B. Clugston

I think you mean that it's Prince of Peace redone (from Izipho Zam) dontcha? Nah, between Thomas and the bassline, it sounds like another "The Creator Has A Master Plan" to me--in the same way some of the mid-1960s Blue Note opening tracks sound too much like "The Sidewinder." But it's more "son of" than cloning.

Anyone visit darkfunk lately?

Black Unity is excellent. I really enjoy Karma, but feel embarrassed admitting it for some reason. Tauhid has some great moments (and Sonny Sharrock), but it’s short measure and some of what is there feels like empty calories. Speaking of which, there’s Jewels of Thought. The first track is Karma redone and not particularly well. The other track is kind of grating at times. Never delved into the rest.

Teitelbaum mixed electronics with improv with MEV long before his collaborations with Braxton and Lewis. When they did get together, it was music far removed from the funky subtext this thread has developed.

With Seasons , I usually jump straight to Side 4. My Country was an unusual release. I think it was more Silva's release than Leo's and it won't be back on Leo. Silva used to have an explanation on his web site, but it's now gone. Its number, LR 302, has been assigned to another recording.

Who's on guitar? Frank Marino channeling Hendrix?

He's still dead, though.

Luna Surface is from '69, though! The Rouen concert issued on Leo is a motherfucker... Just as well as I was well over my Top 10 limit. The Rouen concert, My Country, has some great Braxton and Lacy. It disappeared from the Leo catalogue for some reason. I still prefer Seasons, particularly for the Side 6 freak out.

I was always partial to Alan Silva's two Celestrial Communications Orchestra efforts on BYG as well.

Tony Williams was plugged in before the '70s and most of the musicians mentioned. Lifetime was ahead of the pack. Another one to mention is Sun Ra. Sure he went electric in the 1950s, but he went really, really electric in the 1970s.

Ones that come to mind: Anthony Braxton/The Berlin/Montreux Concerts (and pretty much any of the other quartet-dominated albums) Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble/Live at the Berliner Jazztage Woody Shaw/The Song of Songs Miles Davis/Pangaea Sam Rivers/Trio Live Perugia Herbie Hancock/Mwandishi Ganelin/Tarasov/Chekasin/Catalogue: Live in East Berlin Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath Willem Breuker/Live in Berlin Honourable mentions: Clifford Thornton/The Panther and the Lash Roscoe Mitchell/Duets with Anthony Braxton Dave Holland/The Conference of the Birds Stuff recorded in the 1970s, but released later: Anthony Braxton/Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978 Brotherhood of Breath/Bremen to Bridgewater Miles Davis/Complete Live-Evil

George Duke went on to play with Miles Davis a couple of times in the mid-1980s, including some of the Warners sessions plus a Montreux cameo. Wrong decade to meet.

There's Hancock's pre-Head Hunters sextet. Early Weather Report.

More different. For all the funk, blues and r & b references, Miles’ 1973-1975 bands were darker and more subversive, peppered with silence and avant noise experiments. Sly Stone and the James Brown weren’t the only points of reference; throw in Stockhausen as well. By contrast, Ornette of this period sounded like a sunnier, electrified version of himself. His music was much more straightforward than Miles’. There were superficial similarities in instrumentation with twinned guitars and two percussionists (the latter post-Body Meta in Coleman’s case). Also, Reggie Lucas briefly studied with Ornette before Dancing in Your Head.

The Taylor concert showed up on three Jazz View discs taken from scratchy LPs. Great music though, especially the interplay between Taylor and Cyrille.

The other challenge with Ayler recordings is several have been reissued under different names (ie. Witches & Devils vs. Spirits; Ghosts vs. Vibrations).

So we will get the Juan-Les-Pins set--but with muthafucka overdubs from some rapper and a new drum track from Vince. And for the next person who asks "Who's Vince?", my answer is "Exactly."

Vince is Miles Davis' high maintenace nephew, who calls many of the shots with the estate.

Ask Vince. Obvious candidates are the two Juan-Les-Pins concerts from 1969 and proper reissues of Agharta and Pangaea. Sony/Columbia has a lot of live stuff in the can from Corea/Holland-era quintet.

Monk's Music, Thelonious in Action, the Prestige set, Big Band and Quartet, At the Blackhawk... Get shopping!

A DVD and a CD of that name have been making the rounds for a while. Track listings are "Hannibal," "Code M.D.," "Jean Pierre," "Time After Time," and "Call It Anything." I wonder if the latter track is a rip from the Isle of Wight footage. Caveat emptor.

Thanks for posting, Late. There ain't much information in English on the 'net about Abe. I've heard Mass Projection and Gradually Projection. The former is an unyielding onslaught of noise, but the latter is quiet, abstract, almost gentle. It would make quite the blindfold test stumper. I had no idea this type of music was happening in Japan at the time. Abe and Takayanagi deserve to be better known. I've also heard a couple of the collaborations with Derek Bailey. The best features Abe, Toshinori Kondo, Bailey and the fantastic bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa on Aida's Call. A sample of Abe playing solo was recently posted at www.destination-out.com. I'd like to delve into more of Abe's work.

My favourite version is the Ornette/Izenson/Haden/Blackwell quartet version from 1968 in Rome. Really enjoy the Naked City cover as well.

A Blockbuster in my part of the world until quite recently had stickers on DVD boxes asking people to rewind!

I'm really looking forward to this. Just finished the finale to season 2.5 and I agree it's a great show (though there was a run of stinkers between the Pegasus episode and the final three episodes). Great acting and a more deliberate slower pace than most sci-fi. I've actually been on the bridge of the Galactica. My wife worked on the pilot.