paul secor

He has my thanks for being the first to record Joseph Spence. The blues recordings he did were somewhat hit or miss imo, but the J.D. Short recordings from the early '60's and Buddy Guy's A Man & the Blues are top notch.

I've read at least two interviews with Cecil Taylor where he's mentioned that he's been listening to Gary Graffman. I know nothing about Gary Graffman except for the mentions by Mr. Taylor and the fact that his playing career was curtailed by an injury to his right hand. Any thoughts, opinions, recommendations, non-recommendations, ... ?

Thanks, Larry.

In addition to what's listed on the link, Leroy Lowe played on a couple of Khan Jamal Steeplechase records: Dark Warrior and The Traveler.

Can a moderator delete 3 from the title of this thread so that it just reads Your Favorite AACM Recordings? Thanks.

Two favorite Trio LPs from the 1970's: Muhal Richard Abrams: Afrisong Air: Air Song

Robert Benton's Nobody's Fool was true to Richard Russo's novel, even if some details had to be omitted for cinematic and time reasons. Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 is supposedly different from Bradbury's novel. I like the film very much, but haven't read the novel. A couple of friends have told me that they like the film more than the novel.

Henry Threadgill: X-75 Volume 1 (Arista/Novus)

John Philip Sousa A Boy Named Sue Jacoby & Meyers

Irish McCalla France Nuyen "Swede" Halbrook

Can't make sense of it either, Larry. Could be "miner's gong" - whatever that means.

You're still a youngster.

Sometimes, when I'm listening to an older record, I think about how it sounded to me when I first heard it and how it's impossible to recapture that impression. To me the true sign of a really good recording is , me being as interested/ excited to hear it once again no matter how many times I've played it in the past. Recognising that a recording will have a long shelf life is hard ( for me at least) I was referring to the excitement and thrill of hearing a great recording for the first time. I can listen again (and again), but what I heard on that first listen can never be recaptured. For me, that first listen can be similar to hearing live music, even if it's not quite the same. The other side of that is if the music has enough depth, I'll hear things on subsequent listens that I hadn't heard before. I guess this all pretty obvious stuff, but it just runs through my mind at times.

Sometimes, when I'm listening to an older record, I think about how it sounded to me when I first heard it and how it's impossible to recapture that impression.

Your Father's Mustache The Walrus Waxie Maxie

Whitey Lockman Bud Black Red Schoendienst

A 2014 Happy Birthday!

Jimmy Knepper Quintet: Dream Dancing (Criss Cross)

Please feel free to include them.

I think my first choice was selections from Rockland: Sorry. Missed that.

I realize that it was a dumb idea to place a limit of three recordings on this thread - shouldn't have tried to set any limitations. If anyone wants to list more than three, fine with me. The more the merrier.

These days, none of the good ones (or ones who think they're good) stick around for four years.

Thanks, Jeff. Posts like that one make this place truly worthwhile.

Some great solo Roscoe Mitchell has been mentioned. Just want to put in a plug for a couple more solo recordings: Solo [3] (Mutable Music) and Sound Songs (Delmark) Great music on both.

I don't think that anyone has mentioned this one: so I'll throw it in for consideration.