Playing Favorites: Reflections on Jazz in the 1970s

[Dan Gould]

11 minutes ago, Niko said:

just did the counting as well - I got 36...

No way! I was sure I'd be the fewest, I'm already second and only 4 people have reported.

[Mark Stryker]

On 10/25/2020 at 6:20 AM, Rabshakeh said:

As someone who wasn't there, I'd be interested to know whether jazz fans at the time were actively chasing Blue Note in comparison to other labels of similar vintage like e.g. Prestige. 

From the point of view of the '90s, when I started to listen to jazz, Blue Note was the king - it was the great era of reissues, hip hop tie ins (Guru etc.) and coffee table books. If there were Blue Notes crowding the bins in the mid 70s then I suppose that must not have always been the case.

There was definitely a BN mystique by 1977-78 when I started buying records in earnest. It was passed on to me by the hip cat who worked at the best local record store, my brother who was seven years older and into jazz and  picking up records by Dexter, Freddie, Herbie, Rivers, etc. on the label, and it was perpetuated by musicians in interviews and certain writers who, even if they didn't use these words exactly, clearly revered the label's track record.

[JSngry]

I started buying jazz records in 1970-71. Blue Note was just another label as as far as I was concerned, and to be honest their covers looked weird! And the back covers even weirder! But when I got hipper to what was going on with the music, I began to seek out Blue Notes, not necessarily more than other labels but I knew there was something good there.

It wasn't until about 1976 or so, though, when the reissues from the vaults started coming out that I really started paying attention to just how much was there. At the same time Bob Belden, who was a very influential character in our circles, started pimping Blue Notes like you wouldn't believe and started coming up with all this obscure stuff that none of us at the time had ever heard of.

This is where the story really takes off! Bob did not have a car. And he had just found an old mom and pop store in South Dallas that was loaded with old Blue Note stock. He bought some, and wanted to go back the next day for more, but the guy who took him the last time was unavailable. And I had a car!

So off we went.

The place was loaded, not just with Blue Note but with so many different types of jazz records, only some of which I had ever heard of before. 

So from that day forward, I learned my lesson - always look everywhere. Everywhere! It's a lesson that has served me well.

As far as Blue Note mystique, I think the experience I had is in line chronologically, mid to late '70s, with what a lot of people had, rediscovering the treasures that were on the verge of disappearing. Or so it seemed then. Nowadays, everybody's got CDs of it all. But before that happened, finding the LPs was equal parts musical revelation and good old-fashioned collector's thrill.

[felser]

10 minutes ago, JSngry said:

As far as Blue Note mystique, I think the experience I had is in line chronologically, mid to late '70s, with what a lot of people had, rediscovering the treasures that were on the verge of disappearing. Or so it seemed then. Nowadays, everybody's got CDs of it all. But before that happened, finding the LPs was equal parts musical revelation and good old-fashioned collector's thrill.

There was no internet and no Ruppli discography, so the prime sources of discovering what was in the BN catalog were old Schwann catalogs and the inner sleeves for other old BN albums, which were used to advertise other albums.  So you could be at Woolworth's or something in the dollar bin, and find a BN album that not only did you not own, but that you didn't even know existed.

Blue Note inner sleeves

[JSngry]

Yeah, I mean, who the hell was Reuben Wilson, and what is he doing in this Half Price? But it was a Blue Note record, so I paid that 3-4 bucks and took it home.

Carpe diem on that shit, just becuase. And always.

[danasgoodstuff]

Did I miss a link to the full (so far) list, I'm not going through the posts one by one to count but I'd be happy to from a single list.  And the Brnad/Shepp duet album is fine, it survived the purge of piano/sax duets that happened here awhile back but it's not my top favorite of that format either (the Shepp/Parlan are).

[felser]

43 minutes ago, danasgoodstuff said:

Did I miss a link to the full (so far) list, I'm not going through the posts one by one to count but I'd be happy to from a single list.  And the Brnad/Shepp duet album is fine, it survived the purge of piano/sax duets that happened here awhile back but it's not my top favorite of that format either (the Shepp/Parlan are).

Go to his website and run through the  links for each month.  Much quicker than going back through these posts.  I'm also not a big fan of piano/sax duets, own very few that are standalone (have some in collections).

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said:

Did I miss a link to the full (so far) list, I'm not going through the posts one by one to count but I'd be happy to from a single list.  [...]

I'll make the spreadsheet (with complete details such as sidemen, recording date, etc.) available at the end of the year.  

In the meantime, here's a simple list of the first 299 entries:
*********************************************************************

