B. Clugston

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.

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!