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PEEPING TOM still has the capacity to shock and disgust. Incredibly powerful film. Another of my favorite Criterions -- the Maysles' Bros.' SALESMAN. I wish CC would do MORE documentaries, matter o' fact.

Last night I pulled out RAPPORT, a late 70's Novus date with Ricky Ford, Rufus Reid, Braxton (excellent, quite romantic version of "Vanguard, one of Blake's personal standards), and, one one track, Chris Connor. Lots of small pleasures of this record, and I guess it is one of Ford's earliest recorded appearances. By all means, get those 2 volumes of PAINTED RHYTHMS. They really do offer perhaps the most complete (or compleat) account of his varied musical interests: the Kenton Orchestra of Russo and Rugolo; Joplin; Monk; Sephardic hymns.

In addition to the Time LP and the Five Spot recordings... there is some primo Booker Little on Max Roach's PERCUSSION BITTER SWEET. Great and rather important album with Dolphy, Julian Priester, Clifford Jordan, Mal Waldron, Abbey Lincoln... You might also keep an eye out for a Teddy Charles quintet recording that features a front line of Booker Ervin and Booker Little.

Very possibly. I wish they would do Fellini's I VITTELONI.

You simply cannot go wrong with any of the Larkins / BRaff duets (there are also reunion discs from the 70's and 90's to consider...) I happen to really, really like these duets with Roger Kellaway... AS TIME GOES BY (Candid), a trio date with guitarist Howard Alden and bassist Frank Tate, is also very, very fine. Finally, check out his work with Benny Goodman on this release...

The Carl Th. Dreyer films (ORDET / DAY OF WRATH / GETRUD / PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC) merit serious investigation. And, I can't believe I forgot this one -- Tarkovsky's ANDREI RUBLEV.

The LC Copyright Office will have copyright entries for compositions, etc., but LC itself is not an official -- legally mandated -- repository, unlike the British Library.

Mississippi Fred McDowell -- prolific artist late in life, but you cannot go wrong with I DO NOT PLAY NO ROCK 'N ROLL. Also, check out Muddy Waters' PLANTATION RECORDINGS.

Both Antonioni's L'AVVENTURA and Tati's PLAYTIME (which may be OOP) look amazing now that they've been restored. PLAYTIME is a little skimpy with respect to extras, but L'AVVENTURA has some nice documentary material included. I myself think Criterion can go a little overboard with supplementary material; both these packages strike a nice balance. The same goes for the BY BRAKHAGE set, which is chock full of great content -- in addition to the often stunning visuals.

As Jim kindly let me borrow his copy a while back, I can safely recommend this one, if for Yusef Lateef's contributions alone.

Have heard but do not own Death of the Rare Bird Ymir. Am also particularly interested in comments on the daxophone recordings. Thanks in advance.

Have the Grasella Oliphant LPs made it to CD? GRASS ROOTS (1965) has Bobby Hutcherson, while THE GRASS IS GREENER (1968) has a core trio of Oliphant (drums), John Patton, and Grant Green augmented on some tracks by Clark Terry and Harold Ousley.

http://www.onefinalnote.com/reviews/p/pepp...od-all-star.asp

Get ready for some GELT!!!

Some additional BYG's have also been turning up on CD overseas as well, usually in digipak form. Sonny Sharrock's MONKEY-POCKIE-BOO is one (its been in stock @ Dusty Groove in the past)... I think the Alan Silva CELESTRIAL COMMUNCIATIONS ORCHESTRA is another one... Sure would be nice to have those Jacques Coursil dates on CD.

SWEET RAIN was set to be included in a batch of VME's as far back as 2000 (perhaps even 1999; at least as far back as the Verve BB existed...) but it never appeared. I seem to recall legal action by the Getz estate having something to do with it. A shame, as it is one of Stan's finest.

Maybe Water will reissue those Kenny Cox Blue Notes...

The recently re-issued STUDENT STUDIES contains prime C.T. from the mid-60's, with Lyons, Silva and Cyrille. Essential listening, IMHO; one of the most welcome reissues of 2003.

Pretty cool. http://www.michalevy.com/gs_main.html

For later Shepp...

The original side one (Waltz / Monk's Mood / In Your Own Sweet Way [which swings like mad]) of this LP is about as good as it gets with KD. Also, don't forget his contributions to this one!

Well, as someone who writes (in part) for a living, there are some things I posted on the BN BBS that I'd like to get back into my portfolio. Some thoughts / ramblings / lucky occasions when, in retrospect, it seems to me I hit on something like I might like to use in a future writing project. That said, I won't pretend that I'm not a minority in this respect.

Many, many happy returns.

Now: (well, about 2 years and some facial hair ago; my employee ID pic...) and then:

Of the Yales... Volume 2 consists of live shots from Basin Street circa 1955, and features some fine work by Ruby Braff, Paul Quinichette, Mel Powell, and Teddy Wilson. Volume 7 (?), already mentioned, is also worth picking up, for Phillips and Harris alone. There are also some big band circa 1959 - 1960 recordings in this series, with Joe Newman and Zoot Sims among the soloists featured. Very much worth hearing.