Michael Garrick Sextet with Norma Winstone – The Heart is a Lotus (Argo/Vocalion, 1970)
Thad Jones, Mel Lewis – Consummation (Blue Note, 1970)
Alice Coltrane – Ptah, the El Daoud (Impulse, 1970)
Harold Mabern – Greasy Kid Stuff! (Prestige, 1970)
Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay (CTI, 1970)
Gene Ammons – Night Lights (Prestige, 1985)
Ahmad Jamal Trio – Awakening (Impulse, 1970)
Jeremy Steig – Wayfaring Stranger (Blue Note/Real Gone Music, 1971)
Miles Davis – Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time (Sony, 2001)
Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas & Oliver Nelson – 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
Phil Woods and his European Rhythm Machine – At the Frankfurt Jazz Festival (Embryo/Atlantic, 1971)
Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet – Never Let It End (MPS, 1970)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin – Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (MPS, 1970)
Roy Brooks – The Free Slave (Muse/32 Jazz, 1972)
Charles Tolliver/Music Inc. – Live at Slugs', Vol. 1 (Strata-East, 1972) and Live at Slugs', Vol. 2 (Strata-East, 1973)
Donald Byrd – Electric Byrd (Blue Note, 1970)
Charlie [Charles] Earland – Black Drops (Prestige, 1970)
Rusty Bryant – Soul Liberation (Prestige, 1970)
Dexter Gordon, Junior Mance – Dexter Gordon at Montreux with Junior Mance (Prestige, 1985)
Lee Morgan – Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1971)
Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land – San Francisco (Blue Note, 1971)
Marian McPartland Trio – Ambiance (Halcyon/Jazz Alliance, 1970)
Grant Green – Alive! (Blue Note, 1970)
Wayne Shorter – Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note, 1971)
Eddie [Eddy] Louiss – Our Kind of Sabi (MPS, 1970)
Paul Gonsalves, Ray Nance – Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' (Black Lion, 1973)
Cannonball Adderley Quintet – The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free (Capitol/Real Gone Music, 1970)
David "Fathead" Newman – Captain Buckles (Cotillion/Label M, 1971)
Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day in Berlin: Recorded Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival (MPS, 1971)
The Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan – Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (Sony Legacy, 2 CDs, 1995)
Sonny Simmons – Burning Spirits (Contemporary, 1971)
Pharoah Sanders – Thembi / Black Unity (Impulse, 1971, 1972)
Hank Crawford – It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion/Collectables, 1971)
Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi (Warner Brothers, 1971)
John Carter & Bobby Bradford – Self Determination Music (Flying Dutchman/BGP, 1970)
Graham Collier Music – Songs for My Father (Fontana/BGO, 1970)
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath – Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (RCA Neon/Fledg'ling, 1971)
Joe Chambers – The Almoravid (Muse/32 Jazz, 1974)
Duke Ellington – The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse: A Suite in Eight Parts (Fantasy, 1975)
Elvin Jones – Genesis (Blue Note, 1971)
Stan Getz – Dynasty (Verve, 1971) 
Blue Mitchell – Blue Mitchell (Mainstream, 1971)
Houston Person – Houston Express (Prestige, 1971)
Stanley Turrentine – Salt Song (CTI, 1971)
Bobo Stenson – Underwear (ECM, 1971)
Richard "Groove" Holmes – Comin' on Home (Blue Note, 1971)
Mary Lou Williams – Nite Life (Chiaroscuro, 1998)
Ted Curson – Pop Wine (Futura, 1971)
Mal Waldron – Black Glory (Enja, 1971) and Plays the Blues: Live at the Domicile (Enja, 1971)
Mongo Santamaria – Mongo at Montreux (Atlantic, 1971)
Johnny Lytle – The Soulful Rebel and People & Love (Real Gone Music, 2013)
The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin – The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia, 1971)
Ornette Coleman – The Complete Science Fiction Sessions (Columbia Legacy, 2000)
Tete Montoliu – Songs for Love (Enja, 1974)
Attila Zoller, Masahiko Sato – A Path Through Haze (MPS, 1972)
Thelonious Monk – The London Collection, Vols. 1 & 2 (Black Lion/1201 Music, 1988)
Joe Farrell – Outback (CTI, 1972)
Erroll Garner – Gemini (London/MPS, 1972)
Harold Land – A New Shade of Blue (Mainstream, 1971)
Doug Carn – Infant Eyes (Black Jazz, 1971)
Eddie Palmieri – Vámonos Pa’l Monte (Tico/Fania, 1971)
John Surman & John Warren – Tales of the Algonquin (Deram/Vocalion, 1971)
Gato Barbieri – Bolivia / Under Fire (Bluebird, 2003)
Weather Report – Live in Tokyo (CBS Japan/Wounded Bird, 1972)
Larry Coryell – The Offering (Vanguard/Wounded Bird, 1972)
Hugh Masakela – Home Is Where the Music Is (Chisa/Blue Thumb, 1972)
Chick Corea – Return to Forever (ECM, 1972)
Sonny Stitt – Endgame Brilliance (32 Jazz, 1997)
Julius Hemphill – Dogon A.D. (Mbari/Arista-Freedom/IPI, 1972)
Claude Hopkins – Soliloquy (Sackville, 1972)
Chucho Valdés – Jazz Batá (Areito, 1973)
James Moody – Never Again! (Muse, 1972)
Richard Davis – Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Muse, 1972)
Paul Bley – Open, to Love (ECM, 1973)
Jimmy Smith – Bluesmith (Verve/Lilith, 1972) 
Pat Martino – Head and Heart (32 Jazz, 1997)
Muhal Richard Abrams – Things To Come From Those Now Gone (Delmark, 1975)
Ruby Braff, Ellis Larkins – The Grand Reunion (Chiaroscuro, 1972)
Gary Bartz – JuJu Street Songs (Prestige, 1972)
Gary Burton & Chick Corea – Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973)
Catalyst – Perception (Muse, 1973)
Stanley Cowell Trio – Illusion Suite (ECM, 1973)
Dave Holland Quartet – Conference of the Birds (ECM, 1973)
Duke Ellington & Ray Brown – This One's for Blanton (Pablo, 1975)
Oscar Peterson & Ben Webster – During This Time (Art of Groove/MIG, 2014)
Jack McDuff – The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1972)
Buddy Terry – Pure Dynamite (Mainstream, 1972)
Lucky Thompson – Illuminations (Groove Merchant, 1974)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle (Atlantic, 1973)
Joe Henderson – Multiple (Milestone, 1973)
Joachim Kühn – This Way Out (MPS, 1973)
Eddie Henderson – Realization (Capricorn, 1973)
Cecil Payne & Duke Jordan – Brooklyn Brothers (Muse/Elemental, 1973)
João Donato & Eumir Deodato – Donato / Deodato (Muse, 1973)
Ian Carr with Nucleus Plus – Labyrinth (Vertigo, 1973)
Woody Herman – Giant Steps (Fantasy, 1973)
Airto Moreira – Fingers (CTI, 1973)
Gil Evans – Svengali (Atlantic, 1973)
Clare Fischer – The State of His Art (Revelation, 1976) and Jazz Song (Revelation, 1979)
Marion Brown – Geechee Recollections and Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse, 1973/74)
Abbey Lincoln – People in Me (Philips Japan/Inner City/Verve, 1973)
John Lee & Gerry Brown – Infinite Jones aka Bamboo Madness (Keytone/Limetree, 1974)
Mike Gibbs & Gary Burton – "In the Common Interest" (Polydor, 1974)
Terumasa Hino – Taro's Mood (Enja, 1973)
Hampton Hawes – Live at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, Vol. 1 (Enja, 1981) and Vol. 2 (Enja, 1989)
George Benson – Body Talk (CTI, 1973)
Dudu Pukwana & Spear – In the Townships (Caroline/Earthworks, 1974)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Fanfare for the Warriors (Atlantic/Koch, 1974)
Don Patterson – These Are Soulful Days (Muse, 1974)
Dave Liebman – Lookout Farm (ECM, 1974)
Norman Connors – Love from the Sun (Buddah, 1973)
Duke Jordan – Flight to Denmark (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1974)
John Surman – Morning Glory (Antilles/Fledg'ling, 1973) 
Eric Kloss – Essence (Muse, 1974)
Bob Wilber & Kenny Davern – Soprano Summit (World Jazz)
Flora Purim – Butterfly Dreams (Milestone, 1973)
Dick Wellstood – Dick Wellstood & His Famous Orchestra featuring Kenny Davern (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
Ray Barretto – The Other Road (Fania, 1973)
Billy Harper – Capra Black (Strata-East, 1973)
Tito Puente – Tito Puente and His Concert Orchestra (Tico/Fania, 1973)
Jack Wilkins – Windows (Mainstream, 1973)
Larry Willis – Inner Crisis (Groove Merchant, 1973)
Larry Young – Lawrence of Newark (Perception, 1973)
Al Haig Trio – Invitation (Spotlite, 1975)
Ella Fitzgerald – Fine and Mellow (Pablo, 1979)
Carlos Garnett – Black Love (Muse, 1974)
Teddy Wilson – Striding After Fats (Black Lion, 1974)
Phineas Newborn, Jr. – Piano Solo (Atlantic/32 Jazz, 1975)
Earl Hines – One for My Baby (Black Lion, 1978) and Master of Jazz, Vol. 2 (Storyville, 1984) 
Bennie Maupin – The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM, 1974)
Roswell Rudd – Flexible Flyer (Arista-Freedom/Black Lion, 1975)
Bobby Hutcherson – Cirrus (Blue Note, 1974)
Willis Jackson – Headed and Gutted (Muse, 1974)
Kenny Drew Trio – Dark Beauty (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1974)
Jimmy Heath – The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1994)
Sonny Rollins – The Cutting Edge (Milestone, 1974)
Eddie Harris – I Need Some Money (Atlantic/Collectables, 1975)
Oregon – Winter Light (Vanguard, 1974)
Budd Johnson – Mr. Bechet (Black & Blue, 1974)
Jimmy Raney – Momentum (MPS/PAUSA, 1975)
Randy Weston – Blues to Africa (Freedom/Arista-Freedom, 1975) 
Bobby Jones – Hill Country Suite (Enja, 1974)
Toots Thielemans – Captured Alive aka Images (Choice, 1974)
Lee Konitz – Satori (Milestone, 1975)
Keith Jarrett – Death & the Flower / Backhand (Impulse, 1975)
Dusko Gojkovic [Goykovich] – Slavic Mood (RCA Italy, 1975)
Bobby Vince Paunetto – Paunetto's Point (Pathfinder/RSVP, 1975)
Jackie McLean & the Cosmic Brotherhood – New York Calling (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1975)
