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Definitely. When I retrieved the photo link from discogs I did a double-take, thinking it was the middle digit!

Hunter S. Thompson: “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”

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Juma Sultan (Aboriginal Music Society) is a (mostly) free jazz artist, though best known for playing with Jimi Hendrix @ Woodstock.

I also checked discographies of Henderson, Redman (and some other names) to no avail.

Could be a Swiss connection in light of earlier post. I'm enjoying listening to the music, but generally enjoy guessing on BFTs and doubt being able to muster up any guesses on this one.

BOAC Long Play Festival 2022 April 29-May 1, various venues in Downtown Brooklyn (I saw no details) https://bangonacan.org/longplay/ Diverse program including many jazz names.

This predates it slightly (1967):

Recent arrivals from DG:

Ordering direct from the label can be a good deal if you buy a large # of discs. See https://www.newworldrecords.org/pages/special-offers Ten or more CDs @ $12/disc with free shipping.

Agreed, I really like Zeitlin's style of the 1960s. While recognizing the Evans similarities, I never found them excessive. But I recently picked up a duo recording with David Friesen (Live at the Jazz Bakery, 1996) that's much more Evans-like than other Zeitlin sessions I've heard, though still "his own voice".

Listening to the set now, inspired by the thread. Starting with disc 3...Western Thing (to appear on the next installment) is a cool bonus track!

I love this Select. I knew nothing about Zeitlin when I purchased it from Mosaic long ago, but it's one of my very favorite Selects. I've bought several other Zeitlin recordings since then, and they're not bad but didn't turn me on the way the Select did. I've never thought about the bonus vs. regular tracks, but I'm most impressed by the selections with more percussive and free/outside style. Dormammu in particular was a real surprise.

+1 to both. RIP, speak no ill of the dead, and Meat Loaf had a good career, but I (b. 1957) could never stand either his music or stage act. Saw Rocky Horror Picture Show a couple of times (c. mid-'70s in cinema, c. late '90s on video), but either didn't notice or didn't recall (until reading this thread) that ML appeared in it.

FWIW, I hadn't the slightest idea who/what BTS is. Had to google.

I have that Chess reissue. Agreed, it seems to include the Ramsey Lewis Trio. Was it Fresh Sound? I have a CD on "Jazz Beat" with Breakin' it Up and Burnin'. Breakin' it Up is a trio session, and the pianist sounds kinda like Barry Harris to me. OK, I see now. Fresh Sound had a different reissue, with Burnin' and the Argo Larry mentioned. I was confusing the Jazz Beat and Fresh Sound. Not that any of this is relevant to "Reflections on Jazz in the 1980s"...

I've listened to all the discs. Agreed on disc IV, my favorite so far and the sound seems excellent (I'm not too picky in that regard). Disc I has by far the wonkiest sound of the set.

I have two single CDs on B.Free: Hans Koller Free Sound Nome (1974) and Marion Brown Quartet Five Improvisations (1977). Both seem to be either live performances or radio broadcasts, but are oddly vague about recording site/venue: the latter merely gives a date, the former a date and "Cologne, Germany" but adds "From the original tapes in pristine sound". So bootlegging / piracy is possible, but I can't say for sure. I did recently order a box set from the 1970s (can't tell yet whether the order will get filled)...now feel slightly bad about it.

[Hans Koller Free Sound Nome] I like it a lot. But I've only recently started to explore this area [Euro jazz-rock/fusion] and am no expert. FWIW, it's mostly live performances of tunes from Kunstkopfindianer, which oddly has the same cover art (1974, long before Hellraiser). You can find both albums on Youtube; I don't know about streaming services. They've been reissued on Be! Records, which may be a questionable operation (see the Balver Höhle thread under "Recommendations").

I believe you are correct, it's a confusing situation. I have a couple of Be! single CDs. Like you said, they appear to just be distributed by Bear Family. I also saw some material on discogs indicating it's a bootleg label. But I wasn't aware of all the negative reactions.