The 2nd John Handy Album by The John Handy Quintet, released on Columbia in 1966.

Review by Scott Yanow

Altoist John Handy's second Columbia album was actually his fourth as a leader. Utilizing the same musicians who had joined him during his sensational set at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival (violinist Michael White, guitarist Jerry Hahn, bassist Don Thompson and drummer Terry Clarke), Handy performs five of his complex yet accessible originals, which include the "Theme X" (in 5/4 time), the catchy "Blues for a Highstrung Guitar," and the adventurous "Scheme #1."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsRUm0AnAg&list=OLAK5uy_nZCsI3DNoCe2gy951iX7Bngkf0c1Z1MUA

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Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival is a live album by saxophonist John Handy, recorded in 1965 and released in 1966...The original album only features two long instrumental pieces, notable for their "free form", a peculiar use of harmonies and unusual instruments.

The album is mentioned in Charles Burnett's 1995 short film When It Rains. Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called the lineup on the album "an exciting group and one of that will make jazz history".

This album is number 67 in a list titled "The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World", published by Jazzwise. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WSO0uqSM58

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Hey Diddle Diddle!

Having a great time here in Kitchener Ontario. Still laughing at how a dish ran a way with a spoon. Went to the pub, Cow Over The Moon, there was real hep cat with a fiddle playing jazz like Stéphane Grappelli. Puts a real spring in your step.

~Your Good Boy, Bowzer

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpHhHS9o8_0

Spellbound is the sixth and final album by double bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik featuring performances recorded in 1964 and originally released on the Status label.

Thom Jurek of Allmusic says, "Spellbound isn't as groundbreaking as some of Abdul-Malik's earlier work, but it doesn't need to be: by this point, he had successfully melded jazz with Middle Eastern sounds into a seamless -- if somewhat exotically textural -- whole. The band fires on all cylinders under his inspired direction, making this a fitting sendoff to him as a bandleader. Musically, he saved one of his best for last.".- Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F3zIvV7Pmk&list=RD9F3zIvV7Pmk&start_radio=1

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Danish Imports by Svend Asmussen & Ulrik Neumann, released on Warner Bros Records in 1961.

Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing-style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many other notable jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stephane Grappelli.

Ulrik Neumann (23 October 1918 – 28 June 1994) was a Danish film actor and musician. He appeared in 19 films between 1940 and 1966. Ulrik Neumann was an accomplished guitar player. From 1959 to 1961 he was a member of the trio Swe-Danes with the Swedish singer Alice Babs and the Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FTGXW70S2k&list=PLlvMxYokC-QXSabsOH8pnvnnw0olJsaW4&index=1

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Keep On Driving by Don 'Sugarcane' Harris, released on MPS in 1970.

...The rocking Keep On Driving features Kriegel’s funky guitar and a jazzy exploratory solo by Taylor, with Harris sticking to the melody. Blues On The Moon goes extraterrestrial with Oxley bowing his amplified cymbals before Harris gets into a down an’ dirty blues. Which Way Is The Bathroom is a swinging minor key modal jazz masterpiece in which each band member solos, and they all shine. The smooth-flowing 6/8 tempo of Desiree highlights Harris’ romantic side and includes an outstanding Taylor solo. On the hard-swinging Almost Broke, all three front men have their say, and the down-home funk of Coitus Interruptus contrasts with the emotional jazz reminiscences of Remember The Past. Classic Harris combining jazz, blues, and rocking soul. - MPS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otG7gk8ABL0

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European Encounter is an album by American pianist and composer John Lewis and Danish violinist Svend Asmussen recorded for the Atlantic label in 1962.

AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Asmussen fits in well with Lewis and brings a solid sense of swing to the somewhat complex music". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpcEMAFsL6o&list=RDFpcEMAFsL6o&start_radio=1

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King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty first released in May 1970 on Liberty Records' World Pacific Records subsidiary label.

Rolling Stone's Bob Palmer called it "one of the most rewarding and boundary-obliterating collaborations" and said "Zappa, donning his Jazz Composer - Arranger suit, emerges as a first-rate practitioner of the art: his previous lack of acceptance by the jazz community is probably due to the same bizarre touches that endear him to his younger audiences. Here he is reminiscent of Charles Mingus, not musically (except for the Mingus-like melody and violin-tenor voicing of "Twenty Small Cigars") but in the way he examines and finds new expressive possibilities in his earlier pieces, and combines them with new music that refers to wide areas of experience without centring in any one stylistic bag." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdyhmdc57JU&list=OLAK5uy_lhWbtry_0VkRJ-XdCUDoYGvq1VBk_8nZU

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Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session is an album by American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded in 1963 but not released until 1976, on the Atlantic label. The album features members of Ellington's orchestra performing with Stéphane Grappelli and Svend Asmussen. Trumpeter Ray Nance, who was also featured in the Ellington Orchestra as a singer and a violinist, plays violin throughout the session alongside Grappelli. Asmussen, whose primary instrument was violin, plays viola throughout the session. Each of the string players is given a solo feature: Grappelli plays "In a Sentimental Mood", Asmussen plays "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", and Nance plays "Day Dream". For the remainder of the session, all three string players are featured soloing in turn. Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJup5jgECCM&list=PLaFqfHEIPlNDd9mU4MnfrNKsuGS7JHRcs&index=1

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Science Fiction is an album by the American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, recorded in September and October 1971 and released on Columbia Records in February 1972.

Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Daniel Felsenthal called it "a one-of-a-kind dispatch from the vibrant, polygenic, and contested lofts of downtown New York" and "a welcome return to the singable, quintessentially Southern melodicism that counterbalanced [Coleman's] dauntless early oeuvre" - Wikipedia

#OrnetteColeman #DonCherry #BobbyBradford #DeweyRedman #CharlieHaden #BillyHiggins #EdBlackwell #DavidHenderson #AshaPuthli #Jazz #FreeJazz #Music #AltoSax #JazzViolin