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(Edited 12/7/06 to add Coon Bid'ness and Dixon's November 1981)

The hivemind has spoken, and The Bad Plus has dutifully . , and the subsequent web chatter has resulted in a tremendous outpouring of lists, opinions, commentary and (for me, at least) eye-opening musical revelations and reminders. It's a great (if vast) jumping off point for the overcriticized, underappreciated recent history of jazz and improvisation.

Since the list over there is a little unwieldy (I'm amazed Ethan co. got it up so quickly as it is), and since I have way too much time on my hands temping this week, below is the cliff notes version of the combined lists on TBP site, plus (It was either this or obsess over the football games this weekend, and I think this is a trifle more useful.) It lacks the passion that goes along with so many of the individual lists, but I think it's interesting, and handy, to have everything just splayed out in one place

First a disclaimer: this was just an elaborate cut and paste job; I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information here, and I'll correct, amend and revise it it as best I can, if the need arises.

Appearance on the list does not necessarily mean a record is endorsed, by me, TBP, or anybody else for that matter. (Well, it was endorsed by at least one person, that's why it's there.) I did knock a few off the list because they fell outside the '73-'90 parameters Ethan set.

To be as democratic as possible, and to keep myself from throwing the monitor out the window, the list is alphabetical according to first name . A (*) indicates a record that was mentioned more than once (always a good sign), and a link is to particularly interesting commentary about that record. Also, I know the spacing and caps is a little erratic; I couldn't fix everything , and the spacing is only to make it a little more legible.