B. Clugston

I agree Grossman was the least effective of Davis' 1970s saxophonists, but his Fillmore East solos that wound up on the cutting room floor are far superior to Black Beauty. He plays a lot of tenor.

I hope so. That Japan tour yielded some amazing concerts. I suspect they will do the 1971 European tour with Jarrett and Bartz next.

I love The Backyardigans! There's some great songs on it. Saw The Carpenters mentioned earlier in this thread--Karen Carpenter had a great voice. My guilty pleasure? West, Bruce and Laing.

Paul Bley's country of birth hasn't forgotten him. He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2008.

Steve Lacy, Ballets and Only Monk.

The box will feature unedited versions of the heavily chopped-up music on At Fillmore. There's nothing from Black Beauty on this box as far as I can tell.

Steve Lacy, Prospectus.

Judging by the track listing, the Fillmore West stuff is from other nights ("Paraphernalia," "Footprints"). The sextet played four nights at the Fillmore West. You are correct in that Black Beauty was from one night and unedited.

Glad to see the Fillmore East concerts are finally being properly reissued. That was a really far-out band. A lot of good Steve Grossman solos got cut from the original release, which also sounded terrible compared to boots I've heard.

What's next? Agharta in mono?

Here's a link to the 2014 concert and ceremony. Beautiful speeches by Richard Davis and Anthony Braxton. I wonder if Wynton enjoyed Trillium J? http://new.livestream.com/jazz/neajazzmasters14

That part is real, but there was a phony story about him passing away earlier this year.

Me too. Great album.

What an awful and pretentious opening paragraph.

Too polite, but nice cover though.

Giuffre and Lacy actually played together for a bit not long before this record, but for some reason they didn't quite gel.

No it hasn't, not even in Andorra. It's a really great Rivers date--can't believe no one's ever reissued it.

Contrasts is indeed a good one.

The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre Mosaic, $140 (6 CDs) Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk, $115 (10 CDs +1 bonus CD) John Zorn, Spy vs. Spy, $7 Miles Davis, Big Fun, $15, 2 CDs, 90s Japan issue with original mix Fritz Hauser, Zwei (hat ART), $5, (duos with Pauline Oliveros, Lauren Newton, et al) Derek Bailey, Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances (Incus), $9 Derek Bailey & Susie Ibarra, Daedel (Incus) $13 Derek Bailey Fairly Early With Postscripts (Emanem), $12 The American Jazz Quintet ‎ From Bad To Badder (Black Saint), $11 (with Ed Blackwell, Alvin Battiste, Ellis Marsalis) The Jones Brothers (Thad, Hank, Elvin & Sam), Keepin' Up With the Joneses (Verve Elite Edition) $10 ON HOLD Oliver Lake, Zaki, (hat ART), $10

And then It's a Beautiful Day took Deep Purple's "Wring That Neck" and turned it into "Don and Dewey."

Dennis Budimir's Alone Together on Revelation is a nice one—though he is actually duetting with himself (overdubbed) on most of the tracks. (Gary Foster also shows up for two songs.)

I really enjoy Graham Lock's writing—always very informative (he's written a lot about Anthony Braxton).

Very sad news. So sorry for your loss.

Interesting band whose members brought a lot of diverse styles to the table—jazz, psychedelia, pop, etc. I liked them best when Jay Ferguson was in the band. A very good live band. The original band briefly reunited in 1976--there's a bootleg of a concert floating around which is great until a drunk Neil Young stumbled on stage and things promptly went haywire, ending the reunion.