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There's a 2CD set that has just recently been issued on Blue Note called "Wayne Shorter- The Classic Blue Note Recordings". It might be a good set for you in that it includes work he did both with Blakey and as a solo artist.

I have "Conjure", but haven't listened to it much, actually. As Jim mentioned, it is on American Clave, which is Kip Hanrahan's label. There are only 2 cuts with Reed. The sub-title of the album is "Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed" and it's got a great lineup of musicians, which is not unusual for a Hanrahan project.

And, I'd rather have Krall singing backup on a Costello record, than Costello singing backup on a Krall record. As much as I admire Elvis' attempts at expanding his style, for the most part I've found those CDs difficult to listen to. I just don't think he has the voice to sing anything but rock & roll.

I couldn't not select "Idle Moments". It just has too many good performances on it.

Hmmmmm. Or maybe it's like Caribbean-French - something like Haiti.

They were a great band in their day. I saw them a couple of times although not at their peak when they were playing week-long gigs at "The Boarding House" in SF and getting rave reviews for their outrageous show. I probably saw them around their 2nd or 3rd albums. They still put on quite a performance. I don't think their albums quite do justice to the live event, but then again that's always the case. What Do You Want From Life??!?

I recently picked up an Electric Flag collection called "Old Glory" which has some pretty good vintage 60's stuff on it. I always thought that Nick Gravenites had a pretty good voice.

Thanks, kdd! For some reason, I don't have Capra Black and didn't realize that it was a Strata-East album. How 'bout: - Ricky Ford - David Murray - Max Roach

This has nothing to do with "One Flight Up" but I didn't want to start a new thread just for this question. +++ "Ca' Purange" - What language is it? What does it mean? How do you pronounce it? A French friend told me that it's not French. It's a great album, BTW.

Chico Freeman Billy Harper Gary Bartz George Adams and/or Don Pullen Archie Shepp Larry Young

Exac-ta-mundo!

He does some nice work on Teddy Edwards/Howard McGhee's "Together Again" album. It's a great album anyway.

Billy Cobham is also on the Santana/McLaughlin album.

They recently added Gary Bartz' "I've Known Rivers" live set. Definitely worth picking up. I've seen a 2 album set of "Yo Miles!" by Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith, too.

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WHOA! Pretty whack! Thanks for the link.

Now, there's one group I NEVER liked.

I was thinking of doing a Buddy Bolden discography. But seriously, folks .... You know, Charles isn't all that prolific. We could probably put together a pretty good discography right here. Rooster, you could start with what you already have and let the rest of us fill in the blanks.

It's a quaint thought, but I seriously doubt that the dozens of regular posters on the BNBB amounted to much revenue in the scheme of things. If anytning it would effect Mosaic, being a small company. But as has already been pointed out, we've found other outlets to discuss this music anyway.

I've had trouble getting into Interpol, myself. I downloaded it and have listened a couple of times, but it hasn't grabbed me yet. From my list: Carmell Jones - Mosaic Select. Rock solid and never quits. Thad Jones - Mosaic. Picked it up before it went OOP on a whim. Just kept getting better. Dave Holland Big Band - "What Goes Around". Saw them live, too. VERY exciting.

So, that IS Donahue on "Moveable Feast"! There is no mention of the line-up - only photos on the inside sleeve. I always thought it was a pretty solid live album. Really brutal version of "John The Gun", if I remember correctly. The group on this album appears to be: Swarbrick, Denny, Donahue, Pegg, Lucas and Mattacks(another unsung great). Thanks for the heads-up on "Expletive Delighted". I downloaded it from EMusic, but have no liner notes to go with it. Haven't listened to it much yet, either.

As P.D. mentioned, Berkshire Record Outlet has Black Lions for $2.99. I just checked over there and they currently have 26 titles - INCLUDING Tolliver's "Grand Max".

The 2 Charles Tollivers are both worth picking up - "Grand Max" (live) and "The Ringer". Both are really solid quartet dates with the incendiary CT on trumpet. Grand Max is ALWAYS on ebay - so if nothing else, you could pick it up there.

"Nothing More" is also a great tune with some very tasty Jerry Donahue. He seems to be a guitarist that got lost in the shuffle. Certainly impressive on this album, for sure.

I heard that it was awful. Worse than the first time around, which wasn't so great, either.