Late

... finally put my order in for Way Ahead and New Africa.

The Burrell title grows and grows on you ... glad it made the cut.

Anyone here tried ESP's CD-R system? (And at full price, too!) It's too bad that, in order to get out-of-print ESP titles, the label itself has chosen to fall back on CD-Rs. I'm still looking for Frank Wright's first trio session, and Noah Howard's first quartet session.

Some hatOLOGY titles appear to be making their (actual) final exit from the usual vendors. Prices (e.g. at Squidco and Cadence) have also seen a spike. Would like to see Lacy's Ballets and Tips make it out before the money dries up (again). I never made it to Ellery Eskelin's Forms. How is it?

Ain't that the troof. Turns out I was wrong about Points. It's solo-duo-trio (but no quartet). Here's what Senators sez: Points Steve Lacy: soprano saxophone Steve Potts: soprano saxophone (A1,B1,B2,B3) Kent Carter: bass (A1,A3) Oliver Johnson: drums (A1,A3) A1/ The Mooche (Ellington) 5:00 A2/ Pot-Pourri 3:30 A3/ Stalks 12:30 B1/ Free Point 8:15 B2/ Still Point 5:40 B3/ Moot Point 5:30 Recorded at Studio Résonances in Paris, February 1978. Engineer: Robert Prudon Cover art: Anne-Marie Dufour Photos: Michel Adda. 1978 - Chant Du Monde (France), LDX 74 680 (LP) Must ... hear ... this ... album ... — — I bet brownie's heard it!

Ordered: 2 UMS titles, 2 BYGs. Supposed to not be spending.

Catch, on Horo, is a duo recording with Carter. Points is a quartet with Potts, bass, and drums.

Is Hazevoet primarily a pianist? (On the clarinet: ridiculous good, or ridiculous suck?) And trumpet? I'll probably have to get the thing just to find out ... this series is generally down my alley anyway. The Tom Prehn Kvartet album is one of my faves from this series. Understated avant-garde, if that makes any sense. Very nicely controlled. One FMP title that I'd like to see make this series (and that I've actually written Corbett about) is Rüdiger Carl's Zwei Quintette. I don't even have a listening copy right now — used to, but on a very unfortunate (and hot) day ... the thing got warped out of all control. Anyone here know this side? Has Irène Schweizer on it.

Do the longish tracks sustain interest? I'd be interested in hearing more words on this one ...

According to Mr. Fitzgerald (above), only one Elite has a hidden track. But I'd love more sounds from that album — it's a fine one.

This is a great one. (I think there's a thread on this album somewhere here.) This one will be interesting to check out ~ Musical saw? OK, I'll go there ...

We have threads for the Free America series, the BYG/Actuel series, and the various ESP reissue series ... so I thought this series would fit right in. Just yesterday, I listened to this one straight through: I had forgotten what a terrific session this is — with Brötzmann in one of his earliest Ayler-esque modes. But, more than that, Schlippenbach has a way of changing up the proceedings (blow-out, swing, minimal, etc.) that adds a variety to the session that one doesn't always hear in contemporaneous American recordings of this kind. What are your favorites from this series? (How's the Funky Donkey disc?)

Have you read Jorie's first book? (Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts.) It's actually pretty damn good. I can't get with her work from then on, but that first one, at least for me, is a keeper. Say, you might want to purchase a copy of that anthology!

Me too.

Indeed it is.

... would be nice.

Riding is ("Helen's Burning," "The Map of Places," and "The "World and I"), but Butts isn't. Lorine Niedecker and George Oppen get the fairer chunk of the "Open Form" section (though Creeley, Levertov, and Snyder figure in, as would be expected ... ). Samuel Menashe (who I'm not familiar with) also's there, along with a host of others.

Gotcha. Shows me to trust them AMG suits.

Anyone here heard or have this quartet session from 1978, recorded in Paris?

Amir — not really answering your question, but do you have this one: I always thought the Carter/Bradford sides came from Revelation, but apparently not (at least according to AMG) — they were originally on a label called Jive. At any rate, this is some prime Carter/Bradford material ... and the Tapscott is just as good, if not better. This one is screaming for (re)reissue.

Is Mohawk the Fontana date that Rudy recorded? I know that he did at least one of those NY Art Quartet sessions ... Wouldn't a Mosaic Select be nice?

Whoops — Cyrille's almost playing "straight" at times ... so I assumed without checking the liners. (Which BYG session is Philly on?) I really dig Cryille's drumming, though. He and Sunny Murray are two guys I can't get enough of. They both fit the bill for Cecil at different times, and yet their playing is quite a bit different. I don't have Murray's Homage yet. Another one to add to the list.

Based on your posts in other threads (Free America, Pharoah Sanders, etc.), I don't think you'd really be into any of these sessions. The one track from the Moncur ("Exploration") might be to your liking (as it has Philly Joe on it), but otherwise it's all likely too "out" ... ? (You'd probably also like the track "Brother B," as it has a bass vamp that kind of grooves at times ... maybe if you found the BYG box used for a decent price ... ) You definitely don't want the Sharrock. I really like it, but it's music to play on Halloween to scare your neighborhood kids away ... or something like that.

Instead of the Paul Bley, or even one of the AEC albums, I wish Universal France would have reissued Arthur Jones' Scorpio in the new Free America line. The one track I have ("Brother B") is something else — I keep coming back to it. Is the rest of the album as good? Here's a single BYG "anthology" disc that I made for myself (clocking in at 79:11) that really seems to work, one track to the next: 1. "Brother B" (Arthur Jones) 2. "Premonitions" (Jimmy Lyons) 3. "Exploration" (Grachan Moncur III) 4. "Black Suite, Part Two" (Jacques Coursil) 5. "The Utter-Nots" (Sun Ra) 6. "Note" (Steve Lacy) 7. "From 'Out of Bartok'" (Burton Greene) 8. "Blessing" (Kenneth Terroade) 9. "Soon" (Sonny Sharrock) Try it some time!

Oops — Ted Gioia wrote West Coast Jazz, not Dana.