I heard the quartet + Shepp at the Down Beat Festival, the quartet at the Plugged Nickel twice and the new sextet (Alice, Pharoah, Jimmy, Rashid and (probably) DeJohnette, again at the Nickle. The only time I could hear the bass was for solo spots.
Black Saint and Soul Note were apparently reliable when it was Giovanni's operation; now that the business has passed on to his kids, they aren't abiding by original contracts. This is what I have been told by musicians & musicians' next of kin.
I thought the family sold the labels to the outfit that became CAM.
So today is the official release date of the Sullivan and Russell cds and Amazon says they are out of stock. I guess this means they sold their initial order and need more. Sadly, they only order once a week and it may be a while before they start shipping again.
Lauren Deutsch - she said this conversation began 48 years ago.
I should have credited her earlier - she posted this shot on Facebook and I copied it from there. She is a wonderful photographer and person.