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Barry Altschul (drums) with Glenn Ferris (trombone), Sean Bergin (alto and tenor sax), Andy McKee (bass) and, on two tracks, Mike Melillo (piano). Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, November 25 and 26, 1985.

Enrico Rava (trumpet, flugelhorn) with a string quartet, Augusto Mancinelli (electric guitar), Giovanni Tommaso (bass), Tony Oxley (drums) and Nana Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, voice). Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, April 11 and 12, 1984.

Bill Dixon (trumpet, flugelhorn, piano) with Marco Eneidi, John Buckingham, Laurence Cook and three bassists, Peter Kowald, William Parker and Mario Pavone. Recorded at Paul Robeson House, Bennington College, Vermont, May 16, 1985.

Max Roach Double Quartet: Cecil Bridgewater, Odean Pope, Tyrone Brown and Roach with the Uptown String Quartet (Maxine Roach, viola), plus Ray Mantilla. Recorded at The Platinum Factory, Brooklyn, January 4, 7 and 8, 1985.

Paul Nash (seven-string guitar, flute, compositions and arrangements) leads a ten-piece band with Tom Harrell, Michael Cochrane, Anthony Cox, Jimmy Madison and singer Michele Hendricks. Recorded at Titanic Recording Studios, New York, October 1984 and April 1985.

The only album of the thirteen-piece From The Other Side Jazz Band, with music by pianist Michael Greenblatt, horns, violin and the vocalists Tzipora Batyehuda and Shevachia Bat-Israel. Released by Soul Note in 1989, liner notes by Nat Hentoff.

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers with Philip Harper (trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Javon Jackson (tenor sax), Benny Green (piano) and Peter Washington (bass). Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, March 19, 1988.

Max Roach Quartet album of Cecil Bridgewater's two-part composition Scott Free, with Bridgewater (trumpet, flugelhorn), Odean Pope (tenor sax) and Tyrone Brown (electric bass). Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, May 31, 1984.

Six compositions by Stephen Horenstein (saxophones, alto flute, piano, shofar) with Israeli musicians, recorded in Jerusalem and Ramat Gan in July-August 1985, one piece in July 1981, and released by Soul Note in 1985.

Six compositions by Stephen Horenstein (saxophones, alto flute, piano, shofar) with Israeli musicians, recorded in Jerusalem and Ramat Gan in July-August 1985, one piece in July 1981, and released by Soul Note in 1985.

Saheb Sarbib (bass) with Joe Lovano and Pete Chavez (tenor sax), Joe Ford (alto and soprano sax), Kirk Lightsey (piano) and Rashied Ali (drums), recorded in New York on January 12-13, 1984. Five Sarbib pieces, a Don Raye ballad and Coltrane's Crescent.

Ellen Christi and Lisa Sokolov (vocals) with Rahn Burton (piano), William Parker (bass) and Tom Bruno (drums), recorded live at Irving Plaza, New York, on June 28, 1984, during the Kool Jazz Festival. Three Christi compositions.

Frank Gordon (trumpet) with Bobby Watson (alto sax), Ari Brown (tenor sax), James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Carl Allen (drums), recorded at Classic Sound Studios, New York, on June 5 and 10, 1985. Six Gordon originals and Golson's I Remember Clifford.

Duo album by Paul Bley (piano) and Geordie McDonald, credited as George Cross McDonald (percussion), ten Bley pieces recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on May 22, 1983, and released by Soul Note in 1984.

Solo piano album by Borah Bergman, six of his own compositions recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on July 24-25 and October 2-3, 1984, and first released by Soul Note in 1985.

Ran Blake solo piano, with tenor saxophonist Houston Person on four of nine tracks, recorded at Vanguard Studios, New York, on September 28 and 29, 1983; first released by Soul Note in 1984.

Art Farmer (flugelhorn) and Clifford Jordan (tenor sax) with Fred Hersch (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Akira Tana (drums), recorded at Classic Sound Studio, New York, on December 13 and 15, 1984.

Jaki Byard (piano, conductor) and his 18-piece big band The Apollo Stompers, with vocals by Denyce and Diane Byard, recorded at Vanguard Studios, New York, on September 25 and 26, 1984.

Max Roach Double Quartet live at the Vielharmonie, Munich, November 7, 1983: Cecil Bridgewater, Dayne Armstrong, Phil Bowler and Roach with the Swedenborg String Quartet, playing A Little Booker and Bird Says.

