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I have Toshiba pressing of those. Wondrous music.Heartily recommend Time Waits and Bud! as well.

Johnn

John,

Thanks for the tip. The pressings I have are toshiba and in glorious mono.

Peter

Hi Peter,

Thanks for posting the Early Records info. I finally decided to take the plunge and ordered five albums a couple of weeks ago, which I picked up yesterday. They are:-

Booker Little : Booker Little [Overseas Records] This album released on the Time Series 2000 was originally recorded in 1960 and was released in the U.K. as The Legendary Quartet Album [Island]. I had never seen this album.

Walt Dickerson : To My Queen [New Jazz] Japanese issue of Dickerson's final album for Prestige and described as his Magnum Opus in Issue 2 of one final note.

Randy Weston : Afrcan Nite [Owl] First release on the French label in 1975. Great solo album which opens with the classic Little Niles.

David Murray Trio : The Hill [Black Saint] Here's one I missed first time round, but found at last. A dream trio, with Richard Davis on bass and Joe Chambers on drums/vibes, reworking Ellington and Strayhorn a.o.

Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan : Trouble In Mind [Steeplechase] Japanese issue of what must be Shepp's most stunning recording, in his most natural style, the blues.

Finally, top marks to Hiroshi Tanno at Early Records for exemplary service.

best

Dave Charlton

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Dave,

Thanks for bringing the thread back to life, and for reminding me of that source for Jazz LPs.

Peter

Dave, interesting choices. I like one final note a lot, though they can be a tad serious and lacking in humour at times. Shepp and Parlan are a very good match I think. What would you suggest as a good place to start with Walt Dickerson, and what do you think of him?

John


www.onefinalnote.com for those interested a cyber jazz/avant/improv mag of great quality.

John,

I can't point you in any direction re: Walt Dickerson. To My Queen is my first encounter with his music. This particular album is very subtle and understated with no fireworks. Not surprising, considering it is dedicated to his mum.

He seems to have recorded quite a number of albums on Steeplechase that might be worth checking out.

Dave

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I was so impressed first time round I decided to have another dabble. Here's what I ended up with.

Alvin Batiste, John Carter, Jimmy Hamilton and David Murray : Clarinet Summit [ India Navigation ]. Live concert recording from the Public Theatre in New York in 1981. This album covers the whole of the jazz tradition from a delightful arrangement by ex Ellingtonian Jimmy Hamilton of Dizzy Gillespie's Groovin' High to David Murray's virtuoso bass clarinet solo on his own Sweet Lovely.

Kahil El'Zabar with David Murray : Golden Sea [Sound Aspects ]. More Murray, this time partnering the great Chicagoan percussionist El ' Zabar. Listen to the opening title track with El'Zabar on sanza ( African thumb piano ) and Murray again on bass clarinet for the ultimate chill-out music.

Tal Farlow : The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow [ Verve ( Japanese Polydor) ]. My fist exposure to this master of the jazz guitar, playing standards including Parker's classic Yardbird Suite.

Jim Hall and Red Mitchell : Jim Hall and Red Mitchell [ Artists House ( King ) ]. Guitarist Hall and bassist Mitchell play a very sutle and understated duo gig at Sweet Basil in NYC (1978 ) and released on Ornette's Artists House label.

David Murray : Lovers [ DIW ]. Murray again, this time playing ballads in a supurb quartet. His own Ming is fantastic. Super recording by Jim Anderson who also engineered Zorn's classic Masada series.

Thanks again to Peter Stockwell and Hiroshi Tanno.

Dave

Thanks to Peter S.for the original post and Dave for rejuvenating the thread so it came to my attention.

I've only had a quick look, and the stuff is obviously not exactly cheap, but it's definitely drooling material. I gazed at the in-shop photo for ages.... And all those CBS-Sony Miles Davis items Wwwwoooooooowwwwww!!!!! Japanese vinyl is the MOTHERLODE.

Nice to see David Murray getting talked up guys - I'm a complete Murray addict.

I'll post again if I purchase, promise - but I'm gonna take my time with this one.

Thanks again
Jim