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This would be a hassle of a drive for me, over 2 hours each way, but I might have to do it. https://www.facebook.com/events/1731558840826798/

I enjoy #6 and it's interesting because it reminds me of some people who aren't involved. Dig the saxist who goes the "Texas Tenor" route in many passages, someone I ought to be able to ID but can't right now. Piano comp is sort of in Jaki's style, not so much the solos, can't be Jaki but ditto on the ID. Guitarist does some single-line things similar to GG but it's definitely not him. I'm not that big a guitar listener so won't attempt ID, though I suspect the reveal will cause a forehead slap.

My computer sound is so bad that I thought it was a duet until the third listen 🤪...I was really taken by the piano, which vaguely reminds me of quasi-minimalist "classical" composers such as Howard Skempton (some of whose work I greatly enjoy, though I find him uneven). The saxist is pretty much in the ECM/"moody" bag, which generally doesn't engage me deeply, but this tune works well. I hesitate to comment on the bassist because I initially couldn't perceive him, but the knee-jerk guess is Gary Peacock, of whom I'm a fan.

I loved #3. From the preceding discussion I can't imagine I own it, but I intend to research it out of curiosity.

Thanks. It was a fun BFT to listen to. Definitely want to give some of those albums a spin (or several). Already reviewed the Belgrave, which I own but couldn't ID. Mingus Dynasty (same situation) will be next. 😉

+1. I already had a copy of Algonquin, but haven't digested the other 2 albums.

I wish Bill Evans had recorded more with PJJ.

It might be Mulligan himself on piano, see this page.

Damn, that's strange. I quickly checked discogs, and the release pictured seems to be a PD collection of Pacific Jazz releases from 1952-53. None of those Pacific Jazz records credit a pianist, AFAICT all bari-drums-bass-trumpet quartet. But I must have missed something.

After spinning the "Special Edition" box I'm listening to some more offbeat recordings with Jack: The duet with Foday Musa Suso Bill Evans Trio At the Montreux Jazz Festival Nick Brignola On a Different Level (my favorite Brignola album)

Yes! And especially with Jaki Byard on piano. There was a fairly recent thread (which is slightly off the current topic) here

Hamid Drake and William Parker in the drums/bass category.

Is "ballpark organist" a genre? I grew up in the Chicago area...Nancy Faust, who played at Comiskey Park for decades and Chicago Stadium for a few years, was a big deal. https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/nancy-faust-organist-white-sox-comiskey/

Thanks. Hard to explain the blunder, as I had the CD liner notes right in front of me.

Sorry, I misrecalled the liner note author Bob Blumenthal...I play chess and must have subliminally mixed him up with the "Blumenfeld Counter Gambit". 🤪

I discovered the "roller-rink" organist trope via Bob Blumenthal's updated (2004) liner notes to the RVG CD of Heavy Soul. Freddie Roach (1931-1980), with a more subdued (detractors might say roller-rink) sound than most organists of the period, might be an acquired taste, but for this listener it is a taste worth acquiring...

+1 to all sentiments. Too sad to say anything else.

Me too (in principle), but I am not telegenic and would completely lack screen presence, propelling the film into farcical / disaster territory. 😁 I think O'Connor's performance has gotten positive reviews. Cinema / theatre stars have a certain presence not common in the general population.

and a couple of discs from

Saw this new release Not really recommended, though it has a decent jazz score by Rob Mazurek. Billed as "moody", but IMO unfolds at a glacial pace, and the protagonist (who is onscreen almost the whole time) is a puzzling nondescript cipher who evokes no sympathy and I found of negligible interest. Josh O'Connor, who plays him, does a good job.

As far as I can tell (I ordered one in a test cart), USA is not on the list of countries they ship to (presumably due to tariff issues), so many (most?) of us on the forum are SOL.

I only noticed this a few days ago. JIB Bandcamp showed CD sold out. DG had CD for preorder but I dithered, it arrived within a day or two and showed "Just Sold Out" almost immediately. Moral: I should follow the JIB Bandcamp page.

Weird because Blue Note, who I wouldn't expect to be the cheapest, still shows the CD for preorder at $19.98.

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/in-concerts

"The Bastards" have the vinyl and CD available for preorder.