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Southern Horizons. Carpe!

Oops — forgot about that one; downloaded from eMusic. Better go listen to it now! Isn't A Fireside Chat With Lucifer half of Nuclear War? Sometimes straightening out Ra's discography is near impossible.

Quite a few, in my opinion. Here are six, off the top of my head: 1. Discipline 27 II 2. The Soul Vibrations of Man 3. Astro Black 4. The Antique Blacks 5. Voice of the Eternal Tomorrow 6. The Sound Mirror These are all very solid Ra albums in my opinion. (Some Ra records can be aimless unless you're a hardcore fan.) Atavistic was on schedule to reissue Continuation, but it never materialized. Anyone know what happened? Between the Unheard Music Series and Art Yard, Ra reissues are still trickling out. Of the six titles listed above, I consider Discipline 27 II a true Sun Ra classic. This one is trance-like at times.

Good call. I'd also be interested to know what records JLH has heard of those suggested in this thread. I'm trying to think along a Dixon/Hemphill axis (one that I'm also very fond of), but the Steig throws me a little, though I too like that record a lot. If Jimmy Giuffre's Free Fall hadn't been reissued, I'd be screaming for that one. I'm still amazed that Cuscuna put that one out — a beautiful reissue, with intriguing bonus tracks to boot. I think that an Ellington reissue might actually be the most commercially viable, but perhaps not what JLH has in mind.

I'm with you on this one. I wish more people (anybody?) had heard & lived with Iapetus for a while, but Motivation is, like Iapetus, a wholly unique record that has been virtually unheard. As I type, I'm listening to Iapetus on headphones. I gotta say — this really is a great record. More than Motivation, I think, this is a band effort. While Caliman is clearly the leader on the session, the rhythm section has that feel (not muscially, but socially) of the great Hancock-Carter-Williams team. It's weird — tenor players working today would eat this up, I'd think. Meaning, I can't believe that this session hasn't seen a reissue anywhere. The record, though it bears traces of its recording year, has an unusually modern feel to it. This is to say that the music, almost note for note, might easily be heard in a hip club anywhere in the world today. Jonas Kulhammar reissued Utan Misstankar on Moserobie. (Don't know that rekkid? Get it here ... quick! An absolutely brilliant 1965 Swedish in/out session.) Other titles, just as obscure, will be rescued at some point by like-minded individuals.

Just listened to this record in total. Stone classic? Maybe, maybe not. Killer performance? Absolutely! Details: Date: ca. 1972 Location: New York City Label: Savoy Bill Barron (ts), Kenny Barron (p), Chris White (b), Al Hicks (d) 1. Motivation (Bill Barron) 10:22 2. Land of Sunshine (Bill Barron) 3:26 3. Blues for R. A. (Bill Barron) 6:15 4. Cosmos (Kenny Barron) 9:47 5. Hold Back Tomorrow (Bill Barron) 5:12 6. Mental Vibrations (Bill Barron) 4:01 All titles on: Savoy LP 12": 12303 — Motivation The title track really is killer. Not so much in a burning way, but in a makes-you-think and not-copying-Coltrane way. Authentic stuff. Barron is Barron, just like Joe Henderson is Joe Henderson. No overriding influence. Al Hicks on drums sounds like a blend of Elvin Jones (primary) + Max Roach & Louis Hayes (secondary). Super clean, polyrhythmic solos. Tasty, not too long, and razor sharp. I don't know how to post sound clips, but if there's interest, I can try. I'll stay behind this one record as my personal vote for a JLH reissue so to not overload the thread. I know of course it doesn't make economical sense. But neither do wide sideburns ... yet.

I love all of the Rivers trio work I've heard — both the horn-bass-drums trio and the horn-tuba-drums trio. Sizzle is an excellent record. The cover art (if it matters) is fairly ugly however. I keep bidding (and losing) on Japanese versions of Streams on eBay. I'm buying Dogon A.D. when it comes out.

Those three are all excellent — my very favorite Al Cohn on record. A couple of years back, eMusic had a number of Xanadu titles (a lot of them needle drops), and this was the only way I could find to hear them. Finding the four Sam Noto titles this way was a gift.

Ahh. Didn't know that. I'm guessing that's Dixon's son with him?

Has anyone here heard the Jack Brokensha record? And Then I Said ...? That Savoy has eluded me.

Available tomorrow! I was mistaken about what the original cover art looked like. I guess there were two versions, at different times. Edit: I hope JLH doesn't mind me posting the cover art. I'll take them down if it's any cause for concern. I'm just excited about the reissue!

Was about to suggest the exact same thing. What a campaign that would be. Welcome A.S.! All quite good records. The Curran is my favorite, with the Levin and Pozar close runners-up. Not as crazy about the Watts, but I'm sure some here are fans.

You're right. I have the Denon reissue (purple spine, yellow print), which unfortunately used an altered version of the original cover art.

The Giant Is Awakened really is magnificent stuff. Important historically too. The compilation West Coast Hot sounds pretty thin on disc. Both Flying Dutchman records (The Giant Is Awakened and Flight For Four) sound considerably better — darker and warmer — on vinyl. If Jonathan were to reissue either album (though he mentioned that attaining the rights is currently a mess), I bet they'd sound great. The missing track from the Carter/Bradford — "Domino" if memory serves — is really nice. Plus, both records have really nice artwork — icing on the cake.

Yes!

Up for air. Finally found the Vincent Hill record. Waaay better than I'd expected. Kind of like ... if Dave Brubeck (with a softer touch) had avant leanings? Something like that. I need to keep listening to it. I'm also a fan of the Perry Robinson title.

It'd also be nice to have Charles Brackeen's first album in circulation.

Along the lines of Intents & Purposes, it would be very nice to see reissued the Savoy dates that Dixon produced. (And I have to put in yet another plug for Bill Barron's Motivation. A very good, and sometimes great, record.)

1. JR Monterose • JR Monterose Is Alive In Cafe Paradiso (HSM) 2. Bill Barron • Motivation (Savoy) 3. Gary Foster • Grand Cru Classé (Revelation) 4. Jouck Minor • Candles of Vision (Calig) 5. Sam Rivers • Paragon (Fluid) 6. Hans Dulfer • Jazz in Paradiso 7. Steve Lacy • Stalks 8. Ed Curran • Elysa (Savoy)

Agreed. Some Blue Note listeners, it seems, forget how diverse the label actually is. How about an SACD of Art Hodes on Blue Note? Or the Port of Harlem Jazzmen! Nah. (Yes!)

Fingers crossed. Maybe they'll shock everyone and do Unit Structures. That's one of the better-sounding Blue Notes to begin with, and, after all these years, it's finally starting to click with me.

It's more formal with me. It says I have "no permission." My message said I have "no persimmons."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEgsOUhpOpU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKpbjgyMe90&feature=related Max Roach Quartet, 1970. With Billy Harper, Cecil Bridgewater, Reggie Workman. Also in Lugano, I think.