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Quasimado

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    Objective/ Intuitive Musical Intelligence - Bird/ Lester/ Marsh/ Wardell/ Fats/ Bud/ Tristano/ early Konitz ... and a few others

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  1. Nice player - to my ears part of a small group of uniquely expressive "plaintive-cry" altos stemming from Bird, including Rudy Williams, Ernie Henry, Jackie Mac ...
  2. Great loss. Thanks for the insight and the quality ... RIP
  3. Nice Honey! Pity her family group (The Gordons) didn't record more - only a few scattered tunes with Mingus, Diz, Mary Lou (!) ... they were soo hip!
  4. Pepper Adams (bari), Richie Kamuca (ten), Jerry Coker (ten), Ed Leddy (tpt), Johnny Marabuto (p), Dean Reilly (b), Mel Lewis (d). 1956 San Francisco
  5. That's a great track - show's Lacy's bop chops, among other fine solos. Great writing ...
  6. How is the Lee on these? I find a lot of his work after about 1960 unbearable - and I still love his earlier playing. What happened?
  7. "Deep Song" - Billie Holiday, 1947 (Decca). The arrangement adds to the feeling ...
  8. Fine disc - "The Stolen Moment" is extraordinary, even for Lockjaw ...
  9. I'm surprised author James Gavin was contracted to write an essay for this package, as from what I recall he trashed Chet's playing credentials in his book "Deep in a Dream". According to Gavin, Chet's popularity was due to a variety of dubious reasons ...
  10. Andrew Cyrille version ...
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