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1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I have a story about that date, told Cuscuna, he repeated it in print and Leo had to issue a retraction for ECM. I will tell you in person.

Think I remember that story; my lips are sealed. :ph34r:

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2 hours ago, optatio said:

Agreed!

Here is the back cover:

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But Kent Carter claims that he's the bassist - see discogs: https://www.discogs.com/de/Mal-Waldron-The-Whirling-Dervish/release/2509314 

Here is the text on the back cover enlarged:

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Who is right?

It's an excellent album though admittedly I haven't had it on deck in ages. Will listen and report back, as Carter is very easily identifiable. I assume one could ask Peter Warren as he's alive and well.

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On ‎29‎.‎09‎.‎2018 at 0:06 AM, paul secor said:

Bird's the word. :tup

With all kinds of editions and reissues, the Spotlite was the best one. Spotlite was THE Label for Bird- and Bop-fans. Great ! Brings memories back, all the Dial´s with the alternate tracks and bonus tracks from private recordings, the other rare stuff "Appartment Sessions" "The Band That Never was" "Bird in Paris" "Bird in Sweden", "Early Bird" , and the incredible "Afro Cuban" and above all the Billy Eckstine Bigband with Fats on it, "Together"...... , those guys from Spotlite were the  best !

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58 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

With all kinds of editions and reissues, the Spotlite was the best one. Spotlite was THE Label for Bird- and Bop-fans. Great ! Brings memories back, all the Dial´s with the alternate tracks and bonus tracks from private recordings, the other rare stuff "Appartment Sessions" "The Band That Never was" "Bird in Paris" "Bird in Sweden", "Early Bird" , and the incredible "Afro Cuban" and above all the Billy Eckstine Bigband with Fats on it, "Together"...... , those guys from Spotlite were the  best !

I have many of those Spotlite releases and still have a great time listening to them.

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The "Al Haig meets ..." and "Nat Cole meets ..." volumes, in particular, were ear openers to some of the rarer sessions on Dial and elsewhere. And I think I relatively wore out my copy of the Dodo Marmarosa LP too (one of those cases where I ought to have picked up a cheap NM spare copy when the occasion presented itself).

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4 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

The "Al Haig meets ..." and "Nat Cole meets ..." volumes, in particular, were ear openers to some of the rarer sessions on Dial and elsewhere. And I think I relatively wore out my copy of the Dodo Marmarosa LP too (one of those cases where I ought to have picked up a cheap NM spare copy when the occasion presented itself).

Back in the day, Tony Russell’s Spotlite Label and the Hep label from up in Scotland were great sources of bop material. I particularly like the Howard McGhee ‘Trumpet at Tempo’. 

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Eddie Jefferson - Things Are Getting Better (Muse, 1974)
with Joe Newman, Billy Mitchell, Mickey Tucker, Sam Jones, and Eddie Gladden

 

 

Earlier:

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Kenny Burrell - Recapitulation (Chess, 2 LPs)
Burrell is presented in a variety of contexts on this compilation -- and he always sounds good.
 

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Dexter Gordon - Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (Columbia)
Tonight's spin again confirms my long-held impressions about this music: The Woody Shaw / Louis Hayes group was a terrific band, but I don't think their pairing with Dexter -- at least in this instance -- comes off particularly well. Much of the time, it feels like Dexter's straining against them, rather than flying with them. The band is too stiff, too unyielding -- so Dex can never quite SOAR like he does when he's at his best.

... Just my 2 cents. ;) 

 

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