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for one. I thought of chiming in with this (grew up in suburban Chi. and find the album/song title funny), but figured there'd be too many recordings at that venue. After some research, there are a whole lot!: https://www.discogs.com/label/347535-London-House-Chicago

I think Jeff occasionally purchased via the "Offering and looking for" forum. If so, some seller might still have an old PM with his address (at that time). Long shot, though.

First name Jeff, but that's all I know. Many years ago, I may have had USPS correspondence with him regarding some kind of bet or contest, but didn't retain anything and don't recall details.

+1, this really hits hard. RIP and thanks for the music.

Thanks, looking forward to the report. I checked the website, hoping for one near me (there are a couple of potential eventual sites in Mid-Hudson Valley), but only announced E. Coast screening is Friday 9/10 @ Film Forum. "More upcoming showings soon..."

Is the Leo Records website still functional? It shows Volumes II-IV in stock, 20 quid apiece, which would be not bad. http://www.leorecords.com/?m=catalogue&id=CD_GY But it's confusing, the site reads "Last updated 21-Jan-2021" and also lists new releases of January, March and June 2021.

Funny stuff! I used to occasionally indulge in responses, now I just hang up on the bastards. It's not all that hard to come up with clever routines, but : (a) the Ps of S who are calling [edit: pick up after the robodialer senses a fish on the line] don't deserve any of my time (3 minutes - NFW!); (b) the person on the other end is almost surely far too dopey to understand/appreciate any clever schtick.

I bit the bullet and ordered the Japanese reissue, shipped but not yet arrived.

I looked closely on Bandcamp and saw no evidence of one.

I have it on CD as part of "Art Yard in a Box". There's a more recent digital version with extra tracks on Bandcamp. Seems to be part of the Chusid reissue series, since credits end with "Special thanks to Peter Dennett/Art Yard Records, Michael D. Anderson/Sun Ra Music Archive, and Chris Reisman Produced for digital release by Irwin Chusid Issued under license from Sun Ra LLC". https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-beauty-expanded

It's pretty good Ra, style a lot like Lanquidity with more vocals.

OT, but in recent years I've been deeply impressed by various interviews that portray Sonny's "spiritual" (for lack of a better word) side. May sound trite, but IMO he's a truly inspirational figure.

Yes, great album! I only discovered it via the 3-disc Lester Bowie Black Saint/Soul Note box, one of my favorites in that series.

No big deal. I was one of those going by release date. Not a problem here, always happy to get recommendations, not going to quibble about a year either way. And sources differ: I saw some disagreements between allmusic and discogs, for instance. Probably need original LP jackets to be certain.

Very much agree on the Hanna, but I thought it was recorded 1979, released 1980. To be pedantic, the dates of various titles mentioned above can be questioned. For instance, I was going to mention Cyrille's Metamusicians' Stomp, but DQd it because of apparent (discogs) 1978 release date. If we widen the time window to 1978-80, the number of recommendations will grow out of control...

Have wanted to get this for a long time, only recently picked it up via Michael/Scott on this forum. It's good.

These days? Oh yeah. Though more computationally than via equations. Without too much effort I found a couple of interesting articles. They seem fairly effective at recognizing the work of particular composers, though the second is much more extensive. Markov chains: https://eita-nakamura.github.io/articles/Nakamura-Takaki_PolyphonicMusicStyleAndPCIntervals_MCM2015.pdf Numerical state space analysis: https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/pdf/10.1484/J.JAF.5.124209

Nice description, but it seems to assume that the piece is being performed "one voice per part". I prefer that, but it's far from universal, and for instance the ultra-popular Tallis Scholars use multiple voices per part. I get the impression there's even a degree of controversy. I discovered Renaissance polyphony only recently, starting in 2013 iirc. I always loved counterpoint and Bach, for instance, so it's not a big surprise. My recordings collection is not as big as it might be, though: as a lapsed Catholic I only need to hear so many Kyrie eleisons, Ave Marias, ... This CD+DVD has a nice recording, and the DVD features excellent ancillary info. Probably oop, however:

Barry Harris sings on the title track of The Bird of Red and Gold. Only instance I know of, but there could be more...

With the release coming from Blue Note (OMG!!!), it was inevitable that the hype meter would go to 11.

Bandcamp looks like the place for Ra. I generally like Corbett vs. Dempsey's reissues, but bought their 2-disc Continuation and was disappointed by crappy sound quality of Vol. 1. Sounds much better on bandcamp. Can't speculate on any track ordering issues. With Ra, minutia seemingly could reflect any combination of (a) profound messages; (b) a bit of dissimulation just to f**k with your mind; (c) haphazard business practices. I'm not smart or ambitious enough to venture down that rabbit hole.

I've discovered a lot of British jazz through Scott's (lately via Michael) sales on this forum. Motivated by discussion on another thread.

Completely agreed. That solecism has become common in Internet journalism, seemingly just in the past few years. [The only physical journalism I read is The Economist, which can be relied on to avoid such horrors.] Standards have become so low that I just roll my eyes and ignore these things. Otherwise I'd soon have a stroke.