2) WATER BABIES: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter. Columbia LP.Corea and Holland on a couple of tracks.
3) WEE SNEEZAWEE: Jimmy Lyons Quintet. Black Saint LP.
4) QUARTET (2008) MESTRE: Braxton, Bynum, Halvorson, Young. Caligola CD. A great performance. I love this group. They also did the Moscow 2008 CD.
5) MIDNIGHT BLUE: Kenny Burrell. Blue Note/King LP.
6) PLUME: Butcher, Stangl, Buck, Maya. Unsounds CD.
7) IMPRESSIONS OF PO MUSIC: Vandermark's Topology Nonet with McPhee. Okka CD.
8) TOPOLOGY: Joe McPhee Po Music. Irene Schweizer, Malfatti, Jaume, Favre, et al. hat Art 2LP.
9) RELATIVITY SUITE: Don Cherry. Klimt LP reissue.
10) THE ECSTASY OF THE MOMENT: The Barton Workshop. Etcetera 3CD. Early, middle and late Morton Feldman.
11) THE STATE OF THE TENOR, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: Joe Henderson. BN LP. Impressive.
12) FOR GIRLS WHO GROW PLUMP IN THE NIGHT: Caravan. London LP.
13) COOL STRUTTIN': Sonny Clark. BN LP.
14) SPECIAL PEOPLE: Andrew Cyrille. Soul Note LP.
15) THE TRIO: Curson, Drummond, Haynes. Interplay LP.
16) 5th SYMPHONY: Tchaikovsky, Philharmonic S.O. NY, Mitropolous. Columbia 6-eye LP
17) ZEBULON: Peter Evans. More is More CD.
18) LIVE AT NICKELSDORF KONFRONTATIONEN: Barefield, Anthony Holland, Tabbal. Sound Aspects LP.
19) SYMPHONY in D MINOR: Franck, NY Phil, Bernsetein. Columbia 6 eye LP.
20) MAKE A MOVE WHERE'S YOUR CUP: Threadgill, Columbia CD.
21) LESS MORE: Gjerstad, Stevens, Billy Bang (on 3 trks). CT CD.
22) THE RAJAH: Lee Morgan. BN LP.
23) STRICTLY FOR OUR FRIENDS: Ganelin Trio. Leo CD.
24) POCO-A-POCO: Ganelin Trio, Leo CD.
25) CERTAIN BLACKS: Art Ensemble of Chicago. Inner City LP reissue.
26) SOMETHING ELSE! Ornette Coleman. Contemporary reissue LP.
27) SOFT HEAP: Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Radu Malfatti, Pip Pyle. Charly LP.'
28) RAM'S RUN: Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre. Cadence Jazz LP. RIP KMM. I still recall his appearance at the Vision Fest.
29) PEACE AND BLESSING: Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre. Black Saint LP.
30) HUMILITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD: KMM. Delmark LP.
31) THE CRY OF MY PEOPLE: Archie Shepp. Impulse LP.
32) TOUFF ASSIGNMENT: Cy Touff Quintet. Argo/Fresh Sound LP. I don't even know why.
33) JAZZ EXPERIMENTS OF CHARLIE MINGUS: Mingus, LaPorta, Macero, et al. Bethlehem LP reissue. I really like these early albums of Mingus, Cecil, where they are on the cusp of avant music.
34) ENIGMA VARIATIONS: Elgar, RPO, Litton, cond. Virgin CD.
35) IMPRESSIONS: Ethic Heritage Ensemble. Red Records LP.
36) RENDEZ-VOUS: Mariano Schiano (as), Sam Rivers, Holland, Altschul. Vedette Records LP. It would be nice to see some of Rivers' Euro recordings in a CD box.
37) CASSAVA BALLS: Hartmut Geerken, John Tchcai, Famadou Don Moye. Leo CD. Wild.
38) BRASS BAG: Gerald Wilson, Tricky Lofton. Pacific Jazz LP.
39) HEMISPHERES: Anthony Davis, J.D. Parran, Leo Smith, et al. Grammavision LP.
37) A FISH STINKS FROM THE HEAD: Brotzmann, PNL. Bro-F CD.
38) THREE FOR SHEPP: Marion Brown, Sirone, Burrell, et al. Impulse LP.
39) INFINITY: Khan Jamal, Byard Lancaster. Jam'Brio LP.
40) THE OTHER VV TAPES: Coltrane Classic Quintet and Dolphy. Impulse 2LP.
41) GEECHEE RECOLLECTIONS: Marion Brown. ABC/Impulse LP.
