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Yeah, he was on the BNBB. Brandon Burke did an interesting interview with him in Wax Poetics. That must’ve been about 20 years ago now.

R.I.P. brownie.

Gosh, he was such a great resource and source of positivity. He will be missed!

Such a great series. Picked up quite a few of them over the years, not sure if I ever landed the Stitt, but yeah, those titles generally go for high prices now. Thanks for reviving this topic, Late!

Oh man, *very* sorry and sad to hear this news. He was on the old Blue Note board as well, correct? Had some very nice exchanges with him over the years, and he was very helpful with a couple of early Night Lights episodes. Thanks for letting us know... he was much-liked around these parts.

I feel ya, but all the better going back home up 3-2 instead of down 3-2. They need to at least tax Yamamoto and get him out of the game relatively early enough to take advantage of L.A.'s bullpen.

Very sad to hear of our friend brownie's passing. He was an invaluable resource for so many of us with this music, not to mention having photographed the new music and musicians in New York and Paris during the 1960s. https://apnews.com/article/guy-kopelowicz-france-obituary-3b0173beacfe8b6c40324ec2a80ffab1 Hopefully he and Marion Brown are sharing some cosmic ice cream.

I saw that band live. Indeed, splendid!

I noticed—while browsing eBay, Amazon, and discogs—that the entire Legends of Acid Jazz series is now pretty scarce. Some discs are going for weirdly high prices. I came to the series many years after its initial run and don't have that many. I'd say you can safely skip that Stitt disc pictured above if you don't like the Varitone. Stitt's solos are excellent, but it's one of the worst Varitone sounds I've heard—the octave doubling isn't there, and it sounds like Sonny has a drawer-full of socks stuffed down the bell of his horn. That said, the music is amazing, and Muhammad just kills on the record. I love that guy's playing. I wish Craft would find a way to re-release their catalog of late 60's-early 70's organ dates.

Nice one. Japanese promo, too.

I especially liked the ECM New Directions albums with Lester Bowie, John Abercrombie, and Eddie Gomez. Doesn't sound like a lineup which should work, but it did, splendidly.

Congrats!

I have the individual albums, but these sets (Smith, Silver, Grant Green) are beautifully done and very affordable. I wish they had continued the series.

Harold Danko - Triple Play (Steeplechase)

There still many very fine drummers currently playing. Here are some of the drummers, now on the scene, that I very much enjoy. Lewis Nash Kenny Washington Louis Hayes Willie Jones III Mike Melito Jeff Hamilton Joe Farnsworth

My profile of Charles McPherson is in the November issue of Hot House Jazz Magazine. The link to the club edition can be found here: https://mags.hothousejazzmagazine.com/75b036d592.html

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Gregory Groover Jr. “Negro Spirituals Songbook, Vol. 2 (The Message)” Jazz Urbane cd

The day by day lineup is posted on the website.

Han Bennink & Misha Mengelberg Paul Lytton & Evan Parker

Last night at The Stone Mark Dresser, Izumi Kimora, Earl Howard & Gerry Hemingway 19 minute piece with Earl switching off his synthesizer & silence to some stunning alto saxophone playing, followed by a 27 minute slab of improvised genius starting with Izumi’s grand piano joined by Gerry dueting with her for a few minutes. Earl’s synth was then incorporated magically throughout. Great more subdued 9 minute coda with Howard’s creaky gorgeous saxophone joining Dresser’s stunning intro. Dresser playing his 5 string contrabass / not sure even Joelle has a better *sound* on the bass. Just incredible as always. yeah Hemingway plays like he’s 30 and his sense of dynamics & time is beyond reproach. Wowza.