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These came in the mail Saturday. Both have already exceeded my expectations, particularly the session with overdubbing. Nice! I imagine that Locking Horns with Joe Newman is also good. Anyone here have it? The only label to purchase it from is (perhaps unfortunately) Fresh Sounds, but their website says it's out-of-stock. Does Fresh Sounds let their inventory go out-of-print?

The AMG report on Aztec Suite is somewhat unethusiastic, but I think it's a fairly revved up session. Reminds me at times of the I Want to Live! soundtrack. Al Cohn gets in a few tasty solos too.

I'm missing out on all the jokes. Every album cover from that site that you guys have copied directly onto the pages here isn't showing up on my screen. (I thought they would as I'm using Safari, but ... ) All of Jim's posts just come with a little blue question mark. I wonder if the owner of the site has a counter to see the small surge in hits.

Happy Birthday to the friendly bearer of The Hiroshi Tanno Gazette Times. :rsmile:

Karl Berger

Stumbled onto this site today. If you're a cover art hound (as I am), you'll love this fan's site. Make sure to visit all six pages — which means you might have to manually edit the URL after "epworld" to get the second and third sets. At least, for some reason, that's what I had to do. Some of these European musicians I'd never even heard of! Anyone have any of these EPs? It was cool to see cover art for a Tommy Potter album and a George Joyner album. Wouldn't have guessed. We all know the wonderful Gokudo site, but please share other homepages that have jazz cover art as well. Thanks! You've heard The Controversial Bruce Turner, right? I bet someone here has. (Attached below.)

I listened to this one twice today. Certainly not a "great" record, but not bad either. Curious might be more appropriate. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Having Percy Heath on board (for the tracks he's on) seems to change things up a fair amount. Overall, I like it. What do you think?

... because this session is always a "plus" in my book.

$9.94 Done! Thanks, M.

I believe it's a live 1982 set. I don't own it, so unfortunately can't comment on the music. If you do eMusic, I'd strongly recommend the Xanadus.

Sidewinder, you just named my very favorite Kirk record. There's not a track I don't like. It's absolutely sublime in a way that only Roland Kirk could fashion. Never has "Walk on By" been so hip. "Mañana!"

Before Rahsaan was appended to his name, he was Roland Kirk — and, evidently, was originally Ronald Kirk! After a search, I noticed there was no "Artists" thread on one of the greatest to ever play a wind instrument. Two random thoughts to get things started: • Kirk is effin' amazing on "Hog Calling Blues" from Oh Yeah!. Very few tunes can get the heart pumping like that one. • Kirk's composition "Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith" has got to have lyrics. The opening line syllabically matches the title. It's also one of Kirk's most moving performances. Check out the head of steam he generates shortly after the "ballad" opening, going from "pretty" playing to quite an intense growl. Very few horn players could get away with that and have it make sense. Other thoughts, favorites?

Aha, from afrik.com. Better than nuttin'! Is that structure in L.A.?

Yep, die-hard fans are called NORK dorks.

If anyone here is inclined and has the resources, could you post a scan of Flight for Four? I've only seen the teeniest black-and-white scan (on eBay) that wasn't even worth saving. From what I can tell, the cover is quite artistic. I'd love to see it in all its color glory. And, to reciprocate, The Giant is Awakened, complete with gorgeous cover scan, is available here.

Listening to this session now. A damn fine session — much, much better than I had expected. A wonderful example of a lost "Atlantic" session that did see "first issue" light. It can be done.

Can anyone comment on the Wilbur DeParis set on Membran? Which label did this originally belong to?

If anyone here knows where a copy (actual CD) of Motoring Along with Al Cohn can be acquired for a rational price, please PM. Used (clean condition) or new. I can PayPal to cover cost + shipping. Thanks!

Since this thread was started, I've become a loyal Dixon fan. The whole persona, and still some of the music, however, is an enigma to me. Intents and Purposes, though, has got to be one of the most atmospheric "free" dates ever put to wax. Truly inspiring.

I think it's strange that Atlantic Japan decided not to include the eponymous Warne Marsh date for this batch. That's one of the hardest-to-find titles from the original 1998 AMCY batch. I stumbled across it by chance in 1999 at the Sunset Tower. At the time, I had the Collectables disc containing the same session in my hand. Guess which one didn't make it with me to the cashier! I really wish they could have slipped Ornette on Tenor into this batch. Just one less MJQ wouldn't hurt things. As it stands, I think the number of reissues for this project is certainly finite. Whereas the market for Blue Note, Verve, and Impulse! titles in Japan circulates quite frequently (every two to three years), the Atlantic market is much, much more sporadic. Time to grab the Tony Fruscella!

Find Robin's Free State Band here.

That actually makes a lot of sense to me. If you listen to Bill Dixon's first Savoy session with Archie Shepp, the influence nearly jumps out from the speakers at you. I know that Dixon went on to create his own musical aesthetic and philosophies, but at this stage, I think he was considerably under the spell of Don Cherry's phraseology vis a vis Ornette's group.

we're so used to buying reissues Oops — you caught me on that one! Now Cherry and Lacy are both gone, and it's a shame that they couldn't have seen this "release" come out in their lifetimes. So, because the project is too small, Warner isn't interested in leasing the material (that they don't even have possession of)? If it's a matter of money, I bet a number of jazz forums would chip in to get the music released, and out into fans' hands (and into their CD players). Heck, there's a number of gifted graphic designers here as well, so there's your artwork. Grass roots! It's not much, but I'd pony up $100 for the effort. I'm guessing others would (gladly) do the same.

Pick up Frank Lowe's Black Beings if you don't already have it. 3 tracks, and certainly "avant."

I think he actually means this. Thanks for posting Ray!