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Congratulations!

Hey - I have caught several of your CT gigs and spoke to you each time! I likely will not be in NY this weekend, but have a great show.

I sprung for autographed copy a couple weeks ago as well.

I am looking at Day 2 and Day 4 as possibles to get down to Brooklyn.

I have heard Bryant live a couple of times in groups led by drummer Yoron Israel, as well as on a couple of recordings. I have dug his contribution to the music when I heard him.

Thank you for the headsup! Ordered!

It was a busy weekend of music for me. Friday - Eric Person Quartet at the Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme, CT with John Esposito (piano), Adam Armstrong (bass) and Darrell Green (drums). Saturday - Ron Carter Quartet at the Northampton Jazz Festival with Jimmy Greene (tenor saxophone), Renee Rosnes (piano) and Payton Crossley (drums). Sunday - Improvisations Now at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT with Joe Morris (bass), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Lester St. Louis (cello) and Jerome Deupree (drums)

Wasn't Craig Handy replaced by Donald Harrison in the band a couple years ago?

PM re: Brotzmann/Parker/Drake - Never too Late but Always Too Early Eremite MTE 037/038 $15

Another different spin on Mingus with Silke Eberhard (saxophone), Nikolaus Neuser (trumpet) and Christian Marien (drums).

Cecil Taylor - Jimmy Lyons - Sunny Murray

Anthony Braxton has also recorded albums dedicated mostly to Hill's music.

I wonder whether Jaki Byard at times would fit?

I did eventually obtain a copy of the vinyl. If I remember correctly I purchased it directly from Bill Barron's widow at the time.

You are right. Intrigued as to the thought process.

They are not successor bands.

Although Eddie Henderson overlaps in both bands, the Cookers are not a successor. My understanding is that the Leaders were organized by Chico Freeman, while the instigator for the Cookers seems to be David Weiss.

Although they may not have equaled the sume of all the parts, or the expectations based on the caliber of musicians, I enjoyed the group. Yes more straight-ahead than expected, but solid. I saw them live once at Sweet Basil and was not disappointed. Don Cherry was the original trumpet in the band for a period of time before it recorded. Eddie Henderson and Bobby Watson replaced Bowie and Blythe in an even more conservative iteration of the ensemble.

A private recording of at least one set exists.

I received my copy yesterday.

I completely forgot about that one!

He and Jaimie Branch were guests on a Dave Gisler Intakt release. He has also mentioned several times in streamed concerts I have seen recently that he also recorded a new octet album, which is supposed to be released some time in the near future.