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Well, I'm not quite as enthused about Pangaea either -- at least compared with Agharta and Dark Magus.

Brilliant Circles is brilliant, but I've never heard a copy that didn't sound like the worst recorded studio recording in the history of mankind. (In all fairness, I've only ever heard the Black Lion CD issue of it.) Great session -- hell, it's got both Tyrone and Woody!! -- but that sound, that sound!!

Started this thread for her on the Hoffman board. Some googling to try and answer my own question about what she recorded with Hendrix revealed that she also recorded with John Lennon, and played with Hendrix very early in his career (perhaps his pre-fame period, maybe?).

legit mp3's, FWIW, here. Also, here's one from Japan for $21 plus shipping, no idea if it's really in stock, never dealt with this source before. Here's another one for $29, same kind of source. Here's one from the Netherlands, no price, you have to 'make an offer' (and the 'make an offer' link is under the album cover, not the blue one to the right of it).

Damn, what a fun read. Don't miss parts 2 & 3, they're great. I'd buy her book in a heartbeat. I'm sure it'd include the Hendrix.

From the article... Wondering what recordings this might have been? I should probably know, but my big Hendrix phase was 20 years ago, and I'm only just now getting back into that area. (I'll also ask on the Hoffman board; there's guy there who'll know.)

Lot's of good Cowell to try and get your hands on. My favorite is Illusion Suite (ECM 1972), but I've only ever seen a pricy Japanese issue of it (but it was well worth it). Wish I had some to offer.

Lots more info, and here's one you can buy, and another one, and two more that are actually affordable.

I've been spending time with Pangaea and Agartha, and also Dark Magus the last few days -- after not having heard the first two (at all) in 3 or 4 years, and not Dark Magus more than a handful of times during that same period. I'd forgotten how much of Pangaea is actually relatively tame (at least as compared with Dark Magus ). And I'd totally forgotten that Sonny Fortune plays flute quite a bit on these (especially Pangaea) - and how well flute works as a unique voice in that context. Dark Magus is still like doing tequila shots (something I haven't done in 20 years). I'd forgotten how devoid of 'tunes' (even Miles' 70's tunes) that it was, and how it really was just vamp-based. Edit to say: I really prefer Dark Magus the best of the three.

My god, yes. I've heard poorly recorded bootlegs, multi-generations from the original, that I could take more easily than Emergency! Lord knows I've tried.

Wow. That's pretty sad.

Beware -- I read there are two different masterings of this thing being released nearly simultaneously, I guess by two different audiophile labels. I only just skimmed a thread about it (on the Steve Hoffman board, where else!), and something about the two masterings not necessarily using the same sources. (I have little patience for such audiophile discussions, so that's about as much as I know. Next time I stumble on the thread about it, I'll update this post with a link.)

Have we also perhaps discovered the early origins of the dreaded "duckface"??

Or "high-waters" - that's the term I heard most often.

Other than this, and the Trainwreck -- are there any other unreleased Blue Note studio sessions that have gotten leaked?? I heard sixth-hand that the entire "Unity" session is out there, including quite a few multiple takes of several tunes (I've not heard it myself, nor this Lee Morgan session).

Yeah, it's taken me years to even half-way get into all the bonus material from the Bitches Brew box -- and even then, I have to be in just the right mood. I haven't decided yet, though, if that's my fault -- or the material's. It might be both. The IaSW box, as well as the Jack Johnson and On The Corner boxes, have all provided me many hours of listening pleasure. The bonus material there is mighty fine.

Those of us who don't buy mp3's can still live in the past. I've been missing my copy of Billy Harper's "Capra Black" for a good 5 years. (They guy I loaned it to up and died -- and I never did follow-up with his wife, who I barely knew.) I could have replaced my copy with an electronic one in a heartbeat (and legally, even, and for only $5), but I never did. But I did jump at the chance to finally get a 'real' one when I stumbled on a Japanese CD of it in St. Louis last weekend. It set me back $30 (ouch!!!), and I could care less if it was Japanese or the previous issue I had before, but $30 later, it was mine again. I imagine I'll jump into downloading music on-line eventually, but I'm in no rush. And when I do, I'm sure I'll always try to get "real" copies of things later -- or at least the dates that I find I like most.

"Ghetto Walk" is da bomb. Seriously heavy stuff. "Early Minor" is nice too. My copy is 1,000 miles away at present, but aren't "Splash" and "Splashdown" pretty hip too??

A few, but not many. (re: "quite surprising how the jazz modern crowd hates singers.") Then who's cool? (Picking up somewhat on Jim's "Just dead ones.") Billie and Bessie, Abbey Lincoln, and Andy Bey come to mind. Bob Dorough perhaps (re: his 'School House Rock' cred). If anybody remembered Lou Rawls (not that anybody remembers Andy Bey), Rawls epitomized the notion of "cool", but I suspect it's probably not especially cool to be into him. A few were cool by their association with others, certainly June Tyson, for instance. Tony Bennett, I guess, but in lots of circles he wouldn't be considered 'cool' -- except perhaps by default, but mostly because of his longevity. Oh, and there's Esperanza Spalding of course -- who's probably polarizing, with as many thinking she's cool as those who don't. "Cool" is all relative, so I suspect most would consider her to certainly be 'more cool' than Norah Jones (maybe if Norah had a 'fro...), but not as cool as say, anyone in jazz who doesn't sing. Not that there aren't any good jazz singers -- but I'm having trouble thinking of many that would be widely considered "cool" among modern jazz cognoscenti. (I also looked through this list before posting, to make sure I wasn't forgetting anybody significant.) All wild speculation on my part, of course. Am I part of the "modern jazz crowd" myself? All depends on who's asking.

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Another interesting specialized sub-genre; looking forward to hearing this. Glad to see that "Hear, O Israel" with Herbie Hancock was included. Great article, and set of resource links too. Seeing this list: Sacred Jazz Discography, I'm of course wondering what titles folks here can recommend on their artistic merits, particularly some of the lesser known ones beyond the Ellingtons.

NYT story.

Here's Solo Ballads Two (click), and fairly cheap too. Welcome to the board!

Has anybody heard (seen) this Billy Harper DVD?? (Description courtesy of The Bastards™) Billy Harper In Concert – Live From Poland (DVD) DVD (Item 493845) Arkadia, 2007 — Condition: New Copy One of the most ambitious recordings we've ever heard from saxophonist Billy Harper – a beautifully spiritual set performed live in Poland with a large choir of voices backing him up! The sound really takes us back to some of Harper's recordings of this nature from the start of the 70s – and the Polish group does a surprisingly good job of getting the spirit right to match some of Billy's best musical impulses – on a set of tunes that includes "Cry Of Hunger", "The Awakening", "Quest", "Thy Will Be Done", "Speak To Me Of Love Speak To Me Of Truth", and "Light Within". Approximately 80 minutes, with bonus features. (DVD is NTSC coded.)