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orpheus10Thanks for introducing me to Ahmed Abdul-Malik . Also glad you posted the Clifford Brown -Max Roach Quintet- it has been too long since I listened to them. Most people think of Harold Land as the sax player  with them but Sonny Rollins wa... 
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orpheus10After listening twice my vote goes to the Ahmed Abdul-Malik version over the C Brown-M Roach cut . I think the Abdul-Malik version conjured up the images/mood  you described just a tad better. Also kudos to the piano players dazzling solo... 
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pjw81563Wow more late period music from Art Pepper ! And 6 volumes too! I think this music was only available in Japan until recently. Let us know what you think of the cd after receiving/listening.  
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alexatposThanks for posting more "west coast" clips. I only knew V Feldman from those live Blackhawk dates. Did not know he was british. Didn't he play on one of Miles albums too?Herb Geller is another guy I was not too familiar with. Enjoy his wo... 
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acman3It's nice to hear Andrew Cyrille say he can still learn something about music (at 78 yrs old I think). BTW he is still gigging my friend saw him in Brooklyn N.Y. last year,.My friend did not know him and I had to explain how long he has been... 
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Wow so much great music posted lashttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tvx2cDazifs t night and today it's hard to keep up. orpheus10-what a nice mix of rhythms with Oran Etkins clarinet(s). It's more proof that jazz is a world music.I liked his story abou... 
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alexatposThanks for all the west coast stuff you posted recently. I was mostly a fan of Shelly Manne so I just knew Richie Kamuca from his band .I will be seeking out some west coast to add to my collection.http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vV1E99kIPtQ... 
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frogman & orpheus10Thanks for the cuts and explanation on Sonny Stitt. I have many Stitt recordings and never felt he was a clone of Bird . I had read some things to that effect but always felt it was a bad rap on his musicianship.BTW the cut ... 
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I would like to weigh in on this subject tomorrow when I have time. 
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frogmanI appreciate your perspective in poInting out the evolutionary process of jazz from swing to bebop. Nothing happens in a vacuum. I had forgotten about the AFOM strike but now remember reading about it. IF there had been recordings from 1942... 
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pryso & orpheus10Another great version of "It Never Entered My Mind" from the same time period I was unfamiliar with.Thanks. Miles really had a way with ballads. I have been going back to the mid 50's period Miles on prestige a lot . Sometimes... 
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frogmanI pulled out "Workin" last night to listen to it later  today. His version of "It Never Entered My Mind " is one of my favorites.http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6M999526th0  
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pjwInteresting question. I sure as hell don't  have a copy of that record. frogman might be able to help answer that. 
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alexatposI don't have a pc audio set up either precisely because of what acman said "none of the music Alex posted was available on Tidal. There may come a time when a lot more is available for streaming music and I may have to change my  mind. Th... 
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frogmanI agree with you on H Hancoc k.  I give him the nod over C Corea due to his body of wor k on Blue Note, his tenure withMile's groundbreaking sixties quintet and his contribution to jazz fusion in seventies.I was introduced to RTF'S music fi...