B. Clugston

It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product. But it is a great CD. It sure is. And obi strip hyperbole aside, it's a great label.

It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product.

All the above. Also, check out François Rabbath, who did a series of bass and drums only records in the 1960s. Alan Silva takes a few killer bass solos on Albert Ayler's Greenwich Village and Love Cry records.

Sadly, even with the good batches it's the Monk's Blues of Belgian-style ale.

Bob Belden told Paul Tingen at http://www.miles-beyond.com/bitchesbrew.htm: "There was an alternative version of "John McLaughlin" that we could have used, but I did not feel that it was different enough. I could have created an alternative version of "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down," but it would have required a lot of editing, and I did not want to play Teo Macero."

Vienna Art Orchestra - Suite for the Green Eighties

Sony was supposed to release one of those concerts tagged on as a reissue to one of the first studio albums, but apparently one of the band members kiboshed it. There may be a thread with more detail somewhere.

Herbie Hancock, "Hornets" on Sextant.

Found these four LPs at the local rekkid shop this morning: Lester Bowie/Philip Wilson Duets Clifford Thornton - Gardens of Harlem Roswell Rudd - Inside Job -- never heard of this before. Nice Wildflowers era loft set with Enrico Rava on trumpet. Leroy Jenkins - The Legend of Ai Glatson -- another one I've never heard of. Excellent trio with Anthony Davis and Andrew Cyrille.

He's been known to record in bulk. He did 6 albums in a week back in May 2000. The Hemingway duos are amazing.

It's getting very scarce. It may be here: http://www.fusetronsound.com/index.php?whomlab=BrokenResearch

If you have even the slightest interest in Bill Dixon, don't pass on Weight/Counterweight. I got it recently and it's a masterpiece. I really enjoyed how Aaron Siegel and Ben Hall match Dixon's sparse playing.

Nice piece on the Bill Dixon memorial by our own Clifford: http://cliffordallen.blogspot.com/2010/08/tapestry-for-from-bill-dixon.html And a nice piece by Stephen Haynes: http://stephenhaynes.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-search-of-sound-remembering-bill.html

PM sent on Accent on the Blues.

Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy Giuffre, Anthony Braxton

Maybe because it's not a metal-spine box? Neither is the Silent Way box. They've included all the metal-(and non-metal)spined boxes that have numbers on the spine, which were part of a series. The live sets didn't have numbers on the spine. No Blackhawk or Plugged Nickel either. Maybe they'll reissue those and Cellar Door in a replica wah-wah pedal or a Harmon mute.

Last time I saw Ornette, it cost me $75 Canadian.

I noticed that. But I did wonder if Densmore was drum-synching.

I highly recommend the Old Dogs duets with Gerry Hemingway. Not a dull moment over four CDs. Interesting to hear Braxton spend some extended time on his lower horns and Hemingway mixes it up, including some great swinging passages that remind me of Braxton's duets with Max Roach.

Beyond the money issue, I wonder if Erroll Garner has also lost some recognition and exposure with more recent generations (I associate him more with Charlie Parker) due to the fortress that his back catalogue has become. I've always skipped the Sony CDs because those Columbia Jazz Masterpiece CDs were ugly and generally sounded awful.

Here's Stan Getz on David Letterman from either 1985 or 1986:

Me too. I believe the Ayler estate may be actually estates as there are different factions. I also remember when the box came out, ESP seemed miffed and announced it was doing its own box, which never happened. IIRC, Sunny Murray also distanced himself from the Holy Ghost project and there's a very snide comment in Holy Ghost about the version of the second disc of Prophecy material that Murray helped release. Whatever happened, it's too bad Revenant is gone. What a great label.

I saw Stan Getz on his show years ago. And wasn't that Mats Gustafson on bass saxophone ("You're going to hurt someone with that," Letterman said to him) backing up Laurie Anderson's recent appearance?

Good for you for outing them. I've heard of this practice at some other music magazines too. Whenever you read a review that sounds like a press release and you see a corresponding ad nearby, there's a good bet that the ad-for-review deal happened.

Van Patterson Quartet, Live at the F.W. a cassette only release on The Tapeworm label. It's organ, guitar, drums--there may be a bass, can't tell because it's a cassette. A bit jazzy in parts, but more psych. Not sure if it's from the 1960s as it is purported to be or a more recent knock-off, as many suspect.