42) FLIP TOP: Ted Curson. Arista LP.
43) SPIRAL: Bobby Hutcherson. Sam Rivers on 1 trk. BN LP.
44) OLD EYES: Joe McPhee, Jaume, Boni, et al. hatHut LP. Very cool.
45) MYRIAD: Magda Mayas, Christine Abdelnour. Unsounds CD.
46) THE NEW YORK SCHOOL 2: Compositions by Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, John Cage, Christian Wolff. Arranged chronically, which I find really interesting. I also really like Earle Brown's pieces, as well as Feldman. hatArt CD.
47) MYSTIC WINDS, TROPIC BREEZES: Jay Hoggard, Anthony Davis, Cecil McBee, et al. India Navigation LP. Been checking out that Hoggard/Davis circle. This is a pretty good album.
48) WAITING: Bobby Hutcherson. BN LP.
49) SAMA LAYUCA: McCoy Tyner, Gary Bartz, Hutcherson, Azar Lawrence. Milestone LP.
50) BARCELONA: Joe Henderson. Enja CD. This is really solid; free and post-bop playing.
51) BLASE: Archie Shepp. Affinity LP. Nice pressing and hip album.
52) YASMINA, A BLACK WOMAN: Archie Shepp, Clifford Thornton, Lester Bowie, et al. Yes to Jazz LP.
53) TRIOTONE: Braxton, Szabados, Tarasov. Leo CD.
54) OUT OF SOUND: Lauren Newton, Joelle Leandre, Urs Leimgruber. Leo CD. Great stuff.
55) SOWETO: Dollar Brand. Chiaroscuro LP.
56) STRATA INSTITUTE- CIPHER SYNTAX. Steve Coleman, Greg Osby. JMT LP.
57) MUSIC INC. Tolliver, Cowell, McBee. Strata-East LP.
58) THE COOKER: Lee Morgan, Pepper Adams. BN TOCJ CD.
59) THE JOE DALEY TRIO AT NEWPORT '63: Daley, Russell Thorne, Hal Russell. RCA mono LP. Finally found a copy cheap. Another hip album on the verge of a new era.
60) MUSES FOR RICHARD DAVIS: Richard Davis. MPS LP.
61) DEMON'S DANCE: Jackie McLean. JRVG CD.
62) PIANO CONCERTS 2 & 3: Rachmaninov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Moscow PO, Kondrashin, cond. Decca Legends CD.
63) BILL DIXON IN ITALY, Vol. I and Vol. II. Bill Dixon. Soul Note 2LPs.
64) CELEBRATION: Andrew Cyrille & Maono. IPS Records LP.
65) CHANGE OF THE CENTURY: Ornette Coleman, Cherry, Haden, Higgins. Atlantic LP. Picked this one up without thinking too much about it, as I did not have this title on vinyl. Turned out to be a green label first pressing.
66) GRANT GREEN: RETROSPECTIVE: Disc 1. BN box.
67) INNOVATION: Amalgam. Tangent LP. Yes and yes.
68) THE WINDOW: Steve Lacy Trio. Soul Note LP. More yes.
69) SCHOOL DAYS: Lacy, Rudd, Grimes, Dennis Charles. Emanem LP. A big yes.
70) MUSIC FROM THE SOURCE: McBee, Chico Freeman, McCall, Moye. Inner City LP.
71) SHADES OF REDD: Freddie Redd Quintet, Jackie McLean, Tina Brooks. BN/Toshiba CD.
72) UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS: Alice Coltrane. Impulse CD.
73) TOUCH THE EARTH-BREAK THE SHELLS: Kowald, Wadada Smith, Sommer. FMP CD. Great stuff.
74) SCALES: Manfred Schoof Quintet. ECM LP
75) I GET A BOOT OUT OF YOU: Marty Paich, Art Pepper. Discovery LP.
76) Vol. I: THE QUINTETS: Lennie Niehaus. Contemporary LP.
77) NEW YORK ART QUARTET: eponymous. Get Back LP. This will have to do until one of us buys the $350 set.
78) CONSEQUENCES: NY Contemporary Five. Fontana LP.
79) MAL-1: Mal Waldron. OJC CD.
80) LIVE AT THE AXIS: Roland Alexander Quintet with Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre. Kharma LP.
81) INSIDE JOB: Rudd, Rava, Burrell. Arista Freedom LP. I dug it a lot this time around.
82) TIME ZONE: Braxton and Teitelbaum. Arista Freedom LP. Very cool. Braxton hits the contrabass clarinet.