Michele Rosewoman's debut as a leader: a quartet with Baikida Carroll (trumpet, flugelhorn), Roberto Miranda (bass) and Pheeroan akLaff (drums), five Rosewoman originals recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on April 26, 1983.

Claudio Fasoli (tenor and soprano sax) with Kenny Drew (piano), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass) and Barry Altschul (drums): six Fasoli compositions recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on February 22 and 24, 1983.

Solo album by pianist Mitchel Forman (piano, organ), six originals recorded at Regson Studios, Milan, on August 2 and 3, 1982, first released by Soul Note in 1983.

Tom Varner (French horn) with Ed Jackson (alto sax), Ed Schuller (bass) and Billy Hart (drums), recorded in March 1982 for Soul Note, first issued 1983. This CD adds three bonus tracks, with Adam Nussbaum also credited on drums.

The Jazztet (Art Farmer, flugelhorn; Benny Golson, tenor sax; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Mickey Tucker, piano; Ray Drummond, bass; Albert Heath, drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on May 30 and 31, 1983. Five Golson tunes and Farmer's Market.

Max Roach Quartet with Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet, flugelhorn), Odean Pope (tenor sax) and Calvin Hill (bass), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on July 22 and 23, 1982. Two Roach originals and tunes by Monk, Dameron and Pettiford.

Hugh Lawson's Soul Note trio album with Calvin Hill (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums), recorded at Vanguard Studios, New York, on January 15, 1983. Five Lawson originals, Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition and David Gates' If.

Jemeel Moondoc's Soul Note trio album with Fred Hopkins (bass) and Ed Blackwell (drums), recorded live at New York University's Loeb Student Center on November 9, 1981. Four Moondoc compositions.

Solo piano album by Mitchel Forman, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on February 6 and 7, 1982 and released by Soul Note the same year. Nine pieces, closing with There Is No Greater Love and Farewell.

Saheb Sarbib's Soul Note quartet album with Mark Whitecage (alto sax), Mel Ellison (alto, soprano and tenor sax) and Paul Motian (drums), recorded live at New York University on November 5, 1981. Seven Sarbib pieces and Ornette Coleman's Round Trip.

Peter Kuhn's Soul Note quartet album with Wayne Horvitz (piano, synthesizer), William Parker (bass) and Denis Charles (drums), recorded at Morton Street, New York, in January and December 1981. Four Kuhn compositions.

Mingus Dynasty sextet (Jimmy Knepper, Ricky Ford, Richard Williams, Sir Roland Hanna, Reggie Johnson, Kenny Washington) playing six Charles Mingus compositions, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on April 5 to 7, 1982.

Live set by the Jemeel Moondoc Sextet (Roy Campbell, Khan Jamal, William Parker, Denis Charles, Ellen Christi) recorded at the 3rd Street Music School, New York, on October 24, 1981: three Moondoc compositions.

Solo piano album by Borah Bergman, recorded in New York in January 1983 and mixed in Milan in April 1983: two works in two parts each, Night Circus and Time for Intensity, played without overdubs.

Walt Dickerson (vibraphone) in trio with Sirone (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums), recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on February 4 and 5, 1982: three Dickerson pieces and an eighteen-minute It Ain't Necessarily So.

Ran Blake's solo piano album of Ellington and Strayhorn music, with his own title piece and Brubeck's The Duke, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on May 27 and June 2, 1981.

George Russell's Listen to the Silence, a mass commissioned for the 1971 Kongsberg Jazz Festival, recorded at its premiere in Kongsberg Church, Norway, on June 26, 1971, with the Oslo Conservatory chorus, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal and Bobo Stenson.

Hamiet Bluiett's Soul Note album with Bob Neloms (piano), Buster Williams (bass), Billy Hart (drums), Chief Bey (African drums) and Irene Datcher (voice), recorded at Right Track Recording, New York, on April 9, 1981.

French horn player Tom Varner's quartet with Ed Jackson (alto sax), Fred Hopkins (bass) and Billy Hart (drums), recorded at Sorcerer Sound, New York, on 29 August 1980. Five Varner compositions, released by Soul Note in 1981.

Barry Altschul's quartet with Ray Anderson (trombone), Anthony Davis (piano) and Rick Rozie (bass), recorded at Sound Ideas Studios, New York, on 18 February 1979 and released by Soul Note in 1981.

George Russell's Othello Ballet Suite, recorded with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Jan Garbarek, Bernt Rosengren, Arne Domnérus, Rolf Ericson and Jon Christensen in Stockholm in November 1967, with the Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (Oslo, 1968).