Jazz for aficionados

I will check thanks ...

I dont have this one ...

Seems good ..

@mahgister 

I’m Listening to Jackie McLean right now. The album is "Jackies Bag" and Blue Mitchell has some very tasty trumpet solos on the song list. (tracks 4 - 9 as Donald Byrd, another great trumpet player, plays on tracks 1 - 3)Here is a couple from the session

Thanks @alexatpos for the Roy Ayers clip. Great vibes player and its too bad he went over to the "dark side" for good by the late 60s but the path he took was his chosen one and he was very successful.

@acman3

That J. Bracken album is an excellent example of one I would most likely have never found on my own, having read about it in the Penguin Guide. The Guide certainly has its shortcomings but overall, it’s had a major influence in my path of Jazz discovery. I was lucky to have bought my first copy during the early 90’s , when there were still many great Jazz titles in print on CD, unlike now.

@stuartk Thanks for posting Joanne Brackeen. I have to admit, I had never heard of her. JFA is my "guide to jazz" Found this and listened to the entire album. Brackeen is a great pianist, and, as @acman3 said, when you add great backing personnel, like Michael Brecker, Cecil McBee, and Billy Hart you have great music!

I enjoyed the album so much I went over to Discogs and purchased the CD. Another great example of the mastery of tenor titan Michael Brecker!

Another tenor titan, Joe Henderson, live with Joanne Brackeen in 1986

@pjskeleton 

I agree, Jackie’s Bag is excellent!  It might even be in the desert island pile.