The Modern Jazz Quartet – The Complete Last Concert (Atlantic, 1975)
Joe Bonner – The Lifesaver (Muse, 1975)
Harold Vick – Don't Look Back (Strata-East, 1974)
Oscar Peterson & Count Basie – "Satch" and "Josh" (Pablo, 1975)
Charles Mingus – Changes One (Atlantic, 1975) and Changes Two (Atlantic, 1975)
Irene Kral – Where Is Love? (Choice, 1975)
Billy Cobham – Crosswinds (Atlantic, 1974)
Shirley Scott - One for Me (Strata-East, 1974)
Horace Silver – Silver 'n Brass (Blue Note, 1975)
Oliver Lake – Heavy Spirits (Arista-Freedom/Black Lion, 1975)
Sonny Criss – Saturday Morning (Xanadu/Elemental, 1975)
Art Farmer – To Duke with Love (East Wind/Inner City, 1975)
Oliver Nelson – Stolen Moments (East Wind/Inner City, 1975)
Mike Westbrook Orchestra – Citadel/Room 315 (RCA/BGO, 1975)
Clifford Jordan – Night of the Mark VII aka The Highest Mountain (Muse/32 Jazz/Savoy, 1975)
John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette – Gateway (ECM, 1975)
Jimmy Giuffre – River Chant aka The Train & the River (Choice/Candid, 1975)
John Hicks – Hells Bells (Strata-East/Charly/Pure Pleasure, 1980)
Barry Harris – Plays Tadd Dameron (Xanadu/Elemental, 1975)
Dizzy Gillespie y Machito – Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Pablo, 1976)
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond – 1975: Duets (A&M Horizon/Verve, 1975)
Von Freeman – Have No Fear (Nessa, 1975) and Serenade & Blues (Nessa, 1979)
Mark Murphy – Mark Murphy Sings (Muse, 1975)
Al Cohn – Play It Now (Xanadu, 1975)
Jim Hall – Live! (A&M Horizon/Verve, 1975)
Enrico Rava – The Pilgrim and the Stars (ECM, 1975)
Stone Alliance – Stone Alliance (PM, 1976)
Hannibal & the Sunrise Orchestra – Hannibal (MPS, 1975)
Chico Hamilton – Peregrinations (Blue Note, 1975)
Hilton Ruiz Trio – Piano Man (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1975)
Andrew Hill – Live at Montreux (Freedom/Arista-Freedom, 1975)
Harry "Sweets" Edison – Just Friends (Black & Blue, 1976)
Buster Williams – Pinnacle (Muse/32 Jazz, 1975)
Eberhard Weber – Yellow Fields (ECM, 1976)
George Cables – Why Not (Whynot, 1975)
Muhal Richard Abrams & Malachi Favors – Sightsong (Black Saint, 1976)
Paul Desmond – The Paul Desmond Quartet Live (A&M Horizon/Verve, 1975) and Paul Desmond (Artists House, 1978)
John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan – Karuna Supreme (MPS, 1976)
Stan Tracey Quartet – The Return of Captain Adventure (TentoTen, 2006)
Ralph Sutton – Live! aka Ralph Sutton (Flyright, 1978)
Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson – Dansere (ECM, 1976)
Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach – Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon, 1976)
Woody Shaw – Love Dance (Muse, 1976)
Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz Quintet – Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 (Storyville, 1976, 85)
Horace Parlan Trio – No Blues (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1976)
Cedar Walton – Eastern Rebellion (Timeless/Timeless Muse, 1976)
Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life (ECM, 1976)
Ray Bryant – Here's Ray Bryant (Pablo, 1976)
Charlie Haden & Hampton Hawes – As Long as There's Music (Artists House/Verve, 1978)
Abdullah Ibrahim – Banyana: The Children of Africa (Enja, 1976)
Warne Marsh – All Music (Nessa, 1976)
Bob Degen – Sequoia Song (Enja, 1976)
Sonny Fortune – Waves of Dreams (A&M Horizon, 1976)
Vic Dickenson – Plays Bessie Smith: 'Trombone Cholly' (Sonet, 1976)
Martial Solal & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – Movability (MPS/PAUSA, 1976)
Archie Shepp – Steam (Enja/Inner City, 1976)
John Lewis & Helen Merill –  John Lewis / Helen Merrill (Mercury, 1977)
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band – Insights (RCA, 1976)
Teddy Edwards – The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (Xanadu/Elemental, 1976)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Live at Montreux (Saturn/Inner City, 1976)
Joanne Brackeen & Clint Houston – New True Illusion (Timeless, 1976)
Onaje Allan Gumbs – Onaje (SteepleChase, 1977)
Charles Sullivan – Re-Entry (Whynot, 1976)
Al Grey – Struttin' and Shoutin' (Columbia, 1983)
Enrico Pieranunzi – The Day After the Silence (Edi-Pan/Alfa Music, 1976)
Cal Tjader – Guarabe (Fantasy, 1977)
Jim McNeely Quintet – Rain's Dance (SteepleChase, 1978)
Don Pullen – Healing Force (Black Saint, 1976)
Anthony Braxton – Dortmund (Quartet) 1976 (hatART, 1991)
Arild Andersen – Shimri (ECM, 1977)
Albert Mangelsdorff, Jaco Pastorius, Alphonse Mouzon – Trilogue: Live! (MPS, 1977)
Jimmy Knepper – Cunningbird (SteepleChase, 1977)
Hal Galper Quintet – Reach Out! (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1977)
Randy Weston-Vishnu Wood Duo – Perspective (Denon, 1977)
Sam Most – Flute Flight (Xanadu, 1977)
Graciela y Mario [Bauza] – La Botánica (Lamp/Coco)
Irakere – Grupo Irakere (Areito, 1976)
Richie Kamuca Quartet – Richie (Concord); originally issued as Richard Kamuca Quartet 1976 (Jazzz)
Carmen McRae – At the Great American Music Hall (Blue Note, 1977)
Bucky Pizzarelli & Bud Freeman – Buck & Bud (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band – Live! At Buddy's Place (Vanguard, 1976)
Mike Wofford – Scott Joplin: Interpretations '76 (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
Art Hodes – Tribute to the Greats (Delmark, 2001)
Gary Peacock – Tales of Another (ECM, 1977)
Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie – The Gifted Ones (Pablo, 1979)
Tommy Flanagan Trio – Eclypso (Enja/Inner City, 1977)
Barry Altschul – You Can't Name Your Own Tune (Muse/32 Jazz, 1977)
Mal Waldron Quintet with Steve Lacy – One-Upmanship (Enja/Inner City, 1977)
George Coleman - Tete Montoliu Duo – Meditation aka Dynamic Duo (Timeless/Timeless Muse, 1977)
Billy Hart – Enchance (A&M Horizon, 1977)
George Russell & the Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra – Vertical Form VI (Soul Note, 1981)
Buddy DeFranco – Like Someone in Love (Progressive, 1977)
Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles – Heavy Love (Xanadu/Elemental, 1978)
David S. Ware / Apogee – Birth of a Being (hat Hut/Aum Fidelity, 1979)
Joe Venuti & Dave McKenna – Alone at the Palace (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
Louis Hayes – The Real Thing (Muse/32 Jazz, 1978)
David Friedman, David Samuels – Double Image (Enja/Inner City, 1977)
John Scofield – Live (Enja/Inner City, 1978)
Shelly Manne – Essence (Galaxy, 1978)
Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (Pablo, 1977)
Elton Dean's Ninesense – Happy Daze (Ogun, 1977)
Art Pepper – Friday Night at the Village Vanguard and Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1979, 80)
Roland Hanna, George Mraz – Sir Elf Plus One (Choice, 1978)
Shakti with John McLaughlin – Natural Elements (Columbia/Sony, 1977)
Kenny Wheeler – Deer Wan (ECM, 1978)
Cecil McBee Sextet – Music from the Source and Compassion (Enja/Inner City, 1978, 79)
Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen – Sheila (SteepleChase, 1978)
Lou Levy – Tempus Fugue-It (Interplay, 1977)
Andy LaVerne Trio – Another World (SteepleChase, 1978)
Sam Jones – Something in Common (Muse/32 Jazz, 1978)
Charles McPherson – New Horizons (Xanadu, 1978)
Carla Bley Band – European Tour 1977 (WATT/ECM, 1978)
Paul Motian – Dance (ECM, 1978)
Lew Tabackin – Rites of Pan (Discomate/Inner City, 1978)
Frank Foster & The Loud Minority Band – Well Water (Piadrum, 2007)
Karin Krog & Red Mitchell – …but Three's a Crowd (Bluebell, 1977)
Charlie Rouse – Moment's Notice (Storyville, 1978)
Frank Strozier – What's Goin' On (SteepleChase, 1978)
Rein de Graaff-Dick Vennik Quartet – Modal Soul (Timeless/Timeless Muse, 1977)
Air – Air Time (Nessa, 1978)
Jan Garbarek – Places (ECM, 1978)
Manfred Schoof Quintet – Light Lines (JAPO, 1978)
Hermeto Pascoal – Slaves Mass (Warner Brothers, 1977)
Dizzy Reece – Manhattan Project (Bee Hive, 1978)
Jim Hall & Red Mitchell – Jim Hall / Red Mitchell (Artists House, 1978)
Ronnie Cuber – Eleventh Day of Aquarius (Xanadu, 1978)
Martial Solal – Suite for Trio (MPS, 1978)
Kenny Burrell – Handcrafted (Muse/32 Jazz, 1978)
John McNeil Quintet – Embarkation (Steeplechase, 1978)
Illinois Jacquet – God Bless My Solo (Black & Blue/Solid/Pure Pleasure, 1978)
Cecil Taylor – Cecil Taylor Unit (New World, 1978) and 3 Phasis (New World, 1979)
Jimmy Rowles – We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together (Xanadu, 1978)
Horace Tapscott Conducting the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Orchestra – The Call (Nimbus West, 1978)
Zoot Sims – For Lady Day (Pablo, 1991)
Lester Bowie – The 5th Power (Black Saint, 1978)
Sarah Vaughan – How Long Has This Been Going On? (Pablo, 1978)
Ran Blake – Rapport (Arista Novus, 1978)
Jaki Byard – Family Man (Muse/32 Jazz, 1979)
Steve Kuhn – Non-Fiction (ECM, 1978)
Jean-Luc Ponty – Cosmic Messenger (Atlantic, 1978)
Walter Norris & Aladár Pege – Synchronicity (Enja/Inner City, 1979)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – In this Korner (Concord, 1978)
Dexter Gordon – Nights at the Keystone (Blue Note, 1985)
Red Garland – Feelin' Red (Muse/32 Jazz, 1979)
New York Jazz Quartet – Blues for Sarka (Enja/Inner City, 1978)
Bob Brookmeyer – Back Again (Sonet/Gazell, 1979)
Bennie Wallace – Live at the Public Theater (Enja/Inner City, 1978)
Archie Shepp & Dollar Brand [Abdullah Ibrahim] – Duet (Denon, 1978)
Pepper Adams – Reflectory (Muse, 1978)
Jay McShann – Kansas City Hustle (Sackville, 1978)
Mickey Tucker – Mister Mysterious (Muse, 1979)

