B. Clugston

I haven't listened to enough of these, but two of my favourites are JATP 1946 and 1949, which both feature Bird and Lester Young.

Sad news. Really enjoyed his contributions. RIP. My condolences to his family and friends.

I've had good experiences with the blue Trident pressings. The hissy, recycled vinyl pressings I think are from an earlier period. I will say the Analogue Productions reissues are excellent and I'm generally not a fan of a lot of the modern vinyl reissues.

That's a neat story about Holloway. He was a great quarterback in the CFL--he could throw the ball like a rocket!

Winnipeg - 40. Go Bombers! Thank you Russell for organizing this again.

Note that the band was concentrating on the new tunes while they were being recorded. Listening to the Both/And stuff, they had a much bigger repertoire, including "Ceora," "Willow Weep for Me," and Mabern's "The Chieftain" and "Rakin' and Scrapin'."

There's a few Volume 1s on eBay. As per above message, the label still has the remaining volumes in stock. It was a great series.

It may have been, but I can't remember. I do remember it was a running gag that Letterman played out for a long time.

I owned this record at one point. When I bought it at the record store, the clerk was talking about how cool Heino is, but I quickly realized he was mixed him up with Haino, as in Keiji Haino, the equally distinct looking Japanese loud guitarist. Letterman used to have these funny segments about Heino.

The followup album, Jazz Orchestra '75, is a fun listen, too.

The ECM has four extra tracks, uses an alternate of "Trudgin'" and omits "Used to Be" from Fusion.

George Lewis (the trombonist) toured with Count Basie.

Fascinating stories. He certainly does bear a resemblance to Paul.

Yes! There are pure nuggets of gold on even the most critically derided Rollins albums.

I have a P1 and am happy with it. I didn't see the P2 as being significantly better enough to justify the difference in price.

I'm a big fan of Wolfgang Muthspiel's Where the River Goes and Barre Phillips' End to End.

Wow, there's an amazing range of material there. There's even a mention of our own Allen Lowe.

Happy Birthday!

I did. Really happy with this release. But yes, pressing plants put out variable quality.

Cosey joined the band in April, so most likely that month. It may be from the Howard University concert.

I don't have any of the Honest Jon's reissues, but Aida, Dart Drug and Cyro are great ones. Not sure if they've reissued them yet, but Figuring with Barre Philips and Village Life with Louis Moholo and Thebe Lipere are great, too. Epiphany/Epiphanies is my favourite of the Company albums, though I don't like how it's now been split across different albums with different speeds. Fortunately, I have the CD and homefromtheforest's old LP.

RIP. She was a great poet.

Good to know--thanks!

I stopped buying after the Black Fire fiasco, but I understand most of these sound good.

I actually love the trippy cover on the Barefield LP, but the music is great too.