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It was Mtume who gave Herbie's band Swahili names. Not sure if Joe was there for that or not.

Love the picture. After BN viz WB it was Joe on Fat Albert, then Bennie Maupin afterwards, right? Maybe a rare live date? When did Joe adopt a Swahili name? Somwhere above this comes up, sorry for mashing numorous posts into one sloppy post.

Listening on bandcamp, it is great! Jazz Messengers has the CD but since it is coming from Spain, there will be crazy tariffs, correct?

A must read, JSngry asked me earlier if I read it. Sobering. Art just says, yeah, I was smacked up and did some f'ed up shit.

French label is going to release a Larry Coryell live gig from 1976. I'm not sure, what is it gonna be like, but the track list suggests we will have 3 acoustic tracks (I guess duets, as there is another guitar player in credits) and the rest is the final incarnation of Eleventh House. We've got only vague samples, one below on YouTube, and a peculiar one on Facebook, where someone is struggling with taking off the seal (also it looks like the vinyl jacket is pretty thin). No CD announced, sadly. Previously unreleased, this incandescent live performance by Larry Coryell, recorded on July 24, 1976, at the Riviera '76 on the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet – a legendary Formula 1 Grand Prix venue – has resurfaced from the INA archives. Conceived by Michael Lang (co-founder of Woodstock), the festival aimed high. Coryell unleashed a dizzying fusion of Hendrix and Coltrane. Smoky amps, mystical tension, collective trance. Fully remastered, this rare document captures the raw power of a timeless moment. CRYSTAL CLEAR VINYL, LIMITED TO 3,000 COPIES WORLDWIDE. https://www.facebook.com/reel/824860567051044/

Arrive today. Less than a week via Media Mail!!! Definitely doing business here again.

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This again:

The photo of Slide Hampton & Jimmy Ford is worth the price of admission alone!

Thanks John. I feel I made out really well.

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Mags is going through a tough time right now with the death of his wife. The holidays can be the toughest time of the year.

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Congratulations, Tom. It's a great set!

Definitely a persona who always aimed "for the people"! That last one has gorgeous changes. Bird could have soared on them, I think.

He told it is really unpredictable how sales develop. Some items printed in one thousand copies still are in stock after twenty years and he has no idea if they ever will sell. Others sold so fast he had them re-pressed immediately. He has to be careful with investing and always looks for top quality original source material. Anybody looking for items markes as sold out on his website are encouraged to contact him directly. Chances are he still has a handful of copies in stock.

He simply loved Schapowalow's photo for its symbolic meaning. So much for cover art esthetics. No. He does not see a potential buying audience for any of those you mentioned. This is really obscure. He confessed it is the first time he ever heard of that musician, group, and the magazine.

as heard in this set:

Meeting with my old friend from schooldays, yours truly (far left), and Ekkehart Fleischhammer (far right)

Shocked that (at least) the first tune by Mr. Madman didn't make it on to a Stompin' compilation as its right up their alley.

A very good new release from Cellar Live. Mags is one of my favorite trumpet players.