clifford_thornton

I was just revisiting & blasting Harper's "Live in Europe" on Soul Note last night... great record indeed.

Sad, any way you look at it.

Sonnet is the one I would like to own, as it's got a freer piece by Hideto Kanai, who I like quite a bit.

seems like distro is putting it out for $450-$600 which is a bit too much to plunk down, lavish as it might be.

where'd you get it? I see that it's sold out from the source.

I'll definitely buy it, but as lavish as the LP version looks, I won't be splashing out for that behemoth. The hype is exhausting but that comes with the territory for a lot of these releases.

The HAE was one of a number of groups within BAG, and I associate it mostly with the saxophonist James Marshall and his wife, vocalist Carol Marshall, as well as Shaw and Thomas. Marshall was white, as were players like John Lindberg and James Emery, who also passed through the group, and it was less focused on political-social ideologies of Black Music (hence the Human Arts Ensemble).

I'm quite sure he was sitting in and hanging out with Trane at the Penthouse during these gigs. I will have to look through my interview with Carlos to see if I can corroborate anything. His sound is pretty recognizable so if we can hear a clip it should be fairly easy to discern him. Yes, he confirmed playing a bunch with Trane at the Penthouse when Joe Brazil was recording, though not specifically playing the composition A Love Supreme.

Leni Sinclair was there shooting photos. I have a glossy of Cecil that she took at that concert.

Jones and Watts were the best aspects of that band.

yeah I saw her a number of times in concert in NYC. Amazing musician.

as I understand it, the poem read on Fanfare is by Jarman. The poem on the record (not on the cover) of Levels and Degrees is by Amus Mor/David Moore.

Yes, I think you are right -- not sure about before that with respect to the saxophonists we're talking about. I agree with you to an extent about Free & Tristano, bu there are so many ways to play free that don't intersect with him & his ideas directly, it becomes a bit of an analytical shell game. Musica Elettronica Viva had a piece called "Chinese Food" but it wasn't necessarily take-out from Confucius, y'know?

yes, Halperin -- those NoBusiness CDs are excellent, albeit rather free. I suppose anyone who studied with Connie Crothers is tangentially part of the larger school, too.

yeah, the big band is something I had been thinking I needed to check out.

Sad news. He and Brian Jones were the most interesting aspects of that band, I thought. RIP.

Lenny Popkin is still with us. Carol too, as far as I know.

ah yes, know him from Wave LPs obviously. Richard Tabnik would be in that generation as well, or maybe a shade younger.

yeah, I have the US Emarcy pressing but the original Philips surely is a beaut.

yeah, I think you are right but he still played and worked his ass off! I suppose Dick Scott/Tox Drohar is still with us, as far as surviving Tristano-ites go.

According to London Jazz News, the great bassist, recording engineer, and visual artist Peter Ind passed yesterday at 93. He must've been one of the last alive to have worked with Lennie Tristano. https://londonjazznews.com/2021/08/21/rip-peter-ind-1928-2021/

been after a sharp copy of Rings for some time! Al-Fatihah and Le Temps Fou are probably the biggest holes (in terms of originals) in my collection. The reissues are nice but in 25 years of collecting, I never lucked out on first-state copies.

haha, probably -- Coltrane on Columbia!

original link is broken. Perhaps they pulled it?