Bullets
Maximum Value
Mose Allison: Your Mind Is on Vacation (Atlantic)
Produced by Ilhan Mimaroglu
May be Mose's best Lp ever
Steve Reid: Nova (Mustevic)
Produced by the Legendary Master Brotherhood
Top-flight jazz improvisation from NYC
Denny Zeitlin: Expansion (1750)
Produced by Double Helix Music
Brilliant trio work from the SF pianist
Worth Keeping
Inner Circle: Reggae Thing (Capitol)
Produced by Roger Lewis & Louis Bramy
Tasty debut for Jamaican trio on Capitol
Bob Marley & The Wailers:
Live! (Island)
Produced by Steve Smith & Chris Blackwell
The legendary concert-at last!
Sweet Honey In The Rock
(Flying Fish)
Produced by Sweet Honey
Five conscious black women sing a capella
Joe Zawinul: Concerto Retitled (Atlantic)
Produced by Joel Dorn, Weather Report pianist with real jass reissue
Worth Hearing
Stanley Clarke: School Days (Atlantic/Nemporer)
Produced by Stanley Clarke & Ken Scott
Smooth pop pap from the hip young bassit
Quincy Jones: I Heard That!! (A&M)
Produced by Quincey Jones, Half new, half re-issue-but all Quincy
Worth Missing
Bobbi Humphreys: Best
(UA/Blue Note)
Produced by Larry Mizell & Chuck Davis
The "best" of a bad lot
Mingo: Flight Never Ending (CBS/Columbia)
Produced by Mingo Lewis & Louis Bramy
Boring synthesizer "rock" from ex-Santana sideman
Worthless
Pat Boone: Texas Woman (Motown/Hitsville)
Produced by Ray Ruff, This guy should stick with Earl Butz
Herb Pederson: Southwest (CBS/Epic)
Produced by Mike Post
Who lets people like this into the studio
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