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+1, fascinating album.

I'm a big fan of both her early stuff and her very different 70's recordings. I never put together that she and Roy were siblings!

Thanks for the heads-up! I'm in for the Brooklyn Academy and especially the 1985 Montreux (magic happened there on a regular basis) CD's. Hesitant on the CD with Monty Alexander, seems like both pianists would have to compromise their styles to possibly mesh.

Loving this!

Great to have you back, Allen!

I own the 5 CD version of this from 2016, which focuses on his 60's Verve releases (9 LP on 5 CD IIRC). Interesting listen, though not life-changing. I have no interest in 16 CD version which stretches into the 21st century, though neither version should break the bank in terms of $ per disc.

Yes, absolutely.

Especially the version with young, hot Wynton Marsalis on trumpet and Charles Fambrough and Billy Pierce.

I saw him live twice in the later years, once with Philip Harper, Jean Toussaint, Benny Green (his first gig with the group) in Wilmington ca. 1988, and later with Brian Lynch (who was outstanding), both Dale Barlow and Javon Jackson, Steve Davis, Geoff Keezer, and Essiet Essiet at Penn's Landing ca. 1990=91. I still remember what he said at the end of the Wilmington show: "This music is a gift from the Creator, through us, to you". Found that very moving.

RIP, I am a big fan of the Fish albums and respect the solo stuff. And love the super bowl Pepsi commercial.

Yes, and heavy smoking greatly increases the likelihood of stroke.

Looks like the new one is Lacy/Waldron duet performances, no Workman/Cyrille? I'm out for this one, have so much of this sort of thing already

The cost of heavy smoking. So sad.

And they would not have been all that old, around 60 (Henderson born in 1937, Hutch in 1941).

Agreed. They did Louie, Louie around the same time the Kingsmen did, and had the stronger version (and the regional Pacific Northwest hit, IIRC), largely due to Lindsay.

I know, 2 hits + filler = LP for parents to buy kids for christmas. The kids knew to buy the 45's. Beatles and Dylan were the exceptions, not the rule. This ain't exactly "Kicks" or "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone", though it's on the same album ('Kicks').

Agreed, their earlier singles up through 1967 still sound garage and great, though some of the later stuff moves away from that (though some of it is quite good for what it is). They did have a fair amount of poor filler on their albums, but a lot of good stuff there also. And agreed on both their worthiness for the R&R HOF and that it is a joke. Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, and all those Rap/Hip-Hop acts, etc. may be many things, but they are not R&R.

My favorite I'm aware of is the 'Further Definitions' album on Impulse!, but that may well be a function of the sidemen and my taste, rather than it being artistically superior to his other work.

George Coleman sounds great on the live albums recorded in his 80's. Pharoah was strong until the end. Roy Haynes, wow. OTOH, have heard decline in plenty of other musicians. And the stories about McCoy Tyner's last performances are heartbreaking.

Neil Young, 80, cancelled his scheduled European tour.

I enjoyed his work. Saw him live once in the early 70's in an incredibly mismatched booking. He was performing solo with an acoustic guitar, sitting on a stool, as the opening act at the Spectrum (arena venue) for Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention and the original Mahavishnu Orchestra. Audience had no idea what to make of him, but he was good. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/john-hammond-blues-guitarist-dead-obituary-1235524082/

Doesn't sound like a particularly rewarding book.