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Can't offer any information, but I'm also a fan of his work. He's got that acidic, piquant tone that I favor among altoists--but there's intellect in that expressivity, and a sure knowledge of groove. It's not groundbreaking music, but it is stirring (in its own way).

I'm also a fan of Live in Zurich, although I haven't dug into the others. Quite moving. She's also excellent on Destiny with Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake, although the more "conventional" free jazz context doesn't quite push my adrenaline like other things... I really enjoy her somewhere between the ultra-minimalism and energy poles--the Braxton quartet split that difference wonderfully.

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What's the deal with not getting paid, if you don't mind me asking? (I'm not the most astute person when it comes to business machinations).

They produced two albums--both with PB compositions, but the latter w/o Brown (you're familiar?...). I swear by Mantle-Piece (the Ornaments album sans Brown)--nothing against PB, only that that ensemble seemed to understand transparency and groove in the UK jazz-rock vein better than many of their peers. The first BO album (with Pete) is a little too stridently clever to rank with me (Aylerisms and all), but Pete's lyrics were a gift, I find, with an interpreter who didn't milk them for the sentiments behind the obscurities (like Spedding, or even Jack Bruce, who made the subtler elements of PB vaguer, if anything). I'm honestly not that familiar with Hawkwind, but you've piqued my interest.

I wish there were snow in the Bay Area--enough to vindicate the nagging cold and drearier-than-hell weather.

Cold, not hard cold, but cold. It wouldn't matter if not for the fact that it's always overcast. Give me some sun!

At the same time, the fervent regressivism of many modern rock bands piques the mind to just how good a lot of rock's yesteryear was. Am I the only Battered Ornaments fan here?

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Thanks for the heads up. Cheap prices for these (they run steep in the brick-and-mortars).

If you're referring to the session itself, JS, then I agree with you (and if not, then I still agree with you). Gilmore outside of the Sun Ra axis is a rare treat, and I sometimes feel as if his (scant) sideman work is a series of missed opportunities (with a few exceptions, of course). I really would have liked to have heard him stretch out a little more on these sides, although I certainly can't fault the playing of his bandmates. In relief with sessions like Andrew--where he is an essential part of the ensemble--Gilmore here truly feels like an "itinerant" musician.

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Sorry to hear about this, but good to know about the safety of those involved. This rouses memories of a few winters ago--I got the back part of my car taken off trying to cross an intersection (the guy who hit me, incidentally, didn't have a driver's license...). If I hadn't floored it, I'd probably be dead by now--so, from one trauma survivor to another, be glad in life.

Indeed. Those LPs on Red are also pretty awesome... This is actually the first I've heard of the Sea Ensemble, purchased on the merits of the "names" involved. Have to admit I didn't even know this album existed until rifling through the bins yesterday...

I had been missing my copy since the FR conversation a week or so ago. My Mom came for a visit, album in tow. I'll be spinning it soon...

(talent notwithstanding) How the hell did Sahib get so popular? Before all those albums went up on the blogosphere, no one was talking about him.

Sea Ensemble: We Move Together (Great...) Randy Weston: Uhuru Afrika/Highlife Jazz in Africa vol.1: (feat. the Jazz Epistles) CM's Brotherhood of Breath: The Memorial Concert

"Ghosts"--I'll always be with Cherry on the national anthem thing--it's one of the catchiest damn tunes in the canon. Right now--"MRA" (the Pukwana tune), as well as "Eye of the Tiger" (from Rocky III). For different reasons.

Cripes, that's horrible.

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Hell yes. And, as difficult as it might be to compile, I'd love to have all the Jazz Epistles material in hand (and the Blue Notes stuff, although dibs goes to Ogun to deal with that if it can or ever will).

Yeah, that's another one of my favorites. That's some of the best solo Muhal on record, methinks.