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I have the CD box but should get that again, just for the accessibility of LP sides. It is a great set.

Thanks for this writeup; it puts the album in a little more context. Maybe someday we'll get to hear it!

https://www.theideasletter.org/essay/a-pure-act-in-a-dirty-world/ I think this is a great interview and really stands out... enjoy! And IIRC there isn't a Matthew Shipp corner; maybe I'm a bit biased to start one, but someone should.

Will definitely check this out. I have not met Tad though we live in the same town... curious.

a friend was in your shoes and eventually was given the box and book, so it does happen!

I have never heard this record, though I've seen it around. Might give it a try one day.

👍🏼👍🏼 Also born today: Sonny Red, John Ore, Walter Booker, and Ronnie Boykins.

Hard to process these kinds of senseless acts. Their son was likely in some sort of severe dissociative state and I can't imagine he was in his right mind. Such a terrible tragedy indeed. RIP.

will grip if US sellers stock this; I have a digital promo someplace. It is a pretty neat set.

guess if you meet Gene & are in politics, the future is what it is!

Thanks! That's a great example.

yep, have all of these on LP or Cd, and they're fantastic indeed.

ah, thanks. I don't own any of the ESPs on CD.

would be easy enough to do the Japanese Victors as 4 CDs, right? Two solos, the date with Peacock, the date with Hino, Tokyo Bound, and maybe Spanish Bitch could be included if there's room? Don't forget Bill! FWIW, bassist Kiyoshi Tokunaga, who worked with Giuffre, is also on the Curran LP. He also played drums and trumpet, and I believe is/was mostly based out of Seattle. Not sure if he is still alive.

ESP at least included the year and month, but it would be nice to know specific days/dates as well.

Yeah, definitely in the NYAQ era. The photos are hard to find but I've seen a few. The verso of Mohawk kind of shows the white face paint, but it's not a very clear photo.

As "Streets the Clown," yes. John Tchicai also painted his face in the 1960s.

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I am unsure if he's still alive, but the alto saxophonist Byron Allen was born on this day in 1939.

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It is truly extraordinary. Been a while.

Helen Merrill avec Peacock/Satoh/M. Hino -- Sposin' -- Storyville FR

yeah, stuff just gets broken or disappears with various updates to operating systems, storage, and platform architecture. A lot of my AAJ reviews, articles, and interviews are damaged or abbreviated because of this--to say nothing of the various sites I wrote for that have gone completely dark. The moral of that story is to back everything up and ensure you have access copies (my early 2000s self needed a talking to!).

good call on the Revelation recordings, of which there are many. Perhaps starting with Gary Foster, Warne Marsh, and Dennis Budimir... It is too bad that Jonathan doesn't post here anymore, and that the Joe Daley expanded reissue did not materialize. Warne Marsh needs an assessment beyond the Atlantic set (Konitz/Tristano/Marsh), though of course we have many labels to choose from and licensing could be an issue.