Best Unknown Jazz Album

Hmmm... Best unknown jazz album. It must me out there somewhere, but nobody knows. I have a 70s Dave Grusin LP I never grow tired of. I am packing to move, so it is wrapped up. I think it is called something like "Wondering Again". It is a Sheffield Labs direct to disk recording.

Sugarbrie, the title is "Discovered Again" and yes it is wonderful. This album is one of Sheffield's finest. It is very dynamic and I have used it for years to do stress testing of systems. It can easily find the flaws in a system. Thank you for the reminder and the opportunity to second your selection.

I love Count Basie on "For The First Time", and with Oscar Peterson on "Satch And Josh". These guys are hardly unknown, but these efforts are way undervalued in their catalogues. Similarly Duke Ellington's album "For Blanton". Check out Jessica Williams "Jessica's Blues" - I defy anyone to dislike this album. For some relatively unknown Kiwi artists try pianist Mike Nock (I love "Ondas" on ECM), and an "acquired taste" jazz singer called Malcolm MacNeill "Skylark".

If anyone decides to look for that Grusin/Sheffield LP, be advised that around 1990 there was a copy made of this album. It was made from a copy of the master and not quite like the original sonically. Still pretty good sounding and nice to listen to. The original is a collectors item, so make sure the person selling it has the Sheffield original. I bought mine new in 1978 or about.

Intermodulation was the other Evans/Hall duo disk. They also worked together on Interplay as a quintwet with Philly Joe, Freedie Hubbard, and Percy Heath.