 

Edited October 29, 2020 by HutchFan

[kh1958]

A rough estimate, I have about 117 on the list.

[danasgoodstuff]

Thanks for the list, rough count 30.

4 hours ago, felser said:

Go to his website and run through the  links for each month.  Much quicker than going back through these posts.  I'm also not a big fan of piano/sax duets, own very few that are standalone (have some in collections).

I used to be a huge fan, not as much anymore but I still like a good one.

[Dan Gould]

Not sure why but going thru the list I came up with 42?  I thought the blog would be better with the visual reminders of album covers ...

[Mark Stryker]

16 hours ago, felser said:

There was no internet and no Ruppli discography, so the prime sources of discovering what was in the BN catalog were old Schwann catalogs and the inner sleeves for other old BN albums, which were used to advertise other albums.  So you could be at Woolworth's or something in the dollar bin, and find a BN album that not only did you not own, but that you didn't even know existed.

Blue Note inner sleeves

Can't recall if I mentioned this earlier, but I bought Sonny Rollins' "A Night at the Village Vanguard" in a cutout bin at a K-Mart store about a mile (as the crow flies) from my house. 

[HutchFan]

41 minutes ago, Mark Stryker said:

Can't recall if I mentioned this earlier, but I bought Sonny Rollins' "A Night at the Village Vanguard" in a cutout bin at a K-Mart store about a mile (as the crow flies) from my house. 

Dang.  What a score!

My first job -- aside from cutting grass and watching kids -- was stocking shelves at K-mart.  Hardware and housewares.  I was 15.  Never saw ANYTHING that hip.

[mjazzg]

16 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I'll make the spreadsheet (with complete details such as sidemen, recording date, etc.) available at the end of the year.  

In the meantime, here's a simple list of the first 299 entries:
*********************************************************************

