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Yeah, anger management. Like I said, I hope it's not true, but I suppose stranger things have happened.

Also of note — our friends in Spain are about to release the complete Hillcrest recordings of Ornette and Paul Bley. I usually resist buying Gambit/Lonehill/Nutter-Butter CDs, but, as I've never heard this material, I may have to dig up my credit card from the spot I buried it in the back lawn.

Thanks for the clarification, 7/4. You're right — the shakuhachi is considerably different in timbre. I have one recording of various Japanese musicians playing that instrument, and it's beautiful. I typed "shakuhachi," but I think I meant musette.

I noticed that too. There are few examples around (The Gift on Savoy, also an ESP session) of Moffett's vibes playing — he generally likes to play the thing loud!

D'oh! I was just thinking of that photo yesterday. (Ornette, Kenny Dorham, Mingus, Max Roach.) Max must have reconciled with Ornette ... after (as most accounts claim) he accosted him physically after Ornette's Five Spot gig. I've even read that Max followed Ornette to his apartment, stood outside, and shouted names at his window. I hope that isn't true, but one never knows, do one?

Now that's a Mingus title! You're right! I wonder if Ornette and Mingus would have been compatible. If so, they could have made some interesting music together — Mingus playing piano on his bass and Ornette playing bongos on his alto saxophone.

Ornette Coleman Quartet Ornette Coleman (as) Charlie Haden, David Izenzon (b) Charles Moffett (d) "Village Theatre", NYC, March 17, 1967 The Little Symphony Just For You A Capella For Three Wise Men And A Saint Buddha Lives Love And Sex Atavism European Echoes Apparently this gig was part of the Forms and Sounds session but was never released. I'm assuming that RCA no longer has the tapes, and that Ornette does. Would love to hear it. Was anyone here at the gig? There's another live New York gig that occurred shortly before the one above. It too would be great to hear: Ornette Coleman Trio Ornette Coleman (as, tp, vln) David Izenzon (b) Charles Moffett (d, vib) Fall 1966 - New York City Faces And Places Sadness Morning Song Bass Improvisation, I Morning Song (alt. take) Bass Improvisation, II Alone And Arrest European Echoes European Echoes (alt. take) This made it out as a bootleg in Japan, I guess: Vap-VPLR 70353 Another one, at least on paper, that seems worthy of hearing.

Disc One sounds excellent for a boot, Disc Two doesn't sound as good. No one's talked about Ornette's shenai playing on "Buddha Blues" yet. That is some far out shiite. Ornette really gets a handle on it around the 8 minute mark, and the groove with Blackwell is incredible. What's the difference between a shenai, shakuhachi, and tarogato? They all seem to have similar timbres.

That is one scary Adam's Apple. The original title of the composition, I believe, was "Who Do You Work For?" The dative whom is grammatically correct, but it seems a little anachronistic and/or slightly pretentious in that question. At least to me. Of course, the original go at the title was a little more awkward: "From Which Entity Do You Employ Your Labors and Extract Compensation?"

Did you ever find a copy, C? In certain circles, there seems to be an enormous amount of buzz regarding this album — a holy grail buzz of sorts. I've never heard the music, but of course would like to. Is it much different than the ESP session? Who here has heard it?

I have two friends living in Japan right now, and they've reported hearing a lot of good jazz in coffee shops — not just Blue Train or The Sidewinder, but Dizzy Reece, J.R. Monterose, and occasionally Ornette (though usually just the Atlantic sides), for example. I haven't heard specifically about good sound systems, but, check out this out, one of the shops my friend in Wakayama frequents serves their coffee drinks in paper cups (ugh) ... with original Blue Note covers printed on the paper (yeah!). He brought back an (empty) latte to show me — it had Clifford Brown's Memorial album on it. It was weird and cool at the same time. On a somewhat related note, my friend in Koriyama says that the names "Sonny Clark" and "Lee Morgan," while not exactly being household names, are commonly recognized in music circles — on par with "Miles Davis," "John Coltrane," and other expected names to drop when it comes to jazz. Apparently there was an urban myth for a while that "Cool Struttin'" was something like an underground national anthem over there.

I wonder if you could elaborate on this idea a bit more. I've had the same thought as well, but recently (after hearing Redman's Fontana debut) have changed my mind some. I'm certainly not disagreeing with you, I just wonder what brings you to that idea.

