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Lawrence Marable Group "Tenorman" Featuring James Clay. Fresh Sounds reissue. Clay sounds sooo nice on this mutha! 5 star record imhp. Next up: Marion Brown Septet. Fontana. With Alan Shorter, Bennie Maupin, Dave Burrell, Grachan Moncur III, Beaver Harris, and Reggie Johnson. Freakin' amazing record. Keep Spinnin', -------HB

Z'ev and Boyd Rice "UNTITLED" Percussion and "noise". LTD. to 800 copies. Cold Spring Records. Boyd just gave this to me last week. I have always enjoyed Z'ev's percussion experiments, and, well, Boyd Rice....I have been friends with him for 17 years. I certainly don't see eye to eye with him on his "social Darwinism" beliefs, but we go back a long time and I respect his music a great deal. Coming up next: The Melvins 4xLP set!! New and damned limited, with etched b sides. COOOOOOL! ------HB

TRIO IMPROVVISAZIONE "Like a Breath" Trio recording, w/ Guido Braesola on viola, Marco Canepa on piano and Adriano Mondini on Oboe and English Horn. Very interesting recording. Reccomended. Metalanguage. 1982. ---HB

Right now: Frank Wright Sextet "STOVE MAN, LOVE IS THE WORD" Sandra. 1979. W/ Ka-Kamal-Abdul-Alm, Richard Williams, Khalil Abollah and Gerry Griffin. Sweet! Before that: Jimmy Woods Sextet "CONFLICT" Orig. Contemporary. W/ Carmell Jones, Harold Land, Andrew Hill, George Tucker and Elvin Jones, this is a mutha!! ---HB

Nick Cave "DIG!, LAZARUS, DIG!!!" Anti. Thee best Cave album since....EVER. Traded my cd in for the new, wonderful vinyl pressing. DIG IT. ---HB

The Clark Terry Impulse lp was/is some fun. His Veritone version of "Mumbles" is a crowd favorite. Good album overall. Have not seen it on cd. ----HB

I just picked up Jeffery S. McMillan's new biography on Lee Morgan, titled "Delightfulee, the Life and Music of Lee Morgan" 250 pages, illustrated. I have yet to crack the spine, but hopefully it will be worth the $ 22.95. Anybody out there checked this out yet?? Comments?? I will start reading this today. Best, HB

I just picked up Jeffery S. McMillan's new biography on Lee Morgan, titled "Delightfulee, the Life and Music of Lee Morgan" 250 pages, illustrated. I have yet to crack the spine, but hopefully it will be worth the $ 22.95. Anybody out there checked this out yet?? Comments?? I will start reading this today. Best, HB

I only have one Rearward lp re-issue "Free-Blown Jazz" I think is the title (I'm still hunting for it, since I moved and vinyl is in boxes everwhere). Any other info you folks have on him? I remember really enjoying the lp. Italian, mid-free stuff. Thanks, HB

Warne Marsh "Jazz Of Two Cities" Classic Records Quiex series. W/ one of my favorites, Mr. Ted Brown!!

Harold Land "Harold In The Land Of Jazz" Original Contemporary. W/ Rolf Ericson, Carl Perkins, Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Butler. :tup

I dig TV ACTION JAZZ lp a lot, but far and away my fave costa is "HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS" I have thee Fresh Sounds vinyl, not the Dot (RATS!!)

Benny Golson "FREE" original, white label. Argo. By far my favorite Golson set. :tup

Great book, with photo's by Pannonica de koenigswarter. foreward by Gary Giddins. Finally in english, this lavish (cheap at $19.95) book collects a lot of the Barrones's intimate photographs of MANY amazing artists and also asks them what they would wish for if given 3 wishes. sometimes winsome, mostly funny. This a must!!!! The photgraphs are all stunning. Anyone got this yet? :tup f

Right now: Coleman Hawkins "SIRIUS" Pablo. Before that: Doug Watkins "WATKINS AT LARGE" Classic Records 200 gram Quiex SV-P. Super sweet LP, orig. TRANSITION 20, with Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Duke Jordan and Art Taylor. I really dig this one!

The Three Sun's lp "Swingin' on a star" is my very fave of all their rca material. King Curtis swings and honks and does some nice ballads on this one. Great lp cover, too, a guy and gal on a flying carpet, if I recall. I think Esquivel and The Three Sun's were both great, and definately not a "Guilty pleasure" As for my deep admiration for the antics of the Kirby Stone 4, well..........

"Original Soundtrack From THE MAN FROM INTERPOL" Orch. led by Tony Crombie. Original, Top Rank 327. Boss spy/jazz tracks! iz this on cd?? ---HB

Here in Denver, Laura Newman plays a versatile Saxophone. As far as vocalist's go Ellen Rucker is gear fab. OLD STYLE: Ada Moore!!!!

I guess nobody knows the details of Charles Gayle's dissapointment w/ Tchicai when they made that Silkheart album way back in the early 1990's. I thought the LP was fine to OK, but after spinning it again, I can kinda hear some dissension.

Right now: Cecil Taylor "SOLO" Trio Japanese. Before that: Sonny Stitt "Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements" VERVE Mono. Orig. W/ Jack Sheldon, Lee Katzman, Frank Rosolino, Al Pollen, Jimmy Rowles, Buddy Clark and the ever lovin' Lawrence Marable.

Little known fact: Neil hasn't changed his blue jeans for over 25 years!! Believe it or not!

Horace Parlan "UP & DOWN" Blue Note. Booker Ervin really cooks on this!!

Now spinning: Archie Shepp "Tray of Silver" Dennon. W/ Mickey Tucker, Takashi Mizuhashi, Roy Brooks and Howard Johnson.

A few years back I had the good fortune to see Honeyboy live here in Denver. I chatted with him for a bit, however he was being innundated by "yuppies" who, to a one, were asking him only about Robert Johnson, he took it in stride, but seemed a little annoyed by all that. Musically, it was a fantastic show. Long live Honey boy!! -----HB

Ah! THE GRIP by Blythe is superb!! Right now, on the wheels of steel: Joe Henderson "Page One" Blue note. W/ Kenny Dorham, Butch Warren, McCoy Tyner and Pete LA Roca.