Leif Averageson

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Member Since: 2/28/2006
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Jazz in the 70s (with downloads)

Side A
Artist Song
Miles Davis  Duran (The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions, 1970) 
Emergency  Infidels (Homage To Peace, 1970) 
The Feed-Back  The Feed-Back (The Feed-Back, 1970) 
Frank Wright  Grooving (Uhuru Na Umoja, 1970) 
Eddie Fisher  Jeremiah Pucket (Eddie Fisher & The Next One Hundred Years, 1970) 
Elvin Jones  Shinjitu (The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions, 1970) 
Melvin Sparks  Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again) (Legends of Acid Jazz: Melvin Sparks, 1970-1971) 
Music Inc.  Abscretions (Music Inc. & Big Band, 1971) 
Gato Barbieri  Falsa Bahiana (Fenix, 1971) 
Rudolph Johnson  Devon Jean (Spring Rain, 1971) 
Phil Upchurch  Inner City Blues (Darkness Darkness, 1971) 
Marc Moulin  S.U.S. (The Placebo Sessions, 1971-1974) 
Mahavishnu Orchestra  Awakening (The Inner Mounting Flame, 1971) 
Walter Bishop Jr.  Soul Turn Around (Coral Keys, 1971) 
Chester Thompson  Mr. T (Powerhouse, 1971) 
Joe Farrell  Great Gorge (Moon Gems, 1972) 
Herbie Hancock  Quasar (The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings, 1972) 
Charles Tolliver  Prayer For Peace (Grand Max, 1972) 
Muhal Richard Abrams  Things to Come From Those Now Gone (Things To Come From Those Now Gone, 1972) 
Randy Weston  In Memory Of (Tanjah, 1973) 
Donald Byrd  Miss Kane (Street Lady, 1973) 
Alexander Von Schlippenbach  Sun-Luck Night Rain (Pakistani Pomade, 1973) 
The Awakening  The Ultimate Frontier (Mirage, 1973) 
Gene Russell  Get Down (Talk To My Lady, 1973) 
Kenny Barron  Swamp Demon (Sunset to Dawn, 1973) 
Weather Report  Cucumber Slumber (Mysterious Traveller, 1974) 
Toshiko Akiyoshi / Lew Tabackin Big Band  Long Yellow Road (Long Yellow Road, 1974) 
Paul Motian  War Orphans (Tribute, 1974) 
Steve Kuhn  A Change of Face (Trance, 1974) 
Paul Rutherford  Funny Side of Discreet (Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie, 1974) 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Terje Rypdal  The Hunt (Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away, 1974) 
Gene Harris  Higga Boom (Astral Signal, 1974 / Blue Break Beats, Vol. II, 1994) 
The Chris McGregor Group  The Sounds Begin Again / White Lies (Very Urgent, 1974) 
Art Farmer  Art For Lunch (A Sleeping Bee, 1974) 
Idris Muhammad  Power of Soul (Power of Soul, 1974) 
Jan Hammer  The Animals (The First Seven Days, 1975) 
Keith Jarrett  Great Bird (Death and the Flower, 1975) 
Isao Suzuki Trio  Manha De Carnaval (Black Orpheus, 1975) 
The Gil Evans Orchestra  Voodoo Chile (The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix, 1975) 
Oliver Nelson  Skull Session (Skull Session, 1975) 
John Abercrombie  Remembering (Timeless, 1975) 
Catalyst  Uzuri (A Tear and a Smile / Perception, 1975) 
Jean-Luc Ponty  Wandering The Milky Way (Imaginary Voyage, 1976) 
Hamiet Bluiett  Tranquil Beauty (Wildflowers: The New York Loft Sessions, 1976) 
Ken McIntrye Sextet  Miss Priss (Introducing the Vibrations, 1976) 
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre  Jays (Wildflowers: The New York Loft Sessions, 1976) 
The Crusaders  Feel It (Free As The Wind, 1976) 
Lonnie Liston Smith  Sizzle Stick (Groove Merchant, 1976 / Birth of Cool Funk Vintage Jams, 1998) 
Kenny Wheeler  'Smatter (Gnu High, 1976) 
Stanley Clarke  Dessert Song (Dessert Song, 1976) 
Bennie Maupin  Water Torture (Slow Traffic to the Right, 1976 / Move To Groove (Disc 1), 1995) 
Julius Hemphill  Pensive (Wildflowers: The New York Loft Sessions, 1976) 
Harry Miller's Isipingo  Jumping (Family Affair, 1977) 
Allan Holdsworth  Karzie Key (Velvet Darkness, 1977) 
Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns  Peace Fugue (A Blow For Me, A Toot For You, 1977) 
John Tchicai Trio  Mirjam's Dadadance (Real Tchicai, 1977) 
John Abercrombie / Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette  Nexus (Gateway 2, 1977) 
Eric Gale  Thumper (Ginseng Woman / Multiplication, 1977) 
Walt Dickerson / Richard Davis  So Thoughtful (Tenderness, 1977) 
Cecil McBee  Alternate Spaces (Alternate Spaces, 1977) 