Michael Garrick Sextet with Norma Winstone – The Heart is a Lotus (Argo/Vocalion, 1970)
Thad Jones, Mel Lewis – Consummation (Blue Note, 1970)
Alice Coltrane – Ptah, the El Daoud (Impulse, 1970)
Harold Mabern – Greasy Kid Stuff! (Prestige, 1970)
Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay (CTI, 1970)
Gene Ammons – Night Lights (Prestige, 1985)
Ahmad Jamal Trio – Awakening (Impulse, 1970)
Jeremy Steig – Wayfaring Stranger (Blue Note/Real Gone Music, 1971)
Miles Davis – Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time (Sony, 2001)
Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas & Oliver Nelson – 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
Phil Woods and his European Rhythm Machine – At the Frankfurt Jazz Festival (Embryo/Atlantic, 1971)
Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet – Never Let It End (MPS, 1970)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin – Tough Tenors Again 'n' Again (MPS, 1970)
Roy Brooks – The Free Slave (Muse/32 Jazz, 1972)
Charles Tolliver/Music Inc. – Live at Slugs', Vol. 1 (Strata-East, 1972) and Live at Slugs', Vol. 2 (Strata-East, 1973)
Donald Byrd – Electric Byrd (Blue Note, 1970)
Charlie [Charles] Earland – Black Drops (Prestige, 1970)
Rusty Bryant – Soul Liberation (Prestige, 1970)
Dexter Gordon, Junior Mance – Dexter Gordon at Montreux with Junior Mance (Prestige, 1985)
Lee Morgan – Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1971)
Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land – San Francisco (Blue Note, 1971)
Marian McPartland Trio – Ambiance (Halcyon/Jazz Alliance, 1970)
Grant Green – Alive! (Blue Note, 1970)
Wayne Shorter – Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note, 1971)
Eddie [Eddy] Louiss – Our Kind of Sabi (MPS, 1970)
Paul Gonsalves, Ray Nance – Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' (Black Lion, 1973)
Cannonball Adderley Quintet – The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free (Capitol/Real Gone Music, 1970)
David "Fathead" Newman – Captain Buckles (Cotillion/Label M, 1971)
Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day in Berlin: Recorded Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival (MPS, 1971)
The Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan – Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (Sony Legacy, 2 CDs, 1995)
Sonny Simmons – Burning Spirits (Contemporary, 1971)
Pharoah Sanders – Thembi / Black Unity (Impulse, 1971, 1972)
Hank Crawford – It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion/Collectables, 1971)
Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi (Warner Brothers, 1971)
John Carter & Bobby Bradford – Self Determination Music (Flying Dutchman/BGP, 1970)
Graham Collier Music – Songs for My Father (Fontana/BGO, 1970)
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath – Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (RCA Neon/Fledg'ling, 1971)
Joe Chambers – The Almoravid (Muse/32 Jazz, 1974)
Duke Ellington – The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse: A Suite in Eight Parts (Fantasy, 1975)
Elvin Jones – Genesis (Blue Note, 1971)
Stan Getz – Dynasty (Verve, 1971) 
Blue Mitchell – Blue Mitchell (Mainstream, 1971)
Houston Person – Houston Express (Prestige, 1971)
Stanley Turrentine – Salt Song (CTI, 1971)
Bobo Stenson – Underwear (ECM, 1971)
Richard "Groove" Holmes – Comin' on Home (Blue Note, 1971)
Mary Lou Williams – Nite Life (Chiaroscuro, 1998)
Ted Curson – Pop Wine (Futura, 1971)
Mal Waldron – Black Glory (Enja, 1971) and Plays the Blues: Live at the Domicile (Enja, 1971)
Mongo Santamaria – Mongo at Montreux (Atlantic, 1971)
Johnny Lytle – The Soulful Rebel and People & Love (Real Gone Music, 2013)
The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin – The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia, 1971)
Ornette Coleman – The Complete Science Fiction Sessions (Columbia Legacy, 2000)
Tete Montoliu – Songs for Love (Enja, 1974)
Attila Zoller, Masahiko Sato – A Path Through Haze (MPS, 1972)
Thelonious Monk – The London Collection, Vols. 1 & 2 (Black Lion/1201 Music, 1988)
Joe Farrell – Outback (CTI, 1972)
Erroll Garner – Gemini (London/MPS, 1972)
Harold Land – A New Shade of Blue (Mainstream, 1971)
Doug Carn – Infant Eyes (Black Jazz, 1971)
Eddie Palmieri – Vámonos Pa’l Monte (Tico/Fania, 1971)
John Surman & John Warren – Tales of the Algonquin (Deram/Vocalion, 1971)
Gato Barbieri – Bolivia / Under Fire (Bluebird, 2003)
Weather Report – Live in Tokyo (CBS Japan/Wounded Bird, 1972)
Larry Coryell – The Offering (Vanguard/Wounded Bird, 1972)
Hugh Masakela – Home Is Where the Music Is (Chisa/Blue Thumb, 1972)
Chick Corea – Return to Forever (ECM, 1972)
Sonny Stitt – Endgame Brilliance (32 Jazz, 1997)
Julius Hemphill – Dogon A.D. (Mbari/Arista-Freedom/IPI, 1972)
Claude Hopkins – Soliloquy (Sackville, 1972)
Chucho Valdés – Jazz Batá (Areito, 1973)
James Moody – Never Again! (Muse, 1972)
Richard Davis – Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Muse, 1972)
Paul Bley – Open, to Love (ECM, 1973)
Jimmy Smith – Bluesmith (Verve/Lilith, 1972) 
Pat Martino – Head and Heart (32 Jazz, 1997)
Muhal Richard Abrams – Things To Come From Those Now Gone (Delmark, 1975)
Ruby Braff, Ellis Larkins – The Grand Reunion (Chiaroscuro, 1972)
Gary Bartz – JuJu Street Songs (Prestige, 1972)
Gary Burton & Chick Corea – Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973)
Catalyst – Perception (Muse, 1973)
Stanley Cowell Trio – Illusion Suite (ECM, 1973)
Dave Holland Quartet – Conference of the Birds (ECM, 1973)
Duke Ellington & Ray Brown – This One's for Blanton (Pablo, 1975)
Oscar Peterson & Ben Webster – During This Time (Art of Groove/MIG, 2014)
Jack McDuff – The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1972)
Buddy Terry – Pure Dynamite (Mainstream, 1972)
Lucky Thompson – Illuminations (Groove Merchant, 1974)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle (Atlantic, 1973)
Joe Henderson – Multiple (Milestone, 1973)
Joachim Kühn – This Way Out (MPS, 1973)
Eddie Henderson – Realization (Capricorn, 1973)
Cecil Payne & Duke Jordan – Brooklyn Brothers (Muse/Elemental, 1973)
João Donato & Eumir Deodato – Donato / Deodato (Muse, 1973)
Ian Carr with Nucleus Plus – Labyrinth (Vertigo, 1973)
Woody Herman – Giant Steps (Fantasy, 1973)
Airto Moreira – Fingers (CTI, 1973)
