clifford_thornton

thanks for these recollections... I did not realize he had Parkinson's. it is always sad when we lose a board member. Guy was many things to this community, that's for sure. And his positivity and enthusiasm underscored it all.

Too bad. Amazing sound on the instrument.

Yeah, he was on the BNBB. Brandon Burke did an interesting interview with him in Wax Poetics. That must’ve been about 20 years ago now.

Very sad to hear of our friend brownie's passing. He was an invaluable resource for so many of us with this music, not to mention having photographed the new music and musicians in New York and Paris during the 1960s. https://apnews.com/article/guy-kopelowicz-france-obituary-3b0173beacfe8b6c40324ec2a80ffab1 Hopefully he and Marion Brown are sharing some cosmic ice cream.

Nice one. Japanese promo, too.

THIS. And yes, I agree that Rainey, Ches Smith, and Nasheet haven't been well captured on disc sometimes. Seeing them in person is another story. I remember the first time I saw Tom play live, at a coffee house in Austin with Malaby and the trombonist Brian Allen (Brian was the leader), my socks were completely knocked asunder.

Great pairing!

I really like Joey Sullivan, who’s based in Philly. I don’t believe he’s even 30.

I agree with the names you mention. Nasheet I first saw with Andrew Hill and Peter Brötzmann (separately) almost 25 years ago. He’s excellent. I don’t know that recordings always capture these artists’ work well, but that has always been the case.

Never connected with them, but that’s probably on me. There are definitely a lot of fine (at a minimum) drummers on the scene! But the working situations leave a lot to be desired and I think that has a detrimental effect on the “feel” of the music. It’s not so lived-in, nor is it particularly cutthroat.

I quite enjoy that Jackeyboard album. “Jazz” is in a weird place and it’s not only one instrument (or set of instruments) that has a blandness problem. But that’s another thread!

Cecil with Cyrille, Murray, Charles Albert Ayler with Murray, Harris, Graves Pullen with Graves, Richmond Alexander von Schlippenbach with Sven-Åke Johansson François Tusques with Sunny Murray Cecil and/or Bill Dixon with Tony Oxley Derek Bailey with Oxley or Han Bennink Howard Riley with Oxley, Alan Jackson, Jon Hiseman, John Stevens Trevor Watts with John Stevens Evan Parker with Stevens, Paul Lytton, Han Bennink Irène Schweizer with Pierre Favre (or Cyrille, Bennink, Moholo, Sommer)

Love that one. Have the Japanese LP pressing with that cover as well. Probably the first place I (and most people outside of Japan) heard Hideo Ichikawa.

Wasn’t expecting this unfortunate news. One of the absolute greats. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/27/jack-dejohnette-versatile-jazz-drummer-miles-davis-fusion-dies-aged-83

Ah, man, I hope for many healing days to come, Gheorghe.

Saw them many times in the 90s/early 00s, including prior to Jeff Parker joining up, as well as more recently. While my interest in the records has ebbed, I still enjoy their live gigs. I am curious to hear the new one. Interesting that they left the Thrill Jockey home.

Being SOL sucks!

with good reason...

never owned that one, but would certainly grab the LP if I ran into it. Great band.

The Kent Carters are excellent indeed. yeah, there's still some gaps to fill I see... too bad they don't ship to the US!

the order has been pre-'d.

I'll be interested to read this, although I suppose it'll be a recap of some of what I've read in Mats's auction catalogs/Discaholic Corner, Thurston's Grand Royal Magazine article, etc.

Too bad. I also dig his 60s work.

That Stuttgart set is fantastic.

There are other threads that go into a number of folks’ issues with him, most of which center on hyperbole and quality control. I don't really feel like going into all of it here, but a search should reveal it all.