A bit more poking around various music sharing blogs has turned up a few more out-of-print St. Louis-related items available as free downloads, this time at a site named Crabbit and Daft. Among the albums of interest:* The Organizer, a 1991 date by the Lester Bowie Organ Ensemble, featuring Bowie along with organist Amina Claudine Myers, tenor saxophonist James Carter, trombonist Steve Turre and drummers Famoudou Don Moye and Phillip Wilson.
* Oliver Nelson's Afro-American Sketches was Nelson's first big-band date as a leader. A concept record paying tribute to the history of blacks in America, it featured soloists including Jerry Dodgion on flute, Joe Newman on trumpet and Nelson (pictured) on tenor and alto.
* Soul Battle, featuring Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Forrest and King Curtis, teamed St. Louisans Nelson and Forrest with the R&B tenor giant in a swinging program of blues and standards.
The site has a lot more interesting jazz selections, ranging from mainstream to avant garde, and the proprietor of seems to upload albums at a prodigious rate. But as always, there's no telling how long any individual offering will stay on line, so if your interest is piqued, click on over there now and start downloading.
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