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Not aware of that one, but this one has made the rounds on the tubes... Afraid I don't know anything about the source, or whether the discographical information is correct, but more information is available HERE.

Ah, the luchador... I've heard this early 80's Meyers session: Shows off his various keyboard talents fairly well, as well as his agreeably wayward voice.

One of my earliest independent / what the hell, I now have some disposable income of my own / what's that all about music purchases was a cut-out cassette of The Fugs' GOLDEN FILTH (for DFW long-timers, this was at the old Sound Warehouse on Lemmon.) I was in 7th grade. Not their best work, and much of the drug and hippie culture references escaped me... but it was just silly and horny enough to congratulate whatever sensibilities I had developed by then. Thanks, Tuli.

As far as Flaco Jimenez goes, this is a good place to start: AY TE DEJO EN SAN ANTONIO Y MAS! Also, not quite conjunto / Tejano / nortena, but an important strain of Mexican-Southwestern-American music is collected on this disc: PACHUCO BOOGIE Jump blues meets corridos. Locally (here in DFW), The Tejas Brothers are keeping some of this music alive... but if you really want to know what going on contemporarily, check the live music listings for San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country dance halls.

Have not read it, but heard good to mixed reviews of the following: Jazz Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce by Alfred Appel http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Modernism-Ellington-Armstrong-Matisse/dp/0300102739

I was able to locate this: Here: http://www.tbolin.com/history/billy_cobham.html I've heard the Zephyr LPs, both with and without Bolin. They're quite nice, and though not really remarkable, worth checking out. (Candy Givens.) If anything, their last LP, SUNSET RIDE, recorded after Bolin's departure, I find to be their most memorable; features some great "mood" pieces.

79 years young, Kenny has a new release on Highnote Records. with Benny Green, Peter Washington and 2 young musicians with whom I'm not familiar: Tivon Pennicott on reeds and Clayton Cameron on drums. Anyone heard this yet?

PBS-sponsored article on the history of comedy LPs And does anyone else remember Steven Wright's first record? I HAVE A PONY

Coltrane's AFRICA / BRASS, the first jazz record I ever bought (I think.) All I knew about it was that Lester Bangs had name-checked it in one of his more autobiographical reviews. Louis Cottrell's Riverside "New Orleans Living Legends" LP. Purchased based solely on a desire to hear something I'd never heard before, by musicians I knew nothing of. Also attracted by the fact that Cottrell's band featured the same basic instrumentation as the Giuffre trios with Jim Hall. 8 Bold Souls, LAST OPTION. I'd been given all these recommendations to check out Ed Wilkerson Jr., and finally took the opportunity to do so when Thrill Jockey back in the day of "enhanced CD's."

Those Mike Nichols and Elaine May LPs issued by Mercury are pretty wonderful, too, especially AN EVENING WITH and IMPROVISATIONS TO MUSIC.

Maybe I shouldn't be, but I am surprised to see that Jimmy Giuffre was never honored. Too late now, I suppose.

Overall, Chick Corea doesn't float many boats for me, but his solo on "Y Todavia La Quiero" from Joe Henderson's RELAXIN' AT CAMARILLO is one I have yet to tire of hearing.

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So, The Third was a supergroup comprised of Ron Nasty, Yukio Mishima and Denver Pyle?

Tommy and Gigi Gryce (brothers) Ernie, Emilio and Pinero Caceres (brothers) 2 stretches (depending on your ears): Jack and Ben Wright (father / son) Peter and Caspar Brotzmann (father / son)

Bill Evans (the pianist). I own virtually all of his "classic" Riverside trio dates, plus a smattering of the Verve, Fantasy and other releases, but more out of a vague sense of obligation than because I especially enjoy them, or listen to them all that frequently, actually. Like, I should own these because the day will come when I do appreciate them. Only that day has not quite come. Ultimately, I prefer his sideman work with George Russell just about more than anything else in his discography... back when he was far more under the spell of Tristano than [insert reference of your choice here]. And I have to say I find the coked-out energy of the late 70's - early 80's trios much more compelling than the the LaFaro trios. But my listening of the former has still been fairly superficial.

I've always enjoyed SUITE FOR CHOCOLATE on Steeplechase, a quartet session with Khan Jamal on vibes. Heavy Tyner - Hutcherson vibe, but these players have their own thing going on as well. PARADE, a Steeplechase trio session with Johnny Dyani and Billy Higgins is also fine.

The name of the tune is this clip is "Gotta Be This Or That," according to one online source I could locate. http://www.casttv.com/video/txdlsj1/benny-goodman-at-carnegie-hall-new-york-1974-video

Funny, just yesterday "turned on" a Kickstarter page for a publishing project in which I'm involved. Not sure I should have much hope for it, and it requires a bit of nursing along, but I am interested to see what comes of it. (In case anyone is interested, said project can be found here.) IndieGoGo might also be worth investigating. Unlike Kickstarter, funding is not an "all or nothing" affair... but the site does not quite have the cultural profile of Kickstarter.

I'm wondering... is this some sort of gag? I mean, there's some real comic timing on display here.

IIRC correctly, there are also a couple of serial works on the Teddy Charles / Shorty Rogers / Shelly Manne / Jimmy Giuffre COLLABORATION WEST LP. My assumption (not sure where it comes from, though) is that a lot of the Los Angeles-based musicians of the era got "turned on" to Schoenberg via Dr. Wesley La Violette. Does anyone know if La Violette actively taught serial techniques?

Wonderful news.

Not easy to find anymore, but excellent: TRIANGULAR (Blue Note, 1989), released under drummer Ralph Peterson's leadership.

In the latest NEW YORKER. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/05/17/100517crat_atlarge_pierpont