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The Dark Tree on Hat is very good, but the original with Arthur Blythe is even better, Novus put it out on CD with a Carter/Bradford pairing but dropped one track to make it fit.

Angel Eyes on Muse is very fine, one track features both Billy Harper and Leroy Jenkins. R.I.P. and thanks.

Duke Ellington - Moon Maiden (track) Late 70's Sun Ra - Lanquidity (album) John Zorn - The Gift (album)

The same news being reported now circulated two years ago and was not substantiated back then. Raheem Devaughn's Facebook page has an 18 hour old post but does not mention this news. I have my doubts. The crunchy rhythms he laid down behind Julius Hemphill in the 70s classics were a part of my road into this great music. Loved that sound.

And a nice duet album with Sumi Tonooka that I found on eMusic. But yes, Horizon probably the pinnacle of his career.

The category is parodies of other musicians that stand on their own as music, not just humor. The two examples I am thinking of are The Crunge by Led Zeppelin, lovingly parodying James Brown, and Tweeter and the Monkey Man by the Traveling Wilburys, Bob Dylan's Springsteen parody. Any other examples to add?

Charlie was very key in my initial appreciation of jazz, and Prayer from Keith Jarrett's Death and the Flower will always be the first thing I think of when I think of Charlie. Deep and soulful, and then the hint of Spanish guitar strumming here and there. Personally only Max Roach and Walt Dickerson have been losses I have felt as deeply as this one. JSngry has the right viewpoint here, celebration of a life well sung. Re Chuck's comments I wonder how much of the negativity he experienced personally was directly related to addiction. Other highlights for me are Paul Motian's Tribute, Law Years and much of the work of the Keith Jarrett American quartet.

Grace Kelly, Alto Sax ????

Amendment 10 to the Constitution of the United States of America: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Once powers have been granted to the people, such as the rights to public use of works of art after fifty years, would it not then take an amendment to the constitution to deprive the people of that right granted under laws made by an elected legislature? The purpose of the law changes is an intellectual property grab of Mickey Mouse and the Beatles, and those trains have already left the station.

12 string guitar was the sound that lured me in, but in the end the Oregon track I find most captivating features Towner on piano - Yet To Be from In Concert. The Vanguard material is the best, but I've heard some later live tapes that could reasonably be compared to Sun Ra. I always appreciated Dennis Gonzalez for appreciating Oregon on his Jazz Corner corner - it's not all that common a view among forward looking players in the jazz tradition. I have no trouble with somebody saying jazz is only part of what they do, but Yet To Be clearly builds on Bill Evans and just as clearly does not copy him. I am definitely a fan and always try to hear their latest releases.

Tears for Dolphy is a great one. Fifty years since it's honoree left us. Thanks for the music, Dick.

I downloaded an app called Ringdroid for my old phone and sliced out "Hey, Hey, You, You," from the Stones Get Off My Cloud for notifications, and the "Women, Women, Women" aside from an album track on Van Morrison's Tupelo Honey. Both were pretty cool for a while but did get intrusive on occasion. The Stones came over with my memory chip to the new phone, but Van seems to have not made it. Most of the time it's set for vibrate. Woody Shaw's Obsequious or Freddie Hubbard's Jodo would yield attention getting theme fragments from the jazz side.

Has anyone else heard the Lorraine Ellison that Oliver Nelson arranged? The liner notes speak of mismatch between singer and production style, but I found it enjoyable. Shame it's not on Spotify and the three disc set that contains it on Rhino is OOP.

Was this Nicholas only recording? Absence of last name makes him very difficult to google. The Wikipedia on Joe Gallivan indicates that he has passed on.

Popped this in the car stereo for a couple of listens. The aesthetic is electric period Miles in that you get a sense of continuous music randomly selected for intensity and groove rather than theme solos back to theme. Even more rock than much electric Miles, and interesting to compare to prog-rockers of the time - think Robert Fripp or back to Duane or Garcia at peak intensity level. No sung words and no place where you feel their absence. Indeed very intense and absorbing. Guitar innovation at a near Hendrix level, matched by Larry Young's intensity. Think I'll have to check out other stuff with Nicholas or Gallivan, I certainly arrived here as a Larry Young completest, but its a three way conversation all the way.

And John Lewis also gets drums credit on #7. This would of course not be the pianist of the MJQ. Wish I had piped up about #4, I liked it just fine. I had Craig Handy as a sideman on one of my BFTs, with Sumi Tonooka and encountered similar ambivalence. Strata East! I remember seeing Cecil Taylor at the Ethical Society just a year or two after you saw Oneness of Juju, so that brought back fond memories. And Genesis has always been a big favorite. Many Thanks

I heard of the passing of a longtime acquaintance from the tournament Scrabble world, and upon reading his obituary was surprised to read that he had been a professional jazz drummer. We had never spoken of music, and I was curious if anyone here had crossed musical paths with Webster Phillips of Montclair NJ?

Aaaahhh, Third Street Jazz. The hole in my pocket where the money goes! A truly awesome place.

I had a couple tags show up and viewed the thread before listening, so 4 and 7 are the only remaining mysteries to solve. The style of McCoy Tyner is certainly noticeable in 7 but I don't know of him recording a drums duet, so we're looking for someone influenced by him. Joe Bonner and Myra Melford come to mind, with Don Pullen and Mulgrew Miller as left field possibilities. I do think this is 80s or before. Very nice selections. Like JSngry, this is the era that I "grew up" with jazzwise and remains my favorite.

Belated download please!

I can't resist lurking in these threads though haven't had time to participate fully in a while. I believe I have figured out #9 from the comments. You might discover the answer if you go back to the beginning.

I always liked Ira Sullivan's Norwegian Wood, from Horizons.

I can't resist pointing out that Pat has been less affected by pressure to avoid surprising his fans than George Benson, and that he is currently more marketable than George Benson. Score one for diversity, artistic integrity and drive. To be clear, George does also possess these qualities, but he did honor his record company's wishes to avoid recording outside of the form where he had is greatest commerical success and I believe in the end his long term career suffered.

The visit to Spotify that this thread caused was well worth it. Beautiful. I must be disconnected from eveybody else's sources of hype because I'm glad to hear the news for the first time here and I'm happy to hear the word is spreading.

A musician friend has reported on Facebook that Donald B. has passed away at 80. A second blog that posted the info has since retracted it. Sorry for any concerns I may have caused