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Thanks for the detailed reply. Idle Moments is great but I haven't heard Black Fire so I will add that to my list.

No worries, he has a lot of great albums he appeared on.

The Horace Silver Quintet - Song for My Father
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Pete La Roca - Basra
Larry Young - Unity

Just to name a few, he's fantastic on pretty much every release I listed. In general, he could adapt very well to different styles and always managed to perform consistently, he's got some fantastic solos too - my absolute favourite would be this solo youtube.com/watch?v=gcVMg2ynWYw really shows the extent of his ability to play and improvise, something he managed to bring to every single session.

I don't have too much old jazz, from him I have only '65's Inner Urge, which was good.

That album is great but I like TO better. I think the compositions are better, probably because he pretty much limits himself to just the acoustic sextet. No gimmicks. Or very few anyway.

Dave is one of the best. Maybe not my favorite pianist but undoubtedly one of the most technically gifted. He does shit in his solos that almost nobody else can really do and makes it sound absolutely effortless.

His albums as a leader are good (check out The Maze if you haven't) but don't sleep on other people's records that he plays on. Specifically Unseen Universe by Conrad Herwig, every single one of Dave's solos on that is a masterpiece as well as some great comping behind the other soloists. Prints or Steppin Zone by Alex Sipiagin are also great as are any of the Opus 5 albums he's done (Progression is the best though)

bumping with some good shit

All his Blue Note albums are pretty great, though they also all have some flaws. Personally I tend to think his best is Mode for Joe. The larger ensemble gives his compositions a little more depth. Multiple is also a great album if you like fusion.

I think you can make the argument that he makes a better sideman than leader, but I think that's more to do with the fact that he played on some incredible records than to do with his records being bad or anything. It's usually a treat to hear him on any Blue Note record. His ones with Andrew Hill are some of the best.

>though they also all have some flaws.
Like what? Thanks for the recs btw

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was tipped to this by Sup Forums ... thanks!