B. Clugston

Walter Zuber Armstrong played some nice bass clarinet. Pharoah Sanders got bass clarinet workout during "Leo" (in duet with Rashid Ali) on Coltrane's Live in Japan marathon.

He's credited with both bass and contrabass clarinets on the Yoshi's GTM discs.

Cecil Taylor, Looking Ahead (Contemporary) Cecil Taylor, Conquistador (Blue Note/Liberty)

It's nice one from the early days of Ocora. More ritualistic than musical than some of the other African recordings from that period, but really fascinating.

Good one. ?

Steve Lacy, Raps (Adelphi) LES DOGON Les Chants de la Vie Le Rituel Funeraire (Ocora) Booker Little, Out Front (Candid/Barnaby) Mal Waldron, Sweet Love Bitter (Impulse/Sparton)

It's called Blossoms. Can't find the website. Thanks, I found information about the single disc on the Senators site. Maybe the box set never came into fruition. I thought I saw a photo of it once, but perhaps I made that up. I recall seeing a photo too on a Belgian website, but there was never any ordering information.

It's called Blossoms. Can't find the website.

It's my favourite Monk recording. Hmm. .... Interesting, as a big Monk fan I rate this fairly low, it's a bit of a mess IIRC but I've not played it in a while. Being a favourite doesn't mean it's his best, but I find the newcomers bring a freshness to the date that I find really entertaining. Some of Monk's later quarter dates can sound rote, but this one is lots of fun.

It's my favourite Monk recording.

I bought mine for $30 two years ago. I do occasionally see copies at that price. Weber's piece is liner notes for a reissue, but I don't know if that's wishful thinking or if someone is planning a reissue.

It's good, but it's sheer size is daunting. You really have to spend a lot of time with this music. There's a one disc CD of this band on Victo if you prefer smaller portions.

All of the Miles bios are full of holes--it seems every author has a period they dislike, skip over, etc. Maybe getting a different author for each decade is the answer.

He also knocks some of Miles' more interesting recordings and goes all Shunryu Suzuki for a bit. But overall, a good book, thanks to his extensive interviews of musicians who played with Miles.

Mark Weber on John Carter's Echoes from Rudolph's. http://markweber.free-jazz.net/2014/11/11/john-carter-echoes-from-rudolphs/

Onzy Matthews, discs 1 & 2

Probably my all time favorite Braxton album. Mine too and arguably the best introduction to him. A shame it never had a standalone CD release.

Anthony Braxton, Five Pieces 1975 (Arista).

New Vocabulary, (System Dialing). Ornette Coleman – Alto Saxophone, Jordan McLean – Trumpet & Electronics, Amir Ziv – Drums, Adam Holzman – piano. My copy has blank labels, so you have to squint and look at the runout groove to figure out which side is which. That's annoying, but the record itself actually sounds great. Great music, too. I'm still curious about why this release took five years to come out and why it had such an under-the-radar release. Whatever the case is, I'm glad it did come out.

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My first thought was Slava Guyvoronsky, but it does sound more like Bill Dixon towards the end. I'm stumped on the others.

Dave Liebman, Drum Ode (ECM, Germany) Joseph Scianni with David Izenzon, Man Running (Savoy)

I did manage to download--just close those boxes that ask you to install something.

His presence certainly didn't help Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert.

Fully agree. Season 1 was great and "Balance of Terror" is a must-see. Lots to enjoy in the second season. By Season 3, Gene Roddenberry wasn't as involved, the budget was slashed and there were a lot of bad episodes. That being said, the hippy episode is a guilty pleasure. Shatner's acting and over-acting remain a source of enjoyment. It's pretty sexist by today's standards, though Season 2's "The Apple" does feature a memorable scene where Celeste Yarnell's character takes down a couple of aliens on a planet of Buddy Ebsen lookalikes. That is a good rule. Similar thing with Voyager--it got better once Janeway took her hair out of the bun.