Muhal Richard Abrams ‎– Spiral: Live At Montreux 1978

Muhal Richard Abrams ‎– Spiral: Live At Montreux 1978

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams

1. "D Song" - 13:50
2. "String Song" - 5:05
3. "Voice Song" - 23:33

Muhal Richard Abrams - Piano, Gongs

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland on July 22, 1978

Arista / Novus, 1978

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Sam Rivers - Sizzle

Sam Rivers - Sizzle

All compositions by Sam Rivers

1. "Dawn" - 12:38
2. "Flare" - 8:53
3. "Flame" - 12:20
4. "Scud" - 9:59

Sam Rivers - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, piano
Ted Dunbar - guitar
Dave Holland - bass, cello
Barry Altschul - drums
Warren Smith - drums, vibes, tympani

Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City on December 9, 1975

Impulse! ‎– ASD 9316, 1976

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Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul, RCA Victor 78, 1939

Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul (Re-issued by Request)
RCA Victor 20-2539-A, 78rpm, 1939 

1. Body And Soul (Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green)

2. A Fine Dinner (Hawkins)

Originally issued on Bluebird, re-issued on RCA Victor, 1939

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Gil Evans ‎– Priestess

Gil Evans ‎– Priestess

1. Priestess (Billy Harper)

2. Short Visit (John Simon)

3. Lunar Eclipse (Masabumi Kikuchi)

4. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress Then Silk Blue (Charles Mingus)

Alto Saxophone – Arthur Blythe, David Sanborn
Bass – Steve Neil
Drums – Susan Evans
French Horn – John Clark
Guitar – Keith Loving
Piano – Gil Evans
Synthesizer, Clavinet – Pete Levin
Tenor Saxophone – George Adams
Trombone – Jimmy Knepper
Trumpet – Ernie Royal, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson
Trumpet, Trumpet [Piccolo] – Lew Soloff
Tuba – Robert Stewart, Howard Johnson

Recorded Live at St. George Church, NYC, May 13, 1977 by CBS Mobile

Antilles, 1983

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Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society ‎– Street Priest

Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society ‎– Street Priest

All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson

1. Street Priest

2. Sperm Walk

3. City Witch

4. Sandflower

5. Hemlock for Cordials

6. Chudo Be

Drums/Arrangements – Ronald Shannon Jackson
Electric Bass – Melvin Gibbs, Reverend Bruce Johnson
Electric Guitar – Vernon Reid
Saxophone – Lee Rozie, Zane Massey
Flute – Ronald Shannon Jackson (tracks: B1), Zane Massey (tracks: B1)
Producer – Burkhard Hennen
Recorded By – Bernd Steinwedel

Recorded at: Studio Nord, Bremen 13th-16th June 1981

Moers Music, 1981

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Richard Davis ‎– Epistrophy & Now's The Time

Richard Davis - Epistrophy & Now's The Time

1. Epistrophy (Monk)
2. Now's The Time (Parker)

Bass – Richard Davis
Tenor Saxophone – Clifford Jordan
Trumpet – Marvin Peterson
Piano – Joe Bonner
Drums – Freddie Waits

Producer – Don Schlitten
Recorded By – Michael Delugg

Recorded live at Jazz City NYC on September 7, 1972.

Muse Records, 1972

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Oliver Lake - Life Dance Of Is

Oliver Lake - Life Dance Of Is 

Great album by a great band on a great label. Pheeroan akLaff and Anthony Davis are stellar, as expected, and Buster Williams kills it on Comous. Lake is determined and focused throughout, wearing the band like a fine suit around his tunes. Don't sleep on Michael Gregory's T-fon, either.

All compositions by Oliver Lake except as indicated

1. Rite-ing
2. Comous
3. Shu-ful
4. T-fon (Michael Gregory Jackson)
5. Change One
6. Of Is

Oliver Lake - Alto Saxophone
Michael Gregory Jackson - Guitar
Anthony Davis - Piano

Pheeroan akLaff - Drums
Buster Williams - Bass (#2)
Leonard Jones - Bass (#3-5)

Arista / Novus, 1978

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Lead Belly - Yellow Gal / When The Boys Were On The Western Plain

Yellow Gal / When The Boys Were On The Western Plain
Lead Belly, voice with guitar, 1944
Musicraft 310
78rpm 10"

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James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock

James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock

Oh man, if you can't find something you like on this record, I can't help you. A couple of power trios, a couple of sing-songs, a couple of free jazz boogies, and great playing from the core of Blood Ulmer, Amin Ali on bass, and the great G. Calvin Weston on drums. A stone classic.

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except as indicated

1. "Open House" - 5:21
2. "Black Rock" - 3:23
3. "Moonbeam" - 5:11
4. "Family Affair" (Ulmer, Irene Datcher) - 7:26
5. "More Blood" - 4:43
6. "Love Has Two Faces" - 5:29
7. "Overnight" - 3:26
8. "Fun House" (Ulmer, Grant Calvin Weston) - 4:53
9. "We Bop" -2:58

Columbia Records, 1982

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Duke Ellington - Solo Piano on RCA Victor, 1941

Solitude / Dear Old Southland

Duke Ellington, piano solo

Recorded May 14, 1941

RCA Victor 27564

78rpm 10"

I picked up this recording in a batch of several dozen 78's I acquired with my cabinet Victrola out on Long Beach, WA a long time ago. The Victrola never got up and running, but the few gems in the 78 collection really shine. I don't imagine this particular recording is technically out of print, but wouldn't you like to hear it off the original 78? I would.

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