Joe

I feel the archival footage that makes up the bulk of STRAIGHT NO CHASER tells the story of Monk's withdrawal as eloquently as any bio or whatever. I have never heard anything about recreational drug use on Monk's part before. His 50's arrest has been "spun", as far as I know, into Monk holding certain substances for certain persons, in effect being in the wrong place at the wrong time, not using per se. Then again, I was trusting the word of Harry Colomby, Orrin Keepnews and TIME magazine, so I'm no doubt ripe for the disabusing (nothing new there). Monk also basically moved in with Nica De Koenigswarter out in Weehawken, NJ during his final years, no?

Other than the fact that he is wearing an amazingly life-like Dexter Gordon mask?

FWIW, McNair sits in on some of the performances collected on this fine release.

Have been sorely disappointed in Davis since he took the VV gig, I must say. Did not even bother to read his notes to this... Sigh.

Jim -- what do you make of the "extended" tracks on this one? Got this yesterday, played it for a friend of mine, and we decided it must be among the most INSANE records ever made. (I mean that in a good way...)

What are these "problems"? If I think about the boy - girl relationship in the film too hard, I cannot help but see it as incredibly egotistic and borderline misogynistic. But this may be my problem, not Gallo's.

The man is a reactionary nut, and there are "problems" with BUFFALO '66 (whose "love story" plays like Godard's CONTEMPT in reverse), but I'm still very eager to see this film. I'll never hear "Heart Of The Sunrise" the same way again...

I too am a big fan and would love to sentence all Squirrel Nut Zippers fans to a Hicks marathon. To show how its REALLY done. WHERE'S THE MONEY?

Tim Gane of Stereolab has also nicked great stuff from Brian Wilson, The Silver Apples (compare "Mellotron" from PENG! to the SA's "Ruby"), Suicide, The Fall, and Sun Ra ("Cadriopo" is almost a complete rip-off of "Love In Outer Space). The thing about S'lab is that they steal from the best.

Just a wild guess -- one of the Ike Quebec records featuring Milt Hinton?

ALUMINUM TUNES is as fine a Stereolab "sampler" as there is. IMHO, TRANSIENT is one of the finest guitar rock -- whatever that is -- albums of the 90's.

My vote for the best of these.

Comments on this one? Other soloists include George Cables and Carlos Garnett. Looks REALLY interesting... http://www.dustygroove.com/jazzcd4.htm#84712

Another vote for ALABAMA CONCERTO; some of Cannonball's finest work, IMHO... and Art Famer's too, for that matter. Can't pick just one, here are a few selections: Frank Lowe, EXOTIC HEARTBREAK Lucky Thompson, TRICOTISM [aka HAPPY LITTLE SUNBEAM] Abbey Lincoln, PEOPLE IN ME [props to Jim Sangrey...] John Stevens, BLUE John Carter, FIELDS Jack Teagarden, ACCENT ON TROMBONE [originally on the Urania label, most recently on CD courtesy of Drive Archive]

Mr. Grimes appears on the brand spankin' new Dennis Gonzalez release NILE RIVER SUITE. For more info... http://hometown.aol.com/dennisgonzalezx/my...page/tunes.html

From AMG: Originally released as Twink in 1967 (and changed because of the unrelated connotations the word has been saddled with since)... TRAVESTY!

Call me crazy, but how about Earl Bostic? And how about a Clifford Scott Mosaic Select? He recorded 3 LPs for Pacific Jazz / World Pacific in the 60's, and appeared as a "star" soloist on a number of others including a Gil Fuller / James Moody date, NIGHT FLIGHT...).

Some really fantastic stuff on the Rhino anthology. Nordine is much more Surreal than Jean Shepard, like some cross between DR. SAX Kerouac and Edgar Allen Poe (hey, come to think of it, the gap between the tweo is not all that wide anyway...) A piece like "Down The Drain" would work wonderfully on radio (well, it sounds good on an old mix tape I have). Interesting arragements on the Dot sides Rhino collected by Fred Katz. Horn solos by Paul Horn. The Asphodel label has recently reissued both COLORS and WINK, both of which are less "jazzy" than the earlier material, but both of which are more readily available. COLORS in particular is a fine, fine record; the accompaniments are quite Dick-Hyman-Sits-Down-At-The-Moog-esque.

And here I thought this was going to be an "anti-circ" thread... http://www.nocirc.org/

So, ummmmm, where exactly did Mr. Manuel get these pics?

Nice cover. But too bad the slightly enigmatic Mr. Freeman Lee is not pictured... long wondered about that cat...

IMHO, just about anything with Tony Scott on it is worth owning. Even a pseudo-New Age record such as MEDITATION (a collaboration with Jan Akkermann... no, there is no re-make of "Hocus Pocus" on this record...) Some other Scott recommendations: (billed as Anthony Sciacca) (final 3 tracks only, but...)

That is the story I have heard as well; seems I've also seen photos from the SONNY ROLLINS AND THE CONTEMPORARY LEADERS session where the musicians are still partially surrounded by boxes and other evidence that the studio is in fact a storage facility. Yet weren't the early Hampton Hawes trio sessions were recorded in a high school [?] auditorium "after hours"?

I'm really digging Ornette's fashion sense.