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I didn't know he was sick. I've seen several Facebook posts from his numerous his students. He was a well-respected teacher, with stints at University of Colorado, DePaul University, Youngstown State University, Northern Illinois University, the University of Missouri at Kansas City and Florida State University.

Damn I read this as Mitch Miller and expected an ode to singalongs.

Starting off a cool morning with disc 2 of Yusef Lateef “Alight Upon The Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase” Resonance Records 3 cd set This is so far my favorite of the new Resonance releases. Kenny Barron really delivers on this one.

Evolution Ensemble Unity – Concrete Voices

Mtume - In Search of the Rainbow Seekers

Philip Catherine & Martin Wind - New Folks (ACT)

Very sorry to hear of this. I thought of him from time to time. RIP Free For All!

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I'm sure this is excellent and it is a must-buy, but the squeaky cog in me wonders why Feldman doesn't try to secure unheard music from Lacy's vast (and afaik, unplaced) tape archive for proper release.

Heard from some mutual friends/collaborators that the Minneapolis-based guitarist, improviser, songwriter, and left-field artist Michael Yonkers has died. I don't have a birthdate handy but he was born in 1947, making him 78-79. He performed and recorded with Michael & The Mumbles and the Michael Yonkers Band (garage rock, psych-rock), as a solo singer-songwriter/performer with 'experimental leanings,' and improvised music with Milo Fine/Blue Freedom's New Art Transformation. Many of his records and CDs were self-released starting in the early 1970s. I believe that his health kept him from public performance in recent years. Fascinating character; glad to have seen him perform solo a few times, though that was many years ago. RIP.

I love that they are releasing these. More more more!!!

Awful. RIP. I think he was mostly active before I became a member here. His profile shows he did check in this month.

Damn, that's terrible news. He had not posted here in ages, and I am not on Facebook so was unaware of his health issues. Great guy, that's for sure. RIP!

Yeah, he did, but it might not be in the book. exactly.

Agree about almost all of that.

The Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Boris Chaikovsky discs therein.

To buy or not is not for me to say, but that is definitely worth hearing (to these of one's ability) a few times or more.

Yes, a nice guy indeed. He had ties to the Kansas City area.

Oh no...what a great guy! RIP

I got that set a few years ago and concur. This additional box must be outstanding, though I haven't purchased it because I own some of the individual discs (Gesualdo and De Wert, which are great and I definitely recommend). Of course there are many excellent alternatives for Gesualdo. I very much like the Kassiopeia Quintet on Globe.

Fwiw, a decade later, glad I sprung for the Venexiana box (though these days I mostly listen to the music on Spotify). Highly recommended! I need to check out some of this ensemble’s other work.

I see on his Facebook page that formerly active member Free For All aka Paul McKee, trombonist and teacher, has died. If you were friends with him on FB you followed his fight with cancer over many months/years, always in the company of his adorable cat, Norman, and supported by wife Angie. I feared this day was coming sooner than later after he announced that he was going into hospice care. RIP.