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Something that always struck me was the failure of fully capturing on record the sonic intensity of his music. It was a volcano eruption. Albert Ayler's meteoric presence in our midst prevents me from focusing on lesser albums. There are not enough recorded testimonies of his music to differentiate between them. All of it need to be heard as evidence of a man with a total musical honesty. Just wish there was enough material available on unknown on tapes to warrant a second Revenant box...

Art Pepper 'Complete Galaxy' box, CDs 5 and 6

Lennie Niehaus 'The Quintets' (OJC)

French clarinet player Maxim Saury died today in a suburban Paris hospital. He was 84. Saury played from 1954 to 1967 at the Caveau de la Huchette club on the Left Bank. Saury with Pops:

Benny Golson 'New York Scene' (Contemporary, mono original)

Shorty Rogers 'Wherever the Five Wind Blow' (RCA Victor)

The Duke Ellington Orchestra was my dream band. It still is...

Changes in the Joe Albany film: John Hawkes to play the title role http://www.chicagotr...0,3008348.story

Tadd Dameron 'The Magic Touch' (Riverside OJC)

Have to get used to the changes... were they really necessary? One thing I regret is that when you check a page you are not directed to the last current post but to the top of the last page

continuing to explore this splendid set. Now listening to the Roy Eldridge sides

Sonny Stitt 'The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt' (Roost)