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Fantastic music and what a great reissue. Beautiful packaging and a great remaster, though the original distortion remains ( but that’s part of its charm). what surprised me the most was the quality of all the new material. It’s definitely essential stuff. Even the rehearsal and soundcheck takes. Really looking forward to more Survival reissues. Both the website and the sticker on my sealed LP suggested there was more to come. So.... what will be next

it finally arrived! And so happy with it. This is fantastic music

Thanks for talking me trough this music guys. This will ultimately get on my wishlist for sure. Though I’d probably have to explore some more Hemphill first I think.

some Dutch IPA from the city of Haarlem and a little Mal. Have a great weekend guys!

Thanks I could try that!

Well they don’t.... I don’t know what I am doing wrong but every label I ask a question does not respond maybe you could give it a try?

Looks like I am going to save a lot of money. Already have most titles and the ones I have not are not really ones I am interested in. Hoped for a nice reissue of Bobby Hutcherson’s Patterns which is pretty hard to find in any format these days. for Curtis Amy I probably grab the mosaic select instead. Only one I’ll add to my wishlist is the Joe Pass LP

New date is the 12th of March.

Thanks for your kind words Adrian! That really keeps me going Mals Discography is huge and it took me quite a while to complete it. And of course pre 1964 I still miss quite a few records.

Thanks a lot HutchFan, that is very nice to hear! Since my entrance here at the board I’ve noticed a similarity in taste. Your beloved Hutch is among my favorites too

Thanks Niko for noticing. Don’t know why I stated Klaus Weiss is a saxophone player... I’ve got his two leader dates with Mal and I am aware he is the drummer. I’m probably getting old. About Kosuke: I don’t anything else by him. My writing was just a description of my feelings bout his playing on this very record of course. Thanks for commenting

As another week passes by were leaving another decade! Bye bye seventies, hello eighties. And the 1980's were to become another very fruitful time with classic albums. More on those later on the blog. This week's additions: - Some of his very best records ever. Mostly on Enja. They are also among his better known works. 'One-Upmanship', 'Moods' and 'Hard Talk'. It's hard to decide which one is best. With band members like Steve Lacy, Manfred Schoof, Jimmy Woode and Terumasa Hino you just can't go wrong. Mal made some very, very good records in these years. It's also the introduction or revisiting of some of his classic compositions like Soul Eyes, Hurray for Herbie, Snake Out, Sieg Haile, A Case of Plus 4's and Seagulls of Kristiansund. All highly recommendable. - One of the biggest surprises for me: a legit Japanese CD-R with a registration of Mal's 1977 'Jazz at Middelheim' concert. 78 minutes of dazzling, hypnotizing freeform playing with his classic group including Steve Lacy. Though the sound quality could be better, this is one of my favorite records by Mal. It's almost impossible to find, but if you do ever see one grab it as soon as you can. - A pretty straightforward first reunion with old pal Jackie McLean. 'Like Old Times' is an enjoyable encounter but nothing that knocks you off your feet. - Two less interesting recordings. The Enja solo encounter 'Mingus Lives' which is ok but definitely one of his lesser solo albums. And an appereance as a co-leader with Roy Burrowes band where Mal sounds a bit out of place. Enjoy reading and have a great Sunday! Thanks guys. https://snake-out.blogspot.com https://snake-out.blogspot.com/2020/12/all-reviews-by-rating.html https://snake-out.blogspot.com/2020/12/all-reviews-in-chronological-order.html

Even if the beer wasn't any good Hawes would have made up for it

Thanks I will do that

nice Belgian blonde beer. Goes very well with some Hawes and Land

I am still in doubt buying the latest volumes. I have a certain feeling they are going to do a great boxed set after finishing the project and that would be the thing I really want. Nobody with inside information here?

I just started discovering his work. His classic Dogon A.D. on vinyl is now on it's way for more than a month now from the US. The duets with Wadud were next in line. Already had my eye on them.

Love that one. Recently bought it on vinyl. They should use the original artwork which really is... a piece of art. They now show the back cover

Yes I love his playing. How bout a Nathan Davis Mosaic? ‘The Paris Recordings’ or something like that

Excellent choice

Yeah mine was something like 80$ including shipping.... Rarely pay so much money for vinyl or cd's but part from being a completist this was one session I just had to had.... I really wonder why it's not reissued. Some other Victor sessions by Mal were (although not a lot). It's a pretty high in demand record on the internet and the Japanese are pretty consistent with their reissue programs. Plus Mal was really like a rockstar in Japan in the '70's and '80's...

Oh yes! All of them

Well I do like 'Up Popped The Devil' but I can see what you mean. With a line up like that I also expected a little more. The combination of Workman with Blackwell worked out better.