One additional note: I believe that Whom Do You Work For? was also released as Rock the Clock by a Spanish label called Fruit Tree (I think I have that right). The discs should contain the same material.

This is how I understand the sessions to work out: • The Belgrade Concert (Jazz Door) = November 2, 1971 (quartet) - Belgrade, Yugoslavia • Whom Do You Work For? (Get Back) = November 5, 1971 (quartet) - Berlin, West Germany So, yes, even though I haven't heard either disc, I believe they're separate performances. It would be very nice, instead of boots, to have these, along with other live shows, to be compiled into a box set. Slim chance, I know, but if Ornette picked up on Sonny's lead (releasing previous boots on his own label), it would not only be possible, but (potentially) profitable!

That one really is beautiful. I have the Japanese edition of Mainstream '58, and it's one of the better sounding discs in my collection. I usually play it along with The Complete Stardust Sessions.

I ordered the Tyner, and Mosaic accidentally sent the Hutcherson. I kept the Hutcherson, and then purchased the Tyner again — Mosaic charged me for both, which of course is fair, but didn't double charge on shipping. That was nice. I tend to order Mosaics one at a time, but now I play these two Selects in tandem. They fit well. I wasn't going to order the Hutcherson, but now I'm glad Mosaic made the mistake in shipping!

No worries. I take it you didn't have some of the individual CDs prior to your purchase? I guess I kind of knew what to expect, so maybe that helps in my enjoyment.

Great cover! Can you say PAISLEY? Nice! Care to post the other covers ... ?

This Mosaic Select is kicking my butt lately. Good stuff. The edition of Expansions herein sounds better than the original 80's reissue on compact disc, which sounded awful to me. But it's the entire Cosmos session that has my attention right now. Andrew White might be the best soloist on oboe that I've ever heard. I generally can't stand "jazz" oboists (Bob Cooper, Yusef Lateef, Ken McIntyre, etc.), but White plays the shit out of it. A little surprised there hasn't been more buzz about this Select ... :bwallace2: :bwallace2:

Hmmm ... is the work solid enough to become a Mosaic Select? If it's all on a par with Wayfaring Stranger, or close to it, I'd be in. Heck, if we can have a Freddie Slack Mosaic Select ...

I hope this box is still in the works. Anyone heard anything about it?

I actually listened to that disc twice over the weekend. It's one of my favorite Ornette sessions from the 70's. (I agree with you, by the way: "Is that an alto? No, wait, a tenor? Alto?") The melody for "Human Being" is so simple and yet unusually haunting. Few musicians can pull that off. Ornette seems like a natural at that. Oh, and his trumpet playing matured quite a bit in the ten years since the recording with Jackie!

Ornette on tenor really is something else. When musicians record on instruments that aren't their "primary" horn, the results are often just "interesting," but this one far exceeds that ambiguous tag. I wonder, when it initially came out, what other tenor players' reactions were.

The sound quality, or the overall packaging/presentation quality? I was thinking about picking this one up. Too bad it's a boot. The album I'd really like to hear is Crisis. I have Ornette at 12, but have been told it pales in comparison to Crisis. I wonder if Ornette or Ornette's estate will ever have his Impulse! sessions (or the complete Town Hall recordings) see reissue light.

Legal issues aside, if there was ever a logical time for Legacy/Columbia to reissue this set, it would be now. Ornette now has a Grammy and Pulitzer to his name — buzz words for better or worse — and interest in his back catalog might be at a peak. You can actually fit the 2-disc set onto one disc — mine clocks in at 79:48 I think. This would lower production costs, I'm guessing. At any rate, I just listened to all four parts of the suite back-to-back a few days ago — uninterrupted! — and was blown away all over again. Chappaqua Suite is not only undervalued in my opinion, but I think it has Charles Moffett's most elegant playing (with Ornette) on record. On the Golden Circle recordings, Moffett sounds like a basher — exuberant, but with a fondness for thrashing away at his ride cymbal, and generally staying at one consistent dynamic level (i.e. "loud"). On Chappaqua Suite, he really steers the band (trio and orchestra) with a finer delicacy, changing tempi at times not unlike (in spirit at least) Tony Williams. It probably won't happen, but a U.S. release, done right, would be another fine honor for Ornette. Of course, Ornette himself would probably be against the project.