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Likely so. Maybe that's why it hasn't seen any type of release. There was mention of this session earlier on the Stevie Hoffman forum.

If Mosaic is going to release a Joe Henderson set, would it also make sense to release a Wayne Shorter (Blue Note) set? How many discs would that be? The included sessions (1964-1970) would be: • Night Dreamer • Juju • Speak No Evil • The Soothsayer • Etcetera • The All Seeing Eye • Adam's Apple • Schizophrenia • Super Nova • Moto Gross Feio • Odyssey of Iska • unreleased 1970 quintet session In addition to the unreleased session, a number of alternate takes (some already released in Japan) could be made available. The personnel on the unreleased session is: Wayne Shorter: tenor saxophone Barbara Burton: vibes, bells, percussion McCoy Tyner: piano Miroslav Vitous: bass Alphonse Mouzon: drums recorded October 13, 1970 A&R Studios, NYC

You can listen to Turiya Sings here.

Good to know. I have the Muzak edition, and contemplated the ezz-thetics edition (in order to have the ESP session it's paired with). The other Brown ezz-thetics disc (with tracks from Juba Lee and the ESP session with Alan Shorter) sounds really good to my ears.

Google Translate says: Contains 3 sessions: • March 26, 1969 in KRO Studio 1 in Hilversum • A live concert of November 28, 1969 in the RAI Congress Center in Amsterdam • Two bonus tracks from March 25, 1969 in VARA Studio 8: the Bill Evans Trio with the Metropole Orchestra conducted by Dolf van der Linden. CD1 & CD2, 1-3: Recorded live at VARA Studio, Hilversum, Holland, March 26, 1969. CD2, 4-10: RAI-building, Amsterdam, Holland, November 28, 1969. *bonus tracks (CD2, 11-12): Same personnel but add the Metropole Orkestra under the direction of Dolf van der Linden. Arrangements by Claus Ogerman. NRU Studio, Hilversum, Holland, March 25, 1969. A co-production of Elemental Music, Zev Feldman & Frank Jochemsen in collaboration with the Dutch Jazz Archive. Double album in luxury digipack with many photos by Nico van der Stam and from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. With liner notes by Bert Vuijsje, memories of pianist Jan Huydts and interviews with bassist Eddie Gomez, drummer Marty Morell and pianist Vijay Iyer. Live In Holland, 1969

That's what that percussion instrument is! I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

Turiya Sings

Weird that CD Japan now lists the latest batch, but still not the batch with Curson, Bley, Redman, and Dollar Brand. Oh — I picked up Tears For Dolphy. Sound is better than I expected.

Seeing reissue on compact disc for the first time. UCCI 1050. (CD Japan lists it as "Turiya Singles," which makes it sound like Alice cut some 45's for radio play!) I've never heard the album. Google Translate has this to say about it: Impulse Records, a prestigious jazz label that has produced many artists who have had a lot of influence on the history of music, such as Charlene Mingus, Sonny Rollins, and Quince Jones, will celebrate its 60th anniversary. To commemorate the Anniversary Year, the 1982 spiritual masterpiece "Turya Things" by piano, organ and harpist Alice Coltrane, one of the label's leading artists, has been released on CD for the first time. The original was a sound source that was distributed only on a cassette called AVATAR BOOK INSTITUTE (ABI-100) in 1982, and it has a very simple organization of organ, synthesizer, and vocals that sets it apart from other sound sources of Alice Costlane. Kirtan refers to meditation performed in the name of God, also known as "singing yoga." As the name suggests, it is a pioneering content of healing music that immerses you in your heart.

I watched that video last night. Max and Billy in matching black turtlenecks! I'm jealous! ============== Max, to my ears, is one of the most horn-like drummers in jazz. While he can definitely support a band as the "drummer," I think his natural tendency is to play up-front with the horns, almost as if the bass is the sole "rhythm" section, and Max is one of the horns (in this case with Bridgewater and Harper). It reminds me of a comment Joe Henderson made about Roach (— something to the effect of): "I really like Max's playing, but I don't know if I could play with him." I'm not exactly sure what Henderson meant there, but I feel like I understand it.

Just realized I didn't post any link to a documentary. Here it is. Simmons was indeed a last man standing.

Also not on Prestige, but good for after hours ruminations ...

Cecil Bridgewater's brother, Ron Bridgewater, played tenor saxophone. Didn't know that.

Did this quartet only make five records? Cecil Bridgewater: trumpet Billy Harper: tenor saxophone Reggie Workman: bass Max Roach: drums 1976 • September 2 Nommo 1977 • January 21 Live In Tokyo 1977 • July 27 The Loadstar 1977 • August 17 Live In Amsterdam 1978 • June 10 Confirmation Are there any more ... ?

Darondo Lives! Listen To My Song Spinning right now ... Ken Wins

True. Still looking for this on compact disc. Downtown Music Gallery's CDR's weren't so bad after all ... (though the mysterious Japanese edition would probably be better).

This has been viewed over 3.5 million times. Just as much as some Cecil Taylor videos.

Infinity Play "The Angry Young Man" first.

Looks like Elemental will be putting out a 2-CD edition as well.

Thanks for sharing that. Didn't know he worked in Los Angeles in the 70's.

Must be someone else then. Regardless, a good recording. This album deserves to be better known. In the documentary posted above, there's a short clip where Simmons himself gets out his vinyl copy and talks about it. Oddly, Brewster's documentary makes little mention of Barbara Donald. The scene where Simmons locates the pecan tree in Louisiana (and disturbing site of Jim Crow violence) from his youth is moving. Too bad Jonathan Horwich couldn't have reissued this album on International Phonograph, but what he did release is a small treasure.

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