Comment:

61. Air - G. v E. (Air-Time, 1977)
62. Art Ensemble of Chicago - 597-59 (Nice Guys, 1978)
63. Colin Walcott - Codona (Codona, 1978)
64. Ralph Towner - Waterwheel Ralph (Batik, 1978)
65. Oregon - Waterwheel Ralph (Batik, 1978)
66. James Blood Ulmer - Theme from Captain Black (Tales of Captain Black, 1978)
67. Ahmad Jamal - Boatride (Intervals, 1979)
68. Arthur Blythe - Odessa (Lennox Avennue Breakdown, 1979)

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The dissecting and interconnecting threads that weave through jazz both blossomed and came to a bit of a nadir in the 70s, with funk and disco both complimenting and perverting the music, depending on your taste for funk and disco. As with the 60s, my goal was to present as wide a cross-section as possible, with as many DIFFERENT performers as possible (all the while trying not to repeat from the previous decade -- Miles and Hancock are the only repeating players from the 60s, and they'll likely show up in the 50s and 80s installments, too!). Back to the 50s next -- a massive decade that'll likely take me a bit longer to pull together.

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Rob Conroy
Date: 3/14/2007
Maybe I like more '70s jazz than I thought. I'll have to check out your downloads....
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Muzag
Date: 3/14/2007
Wonderfully enlightening!
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 3/14/2007
This is steller. I'm finally all the way through the 60's so I'll need to be tackling this soon. Thanx for all this.
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ofthaltned
Date: 3/14/2007
You really are impossible to keep up with! And I really have some gaps in my musical knowledge to fill! Looks excellent, as far as I can tell, and I'm looking forward to check this out.
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Salman1
Date: 3/14/2007
Another mix spiraling towards greatness. Yet another on my listening queue.
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sammyg123
Date: 3/14/2007
Huge. Thankyou for the time & effort involved in compiling & uploading this series. Lots to learn from it...
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Mr. Mirage
Date: 3/15/2007
Hopefully, I will have the storage cleared from the hard drive (currently at scary near full levels) so I can download this massive and intensive survey.Outstanding!
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vivycakes
Date: 3/15/2007
Educational! :D
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Skipper Bartlett
Date: 3/16/2007
Looks great as usual, Though I find most jazz to be a little spotty at best towards the end of the 70's, Looks like there is plenty Iv'e overlooked
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SteveRaglin
Date: 3/18/2007
Massive, indeed!! One question: to me, part of the challenge of AOTM is boiling down the possibilities to a worthy mix within a certain confine -- 72-minute CD or a 60-minute cassette. Maybe the idea of a time constraint isn't pertinent anymore, or is this is a 4-cassette collection?
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Leif Averageson
Date: 3/18/2007
Obviously, Steve, you don't mind being restricted to such a limited "challenge". I see the challenge of making mixes to be multi-pronged, with the purpose changing with each mix. The 'point' of these (60s, 70s, etc. jazz mixes) are to give folks as broad and intro to jazz as possible. The point to my next mix -- I hope -- will be something completely different.
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 3/18/2007
Wonderful overview of a neglected decade. The Emergency, Mahavishnu, Abrams, Dickerson/Davis, Air, Ulmer and Blythe are particular favorites. I've been out of the loop and missed your sweep through the 60s. I'll correct that oversight. Splendid, just splendid.
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divinyl
Date: 2/11/2008
Sad to say I missed out on the downloads for this tour de force from the '70s. I wasn't born too late but did join (aotm) too late. If you still have this around the computer, I would do back flips to snag these tracks.