colinmce

Glad someone saved me from myself!

Ha! Never.

Some friends of mine were in a band in St. Louis about 10 years ago. The cops raided their practice space on a "tip" and trashed it, including slashing open every drum head. Of course, they found nothing and had zero culpability.

Lord, this thread is making me vaguely jealous. I've never really met a known musician before, or ever seen live jazz for that matter. That said, it's not really in my character to approach musicians anyways, so even if I were to catch a gig sometime, I doubt I'd say anything, or have anything to say.

Hm, I guess I'm in the minority-- I like the 50s sessions better than the 60s; I'd go so far as to say much better. I find that after Soul Station, Workout, & No Room For Squares the 60s albums get increasingly patchy. I really need to replace my Mosiac, so I hope it sticks around a bit longer!

Nice. Ran is truly a hero of mine, and his music is one of my passions. I have nearly every record he's done, save a couple of the Soul Notes. I like the IAI session, but prefer his others from this time on Horo and Owl. Rapport is a nice little primer on his world and has some of his most sprightly playing (keeping in mind who we're dealing with here!) "There's too much light in the world" -Ran

I suppose I have come across that PW Project CD before... Gauci/Knuffke/Filiano & Mondoc/Green/Baker feat. Shipp/Campbell/Swell both new on Relative Pitch. The latter is definitely a must-get.

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.