Joe

O. Henry Dr. Seuss Trapper John, M.D.

Marquinhos — Epic Doink

The Sadistic Nuns - The Fear of God Measures 12 Strict Inches

Available online! https://www.charlesmingus.com/mingus/cat-traning-program and https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/magazine/charles-mingus-toilet-train-cat.html

It's a polarizing performance for sure. I appreciate the proto-punk-ness of it all myself, but I also can't deny the bad vibes emanating from these grooves. I'm surprised MacLean stuck around as long as he did. But we got FOREVER CHANGES out of it, so...

DA CAPO by Love, released in 1966, features the first side-long composition/performance by a rock band. "Revelation." This track features a sax solo by one Tjay Cantrelli, aka John Barberis.

John Cipollina Mercury Morris John Erwin

IIRC, that Teo material is also available on this Stash CD: https://www.discogs.com/release/8789855-Teo-Macero-Featuring-Art-Farmer-Bill-Evans-Lee-Konitz-Ed-Shaughnessy-Mal-Waldron-Al-Cohn-Charles-Min.

Jack Kemp Bill Bradley Herschel Walker (actually, let's hope not...)

The Wonder Twins The Del Rubio Triplets Octomom

Mickey Mantle Mark McGwire Mario Mendoza

Jason London Percy France Asia Argento

Herbert Viola Miles Dalby Ahmet Ertegun

I would never have pegged Bill Crow as a precursor to Eddie Prevost and the experimental, mostly UK-based musicians associated with "egoless improvisation." But his critique is as much social as it is aesthetic. Those are inextricably linked, of course, especially in music/practice that involves this level of spontaneous collaboration. And I'm not disagreeing with Crow... just interesting to me to see these threads running through to the evolution of an avant-garde Crow likely would have criticized for other reasons.

Two polarizing players who somehow work quite well together.

Diego Luna Pedro Pascal Temuera Morrison

I need to listen to this one again... but my recollection is that my first listening experience was too painful (disappointing, but more than that) to make me want to listen to it again.

All artwork by Don Martin of (later) Mad Magazine fame! The Farmer is the jewel here, IMO.