Wildflowers The New York Loft Jazz Sessions vol 5

This is it. The last one in my collection (for now). This has been a nice way to track how many records I have in my collection, and a nice way to make sure they are not all just gathering dust. I'm sure a trip to the record shop will occur soon, and I may write about them when I get them.

Now, I can just enjoy what I have and listen to whatever I'm in the mood for, rather than what's next.

This Wildflowers collection (vol 5) sounds better today than when I first listened to it. I think you maybe have to be prepared for the amazing repetition of Roscoe Mitchell's "Chant." and the loosey-goosey Sunny Murray ensemble reading of "Something's Cooking." The metaphor (cliche) commonly used when a musician is on point is "burning." Well, burning and cooking don't often go together very well... but then again... they're cooking.

Neik Young - Trans

Not a great album (full of vocoder). Weird cover of Mr. Soul. Transformer Man is a great song, especially when it was performed "unplugged."

Neil Young - ZUMA

Zuma is not part of Neil's "ditch" trilogy that was "Tonight's the Night," "Time Fades Away," and "On the Beach." This album, is like the best parts of all of those... but with Crazy Horse... and the last track is CSNY... and Cortez Cortez... what a killer

Larry Young - Into Somethin'

Killer lineup. Sam Rivers, Elvin Jones, Grant Green, and Larry. This is up there with Unity. Unity is  a little more classic. If this is Larry Young's second best record, then LY's second best is better than most peoples' best...

Yes - Close to the Edge

I bought this one up in MQT. Sleeve is in rough condition, so is record. But it's not so bad that it's unlistenable. Actually, I was surprised that it sounds as good as it does.

World Saxophone Quartet - Revue