B. Clugston

I'm hoping to see Rudresh Mahanthappa as well. A lot of the more interesting stuff is past my bedtime. Nice to see that Alexander Hawkins will be in town.

Johnny Dyani, African Bass Ile Maurice (Ocora)

I'd love to hear that and even better get my hands on a copy. Been waiting a while for one to turn up that's in half decent condition With sitar and vocals on a few tracks, you would think this would stray into hippie territory, but it's a very good record. Levin is a unique performer, Jay Clayton has a nice voice, plus Calo Scott is a monster on cello. My pressing sounds just fine.

Marc Levin Ensemble, Songs Dances And Prayers. Band includes Calo Scott and Billy Hart, plus Khalil Balakrishna on sitar. John Williams Octer, Year of the Buffalo. Nice compostions and arrangements by pianist Pete Saberton performed by a British octet.

How is the sound on those Cien Fuegos releases?

Happy Birthday Jim! :party:

Walter Zuber Armstrong & Steve Lacy, Alter Ego. Archie Shepp, The Way Ahead. Happy 77th birthday to Archie Shepp!

A pair from Beaver Harris' 360˚ Music Experience: From Rag Time to No Time In:Sanity. Also, from the great Nessa label: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Les Stances a Sophie.

Maurizio Bianchi, Das Platinzeitalter. Toru Takemitsu, Miniatur-Art And two great examples of trumpet-led quartets: Music Inc., Live at Slugs', Vol. 2. Tomasz Stanko, Music 81

Weeds revived the name but it was a different club. The original one closed in the 60s. Sadly, the latest Cellar recently closed.

October Suite is indeed amazing. Latin Shadows, with Shirley Scott, is a nice one too.

I have seen the Crown vinyl version of this and it's just a selection of World Pacific tunes reassembled in cheap packaging. Side A is from the Chico Hamilton Trio and Side B is from Zen. Crown also did a second helping called The Great Chico Hamilton Featuring Paul Horn.

Happy Birthday!

Dollar Brand, African Portraits (Sackville). Abdullah Ibrahim warms up a Toronto studio in the winter. Steve Lacy, Lapis. (Japanese version)

I don't think I could single out 10, let alone 3 or 4. Back when i first became interested in 60s jazz, I would have said Eric Dolphy's Last Date, Albert Ayler's Spiritual Unity or In Greenwich Village and Monk's Big Band and Quartet. This week, I'd pick Ascension, Numbers 1 & 2, The Sidewinder and anything/everything by Andrew Hill.

Of all the nights to be overcast... I was hoping the wind would blow away the clouds.

Bobby Bradford, Love's Dream (Emanem 3302)

That's a great one!

Joseph Jarman and Famadou Don Moye, Egwu-Anwu. The Band, Rock of Ages. Includes a few names familiar to this board: Joe Farrell, Howard Johnson, J.D. Parran, Snooky Young and Earl McIntyre. Great charts by Allen Touissant.

That's a nice one. I once saw one of the earlier editons of it in a record shop, but unfortunately the vinyl looked like it had been hit by meteorites.

Isn't Teo really responsible for "It's About That Times" as Miles played it in concerts? Listening to the original studio version on the In A Silent Way box set it appears that what Miles might have originally thought of as the theme sounds a bit like Chuck Mangione. Teo completely jettisoned that part and pulled out what we now think of as the theme from one of Miles's "Shhh/Peaceful" was the track where Teo jettisoned the theme.

Happy Birthday Allen!

Yes, the first two sides are quite wonderful. I also love the freak out on side 6.

Alan Silva and the Celestrial Communication Orchestra (Get Back reissue). All-star cast featuring the Art Ensemble of Chicago, 4/5s of what was to become Steve Lacy's Quintet and some of the top French players of the day, among others.

Charles Wuorinen's Chamber Concerto for Cello and 10 Players. Archie Shepp, Coral Rock (Prestige).