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Jazzwerkstatt just put out a Lester Bowie CD, confusingly titled The Great Pretender. It has two performances, one from 1982 with a large ensemble and 3 tracks with Phillip Wilson & William Parker. I'm assuming this is all unreleased, but don't know Bowie's discography enough to know for sure.

I confess I'm more interested in his confreres. I'll get the one I mentioned to hear Mat Maneri up close.

Speaking of Perelman, he has an upcoming duo with Mat Maneri, Two Men Walking

Did a lot of King LPs have alternative cover art? This album was first released in the BNLT series, right? Some did, vis a vis their much later RVG or Conn CD counterparts, or obviously the LT Series. Others that come to mind are Sonic Boom and A Slice of the Top. Some of these were retained, like The Soothsayer. One more dramatic example of King vs. Blue Note US is Lou Donaldson's Lush Life. The King cover is below:

I'm on board with the critcisms voiced here already, but what bugged me the most was the old 'either/or' fallacy: that since Rollins' "breakthrough" music is superior, what preceded it must be inferior (how many single horn leader dates do you know of pre-60s anyways? Certainly pre-1957. So odd that he suggests pairing Rollins with other front line players is somehow a calculation to mitigate Rollins). Just as music history doesn't follow cleanly through records, black and white isn't any more true to life.

I put this CD on for a bit last night. Great one.

Yep, got mine yesterday. Thanks!

The prices through Maya are the highest-- $40 for doubles. Maya titles run closer to $20 through Amazon-affiliated sellers.

Sounds great. Hopefully Oto will release some of that residency.

FWIW he clarified that his beef was with Café Oto, not Barry Guy or Maya Homburger. *shoulder shrug*

Kind of wish they didn't drop this so early myself. Now I'm dying to hear it.

He was pissed about getting what he saw as inferior billing unbefitting of his stature in free improv, so he pulled out.

People seem quite enamoured of his disposition, but he simply strikes me as a sociopathic piece of shit. Zero respect for him as a person or musician.

Blue Note Select, eh?

The Cole Porter is a favorite. Nice band with Nat Pierce, Warren Vache, Cal Tjader.

Maybe so. Don't quite care. (Not to invalidate your point, I trust your judgement. But I also trust myself if you catch my drift)

I did. Both are out. No copies on Amazon, Discogs, eBay, Music Stack, Dusty Groove, DMG... That's all I've got. Gerry Hemingway offers a CD-R, but I'd prefer the real thing.

Haven't managed to turn any copies of this up anywhere. I'm offering $15-20 if anyone has a copy to sell. Any leads are appreciated. Thanks.

Two good Mosaic Select deals on Amazon Freddie Slack (no box or booklet) $30 http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000AMC3GM/ref=sr_1_7_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1400550356&sr=8-7&keywords=mosaic+select&condition=used Bobby Hutcherson $30 http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000VSBXAM/ref=sr_1_43_up_1_aud_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1400550466&sr=1-43&condition=used

Agreed, Hearing his work outside the V5 on Aerophonic in the last year has been a revelation. Chops, energy, structure, & brains all working in equilibrium: what more can you ask for? Second Spring is my favorite record of the year so far. I got this for a buck or two on eBay. I thought it was the CD. Quite a nice surprise when it arrived in the mail!

PM on Goykovich

Hm. I've been waiting 3 weeks for a Catalytic Sound order just to ship. Previous experience has been comparable.

Looking forward to those. Maybe if I order today I'll get them in the mail by the end of summer...

Looking forward to both, the Bradford in particular. Hopefully in the next year?

Been on the hunt for quite a while. Not an easy one to track down.