Under-appreciated? Sure.
Katanga! one of the best of the Tone Poet reissues.
Art Pepper Today- for the track Patricia with Cecil McBee, Stanley Cowell and Roy Haynes
Woody Shaw- Blackstone Legacy- it took me time to find a clean OG; it has been reissued and though I have not heard the issue others say it is good. Far cheaper than an OG in clean playing condition today.
Jothan Callins- Winds of Change- fairly obscure, also reissued recently; I have the OG, but bought a reissue to see how that sounds.
Alternate Spaces- Cecil McBee as featured artist, on India Navigation- should not set you back a fortune for an OG if you can find it.
Gary Bartz and Maisha- direct to disc- an audiophile record of something that is more than sonic wallpaper- Bartz was one of the original sidemen from the spiritual jazz era. This won't cost a fortune and sounds good.
Nate Morgan, Retribution, Reparation-- an OG is hard to find, was reissued by Pure Pleasure though not my first choice given the lack of transparency on sources, any newer copy is bound to be from a digital file. His Journey into Nigritia is well worth the trouble as an OG.
Ronnie Boykins (The Will Come, Is Now)- this one is a little more offbeat, sounds out of tune, but deliberately so, and they pull it together harmoniously. Known for his work with Sun Ra.
Horace Tapscott- Live at the IUCC--West Coast avant-garde ensemble, side three is a killer.
Cochemea Gastelum- All My Relations- native American style jazz, horn played through a wah-wah. He is part of the Dap-Kings, backed Sharon Jones before her untimely death. Another bargain- gettable on Amazon.
Nathan Davis- The 6th Sense in the 11th House Life- Segue label. There was a guy selling these sealed a few years ago, pulled them out of a dumpster when the studio went bankrupt. Davis was a seminal figure in Paris, returned to set up jazz studies at Pitt.
Winter in America- Gil Scott Heron- classic, spoken word and Rhodes, also released in the UK as The Bottle (cheaper, since the US pressing is on Strata-East, a highly collectible label).
Enough for now. Enjoy~
