another superb Tone Poet release.