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ok--that helps.
for the drumming:
ornette coleman's comp "beauty is a rare thing" is lovely--features billy higgins and in particular eddie blackwell.
old and new dreams, particularly "playing"--ornette;s band from the mid 1960s 20 years later, without ornette.
for elvin jones:
john coltrane's records from the first live at the village vanguard onward. my favorites are africa brass and love supreme.
interstellar space, as mentioned above, is amazing stuff.
kulu se mama
sun ship
mingus:
black saint and the sinner lady
ah um
blues and roots
rahsaan roland kirk:
rip rig and panic
art ensemble of chicago--pretty much anything.
i like fanfaroe for the warriors, stances a sophie, nice guys
john carter
anything by this guy. astonishing clarinet player, great great bands, really fine arrangements--very underrated, i do not know why.
steve lacy
moon, the way, windows, the record with don cherry (evidence i think its called)
miles davis: live/evil, on the corner
miles smiles, filles de kilamanjaro, esp, nefertiti
monk:
anything on riverside records. there is a huge compilation of all of it out there, but it is expensive. a good reason to pillage a college library.
the music on prestige is really fine too, particularly the track with sonny rollins on tenor
i would recommend warne marsh..there is a great duet album he did with art pepper but i cant rememebr the name (sorry)
andrew hill:
point of departure
two for one (a blue note compilation-great stuff)
for charlie parker, you should try to find the savoy and dial recordings first.
newer stuff:
polwechsel
john butcher
boston sound collective
ellery eskelin
you might like much of sun ra's output--i would try the singles collection or cosmic tones ofr mental therapy for earlier stuff, maybe concert for the comet kahoutek or maybe lanquidity for later stuff and go from there. i like almost everything sun ra put out.
there is more, but it is early--if i think of other stuff (and thereis alot), i'll post it.
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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