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Totally understand busy work months. Retirement doesn't stop them either! Another, even earlier than this one, Gil reimagining of a Brecht/Weil thing is this: Not as radical as this Barbara, but still, getting there from here kinda boggles my mind, still.

TRACK ONE - Terry Callier, Generally not a fan. Charles Stepney helped here, but I just don't (generally) like the ooziness of his singing, such as here. Plus those lyrics are just a tad too clever for me. TRACK TWO - David Murray with the Bob Thiele Collective. For me, this record ends up as less than the sum of its parts, especially this cut. The gimmick of doing another MFT is just too clever by half. The rest of the record isn't bad, but.... TRACK THREE - Hmm...ostinato-ish. Good hands, definitely. The tune sounds familiar.,,something I might have really gotten into a few decades ago and maybe did? Even with that, still sounds ok today, maybe just not as much. But still good enough. TRACK FOUR - That's just silly. TRACK FIVE - Santana, obviously. I'll listen to this once a decade or so. It's good, but not exactly "Timeless, at least not on its own. That iteration of the band, left music better than they found it, I'll thank them for that and then move on. TRACK SIX - Yuck. What was wrong with Wes? For what demographic was this intended? Nothing here for me, I:'m afraid. It doesn't trance (if it did I would like it), it just takes up space and babbles on. TRACK SEVEN - It's sincere. But not much else, sadly. Cliches abound, and not much else. "Spiritual", I suppose, for whatever that is worth. TRACK EIGHT - Johnny Lytle doing "Little Sunflower. This tune is a drag to play because of the damn recurring samba B-section. But Johnny Lytle will ring true, always. And hey, that's Houston Person! Good cut! TRACK NINE - Sounds like Hannibal, whom I have liked a lot. I hear cello, so Diedre Murray, right? Fine band, good energy. Another horn might have been nice. His time goes a little weird when the bass drops out, but oh well. The energy hasn't particularly aged, which is hardly common with this type "all-in" type stuff. When a player has chops to match the energy, they're playing a winning game as far as that goes. I hear his tempo getting wonky again once the band comes back in, but he gets a handle on it an pulls it back together. On the whole, a winner! TRACK TEN - Straight and to the point, maybe a bit long. Overall, though, excellent. TRACK ELEVEN - A Donny Hathaway classic. I much prefer the original, this one sounds a bit "performative", as they like to say these days, a lot of meeting expectations of pre-defined "soulfulness". But it could have been a lot worse, very happy that it's not. Still, give me Donny every day. Happy Holidays! Oh, Roger Maris as a Cardinal. Niche, Tom, niche!

I concur! Also, Antiquity!

Check out the two ,12/66 live (Left Bank) recordings on Steeplechase. Lamont Johnson, Sotty Holt, and Billy Higgins. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2137638-Jackie-McLean-Quartet

Per Google AI: The first major rock triple LP set was the Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More album, released in August 1970. George Harrison's solo album All Things Must Pass followed in November 1970 and is considered the first rock triple album of new studio material.

OU or OSU?

It was Mtume who gave Herbie's band Swahili names. Not sure if Joe was there for that or not.

Arrive today. Less than a week via Media Mail!!! Definitely doing business here again.

The photo of Slide Hampton & Jimmy Ford is worth the price of admission alone!

Definitely a persona who always aimed "for the people"! That last one has gorgeous changes. Bird could have soared on them, I think.

TRACK ONE - Call For Phillip Morris - Johnny Roventini Hey, it's Johnny!!! BONUS CUT: TRACK TWO - Gil Evans - The Barbara Song from The Individualism Of Gil Evans Wayne Shorter on Tenor, Gary Peacock on bass, Elvin Jones on Drums, and Gil himself on piano. One of the more miraculous orchestrations (recompositions, actually) there is. The opening cut of the album, and I'm afraid the CD messed things up by shifting it out of that position. BONUS CUT: TRACK THREE - Beautiful Telephones - Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow from Life Goes On If you can believe the recording date, this was Carla's last record. It's a great one, as are the others by this trio. It might be that Carla's big band work and this trio have both been underlooked. That's a pity. BONUS CUT TRACK FOUR - Pastorales De Noel for Flute, Bassoon, and Harp - II. Les Mages - The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet - from Pastorales A wonderful record, and it fit the mood and flow up to this point. BONUS CUT TRACK FIVE - Smoking My Sad Cigarette -The Gil Evans Project from Centennial - Newly Discovered Works By Gil Evans - Ryan Truesdell That's Kate McGarry on vocals and stunningly so, imo. This is a leftover chart that Gil did for Lucy Reed's This Is Lucy Reed Fantasy record. It's a keeper in my book. This Truesdell record is one of the very best big-band records of this century imo. BONUS CUT TRACK SIX- Sunkenfoal - Jimmy Forrest from Black Forrest with Grant Green, Harold Mabern, Gene Ramey, and Elvin Jones. Leftovers from All The Gin Is Gone. This one I'm sure was left out due to the recording levels/balances being off. Oh well! This is the better performance in my opinion, but it's a close call. BONUS CUT TRACK SEVEN - Too Much Sake - Montego Joe from Arriba! Con Montego Joe Leonard Gaines (tpt0 & Al Gibbons (ts) played on a fair number of Duke Pearson larger ensemble dates. Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, and Milford Graves you know, This not a great record, but it has its moments, of which this is the highlight. BONUS CUT TRACK EIGHT - Leon Parker - Belief from The Simple Life Steve Wilson (as), Kazi Olivier (Percussion), Ugonna Okegwo (Bass), Xavier Davis (Piano). Another record that's a bit of a mixed bag, but the good monets (such as this, are great. Can't say that I've hear better Steve Wilson than this! BONUS CUT TRACK NINE - Chico Hamilton - Helena from El Chico Sadao Watanabe, Gabor Szabo, Albert Stinson, Willie Bobo, & Victor Pantoja. Pretty good record, even without Charles Lloyd. Stinson is a boss on this one! BONUS CUT TRACK TEN - Tommy "Madman" Jones - Since You've been Gone from Tommy Jones Has and Plays "Bow Legs Jones (ts), Willie Jones (p), George Freeman or Leo Blevins (gtr), Betty Dupree (b), Bugs Cochran or Gil Gray (d). Tommy Jones is a really fascinating guy. Formed his own label and sold records in clubs, hustling all the way. but he got by (and over). Please do read about him and his labels here: https://campber.people.clemson.edu/mad.html BONUS CUTS Hope everybody had a good nap and came out of the food coma!

Music for Black Pigeons https://share.google/3BJ1fFQsp5Jf6DWO4 It's on Kanopy.

I like it anyway. Maybe not for everybody, though.