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It's always interesting to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra perform Russian repertoire.

Out to Lunch was done while Dolphy was under contract to FM Records, so I've always thought it was intended to be a one-off.

The date I have heard that is being hunted for is a live date shortly before Out To Lunch. Maybe it has been found. I am always the last to know. I doubt Dolphy was under contract with Prestige by then. I always wondered if the Blue Note date was a one-off, or if he was going to make another record for them which of course was never to be.

yeah, I would assume the reason for The Wire not getting reissued is that Denon doesn't have any interest. Dusted that LP off recently and it's a great date, but the audience might be smaller than, say, for an obscure but funky Jiro Inagaki album (and don't get me wrong, I like those too).

Agreed, still holding out hope that someone could get this out there. I would of course still kill for reissues of the Japanese albums, especially The Wire. I kind of can't believe those still remain untouched when so many other impossible JP grails have managed to come out. Regarding the discography, I did run into a bit of a wall myself personally. I have over 100 Lacy recordings, and a got to a point where most of what remains is either a reification of contexts I have in great number, or far too rare and expensive to pursue. As such it's been a number of years since I've added a title to the collection. Maybe the bug will come back to me again someday.

Eustacia Aurell - Meet Me In Hi-Fi!!!

still itching to hear more of this: https://www.discogs.com/release/25433386-Steve-Lacy-Stations

I can't even recall; it was years ago, but I don't believe it was the Douglas/FM recordings and rehearsals. FWIW I guess Concord aka Alchemy Copyrights owns the catalog, but I guess there are questions of payment going back many years. Will that get sorted? Think Zev can do it?

My take: If he issues an LP that I'd like to hear & have, I'll buy it. If he doesn't, I won't.

He delegates plenty. The Mingus Ronnie Scott was also hardly lost.

Oh yeah.

From my brief experience trying to help him, 'easily distractable' is the understatement of the year. Is this the Dolphy thing with Joe Chambers or something else? The tapes for the one with Joe have not been located yet, IIRC.

hehe, me dancing 😄

This one is da'bomb:

yeah, he wanted me to do some Dolphy research for him at one point and it wasn't clear to me that he had the rights to the music or even the information... he came off very high and mighty as well as being easily distractible. I was not impressed.

I'd think that the best way to promote shit is to simply get it right every time out. Or if something slips by, admit it and do what can be done to fix it. This guy just plows ahead with no acceptance of his failures whatsoever. I don't know the guy, but to me he projects an arrogance about his responsivity.

all of this. Tell the Ghost/McPhee hello for me!

Never heard that one but I bet it is good. Fabulous LP. Have the older Think! reissue. The original is nigh impossible... though onetime poster homefromtheforest has one.

Fats Navarro: Vol. 2 Nostalgia. BYG Records 529 103 [France s.d.]

Zev is no Michael. Zev seems like more of a promoter. Michael more a fan and lover of the music which is not to say that Zev doesn’t like the music but in a different way.

I'm definitely going to follow up on 'Hammer, Roll and Leaf' simply as it has Gouband on. I saw him a few years ago play an astonishing set on stones with Evan Parker. I don't know the other two but look forward to hearing them. I'll be getting the new Shifa too. Still yet to catch them live which is unforgivable considering they play London more than anywhere else

Seeing Ghost with Joe McPhee again on 10/1 in Philly Ghost is Michael Foster, John Moran & Joey Sullivan last year they were spectacular at Tubby’s in Kingston, NY. McPhee played the foil to Michael. Deep respect for the great young saxophonist/musical inventor. Foster is the best of his generation as far as NYC saxophonists go. I’ve seen the trio with Michael, Webb & Joey at least 5 times over the last 18 months. Seeing Webb with Trevor Dunn & Chris Corsano on 8/27 at The Stone. Webb is one of the best improvisers on guitar I’ve heard. Along with Chuck Roth & Luciana Bass, the best young improvisors I’ve heard on the guitar. Fwiw the trio recordings with Sandy Ewen, Damon Smith & Weasel Walter are all spectacular. Sandy Ewen is a genius. Plus she’s great to watch music with. Big ears.

Lewis Porter has posted some unreleased Steve Lacy on his substack.

I wish I could have heard that! I love Carol Sloane's singing, and I imagine she would've been an ideal replacement for Ross.