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The only one I've spent time with is the Norbotten Big Band one, but I think that one's great. There's a review I wrote of it up somewhere on AAJ.

Alice Coltrane "A Monastic Trio" (Impulse), the piano side...

I'd love to hear the Rollins quartet stuff with Prince Lasha - apparently there was quite a bit of it, I believe with Cranshaw and Higgins. Wasn't there a Columbia warehouse fire too, at which point the infamous Sunny Murray orchestra tapes were lost?

That is a formidable duo. Can't wait to see 'em in Minneapolis next week.

I got a burned copy! It is really good, though Shadow Wilson is rather boring. Trane is obviously finding the music quite a challenge here, and as a lot of people (myself included) have been saying, it sounds like a much more mature Trane. I mean, when he was recording for Prestige around this time, his solos seemed to show very little of what they are here - you'd have to wait until his Atlantics (at least) to get this Trane again.

True, true, and the Arkestra were loyal not just to Sunny but to a philosophical belief and state of being that go beyond just the music. Same with the Art Ensemble of Chicago - the band has carried on without Lester or Malachi, though I guess it's up to debate whether the group is still relevant or musically interesting... Jimmy Lyons was with Cecil Taylor from 1960 until his death, pretty much straight through, though he did record sans Cecil on his own a fair share.

I generally do not like either, but I did see a very good set by Happy Apple once, with French baritone player Francois Courneloup sitting in. It sounded like John Surman meets the Soft Machine, which is certainly not a bad thing...

While you're at it, check out the link to Hans Dulfer's website: Hans Dulfer He is Candy's dad, and has a long history in Dutch jazz. His 1970 LP "Candy Clouds" is one of my absolute favorite jazz records EVER.

Umm... back to the original post, ahem. I still have yet to undertake the task of transcribing a five-hour interview from August... he certainly called me to task in the process, and for that I respect him. As mercurial as he might be, I can't say he isn't one of the most interesting conversationalists and true intellectuals of this music that I've met.

It was "Monoceros" by Evan Parker.

I like Harold's response; probably I would say I like 'em at the end for jazz, and in sequence with folk, blues and rock recordings. It might also be nice to make people pay more by including a second disc of alternates, right?

Legendary trumpeter, composer and scene-maker Bill Dixon turns 80 today. Please wish him a happy birthday here!

Personnel apparently the same as on the Born Free set, which excerpts this entire performance of "Unity First." Might as well share: LB, Frederic Rabold, Herbert Joos, Michael Sell, Manfred Schoof - trumpets, flugelhorns Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Rutherford, Gunter Christmann - trombones Joachim Kuhn, Dieter Scherf, Michael Thielepape - altos JJ, Gerd Dudek, Heinz Sauer, Alfred Harth - tenors RM - bass sax Gunter Hampel - bass clarinet Axel Hennies - flute, piccolo, tenor sax Gerhard Koenig - guitar MF, Peter Stock, Claus Buehler - contrabasses Rainer Grimm - percussion Jeanne Lee, Karen Krog - vocals Including the intro by Bowie, it's about 37 minutes. It's good. PM me if you want a copy.

Vic's lesser-known vibes-playing brother, I presume...

Gunter Hampel "The 8th of July 1969" (original Birth "Natural Jazz" pressing, with the natty loose paper pseudo-cover). Not the watershed I used to think it was, but still a fascinating listen. Gotta love that Steve McCall, too...

Or maybe it was a Roscoe story...

Great Newk story, Chuck. Thanks!

Candy is delicious on this! And no, I don't mean Hans Dulfer's foxy daughter...

I don't get the Varby joke... So, probably the coolest signing response (maybe) I got was from Lacy, who upon seeing the "Moon" LP (BYG) said, promptly, "you know these guys were gangsters, right?" He signed that beautiful back cover anyway! Oh yeah, Karl Berger signed my copy of his ESP record, and his response was "who's this skinny kid on the cover?" Classic!

Agreed. It needs a third side.

Three Lacy (incl. one also signed by Steve Potts and Oliver Johnson that I found in a shop), two Bobby Few, and Bobby Hutcherson's "Dialogue." Also some promo CDs have come my way signed - Prince Lasha's new one, and Nathan Davis' new-ish one as well. I think that might be it, though... For me, the conversations and the interviews I've had with musicians far eclipse signed records, but it is nice to have the ol' Hancock.

I LOVE this record... especially the tune "Latona." Mighty modal groover straight outta the Joe Henderson-style bag. Speaking of which, this is probably Patton's most Larry Young-esque album; his solos speak mightily of Young's influence. Plus, the instrumentation is fascinating, and the whole shit just cooks... Lucky enough to find a mint minus New York mono of this for $20 a few years ago. Beautiful! Couldn't be more pumped on an organ record (pun fully intended)... thanks for nominating this one!

Not to mention that when you try and throw away the strip, it either sticks to you, the floor, the coffee table you were opening the discs on in the first place, and finally the walls of the wastebasket. Ugh.

It's called Joe's Garage. ← Hence the Buell Neidlinger "Marty's Garage" (I think this is it) record... Buell and Zappa were tight, apparently. The Vestine - Ayler duets are something else, indeed...

Mal Waldron - Jimmy Woode - Pierre Favre "Black Glory" (Enja) Original German pressing nabbed for $2 today. I spent more on the beer afterwards!