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If you click on the individual listings it says so.

I think this steamrolls some of the nuance out of what he's saying. It's not like Jefferson Airplane got nothin' out of those records they sold. good read, I particularly enjoyed this passage: "Congratulations, your generation is the first generation in history to rebel by unsticking it to the man and instead sticking it to the weirdo freak musicians!" Nice sentence but not true. The sixties/seventies generation who thought that underground rock was a rebellion against the man were buying records almost exclusively from COlumbia, RCA, Warner/Elektra/Atlantic and EMI - the majors, anyway, who fooled the flower power kids into believing they were on their side. As I recollect, the only indie company that sold a shed load of records in that period was Fantasy. MG

I plan to pick this up soon. Marc Myers puts it on par with the VV music, but I'm, uh, skeptical.

I can see what you mean, but it's filtered most unmistakably through Herbie.

A good read, I recommend it. The original letter is quite amazing, too. The ability of this generation to announce to the world that they're doing the wrong thing and they could care less is jarring.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/main?ie=UTF8&asin=B000002X70&isAmazonFulfilled=0&isCBA=&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&seller=A2TCTO7QU2NO9A No affiliation, just something I stumbled across.

Just an aside, but Hargrove's big band album Emergence is wonderful.

I'm sorry to hear this. I'll put on my CDR of Historic 6th Ward and wish him well.

Cecil Taylor may well be the ultimate example of this. John Carter is another. His playing is magnificent on the early sides, but by the 80s he was playing on a whole different level. Henry Threadgill, who has continued to evolve more actively and fully than almost anyone, and for so many years. Steve Lacy goes hand in hand with Cecil. Great, original style beginning in the fifties with momentous breakthroughs in the 70s and 80s and top-game performances into the 90s and beyond. Thad Jones, John Tchicai and Warne Marsh. Getting into jazz this was a hard concept to wrap my mind around as this happens so so rarely in rock music. I missed out on many great buys in my early days in jazz assuming that the artist was "past their prime"

Yeah, when can we expect it? Will it come out at the same time as the AEC?

http://www.jazzloft.com/p-55517-crispell-dresser-hemingway-play-braxton.aspx New on Tzadik: Crispell, Dresser & Hemingway Play Braxton 'nuff said

Personally I'm of the mind that Pharoah played best in other people's groups. I like him most with Coltrane and especially Don Cherry, so I'm excited to hear the Sun Ra stuff which is new to me. Honestly not a huge fan of his ESP session, and can live with about two of the formulaic Impulse! albums (Tauhid not withstanding ... a great, original record that). I like his playing on Art Davis' Life so I've always kind of meant to check out his 80s/90s small group stuff.

Still looking for that Ellington quarter, too.

Sorry, you're right. I read that wrong.

Rather than bury this in the thread about the ESP book, I thought I'd make a new thread for this release which I found linked on their site. This set is comprised of two unreleased sessions with Don Cherry and Paul Bley, Sanders' previously released ESP album and the complete recordings of Sun Ra at Judson Hall 1964 with Pharoah in tow. Also included are audio interviews.

No advance copy; you can listen in full on NPR.com. Can't grab a link right now but it should be easy to find off Google.

Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but this record is tremendous. It's Neneh Cherry (one-time pop star and Don's stepdaughter) backed by The Thing: Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten. This is the kind of collaboration that just doesn't happen enough; it's all very natural and thrilling. Nothing about it is "this + jazz", it's a total group effort. The music includes titles by Don Cherry, The Stooges, MF Doom, Suicide and Ornette.

PM on Braxton/Parker

Well shit, good luck for all our sakes.

Do you have a recording in line Chuck? Or is this just a general wish?

This AM: Bill Evans Trio - Live (Verve, 1964) Billy Usselton Sextet - His First Album (Kapp, 1957) The Evans features what might be his most textbook playing. I like it though. The Usselton is nice. This is the original pressing, but it was reissued by Fresh Sound. Intriguing front line of tenor, bass clarinet, and trombone. Well arranged, but not overarranged, with Usselton sounding kind of like Paul Desmond on the larger horn. But just kind of.

I have The Blue Potato. FWIW it's on Spotify and Amazon. Great record, really worth looking out for. A shame the ESP won't be out on CD, but like I said initially the LP doesn't go for much on eBay.

Anyone get the Hemphill/Kowald? That's one I want for sure.

Each year he teaches a seminar at the NEC on a particular artist: Mingus, Vaughn, Silver, Ornette, etc. His course packs are now available on his site. They're rather pricey at $50 but I'd be very interested in picking up at least one of them.

I have heard precious little of his playing, just a cut on the Silkheart sampler, but I'd love to hear more. An interesting guy. Patrol eBay or Dusty Groove for Rhythm X. I've seen multiple copies turn up both places recently for less than $20