Gil Evans – Svengali (Atlantic, 1973)
Clare Fischer – The State of His Art (Revelation, 1976) and Jazz Song (Revelation, 1979)
Marion Brown – Geechee Recollections and Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse, 1973/74)
Abbey Lincoln – People in Me (Philips Japan/Inner City/Verve, 1973)
John Lee & Gerry Brown – Infinite Jones aka Bamboo Madness (Keytone/Limetree, 1974)
Mike Gibbs & Gary Burton – "In the Common Interest" (Polydor, 1974)
Terumasa Hino – Taro's Mood (Enja, 1973)
Hampton Hawes – Live at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, Vol. 1 (Enja, 1981) and Vol. 2 (Enja, 1989)
George Benson – Body Talk (CTI, 1973)
Dudu Pukwana & Spear – In the Townships (Caroline/Earthworks, 1974)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Fanfare for the Warriors (Atlantic/Koch, 1974)
Don Patterson – These Are Soulful Days (Muse, 1974)
Dave Liebman – Lookout Farm (ECM, 1974)
Norman Connors – Love from the Sun (Buddah, 1973)
Duke Jordan – Flight to Denmark (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1974)
John Surman – Morning Glory (Antilles/Fledg'ling, 1973) 
Eric Kloss – Essence (Muse, 1974)
Bob Wilber & Kenny Davern – Soprano Summit (World Jazz)
Flora Purim – Butterfly Dreams (Milestone, 1973)
Dick Wellstood – Dick Wellstood & His Famous Orchestra featuring Kenny Davern (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
Ray Barretto – The Other Road (Fania, 1973)
Billy Harper – Capra Black (Strata-East, 1973)
Tito Puente – Tito Puente and His Concert Orchestra (Tico/Fania, 1973)
Jack Wilkins – Windows (Mainstream, 1973)
Larry Willis – Inner Crisis (Groove Merchant, 1973)
Larry Young – Lawrence of Newark (Perception, 1973)
Al Haig Trio – Invitation (Spotlite, 1975)
Ella Fitzgerald – Fine and Mellow (Pablo, 1979)
Carlos Garnett – Black Love (Muse, 1974)
Teddy Wilson – Striding After Fats (Black Lion, 1974)
Phineas Newborn, Jr. – Piano Solo (Atlantic/32 Jazz, 1975)
Earl Hines – One for My Baby (Black Lion, 1978) and Master of Jazz, Vol. 2 (Storyville, 1984) 
Bennie Maupin – The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM, 1974)
Roswell Rudd – Flexible Flyer (Arista-Freedom/Black Lion, 1975)
Bobby Hutcherson – Cirrus (Blue Note, 1974)
Willis Jackson – Headed and Gutted (Muse, 1974)
Kenny Drew Trio – Dark Beauty (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1974)
Jimmy Heath – The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1994)
Sonny Rollins – The Cutting Edge (Milestone, 1974)
Eddie Harris – I Need Some Money (Atlantic/Collectables, 1975)
Oregon – Winter Light (Vanguard, 1974)
Budd Johnson – Mr. Bechet (Black & Blue, 1974)
Jimmy Raney – Momentum (MPS/PAUSA, 1975)
Randy Weston – Blues to Africa (Freedom/Arista-Freedom, 1975) 
Bobby Jones – Hill Country Suite (Enja, 1974)
Toots Thielemans – Captured Alive aka Images (Choice, 1974)
Lee Konitz – Satori (Milestone, 1975)
Keith Jarrett – Death & the Flower / Backhand (Impulse, 1975)
Dusko Gojkovic [Goykovich] – Slavic Mood (RCA Italy, 1975)
Bobby Vince Paunetto – Paunetto's Point (Pathfinder/RSVP, 1975)
Jackie McLean & the Cosmic Brotherhood – New York Calling (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1975)
The Modern Jazz Quartet – The Complete Last Concert (Atlantic, 1975)
Joe Bonner – The Lifesaver (Muse, 1975)
Harold Vick – Don't Look Back (Strata-East, 1974)
Oscar Peterson & Count Basie – "Satch" and "Josh" (Pablo, 1975)
Charles Mingus – Changes One (Atlantic, 1975) and Changes Two (Atlantic, 1975)
Irene Kral – Where Is Love? (Choice, 1975)
Billy Cobham – Crosswinds (Atlantic, 1974)
Shirley Scott - One for Me (Strata-East, 1974)
Horace Silver – Silver 'n Brass (Blue Note, 1975)
Oliver Lake – Heavy Spirits (Arista-Freedom/Black Lion, 1975)
Sonny Criss – Saturday Morning (Xanadu/Elemental, 1975)
Art Farmer – To Duke with Love (East Wind/Inner City, 1975)
Oliver Nelson – Stolen Moments (East Wind/Inner City, 1975)
Mike Westbrook Orchestra – Citadel/Room 315 (RCA/BGO, 1975)
Clifford Jordan – Night of the Mark VII aka The Highest Mountain (Muse/32 Jazz/Savoy, 1975)
John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette – Gateway (ECM, 1975)
Jimmy Giuffre – River Chant aka The Train & the River (Choice/Candid, 1975)
John Hicks – Hells Bells (Strata-East/Charly/Pure Pleasure, 1980)
Barry Harris – Plays Tadd Dameron (Xanadu/Elemental, 1975)
Dizzy Gillespie y Machito – Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Pablo, 1976)
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond – 1975: Duets (A&M Horizon/Verve, 1975)
Von Freeman – Have No Fear (Nessa, 1975) and Serenade & Blues (Nessa, 1979)
Mark Murphy – Mark Murphy Sings (Muse, 1975)
Al Cohn – Play It Now (Xanadu, 1975)
Jim Hall – Live! (A&M Horizon/Verve, 1975)
Enrico Rava – The Pilgrim and the Stars (ECM, 1975)
Stone Alliance – Stone Alliance (PM, 1976)
Hannibal & the Sunrise Orchestra – Hannibal (MPS, 1975)
Chico Hamilton – Peregrinations (Blue Note, 1975)
Hilton Ruiz Trio – Piano Man (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1975)
Andrew Hill – Live at Montreux (Freedom/Arista-Freedom, 1975)
Harry "Sweets" Edison – Just Friends (Black & Blue, 1976)
Buster Williams – Pinnacle (Muse/32 Jazz, 1975)
Eberhard Weber – Yellow Fields (ECM, 1976)
George Cables – Why Not (Whynot, 1975)
Muhal Richard Abrams & Malachi Favors – Sightsong (Black Saint, 1976)
Paul Desmond – The Paul Desmond Quartet Live (A&M Horizon/Verve, 1975) and Paul Desmond (Artists House, 1978)
John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan – Karuna Supreme (MPS, 1976)
Stan Tracey Quartet – The Return of Captain Adventure (TentoTen, 2006)
Ralph Sutton – Live! aka Ralph Sutton (Flyright, 1978)
Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson – Dansere (ECM, 1976)
Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach – Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon, 1976)
Woody Shaw – Love Dance (Muse, 1976)
Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz Quintet – Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 (Storyville, 1976, 85)
Horace Parlan Trio – No Blues (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1976)
Cedar Walton – Eastern Rebellion (Timeless/Timeless Muse, 1976)
Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life (ECM, 1976)
Ray Bryant – Here's Ray Bryant (Pablo, 1976)