83) THE BERLIN CONCERTS: Eric Dolphy. Inner City 2LP.
84) BLUE NOTES FOR MONGEZI: Dudu Pukwana, Chris McGregor, Moholo, Dyani. Ogun 2LP. Performed on the death of Mongezi Feza. I also have "Blue Notes for Johnny," performed on his death.
85) SYMPHONY NO.5: Mahler, LPO, Tennstedt.
86) THE OPENER: Curtis Fuller. JRVG CD.
87) OF LOVE AND PEACE: Larry Young. BN CD. Yes and yes.
88) CONSEQUENCES: Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan. BN LP.
89) SHADOWGRAPH: George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Roscoe Mitchell, et al. Black Saint LP.
90) BLACK MAGIC MAN: Joe McPhee. hatHut LP. Vassar 1970.
91) A NEW CONCEPTION: Sam Rivers. BN LP.
92) REVOLT OF THE NEGRO LAWN JOCKEYS: Jemeel Moondoc. Eremite CD. Best Moondoc?
93) LIVE AT THE KERAVA JAZZ FESTIVAL: Grimes, Murray, Drake. Ayler CD.
94) SPIRIT HOUSE: Moondoc and Jus Grew Orchestra. Eremite CD. I wonder how many jokes are contained in that orchestra's name?
95) GONGS EAST!: Chico Hamilton, Eric Dolphy. Discovery LP. RIP Chico.
96) WITH SILENCE: Karl Berger. Enja LP. Solid.
97) THIS TIME: Braxton, Jenkins, Smith, McCall. BYG LP reissue.
98) ANDREW!!! Hill, Hutcherson, John Gilmore, Davis, Chambers. BN CD. Strong date with Gilmore.
99) SYMPHONY NO.1: Mahler, CSO, Solti. London CD.
100) BOBBY BRADFORD WITH JOHN STEVENS & SME, VOL.I": Bradford, Stevens, Watts, et al. Nessa LP.
101) BIRTHDAY SESSION: JOOKLO Finnish Quartet. Troglosound LP.
102) RISING ABOVE: JOOKLO Duo. Qbico LP.
103) DIVINE LOVE: Leo Smith. ECM LP. It's good but there are hints even then of the grandiosity that plagues Smith, especially now.
104) COMPULSION!!!!! Andrew Hill, John Gilmore, McBee, et al. BN CD. Another kick-ass date with Gilmore.
105) WINTER GARDENS: John Butcher. Kukuruku LP.
106) SYMPHONY NO. 2, "Resurrection": Mahler, LPO, Tennstedt.
107) CHANT: Donald Byrd. BN LT Japanese reissue CD. The Japanese reissued remastered versions on CD of the BN LT series. I picked up some and the ones I heard were pretty good.
Some very cool stuff on this list Mr T including: McPhee’s “Topology”, Feldman 3 CD set, Kalaparusha vinyl, Cassava Balls CD, PNL & Brotz new release, Lacy “School Days” vinyl, and Kowald & Wadada FMP.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know what I have of Kalaparusha, what do you think of those you listed and his playing? How is the Blue Notes stuff? I don’t think I have heard the right stuff.
You are killing me with your Moondoc statement, I have been trying to get Moondoc’s Revolt for a long time, all the eremite releases are killer and he just reissued “Triplet”.
I need to circle back with my Andrew Hill collection pointing out the Gilmore on horn Blue Notes, they are probably must haves and the reissues are not hard to come by.
There is a Cyrille box coming out on Soul Note that I would highly recommend since David S Ware is a horn on many of them. I trucked down most of the vinyl but the price is right for those boxes, I have the Lacy, Dixon and Braxton—excellent stuff at a value price.
Great list!
Regarding Kalaparusha, they are all pretty good, but I would try "Peace and Blessing" and "Humility" first.
ReplyDeleteThe Moondoc I picked up new somewhere, at the list price. I'm like, "Isn't this OP?" So that was a good find. I had the same experience with "Test." I think I have "Triplet."
I have been going back to my BN stuff. For a few years I couldn't touch it, just wasn't interested. Now I am again. Stuff like Hill and Larry Young are still really strong. So the BN's are back on the playlist. I can't afford to have them just as wall decoration ;-).
The problem for me with the Soul Note boxes is that I usually have 3 of 5 or 4 of 6 of every box either on vinyl and/or CD. So do I push ahead with vinyl or get the box and sell the vinyl? I'm tired of all the redundancy. This raises the issue we discussed: is it better to get the box for $30,or the individual vinyl for, let's say, $100?