B. Clugston

I agree--nothing amusing about hitting children. It's outrageous he didn't get his ass fired.

Sad news. I'll miss her positive contributions to this board. RIP.

I picked up The Magic City LP reissue by Cosmic Myth Records and it sounds great! Nice package with a foldout insert with detailed notes and session info. Nice to see the Sun Ra catalogue get this treatment. My Brother The Wind, Vol. 1 is out next month.

Fabulous news. Emanem has been releasing some great stuff lately.

Sal Mosca Music (Interplay). Great solo piano music from 1977.

Thanks for the info. Glad to see Numbers 1 & 2 coming out in original form, though it is fascinating hearing the evolution of "Number 2" on the box and All the Numbers. Definitely a session worth having in many formats.

I have a "blue/white" copy of Lester Bowie's Numbers 1 & 2 from that era with an oddity on Side 2. There's a pause following take 6 of "Number 2" followed by a reference or audio tone before the blowout from take 7 begins. I also have an earlier pressing (green top, pink/orange label, Madison address) where the transition runs smoothly.

Shorty Rogers, Cool and Crazy (HMV, UK) 10". Really nice charts and playing, featuring Art "Salt" on saxophone.

Best wishes on the concerts. Sounds very exciting!

He plays flute and bass clarinet on Soft Machine's Third. He gets a flute solo on Side 2.

Congrats Chuck! That's very exciting!

Great stuff indeed. Some great stories there.

Congrats! It really is a great record--I really wish that reissue would go ahead.

The late 90s were a golden age for CD reissues and the Verve Elites were the pinnacle. While not technically series, both Impulse and Columbia had a nice run of reissues of interesting titles (I'm thinking the Shepp and the live Rivers on Impulse and Giuffre's Free Fall, etc on Columbia) for a brief period before the major labels started to cheap out again.

Thank you for the birthday wishes!

I had a dud I had to return too. Robert Hutton goes off on Music Matters here: http://robertmusic.blogspot.ca/2016/03/why-you-wont-see-music-matters-blue.html I agree with you about the sound and I'm very happy with the titles I do have. I think Out to Lunch and Soul Station in particular sound terrific.

There is an interview with the great cellist Abdul Wadud in the new Point of Departure: http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD57/PoD57Wadud.html It's a great read. He's been inactive for quite some time, but, despite the fake death notices that pop up every few years, he's still very much with us.

Barry Harris is just great on this one. There are at least a few familiar faces for him (Rouse, Davis), but everyone (except for Don Cherry, who should have been given the hook) is united in Monk and Harris fits right in with Lacy and Rudd.

RIP. My favourite of the King Crimson vocalists, he had a really interesting voice. He also brought a little much-needed restraint to ELP.

Another fine example of an out of character recording is Albert Ayler's New Grass. That Boots Brown date with Giuffre is a gas!

Bill Evans and George Russell's Living Time. Nothing odd about it from a Russell perspective, but hearing Evans buried by a big band featuring the likes of Sam Rivers and Tony Williams is a definite oddity.

That was a great blindfold test Clifford--lots of names new to me to check out. I especially dug the Karel Krautgartner, Thomas-Pelzer and Soulbrass cuts.The Philly Joe track was a nice stumper.

Calgary 40

Thanks for posting. Nice review and it sounds like a fascinating set.

I wonder if it's just a long version of "My Favorite Things"?