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Oluyemi Thomas and Gino Robair - Unity in Multiplicity (Rastascan, 1996)

Plus hard to think of anyone who could have made this bunch pop quite like Charli Persip.

In the mood for a bit of that. I'm going to line up In Greece next.

I felt the same. I got a better noir hit off the Mundell Lowe record. I'm currently on Lester Bowie's New York Organ Ensemble - The Organizer (DIW, 1991)

Pyramids - Lalibela (1973) Trying this one again, given the heavy retrospective hype Pyramids seems to be receiving from the Spiritual Jazz Inc. Marketing machine. I'm still not convinced.

Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet - Polish Jazz Vol 4 (PNM, 1965)

Mike Westbrook's Concert Band - Marching Song Vol 1 (Deram, 1969) My first time with this one, and I find it very impressive.

Randy Weston - Berkshire Blues (Freedom, 1977; rec. 1965)

It's got a great cover, although I wonder whether I prefer Gardens and Ketchoua by quite a way.

Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch (Blue Note, 1964)

Sad to hear the news but it sounds like Larry Harlow has passed away.

Heath! You can't argue with both the MJQ and the Heath Brothers (both before and after the formal "band"). Okay: Bob Dylan or Hank Williams?

Thanks. I notice that Musson has also played with Alexander Hawkins. I will follow up

I wonder. Perhaps a mix of Eicher's clammy touch with the effect of age and becoming an older statesman - something that normally doesn't affect jazz as much as other genres, but does seem to have gotten to Iyer. I don't know these two. Would you start here or elsewhere?

Vijay Iyer - Panoptic Modes (Red Giant, 2001) Listening to this early Iyer I am struck by how much more enjoyable his playing used to be. Whilst I am almost always impressed by Iyer's records, I am not sure that I have found them "enjoyable" for a while. They seem to be getting weightier with each year.

How about: John Gilmore or Jimmy Lyons?

Oh no. I hope it's okay.

There's always time. I'm really enjoying it. A great example of underappreciated and unrecognised 70s bop.

Ouch!

James Moody - Feelin' It Together (Muse, 1974) With thanks to @HutchFan for the recommendation.

Is it a West Coast thing too? (Probably a result of a pervasive Lester Young influence, although that could just be stereotype). One example:

In terms of tracks, there's always that version of "Sonnymoon for Two" on 100% Proof with him and Ronnie Scott trading back and forth. Possibly this beats it in LP terms.

I second that Hailu Mergia recommendation. And Mulatu is another good place to start if only because of his availability. For some reason he is very popular among the same hip hop crowd that also loves Lanquidity, so the Sun Ra connection is there - I also hear it in the short funk pieces on Atlantis. As with US jazz, there is a point where this sort of “ethiojazz” shades into “ethiofunk”, I.e., R&B. What’s interesting is that, although there is a clear influence from US music, a whole lot of the rhythmic detail appears to be taken from more traditional Ethiopian musics and is shared within the “genres”. Sticking to the “jazz” music gives a great but slightly incomplete picture, as with the US equivalent. On the “R&B” side Mahmoud Ahmed’s Ere Mela, available through the same Ethiopiques series, is a good place to start. Awesome Tapes from Africa seems to have moved away from its original concept, but it was and is still a blog with mp3s to download. If you go on there and filter for East Africa there’s some incredible records, which when the blog first started were very obscure.

The Odean Pope Saxophone Choir - The Saxophone Shop (Soul Note, 1985)

Oh sorry. I missed that. Please ignore my question. Sorry.