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Sidran is an anagram for Nardis.

Bubble gum. And fun.

This is an excellent album. Recommended. Dusty Groove stocks it often.

The full album can be listened to here.

Here's what I think a complete Live At The Half Note, 1965 would look like (corrections welcome): March 19, 1965 "Chim Chim Cheree" (20:16) "Impressions" (21:58) March 26, 1965 "One Down, One Up" (27:40) "Afro Blue" (12:44) April 2, 1965 "Creation" (23:11) "I Want To Talk About You" (15:26) "Afro Blue" (5:40) May 5, 1965 "Song of Praise" (19:39) "My Favorite Things" (22:47)

Oh yes. Takeo Moriyama is replaced by Shota Koyama however. Montreux Afterglow Hot Menu Vol. 2 of "A Figure Of" used to be up on YouTube but I can't find it. It features percussion by none other than "Pecker."

Truth. For the On The Corner box set (which of course is not live), I put together my own single disc "compilations." It made the listening far more enjoyable and easier to absorb. That's not as easy to do with live sets though. Amazon has a single disc 1973/1975 Live In Tokyo comp (a boot) that is $4.95 to download. It's called Electric and Brutal. That's a good place to dip one's toe into the (electrified) water.

2-disc set. Extended solos. While I like Kowald a lot, it's Hemphill's playing that is the highlight for me. Sound is somewhat distant but clear.

Live At Kassiopeia This album is so good it hurts. Seemingly effortless brilliance.

I love this track so much that I'm still listening to it in the car. Why on earth it hasn't seen any sort of official issue is beyond me. I think it may be Coltrane's greatest solo.

The Yamashitas are wild in the best of ways. I don't know Rhapsody, however. I wish they would have included Frozen Days or Up To Date instead.

These are the albums I've held on to from this period. They still hold up. This last album more so for the sidemen. Pianists are Kenny Kirkland, Herbie Hancock, and Larry Willis. Kirkland's ballad "Dienda" is a gorgeous composition.

30 Japanese Jazz titles reissued. Some are fairly rare. I believe it's the digital debut of Yosuke Yamashita's "A Figure Of"—both Vol.s 1 & 2.

Just found it used! I didn't know that Bley had a chin beard though.

Sale through March 17th.

This.

Good news: Far Out Records is reissuing Hermeto's 1970 Cobblestone album Hermeto on both LP and compact disc. The reissue is due out in May. The album was previously released on compact disc back in 1989 (on Muse) with different cover art. This reissue will restore the original Cobblestone cover art. Far Out's Hermeto reissues (two so far) have been excellent.

"Carole's Garden" is bangin'! This trio was really locked in.

Nice! It looks like both volumes are up on YouTube: Volume 1 Volume 2 Ponty can really make his violin sound like an alto saxophone at times. For some reason his sound makes me think of Sonny Stitt.

I'm not all that familiar with Ponty, but I noticed that Sunday Walk is being reissued by MPS this month. Sunday Walk Other Ponty recommendations? Favorites?

If it's any gauge, the La Cave live recordings recently reissued on ezz-thetics sound better to me than the same music from the Holy Ghost box set. The recording itself is rough of course, but the drums are clearer (to my ears) on the new ezz-thetics reissue. Perhaps the same will be true of the imminent Slugs reissue. I actually don't have a hardcopy of the Slugs recording, so I'm looking forward to the ezz-thetics reissue.

The upcoming Reincarnation of A Love Bird will contain the additional tracks found on Mysterious Blues.

Aha! It's available again.