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6 hours ago, Buddha the Magnificent said:

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Kirk Knuffke - Little Cross (SteepleChase 1799, 2015).  Kirk Knuffke - cornet; Jamie Saft - Hammond B3, synth; Hamid Drake - drums.  Man, I'm loving this one.

Great album. Knuffke is almost a guarantee of something excellent.

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1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Very 1972 that cover. No expense spared on colour !

I notice from Wikipedia that he played on a number of Donovan sessions. Hence the non-jazz musician get-up? Saw him play a couple of times at Scott's and very good he was, too. Sadly died in 1971 at the age of 39.

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1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

These Roulette LPs sound fantastic. (I also have the Warner Japan cd version which also sounds fantastic).

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A really well-chosen overview of the Roulette material.

On to record 2 as I cook dinner. Thinking about Basie on Roulette. . . . A real peak for this band. The music is often so jubilant and grateful sounding. A great salve for the blues or the negativity we sometimes have to slog through and be tired out by.

No Pres. . . love Pres with Basie. . .but Davis and Foster et al are filling the void well. Sonny Payne really drives this band and Basie himself often seems inspired in ways he wasn't before or since. 

Luckily Warner Japan has reissued the albums on cd in great sound. Nothing extra, but each of those albums are well-sequenced works of art. And the sound! So full and swinging!

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