Guy Berger

Moraz had zero impact on the trajectory either way. The band was starting to run out of ideas by the early 1970s. Fair characterization. A huge contributor to their sound, which coupled w/Justin Hayward and John Lodge’s superior songwriting made the early MB albums worn so well. There are a few instrumentals by him on the early MB albums that are awesome.

This is very good! Thanks for the recommendation.

Dang. One of the most important non-musicians in jazz over the past 50 years.

There was lots of griping at the time about his “productivity” but I am glad we have so many recordings of him There’s a new one forthcoming on Intakt in the next month or two

Terrific! Even though I’m pretty behind on actually listening to this music 🤣

Btw I ended up exploring the albums from the debut through Arthur, all on Spotify. I was able to also explore a lot of the great non album tracks. Personal taste but I’d rank in terms of quality: Face to Face (4.5 stars) Something Else (4.5 stars) Village Green Preservation Society (4 stars) Arthur (3.5 stars) Kinda Kinks (3.5 stars, largely on the strength of the 1965 singles which are bonus tracks on the Spotify version) Kink Kontroversy (3 stars) Kinks (2 stars)

So I’m finally getting around to listening to Volume 1! Very good music, if you like Horace’s music you won’t be disappointed - though it’s not the best HT I have heard.

This one and Early Reflections are both incredibly good albums. Wish Benny would record more.

RIP. Added a lot to some good recordings.

They were indeed great. They played a Hemphill tune and Berne told a funny story - he’d seen Hemphill playing this tune with Lester Bowie and Don Moye in a venue with 3 people in the audience - Berne, Marty Ehrlich and one other person. This was the first time Berne and Ehrlich met.

Tim Berne, Greg Belisle-Chi, and Tom Rainey trio

Mine arrived. I’m a little confused about the numbering but I think so far we have 1, 2, 6, 8, and 11?

I first got into jazz and had the same experience. I mostly “knew of him” because my dad (who wasn’t a big jazz fan) liked him.

Good take.

Not interested in this book, but definitely interested in more Unicorse content