Charlie Haden & Hampton Hawes – As Long as There's Music (Artists House/Verve, 1978)
Abdullah Ibrahim – Banyana: The Children of Africa (Enja, 1976)
Warne Marsh – All Music (Nessa, 1976)
Bob Degen – Sequoia Song (Enja, 1976)
Sonny Fortune – Waves of Dreams (A&M Horizon, 1976)
Vic Dickenson – Plays Bessie Smith: 'Trombone Cholly' (Sonet, 1976)
Martial Solal & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – Movability (MPS/PAUSA, 1976)
Archie Shepp – Steam (Enja/Inner City, 1976)
John Lewis & Helen Merill –  John Lewis / Helen Merrill (Mercury, 1977)
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band – Insights (RCA, 1976)
Teddy Edwards – The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (Xanadu/Elemental, 1976)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Live at Montreux (Saturn/Inner City, 1976)
Joanne Brackeen & Clint Houston – New True Illusion (Timeless, 1976)
Onaje Allan Gumbs – Onaje (SteepleChase, 1977)
Charles Sullivan – Re-Entry (Whynot, 1976)
Al Grey – Struttin' and Shoutin' (Columbia, 1983)
Enrico Pieranunzi – The Day After the Silence (Edi-Pan/Alfa Music, 1976)
Cal Tjader – Guarabe (Fantasy, 1977)
Jim McNeely Quintet – Rain's Dance (SteepleChase, 1978)
Don Pullen – Healing Force (Black Saint, 1976)
Anthony Braxton – Dortmund (Quartet) 1976 (hatART, 1991)
Arild Andersen – Shimri (ECM, 1977)
Albert Mangelsdorff, Jaco Pastorius, Alphonse Mouzon – Trilogue: Live! (MPS, 1977)
Jimmy Knepper – Cunningbird (SteepleChase, 1977)
Hal Galper Quintet – Reach Out! (SteepleChase/Inner City, 1977)
Randy Weston-Vishnu Wood Duo – Perspective (Denon, 1977)
Sam Most – Flute Flight (Xanadu, 1977)
Graciela y Mario [Bauza] – La Botánica (Lamp/Coco)
Irakere – Grupo Irakere (Areito, 1976)
Richie Kamuca Quartet – Richie (Concord); originally issued as Richard Kamuca Quartet 1976 (Jazzz)
Carmen McRae – At the Great American Music Hall (Blue Note, 1977)
Bucky Pizzarelli & Bud Freeman – Buck & Bud (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band – Live! At Buddy's Place (Vanguard, 1976)
Mike Wofford – Scott Joplin: Interpretations '76 (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
Art Hodes – Tribute to the Greats (Delmark, 2001)
Gary Peacock – Tales of Another (ECM, 1977)
Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie – The Gifted Ones (Pablo, 1979)
Tommy Flanagan Trio – Eclypso (Enja/Inner City, 1977)
Barry Altschul – You Can't Name Your Own Tune (Muse/32 Jazz, 1977)
Mal Waldron Quintet with Steve Lacy – One-Upmanship (Enja/Inner City, 1977)
George Coleman - Tete Montoliu Duo – Meditation aka Dynamic Duo (Timeless/Timeless Muse, 1977)
Billy Hart – Enchance (A&M Horizon, 1977)
George Russell & the Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra – Vertical Form VI (Soul Note, 1981)
Buddy DeFranco – Like Someone in Love (Progressive, 1977)
Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles – Heavy Love (Xanadu/Elemental, 1978)
David S. Ware / Apogee – Birth of a Being (hat Hut/Aum Fidelity, 1979)
Joe Venuti & Dave McKenna – Alone at the Palace (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
Louis Hayes – The Real Thing (Muse/32 Jazz, 1978)
David Friedman, David Samuels – Double Image (Enja/Inner City, 1977)
John Scofield – Live (Enja/Inner City, 1978)
Shelly Manne – Essence (Galaxy, 1978)
Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (Pablo, 1977)
Elton Dean's Ninesense – Happy Daze (Ogun, 1977)
Art Pepper – Friday Night at the Village Vanguard and Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1979, 80)
Roland Hanna, George Mraz – Sir Elf Plus One (Choice, 1978)
Shakti with John McLaughlin – Natural Elements (Columbia/Sony, 1977)
Kenny Wheeler – Deer Wan (ECM, 1978)
Cecil McBee Sextet – Music from the Source and Compassion (Enja/Inner City, 1978, 79)
Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen – Sheila (SteepleChase, 1978)
Lou Levy – Tempus Fugue-It (Interplay, 1977)
Andy LaVerne Trio – Another World (SteepleChase, 1978)
Sam Jones – Something in Common (Muse/32 Jazz, 1978)
Charles McPherson – New Horizons (Xanadu, 1978)
Carla Bley Band – European Tour 1977 (WATT/ECM, 1978)
Paul Motian – Dance (ECM, 1978)
Lew Tabackin – Rites of Pan (Discomate/Inner City, 1978)
Frank Foster & The Loud Minority Band – Well Water (Piadrum, 2007)
Karin Krog & Red Mitchell – …but Three's a Crowd (Bluebell, 1977)
Charlie Rouse – Moment's Notice (Storyville, 1978)
Frank Strozier – What's Goin' On (SteepleChase, 1978)
Rein de Graaff-Dick Vennik Quartet – Modal Soul (Timeless/Timeless Muse, 1977)
Air – Air Time (Nessa, 1978)
Jan Garbarek – Places (ECM, 1978)
Manfred Schoof Quintet – Light Lines (JAPO, 1978)
Hermeto Pascoal – Slaves Mass (Warner Brothers, 1977)
Dizzy Reece – Manhattan Project (Bee Hive, 1978)
Jim Hall & Red Mitchell – Jim Hall / Red Mitchell (Artists House, 1978)
Ronnie Cuber – Eleventh Day of Aquarius (Xanadu, 1978)
Martial Solal – Suite for Trio (MPS, 1978)
Kenny Burrell – Handcrafted (Muse/32 Jazz, 1978)
John McNeil Quintet – Embarkation (Steeplechase, 1978)
Illinois Jacquet – God Bless My Solo (Black & Blue/Solid/Pure Pleasure, 1978)
Cecil Taylor – Cecil Taylor Unit (New World, 1978) and 3 Phasis (New World, 1979)
Jimmy Rowles – We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together (Xanadu, 1978)
Horace Tapscott Conducting the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Orchestra – The Call (Nimbus West, 1978)
Zoot Sims – For Lady Day (Pablo, 1991)
Lester Bowie – The 5th Power (Black Saint, 1978)
Sarah Vaughan – How Long Has This Been Going On? (Pablo, 1978)
Ran Blake – Rapport (Arista Novus, 1978)
Jaki Byard – Family Man (Muse/32 Jazz, 1979)
Steve Kuhn – Non-Fiction (ECM, 1978)
Jean-Luc Ponty – Cosmic Messenger (Atlantic, 1978)
Walter Norris & Aladár Pege – Synchronicity (Enja/Inner City, 1979)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – In this Korner (Concord, 1978)
Dexter Gordon – Nights at the Keystone (Blue Note, 1985)
Red Garland – Feelin' Red (Muse/32 Jazz, 1979)
New York Jazz Quartet – Blues for Sarka (Enja/Inner City, 1978)
Bob Brookmeyer – Back Again (Sonet/Gazell, 1979)
Bennie Wallace – Live at the Public Theater (Enja/Inner City, 1978)
Archie Shepp & Dollar Brand [Abdullah Ibrahim] – Duet (Denon, 1978)
Pepper Adams – Reflectory (Muse, 1978)
Jay McShann – Kansas City Hustle (Sackville, 1978)
Mickey Tucker – Mister Mysterious (Muse, 1979)

