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I've only read the Paris Transatlantic interview from a few years back, but Greene seemed pretty forgiving. It sounded like Baraka had himself dismissed the article as a youthful mistake and effectively apologised. I'm not sure how much of that is real on either side.

It's a pretty serious hit job. I always wondered whether something personal lay behind it. It's not like Greene was the most high profile white free jazz artist. Until I read that Nate Chinen piece, I actually had no idea that Burton Greene was on that Patty Waters album. It's an album I have lived with all my adult life, since before I even got into jazz. The brittle sounds of the strummed insides of the piano have really stuck with me through the decades.

A good article. I was surprised to see.on Twitter that Nate Chinen was tweeting about Greene, as I mistakenly assumed that he would not have been on his radar.

I read somewhere that Dave Brubeck was partially Native American, and/or that he identified as such, but looking at Wikipedia it looks like it may not be correct. Anyway, musical influence minimal.

Not the fourbass tubass quintet?

Great idea for a thread.

Ron Miles - I Am A Man (Yellowbird, 2017). First listen. I am surprised at how much I am enjoying this one. It's something to do with the mix of Ron Miles' cornet with Brian Blade's, Jason Moran's and Bill Frisell's quite different sensibilities, even though those three are not necessarily normally a "pull" for me.

Some interesting new releases on Ayler recently, according to Bandcamp.

This is sad news. Those ESPs are among my favourites. I have read a few interviews with him in the past and he didn't have an easy life, but there was a lovely quality to him (at least as he comes across on the page).

I always wonder what became of him.

Interesting. So you would go for the earlier twofer out of the two? I own neither on LP, but this record has followed me since I was much younger, and I always wanted to (as you may be able to tell from the Avi). I'm currently listening to a first print Nonaah by Mr. Mitchell. No need for improvement there.

One day I will own this.

I guess that's a start.

There's a new book out by Philip Freeman, who runs the Burning Ambulance newsletter, podcast and label, called Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century. https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/ugly-beauty-jazz-21st-century Has anyone come across it or read it? Any opinions?

What's the Konitz connection? I'm intrigued.

It has a great lineup.

She's not that talkative, but from what I've seen, nothing gets the punters coming back through the door like Arthur Blythe's Metamorphosis. Time and time again.

Unfortunately that is basic functionality. The youngest (11 months) is going through a charming stage where she pulls out my vinyl from the racks, admires it, sits on it and sometimes eats it. She has a particular taste for original India Navigation and Black Saint / Soul Note releases.

Dealt with my problem in the end. I decided to go for a Rega Plenar 3 with an upgraded Exact cartridge. It's more than I had wanted to spend but in retrospect I am very glad I did. Thanks everyone for the advice. Certainly more intelligible than what was on offer from the Hoffs.

Great record. Not an easy one to find, side B label or not

Oh yes. Sorry. I’d hastily read the title of the thread as referring to one of his 1960s releases. It seems a bizarre thing to say. My only guess is that it might refer to Hawes’ role in West Coast jazz (Shorty Rogers, etc., rather than Harold Land) or his embrace of electric keyboards - both of which have been unpopular with critics at times. But “much maligned”?!

When were the notes written?

This is a nice one. I'm not sure how I missed it first time around.

Association PC - Erna Morena (MPS, 1973)

Currently also incredibly rare due to yeast shortages as a result of the pandemic.