Japanese Free Jazz Jam Rice Sextet Jam Rice Relaxin’. This is some rather intense free jazz featuring Akira Sakato, Yousuke Yamashita, Gerald Ohshita, Toshinori Kondoh, Hideaki Mochizuki, and Shota Koyama. They represent the pinnacle of the 1970-80s Japanese Free Jazz movement. I learned recently from a friend that saxophonist Akira Sakata was born in Hiroshima in February 1945. After listening to this I have been exploring the work of Akira Sakata and the Yousuke Yamashita Trio. Apparently the latter teamed up with Manfred Schoof on a 1975 Enja release Midnight Thunder.
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Jovino Santos Neto Quintet “Por Causa da Voce” cd
This is a wonderful disc. The music of Jobim! A Bossa effort, a jazz session, with great players and the lovely voice of Maucha Adnet, whose work I collect.
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Stan Getz Quintets–the Clef & Norgran Studio Albums, disc 3
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Alice Coltrane “Kirtan: Turaya Sings” LP 2. This was on sale for 12 dollars on amazon so I picked it up; I have the Japanese cd version, which sounds brighter by a bit. (Has the US cd version as well, which sounded a bit richer, gave it to my brother).
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It is a wonderful album, enjoy!
Amirtha Kidambi with Matt Nelson, Brandon Lopez and Max Jaffe. Holy Science a 2016 release recently reissued on vinyl. The LP features two pieces, Treata-Yuga and Kali-Yuga. Amirtha provides vocals and harmonium, Matt on soprano saxophone, Brandon on double bass and Max on drums. Free Jazz juxtaposed with Indian Classical and drone on Amirtha’s initial release. Fans of Josh Abrams’ Natural Information Society are certain to enjoy Holy Science.
Okay this is too hard to do, so here are a few…Many shared already are favorites so here are some others to add…
Just love Gabor Szabo…All of his albums are great, found him purely by accident and so happy I did. His live album from Stockholm is awesome to me.
Many Christmas favorites are played during the holidays, but this is essential!
Okay, bare with me on this one, she is not everyone’s favorite. I love “This Masquerade” just an awesome song and great for testing equipment.
And many many more…
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Kresten Osgood “Hammond Rens” cd 1
Nice music to watch the sparse snowfall. Dr. Lonnie Smith is taking no prisoners.
Orquestra Tabajara De Severino Araújo “Tabajara Plays Jobim”
A really dynamic, fun disc.
Re-spinning this one, Doug Carn “Infant Eyes.” This is one of the nicest recordings in the Black Jazz label if you ask me, just nicely engineered to an enveloping sound field. And great playing, and singing by Mrs. Carn. “Always keep room in your heart for love.”
Real Gone Music managed to reissue all the catalog! A wonderful thing!
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Nice to see they reissued them. The Doug Carn releases in the series are some of my favorites. Which ones stand-out for you?
It’s hard for me to choose as I keep thinking this but then there’s that. I do like the Carns probably more than most. I like the Bishop Jr.s as well. Pretty much dig the heck out of all of them except for three or so, which are just too commercial funkified.
Edit to add: I like the two Keys an awful lot as well.
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Could not have said it better. 
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Gonzalo Rubalcaba “Antiguo” Blue Note cd
From what I think of as his “Zawinul” period. Still dig it.
Followed by disc 2 of Lee Morgan “Complete Live at the Lighthouse” Blue Note Japan SHM-CD edition.
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Wonderful set, killer lineup.
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