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Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Co. on the Ed Sullivan Show. Its like the who's who of the jazz world including Charles Mingus and Roy Haynes among others. And playing one of Mingus' best songs.... (1) Rahsaan Roland Kirk "The Inflated Tears & Haitia... 
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Been listening to Coleman Hawkins The Hawk Flies High session. One of his best. The 11:17 long track two, Juicy Fruit, is my favorite. At the 0:40 mark the Hawk hits a note and sustains it for over a minute displaying his talent of circular breat... 
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@stuartk and @acman3  Btw, Harold Land plays tenor, Bobby Hutcherson vibes and Joe Sample organ, on one of my desert island albums, Donald Byrd's funky masterpiece Ethiopian Knights. (1) Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights (full album) - YouTube  
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@acman3 Could not edit my previous post again as it was passed 30m. Re: San Francisco Track 5, Procession, is a nice change of pace. Melancholy and reminds me a little of Donald Byrd's song Christo Redentor. Track 6, A Night In Barcelona, has a... 
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@acman3 Picked this up today on vinyl.   Great LP to have in your collection. I dont have a copy on CD but found it on Spotify and I am listening to the opener, Goin’ Down South, through my Qudelix/Sennheiser rig as I write this. I was not ... 
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Bobby Hutcherson: album: Components recorded June 10, 1965. Personnel: Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone, marimba James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute Freddie Hubbard – trumpet Herbie Hancock – piano, organ Ron Carter – double bass Joe Ch... 
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@stuartk Re Bobby Hutcherson & Harold Land. Thanks for the Hutch selections. I have the Mapenzi disc. My favorite Hutcherson are the 60s sessions. I just like it when the music "swings" Listening to Step Lightly from The Kicker disc as I am... 
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@stuartk The Harold Land material I am most familiar with is his 50s collaborations with Clifford Brown and Max Roach. I also own all the CDs of Land as a leader 1959 - 68. I also have all the CDs with Curtis Counce/Land. Carmel Jones/Land also go... 
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I have Focal Point/Sama  CDs..I also have Extensions and posted a song from it above From The Nile @stuartk And one on Blue Note: Extensions I like a live rendition of Sama Layuca from a 2006 recording at Yoshi's with Tyner, Christian McBride,... 
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Another great Sonny Rollins interview “It takes a while to perfect your soul”: Sonny Rollins in Conversation | TIDAL Magazine And I have been listening to more very early Rollins recording sessions like these with JJ Johnson's band in 1949 and B... 
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Sonny Rollins, at age 18 - 20 used to hang out for hours in the Harlem apartment of Bud Powell and the upper west side apartment of Thelonious Monk on 63rd St.  Sonny and his young friends, aspiring young musicians all, would go to both Powell's ... 
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On January 20, 1949, at the age of 18, Sonny Rollins made his recording debut. He played tenor sax in a 9 piece group backing vocalist Babs Gonzales. The horn arrangements by trombonist JJ Johnson, also a member of "Babs' band" Sonny's first rec... 
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 Some very interesting bass and cello playing on this McCoy Tyner album. Vision - YouTube Actually, Tyner had 3 brilliant recording sessions 1970 - 73 that I would also describe as challenging yet accessible. Here is the other two McCoy Tyner ... 
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@acman3 Thanks for the Cecil McBee clips. Been listening to him today... Challenging but accessible (for me anyway).     
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@mahgister I like so much Paul Desmond with Jim Hall ... Paul Desmond has the most distinctive tone on the alto then any other. Every solo is a thing of beauty...   What do you mean by "showing off"? Back when Be Bop turned the swing era of j...