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Rashied says in AS SERIOUS AS YOUR LIFE that he was not the most humble young man in those days. That couldn't help with a guy like Elvin. As for Alice, I'm with Jim. I trust the great artists to take me where they will; this isn't Burger King, you don't make it your way.

I have this on LP, too. Great album; I love all of Surman's ECM work.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/07/08/lionel-batiste-dead-dies-treme-brass-band_n_1657509.html?icid=hp_entertainment_top_art Sad news. He was featured in both Treme and Spike Lee's documentaries.

Good lord! If their Cecil Taylor LP is any indication, what will this cost, $500? Kind of a pity that most fans won't be able to enjoy this music. I don't want to jump to conclusions but really, there's no way this will be remotely affordable. Kinda wish they'd save the music for a company regular folks can actually patronize...

They also put out a 3xLP of the Sun Ra Horo sessions.

Due to financial difficulties I had to sell all 15 of my black boxes and all 20+ of my Selects. It was incredibly painful but I've been slowly buying back some of the individual LPs I lost and have generally decided to steer clear of buying Mosaics in the future as I feel I simply have no business buying or owning something so expensive given my situation. That said, I'm buying this. If its the only Mosaic I ever own again I'm fine with that.

You know, Clark and Dolphy would've made a pretty interesting team ca. 1960.

I like those too. Points to anyone who has copies that aren't promos or cutouts.

Huh, 0-2 on that quote. I should go more in-depth with this pretty strong claim with a new thread, but IMO the level of rigor involved in a lot of jazz writing with regards to fact and accuracy is very poor indeed when compared to rock crit. This is of course a very complicated thing, too, as this thread shows but reading jazz books after a lifetime of reading about rock I was dismayed by the umpteen times I saw the same hearsay fabrications passed off again and again across literally dozens of books. To Marcello: fair enough, but it's still not something most anybody would immediately associate with Miles, and especially not in the late '50s.

Speaking of Blakey and Bixing, what is the actual context of this quote which is widely circulated as "the only way the white man can swing is from a rope"? Because I was flabbergasted to read it as "the only way [Paul] Whiteman can swing is from a rope" in a Giddins book. If the latter is the correct quote it's pretty amazing that it was so widely and incorrectly cited the way it was. A real disservice to Bu. Kind of related, kind of not: there is a terrible book around about Miles and Trane that hilariously, erroneously and insistently claims MD was widely known as "the Chief". At first I was perplexed, then annoyed, but after a while it just became funny.

If I had one it'd be "Oleo".

That's the reputation I've heard for Follies. The blog Destination:Out has it for official download so I may yet check that out. I've also questioned whether or not Futurities Vol. 1 even exists on CD! Nice grab. Tips is a winner.

You're not lying about that score! Any others?

Here's what I gleaned: Werner Uehlinger paid Max Roach alone for the album with the agreement that he would compensate Archie Shepp at his discretion, and that Hat was not obligated to compensate Archie. Archie demanded half from Max and Max said no way. Archie sued Werner and Werner brought Max into the suit as a third party. Archie argued that since Werner hadn't worked out pay for him he should never have put the record out to begin with. So basically, this was a contractual dispute. A jury found that Werner was in the right and Max appealed. The judge upheld the decision.

Details of the legal case surrounding The Long March: http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/775/452/329621/

Also, while this thread is up I was listening to an interview with Gerry Hemingway and he mentioned that Werner Uehlinger is in possession of a great tape of three nights by the classic quartet in London ca 1993. Doubtful they'll come out but it would be nice!

There was something on Facebook about problems with the flacs that were eventually resolved. Maybe try downloading again.

^ I like that one, and yet always come away feeling like it could be more.

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They remove the audio once the records are released.

I was underwhelmed by her record. She's got something going on lord knows, but I don't think she's quite hit on it yet. But I'll listen more.

No clue. I use Google, too FWIW I plan to send a message along to John Corbett with some queries and recommendations. I will post the reply if I get one.

I mentioned these in the Hat Hut thread. They are also planning more McPhees and Philip Wilson's Esoteric. Here's hoping for even more ... Baikida Carroll's The Spoken Word would be awesome.

Found this one for $2 at an antique shop! A little beat up but still.

Can't wait! Will we see FF this year?