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That is correct. Kaye can also be heard on some other Naughton recordings. There's also a fascinating CD that came out a few years ago of a group Kaye was leading in 1967 with Steve Tintweiss, Joel Peskin, Peter Lerner, and Enrico Rava.

Definitely nothing wrong with cherrypicking when it comes to Kenton, but personally if I were to pare down to a single source, it would be the Holman-Russo charts Mosaic-- damn near all the information you need is on that.

The new titles are in stock at Dusty Groove. I picked up the Oliver Lake and Bobby Naughton discs.

It’s also the last title I need to complete my Earl Freeman collection!

The Black Ark is being reissued on LP again by Superior Viaduct Does anyone (perhaps Clifford?) know why Live At The Village Vanguard has never been reissued? Does the ownership differ from other Freedom releases? It surprises me that given the extent to which other Freedom recordings have been licensed and reissued multiple times in the US, Europe, and Japan over the years this one has never been taken on by anyone (Howard did self-release a CD-R in the 2000s). Surely it can't be lack of interest? Anyways, it's great to have Black Ark available again, but I'd love to finally be able to get a copy of this.

Received the Hemphill disc the other day, it’s excellent.

Looks like we are getting the 11/3/69 Salle Playel performance rather than the 7/29/69 Maeght music. Exciting, but I do still hope that set can finally find its way to a remastered CD release. https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/19810

I did buy from JM a few times about 10-15 years ago, but after the major international shipping hikes post-pandemic, it has just been too much for me to justify.

Squidco and Dusty Groove will get them. DG will likely sell out quickly, but Squidco will have more copies and restock. You can also get a notice from each when the title is available; Squico offers an option to automatically create an order for you on the title when they receive it in, doesn't look like DG is offering a pre-order at this time: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/242774/Oliver-Lake:Oliver-Lake-Live-From-Studio-Rivbea-1975-1976?sf=Oliver+Lake&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&kwfilter=Oliver+Lake&sort_order=artist https://www.squidco.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=S&Category_Code=UPCOMING

Looking forward to the Oliver Lake volume finally hitting these shores, and can't wait to see what else they pull out of the vaults. All of the first 3 releases are phenomenal, maybe the Blythe most of all.

Sad news, he was phenomenal, especially his many recordings for Concord.

New World is releasing a “definitive” CD reissue of Dogon A.D. https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/julius-hemphill-dogon-ad I will pick a copy up, but anyone would be hard-pressed to best the 2011 International Phonograph edition in my book.

Been mentioned many times, but as always I would love an official release of the 1966 Newport set. I would wonder if there’s a better source hiding somewhere, but the circulating version is really not too shabby and could surely be improved.

RIP. He had the uneviable position of following Jimmy Lyons in Cecil’s group, and I struggle with those albums most in his discography, but never stop coming back to them, I think to find what Ward sought to find in the music. And he had an incredible body of work outside.

An extraordinary pianist and musical thinker, “The Code” — an essential link in the continuity of jazz music throughout the 1970s, and of course beyond, a deep creator across many decades. If you haven’t heard the 2021 5xCD box set entitled Empathy you should seek it out. In addition to a (I believe) final duo with Dave Liebman, it includes a bevy of other music, including a solo piano disc, imparting his great range.