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Fonk. I love this album.

I generally don't go in for best-of's or compilations ... but this one on RCA/Bluebird is very tasty. I'm sure there are other Erskine Hawkins admirers here. Strange (sort of) — while listening to it, some of the playing didn't sound all that out of line to me from, say, the Art Ensemble of Chicago (namely Lester Bowie) or even some of the Ayler Bro.'s work. A good one to put on after this disc is Chick Webb's Spinnin' the Webb. In fact, I CD-R'ed them together. 79:15 of bliss.

Not any help (sorry, Vic) ... but I thought I'd post this: When are we going to get a Gullin stamp in the States?

The poop it is.

You did great! Agreed. Now the challenge is — since the coupon can be used more than once — to "refrain" (yeah, right) from buying another $30 batch. If you're going the RVG route (at $8.28 a pop with free shipping over $25, why not), I'd recommend: • any of the Bud Powell RVGs • the Miles Davis RVGs • the Jay Jay Johnson RVGs • the Clifford Brown RVGs Rudy's remastering work of Doug Hawkins' recordings is his best (in my opinion). Mostly, have fun exploring!

Thanks! So it would be more like: zBIG-NYEFF NAM-IZ-WOW-SKI (I think) I know that the poet Czeslaw Milosz (recently passed away) prounounces his name (something like): CHESS-LAW MEE-WOESH Time to learn Polish. I'm fascinated by it (for reasons still unknown to me).

Are there any native Polish speakers here? I'd be interested in reading a phonetic spelling of some of these guys names. I think (from the incredibly little Polish I've been exposed to) that the alto player in question pronounces his name as such: ZIG-BIN-YOO NAM-IZ-WOW-SKI Didn't he sometimes (seriously) go by Ziggy?

Hey Moose — how are the McPhee jeans today?

Some tasty nuggets there, Jon. I bet a lot of folks here will be watching ... If anyone here has McPhee's Free Music Store, 1971 on hat — feel free to PM! I'd love to hear it.

Joe brings the chit.

I'd like to hear this one ... (Didn't even know it had made it out on disc. )

He did. (I said "OK.") But my resistance to authority kicked in at the time. Then I finally realized that if I wanted to hear more Arthur Jones (what little there is on record), I'd better capitulate.

Here's a series that likely deserves wider recognition. The Bards are currently carrying a fair amount of Polskie Nagrania titles. Favorites from this series? Which ones have you tried out?

Favorites from the recent Free America batch? (I'll probably be picking up Phase One shortly.)

Tangent: Yesterday, I was at a café with my wife. We were leisurely drinking coffee, writing some letters, and reading the paper while it rained and rained outside. In walks this very mod-looking, Betty Paige type college girl, replete with the proper tattoos — nothing too unusual for a college town (especially here). I noticed on her shoulder bag a button. It read: READING IS SEXY. First time I'd ever seen anything like that. Made me (quietly) laugh. (OK, back to Mosaics ... )

Agreed. I've e-mailed Cuscuna twice about this very Mosaic Select (I think you gave me the idea, David). He said he'd love to (— though he made no mention about potential licensing troubles) ... but maybe now with the America title out ... chances are less likely? I can't get too greedy. At least we have what we have so far ...

Thoroughly enjoyable. I was afraid of that. The one place in town (brick-and-mortar) that carried hat titles just went under.

... 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.