 

Thanks for the full list.  67 for me and a good number of 'need to get'

[HutchFan]

36 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Thanks for the full list.  67 for me and a good number of 'need to get'

Happy to share the list (so far).

If folks discover any "new" music thru this project and it brings them enjoyment, then I'm glad. 

 

Edited October 29, 2020 by HutchFan

[kh1958]

22 hours ago, Mark Stryker said:

Can't recall if I mentioned this earlier, but I bought Sonny Rollins' "A Night at the Village Vanguard" in a cutout bin at a K-Mart store about a mile (as the crow flies) from my house. 

Best 1970s cut bin score for me: NY USA pressing of Big John Patton, Got A Good Thing Goin'.

[felser]

3 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Best 1970s cut bin score for me: NY USA pressing of Big John Patton, Got A Good Thing Goin'.

I think for me it was a $1 (the whole store was $1 cutout LP's) Cobblestone LP of Jimmy Heath's "The Gap Sealer".  That one opened up new worlds for me.  

[Dan Gould]

3 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Best 1970s cut bin score for me: NY USA pressing of Big John Patton, Got A Good Thing Goin'.

I scored that one in the late 90s or early 2000s, for about $12 at a local store.  It was a good couple of years before the CD appeared and no one I was trading CDRs with had it at the time so it felt like an extraordinary score. But nothing like getting it sealed @ a cut-out price point.

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, Dan Gould said:

I scored that one in the late 90s or early 2000s, for about $12 at a local store.  It was a good couple of years before the CD appeared and no one I was trading CDRs with had it at the time so it felt like an extraordinary score. But nothing like getting it sealed @ a cut-out price point.

Never saw any of those NY cutouts. The best I could find was $0.5 Cdn Applause LPs..

[HutchFan]

Weekly Recap - PLAYING FAVORITES: Reflections on Jazz in the 1970s 

Buddy Tate & the Muse Allstars – Live at Sandy's (Muse, 1980) and Hard Blowin': Live at Sandy's (Muse, 1984)
Sam Rivers - Waves (Tomato, 1979)
Anthony Davis – Of Blues and Dreams (Sackville, 1979)
Johnny Dyani Quartet – Song for Biko (SteepleChase, 1979)
Shirley Horn – A Lazy Afternoon (SteepleChase, 1979)
Mike Nock – In, Out and Around (Timeless/Timeless Muse, 1978)
Arnett Cobb – Arnett Cobb Is Back (Progressive, 1979)

 

I like that I have not one but two Texas Tenors this week.  Plus Sam Rivers and Anthony Davis.  Plus Johnny Dyani's gorgeous Song for Biko and Shirley Horn's gorgeous A Lazy Afternoon. Plus Mike Nock with Mike Brecker.

I say, "Good stuff!!!" 

What say you?

[soulpope]

6 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Weekly Recap - PLAYING FAVORITES: Reflections on Jazz in the 1970s 

Johnny Dyani Quartet – Song for Biko (SteepleChase, 1979)

Shirley Horn – A Lazy Afternoon (SteepleChase, 1979)

Another excellent selection with these both being perennial favorites of mine ....

[soulpope]

On 26.10.2020 at 4:26 PM, HutchFan said:

For me, Buster is at the other end of this particular spectrum.  Buster is NEVER stiff.  He's always limber.  And I don't mean rubber-bandy limber.  I'm talking flexible like a dancer's body.  I think that's why he's such a bad-ass with those Mwandishi ostinatos.   

Agreed ....

[felser]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Sam Rivers - Waves (Tomato, 1979)
Johnny Dyani Quartet – Song for Biko (SteepleChase, 1979)
 

Love the Dyani.  Hard to choose just one Rivers but that is a good one.

Edited November 1, 2020 by felser

[HutchFan]

Do not sleep on Arnett Cobb, gents! 

... I know I did.  For WAY too long.

 

[soulpope]

22 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Do not sleep on Arnett Cobb, gents! 

... I know I did.  For WAY too long.

 

Off course no resistance vs Mr. Cobb here  ....