B. Clugston

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll check it out. I gave that one a spin yesterday as well. One of my favourites. I also like the duet record he did with Greg Goodman around the same time. You probably know but I'll just throw it out here, that the "Vaincu. Va! Live at the Western Front" was recorded within a week of "Finger Palace," i.e., Parker is playing at the same high level on both. That is a nice one, too. I was at the album release concert where Parker performed in the same venue. Hope that one gets released some day. I sat right next to Mr.Clugston at this show and agree it was a fantastic show We had front row seats, which made for some interesting psychoacoustic phenomena. Plus he briefly covered a Monk tune! Deep Purple, Live in London. I love Burn-era Deep Purple. Too bad they couldn't build on it. Steve Lacy/Evan Parker, Chirps (FMP). In honour of Lacy's birthday yesterday.

He should change the name of the label to Hoarder.

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll check it out. I gave that one a spin yesterday as well. One of my favourites. I also like the duet record he did with Greg Goodman around the same time. You probably know but I'll just throw it out here, that the "Vaincu. Va! Live at the Western Front" was recorded within a week of "Finger Palace," i.e., Parker is playing at the same high level on both. That is a nice one, too. I was at the album release concert where Parker performed in the same venue. Hope that one gets released some day.

Agree on all counts. The Braxton is one of his best (though he conducts and doesn't play on it)--some amazing big band music.

I gave that one a spin yesterday as well. One of my favourites. I also like the duet record he did with Greg Goodman around the same time.

He's a fine actor. Wonder how he got involved?

Here's Ted Gioia's take: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/25/did-led-zeppelin-steal-stairway-to-heaven.html My 2¢: Led Zeppelin's least obvious example "borrowing." But factor in Zeppelin's history of claiming other people's songs as their own plus the touring with Spirit connection, there is a case. The plus side is I hope more people will check out Spirit, which was a really interesting band filled with different personalities (jazz drummer, pop singer, guitar hero, etc.), but was plagued by bad luck and poor decision-making (lack of support for "1984" single, skipping Woodstock, the Randy California-Neil Young blow-up, infighting, etc.)

Sergei Kuryokhin/Popular Mechanics, Insect Culture (Ark)

From Waxidermy: John Bult wants to set the record straight. His one and only LP, Julie’s Sixteenth Birthday should have been his calling card to country music stardom. Instead the album has been singled out as the best of the worst – not for Bult’s singing abilities, but for its unfortunate cover art. “It still chaps me real bad,” he said. “The whole thing still makes me mad, even after all of these years.” http://waxidermy.com/john-bult-julies-sixteenth-birthday/

Is that the Yoshi's disc? Restructures.net calls it Twelve Compositions: Live at Yoshi's in Oakland, July 1993. One of the Braxton House discs has differing titles on cover and spine: New York (Tentet) 1996 vs. Composition 193.

Right - but the Arista is the only one w/ Oppens? I'd thought there was another one but... Rzewski, Oppens (on organ) and Braxton all appear together on one song on a Folkways LP. Otherwise, that's it. "For Two Pianos" is a good one.

According to the Albert Ayler site, the alternate Spirits is not part of it. http://www.ayler.co.uk/html/what_s_new.html: "Speaking of which, ESP do have one 'unreleased' track, courtesy of Martin Davidson. It's the alternate 'Spirits' which did appear on some early editions of Spiritual Unity. There's more information about it on the Spiritual Unity page, but apparently ESP didn't have a copy of the fifth track until recently, when Martin Davidson (of the Emanem label) sent them one, and ESP told him that their next issue of Spiritual Unity will contain all five tracks from the session...."

Interesting player. Good to see he's back. I enjoyed Comp. 249 with Braxton and the Solo/Midtown NYC 2001 is a nice one. Yes. There were some issues with ordering from Parallactic in its waning days, though some folks got refunds.

Great records. African Portraits is the Ibrahim album I spin the most. It has a photo of him all bundled up in the Toronto winter.

Sam Rivers, Sizzle (Impulse). Definitely in the top 10 of records inexplicably never reissued on CD.

Giorgio Gaslini, Gaslini Plays Monk (Soul Note).

Freddie Gambrell, who did a couple of Pacific Jazz albums (one with Chico Hamilton) in the 1950s. Really interesting player.

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.