Some great finds today at the market. Good deals on everything except for the Horace Tapscott (I always get fleeced by the same guy, maybe I’ll learn my lesson this time). All originals or very early repressings.
Idris Muhammad - Kabsha
Horace Tapacott - At the Crossroads (sealed)
Monk - Monk. and Brilliant Corners
Jim Hall - Concierto and Live!
Ray Barreto - Acid
Michael Gibbs - s/t
Curious if anyone can identify some surprise standouts from the 80s by jazz musicians whose heyday was much earlier. Thinking the classic Blue Note and Prestige or Impulse rosters - Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef, Jackie McLean, Dexter Gordon, etc. so many of these guys were producing a lot but most of what I hear isn’t very good.
Some examples I like are Spiritualizing the Senses by Horace Silver and Soul Connection by John Patton if that helps set the bar. Africa by Pharaoh Sanders is another great one.
Just wondering if anyone else has albums they like a lot from this era by the older generation.
Got this from a local used book store. It’s Horizon by Sun Ra with El Saturn labels, but housed in the cover for Live in Egypt. Was $200 but I’ve never seen El Saturn stuff in the wild before and felt compelled to buy it.
I love this album. Original still in shrink for $5.99 at my local store. Record plays great after a little clean up. I never find deals like this.
Must resist spending more money on the others
I picked up a copy of mosaic by Art Blakey this week and can’t figure out the pressing on Discogs. It’s mono and looks like it has deep grooves (I’m no expert, feel free to tell me I’m wrong) and a plastylite stamp on both sides, though the stamp doesn’t look exactly the same as ones on some other recordings I have from the era (one side looks more like a D). Seems to be pre-66 (no Liberty reference on label). The inner sleeve is from 1965.
On discogs there are 61 pressings and then none until 66. Curious if I have a 61 where someone swapped out the inner at some point, or maybe a 65 pressing that isn’t on discogs (but somehow with DG)? Curious what any experts think. Thanks!
I am going to Chicago and Milwaukee to visit clients and was curious if there were any great record stores I should visit near where I’ll be. In Chicago unfortunately I will be downtown, in Milwaukee I’ll be near Germantown but will have a car. I won’t have a ton of time to explore but would love to check out any local shops with a good jazz selection. Does anyone have any recs? Thanks a lot.
After loving this album for 25 years I finally bought a nice copy. I probably put the title track on a dozen mixtapes in my teens and early 20s
All good deals (just under $400 all together) but yeah I’m dumb
My taste in jazz has expanded a ton in the past several years but I have just never been able to get into Jackie McLean or Cecil Taylor. They each have such large bodies of work but any time I pick a track I find it unpleasantly frenetic and/or atonal. fwiw, I do like Sun Ra, Pharaoh, even some Sam Rivers.
Figured I’d ask for some recommendations here. What are some songs I should listen to? Are there any obvious classics where if I don’t like them I probably just don’t like the musician?
Thanks a lot.
I still remember the first time I heard this song in a record store. By the third chorus I am pretty sure I said “godDAM” out loud. What a voice. Glad I don’t like the rest of the album as much or I might feel compelled to spend $700 on the vinyl
Finally snagged an original vinyl. I love this album
All original. The BVSC is sealed
-Johnny Dyani w/ John Tchicai and Dudu Pukwana - Witchdoctor’s Son
-Frank Cunimondo Trio - Top Shelf Collection
The Dyani I haven’t found in the wild before and was thrilled to find at a good price. The Frank Cunimondo has a CORK cover and seems to be an in-house production by a Pittsburgh area club Frank’s group played at. Probably sold on site. I have never seen it before. No Lynn Marino or other vocals
These are all so good - all under $10
$65 for both (the Joe is a period repress from ‘68). I like having the album art but don’t mind wear if the vinyl is in good shape. Love finding the stores that carry records in this condition and price accordingly.
Great piano album, previously unknown to me. Love the song Spanish Girl. Very early 70s sound. I don’t really care about autographs but still cool that the copy is signed by Hawes and Vinnegar.
Actually went in looking for the McCoy and saw it at a stand setting up on my way out. 1977 press but still happy
I can’t pass up a good deal on some good (mostly) piano albums