Jason Bivins

Hi all, Several of you know about this already, and my friend Ghost of Miles was kind enough to feature me on his Nightlights show last month, but I would like to announce the publication of my new book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/spirits-rejoice-9780190230913?cc=us&lang=en&# This one has been a labor of love for a long time (and a refreshing change from writing about religion and politics).

A favorite here as well. Not many people seem to get into those two discs. (You have to like Irène.) Yeah, agreed. But in addition to the awesome instrumentation (Barry Wedgle!), there's something about the distant quality of her vocals that really accentuates the Creeley poems.

I've been listening through all my Lacy lately, going chronologically, and the breadth of his work and his development across different formats/instrumentations continues to blow me away. I maintain my soft spot for Futurities (I'm in the 1980s now) but you simply cannot argue with Blinks, Cliches, or Morning Joy.

Damn. RIP.

Thanks for the music, Mr. Wheeler. RIP.

First bump of 2014, loads of new stuff!

Thanks for the music, Mr. Haden. RIP.

Yes, and thanks for the interest. As more than a few people on the board know, my day job is professor of religious studies. There's never been a decent book written on jazz in American religions, so I've written one. Oxford will be publishing it in 2015, likely in the spring. I'll start some kind of self-promotional thread when the time comes, I suppose, but Carter appears in a chapter focused on musicians who engage African-American religious history as such (so, Carter, Ellington, Marsalis, and in a different inflection, Mingus, Roach, Shepp, and Fred Ho).

Enthusiastic agreement on Carter! I've just been writing about Roots and Folklore for a book I'm completing and I can't believe how criminally overlooked Carter remains.

RIP, Roy.

RIP.

Bump.

Big bump with loads of new stuff.

Congrats, Pete!

Bumpity-bump.

Virelles with Stanko!

Cadence also has at least a few of those for sale still, and there's currently a 50% discount on their website to boot.

If you're not wedded to the physical object, Ubu has this one up for legitimate download: http://www.ubu.com/sound/sugimoto.html

6 month bump! Tons of new stuff.

Bump with a substantially updated list.

Bump for new stuff.

Bump for the updated list.

In the very first post in the thread.

Another bump, tons of new stuff.

Bump.