clifford_thornton

Harold Ashby (1925), Bill Barron (1927), and Dennis Moorman (1940) as well...

I'd like to clear out my last 5 copies of Singularity Codex; message me here for a copy. $20 shipped anywhere in the US. They make a great Passover gift!

I bet that's good. The only Freeman LP I have is Something Tender (bought on a Larry Kart recommendation).

Nice! Alto saxophonists James Moody (1925) and Christer Boustedt (1939) as well... both gone.

Those would sell now, but at the time, post-Coltrane modal jazz wasn't really moving units like it currently does. I also remember a time when those records were cheap and nobody cared...

Saw Rufus with Byard Lancaster once. It was a very interesting gig. I certainly would not have otherwise guessed it was him on this track, and he's a bit stiff so Barron & Pope are both out as possibilities. That said, and having not really spent time with his Atlantics, the choice is rather illuminating. The piece with Woods is fun; it doesn't appear to be on a record I own so will be curious to find out more. The overdubbed solo soprano composition is really nice; it's not Surman, but does seem to be dipping into a similar well.

King Pleasure (1922), Dave Burns (1924), Kalaparusha (1936), Paul McCandless (1947) also born today...

oh, I meant the rest of the BFT; Gardens of Harlem I know very well!

12 is Clifford Thornton (the real one) from The Gardens of Harlem, tenor player is Roland Alexander. The cut is called "O Desayo." Bassist is Andy González. Guess I need to listen to the rest of it!

Good news, and glad to have you back. I owe you a call, just been swamped/under various rocks...

It kinda already exists in the form of the NoBusiness Sam Rivers live series, but I suppose you are probably looking toward the albums on Fluid, Red, Vedette, Circle, Horo, Black Saint, Tomato, Impulse, and ECM.

I know Dexter's BN LPs remain sought-after, but I wonder whether his playing catches the ear of current/newer jazz buyers the way that, say, Joe Henderson does? My guess is no, but it's their loss...

I don't think so, but I'm not a Dexpert.

Dexter BNs would be a no-brainer at this point. I'd buy one to plug some holes.

Yes, sorry, was exhausted last night -- we'll get started probably closer to 7.

This is forthcoming soon and I'm curious to read it. I know a bio was out ~15 years ago, and I probably should give that one a read as well. That was before her recent bump in popularity, exhibition in LA, etc.. https://www.jazztimes.com/reviews/books/book-review-cosmic-music-the-life-art-and-transcendence-of-alice-coltrane/?v=0b3b97fa6688 For anyone in the Hudson Valley, there'll be a book reading/signing co-presented by Tubby's and Rough Draft Books on Thursday, April 2 (FREE). I'll play some relevant recordings before and after. Hope to see you there, and also feel free to chime in with thoughts on the volume/s if you have any.

Yes! I have these musicians listed for March 21: †Santo "Mr. Tailgate" Pecora, 1902-84 †Hank D’Amico, 1915-65 †Sir Charles Thompson, 1918-2016 †Masaru Imada, 1932-2025 Mike Westbrook, b. 1936 †Herbert Joos, 1940-2019 Amina Claudine Myers, b. 1942 J.T. Bates, b. 1975

yeah, everything is fine -- nothing out of the ordinary, apparently. I am 49 and should have gotten my first one a few years ago, so I was a little concerned, but "all's clear." Thanks.

home recovering from a colonoscopy and listening to: Kees Hazevoet - Pleasure One - (Peace, NL)

don't have that one. Apparently it is a 7".

that would have been really interesting...

The Philips LPs are great and most have been reissued on CD. Possibly a better use of one's funds.

I too grabbed that Mujician set. I think I have the first disc/performance as a FLAC somewhere (inconstant sol) but the other two discs were new to me. Excellent group, and prolific, though I've never heard a set I didn't like.

agreed. Once Zoot clicked for me, he never let up.

Ah, that's too bad, but what a life!