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Just finished: Wolfgang Dauber Trio - Dream Talk (CBS 1964) and Roy Ayers - Coffy (Polydor, 1973) Now on: Bennie Wallace - Plays Monk (Enja, 1981) My first time listening to it. I wasn't actually aware of its existence until @HutchFan posted it above and then @Gheorghe followed with the lovely recollection. Was it a big deal at the time? A lot of these 1980s records slip through the gaps. They're not great for sampling or particularly "spiritual" so DJ culture has no interest in them, and the jazz marketing gods aren't bothered about exploiting their 1980s catalogues. Just another reason to look forward to the new blog.

I enjoy it. Not my favourite, but good. I agree she has something. I like the mix of her quite deep soft sound versus her sense of timing, which is more like an alto player's. I could do without the poems. Hopefully there is more development to come. How about you?

Zim Ngqawana - Zimphonic Suites (Sheer Sound, 2001)

Just finished: Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show – Revenge: The Bigger The Love The Greater The Hate (Polydor, 1969) Now on Hank Marr - Sounds from the Marr-Ket Place (King 1964)

Good news. On to the internet!

Another one that I should have bought when it was available.

Don't worry! There are still some staterooms available: https://www.thesmoothjazzcruise.com/ Glad I could help.

Maria Grand - Reciprocity (Biophilia, 2021)

I like this one a whole lot.

Oh yes. No much relenting being done on this one. The "Direction" is noise, by the way. In case you were wondering.

Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit - Mass Hysterism in Another Direction

Benny Golson - Free (Argo, 1962) Really one of my all time favourites, save for the cover...

Still one of my favourites too. Joe McPhee - Underground Railroad (CjR, 1967)

Oh great. I'd looked but I had missed it. Thanks!

Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd – Tsuchi No Ne (Columbia, 1973)

Karl Drewo - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie (Metronome, 1961) Another nice one from the Euro Modernism thread.

Definitely looking forward to it.

Wayne Shorter, Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette - Tribute to Coltrane, Live Under the Sky (Columbia, 1987)

Ronnie Ross - Cleopatra's Needle Enjoying what I can hear of this one. Does anyone know any others by Ronnie Ross or his tenor player Art Ellefson that they'd recommend?

I can't say I know him well either to be honest. I think I may have had it on my list to look into from the euromodernism thread a few months back.

Thanks! Supposedly, according to Discogs, the Selection is the earlier, and has full liner notes, which didn't translate to a detailed Discogs entry, however.

Mark Turner - Yam Yam (Criss Cross, 1995) I have come to the conclusion that I enjoy Turner far more as a younger player. He's never been my number one, but there's a feel of excitement to this release.

Didn't he die in 1981 though?

Does anyone know when French/Belgian trumpeter Morales' Miles Inspiration album was recorded and released? Unusually, discogs has nothing.

Sadao Watanabe Quartet Sextet - Jazz & Bossa (Takt 1967)