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A further issue is they are not very good. Chick Corea looks like Mick Jagger. Any guesses as to who is holding Ornette's alto?

Hemphill’s Dogon A.D. is a classic. Not a big fan of Julius Hemphill Big Band on Elektra. I’m not too familiar with the WSQ recordings, but Bluett’s Clarinet Family is a huge favourite. Prior to the World Saxophone Quartet, Hemphill, Lake and Bluiett joined Anthony Braxton for a sax quartet composition on the latter’s New York, Fall 1974 LP.

She has those sexy eyes that remind me of Steve Buscemi. Sad to see Altman go. I won't mention Quintet.

There's an Ayler discography here: http://www.ayler.org/albert/html/discography.html http://www.ayler.org/albert/html/holyghost.html Also, there was a titling mixup on of the tracks on Holy Ghost, though can't remember which one. And what was called "Change Has Come" on In Greenwich Village gets called “Free Spiritual Music part IV" in the box set for some reason.

I saw the Lions arrive with the Grey Cup earlier this afternoon. The trophy appears to be back in one piece. I thought that was one of the duller Grey Cup games I have seen. Montreal could have made it interesting, but fumbled. Not sure why the Montreal coach didn't challenge the call; the RB may have been down when the ball popped lose.

I pick B.C. 60 points.

Um, you would have to say that. Anything with McBee has got to be at least worth hearing once. Uh-oh ... I feel some caps-lock coming on. Must -- hold -- back -- no -- don't: MUST NOW HEAR THE LEVIN! And it's got Calo Scott! I enjoy Zwerin's contribution to Magic of Ju-Ju, although the personal relationship between the two artists (Shepp and Zwerin) has always been a little confusing to me. Of course, there was a point at which Shepp just let everyone into the door with the Impulses! (which was perhaps one of his great missionary works in the way of playing the major label system), but that Zwerin took the coveted trumpet chair--especially on an album that is, for the most part, a saxophone concerto (and hence requires some serious weight from the brassmen, when they do come in)--is remarkable to me... he's a rare figure, to be sure. Zwerin is an interesting guy and is an excellent writer on jazz. www.mikezwerin.com One of the best places to sample him is the Kurt Weill album done by him and the Jazz Sextet of Orchestra USA, one side of which featured Eric Dolphy.

Noah Howard stated in an interview in The Wire that he wrote all the music on Uhuru...

Don Ayler later redid "Prophet John" as "The Eastern Song" on the Live in Florence LPs. http://www.ayler.org/albert/assets/multimedia/eastern.mp3

Actually it's Bar Kokhba Sextet. Damn good, too.

I've always been a big fan of On The Road. There are a few dull bits, but overall a good one. p.s. Classic chewy chew chew indeed.

Also on the Tzadik front, I'm quite enjoying John Zorn's Astronome with Patton/Dunn/Baron.

Mingus plays the opening two piano solos on track 3. There's still the mystery of who is playing celeste, marimba or is it vibes. (If it's the former, it's Jaki Byard.) It's always sounded like marimba to me.

I'm sorry to say, I haven't. Grey Cups didn't come around too often in the Empire Stadium days and B.C. Place isn't my favourite venue--it's weird and kind of muffled in there, like you are in a parallel universe. I prefer TV, especially when you get colourful anaylsis from Pinball Clemons. Next time the Grey Cup is in Calgary, I will think about going.

This one reminds me of the old Sesame Street song: "One of these things, is not like the other..."

The Lions looked great yesterday. Didn't make it to the game, but caught half of it on TV--it was really loud in there, so loud that the 'Riders couldn't hear the count. I feel for Danny Barrett. He never gets any breaks and may be finished in Regina. The Als are having a weird Cardinals-like season. As long as the Lions' coaching staff don't have any brain cramps, I think they'll win a close one on Sunday.

My favourite Mingus, maybe even my favourite jazz album. This one packs an emotional wallop.

What's got nine arms and sucks? Def Leppard

I'm happy about the Herman. It will be nice to get this stuff all on one CD on Mosaic. (Collectables--I bless them for keeping this stuff in print, but don't like the packaging.) I agree, the piano album looks interesting.

Anyone notice any new Crowns? I spotted Electric Ascension and Monk's Casino. I should add it's still my favourite of the review books, but the series has been going downhill for the past three or four editions and needs some major editing.

Tonight I'm checking out Wolf Eyes.

We may have the makings of a CFL corner.

Who cares? It's back to obscurity time.

Thanks for posting. Jackie Parker was before my time, but football fans still talk about him to this day. Too bad the Eskimos played so poorly in his last year on Earth.

Thanks. Any CD/s in particular that you would recommend as perhaps a better place to start? Rupe The man is so prolific, this could get expensive for you. His quartet with Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway is much revered. London (1985) on Leo is a good one. Sadly a lot of is 1970s recordings which featured some phenomenal solos are out of print. Best of the bunch may well be the double-LP Berlin/Montreux Concerts (Arista). Of currently available releases, Donna Lee from the Free America series, Circle’s Paris Concert (with Corea and Holland) and Dortmund (Hatology, but getting hard to find) are good examples. Braxton’s Creative Orchestra music is also worth a listen, though some of the key releases are out of print. Eugene, half a London Jazz Composers Orchestra set and the recent 4-CD set on Leo Records offer examples. Much of Braxton’s recent work has focussed on Ghost Trance Music. Volume 2 or 3 of the Yoshi’s set on Leo are good starts. For Alto is his most well-known solo sax release, though there’s about a half-dozen other good options.