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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.

Ooh. Roach or Elvin?

Keith Jarrett or Chick Corea?

Tubby Hayes - 100% Proof (Fontana, 1967)

Should there be an answer to these questions?

Absolutely. So awful.

It happened to video games too, I think. There was a dramatic slump in the early 1980s, and Atari notoriously just dumped a huge shipment of E.T. games straight into landfill.

Kenny Werner - Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note, 2007)

Chris Potter - Gratitude (Verve, 2001) I think this has aged well, unlike the truly awful cover art.

Not yet. I fear giving in an emboldening the algorithm further.

The John Dankworth Quartet / The Ronnie Scott Boptet - Bop at Club 11, very early British bop recorded live in 1949. Funny to hear how different trumpeter Dennis Rose sounds to the other featured soloists - almost as if bebop had just hit as he was getting to grips with Armstrong, and he wasn't sure whether to make the jump. Then on to: Rolf Kühn Quintett - Solarius (Amiga) This one's a great record. Ahmed Jamal - Outertimeinnerspace (Impulse!, 1972)

I don't think it was mentioned above, but an excellent website with discographical details for the early British Bebop scene is Henry Bebop: http://henrybebop.co.uk/bebop.htm

Lee Konitz and Rich Perry - RichLee (Steeplechase, 1998) I'm interested whether anyone can think of a better deployment of a shellsuit in jazz than here? Konitz demolishes his sparring partner in polyester terms, giving him a crucial psychological edge when it comes to the secondary issue of the saxophone.

This record is really something. I've just finished spinning the reissue of Black Unity Trio's Al Fatihah (1968)

YouTube's algorithm has been pushing this one on me heavily for a few months now. I haven't jumped yet.

Happy to step up. God knows a mythical cylinder will still be better than the real life recordings of cockney music hall my late step granddad had.

Hard to think back to that time, when even Sun Ra was obscure. The level of information scarcity back then was unimaginable. In these days of content churn listicles and reissue specialist labels (neither a bad thing), I find those old lists of obscure, near legendary recommendations have a real aura to them.

So, where was Dr. Butler in this? Just taking care of what was left of the "Real Blue Note" whilst eying his own next move, and not overly interested of what's going on in the vaults?

Lester Bowie - The Great Pretender (ECM, 1981). "Hey kids, what time is it?!"

The main purpose of the past is to gross out the present.