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Really interested in hearing this. Sloan and Kenslow bought Tom's collection and store stock (Jazz Record Revival) earlier in the year, so I'd assume that's when it was unearthed. I can understand wanting to move quickly while Jordan is still alive, but it would be nice to know who else is on the date.

Desmond is great on it indeed. Love their pairing in the 50s and 60s.

so sorry to hear this, Larry. My condolences.

yeah, excellent player. Still active in Amsterdam -- those cheese warehouse sessions are mighty fine. Look him up on YouTube. Thanks for checking the interview!

Noord posts here once in a while. Love Cry & Super Nimbus is definitely a "want"... the Soulbrass Inc. record is quite excellent.

agree. the Free Jazz Blog is weak sauce.

the only record cover I have that I plan to frame is a defaced Kenny G album that an artist friend of mine did some ghastly alterations to, including partially wrapping it in a toilet paper coating.

not Pure Pleasure. Very high quality reissue, and the label is working with the man himself on getting it out again. I'm traveling for work but will try to post up some good shots when I get back in a couple weeks. We moved three months ago and I can safely say everything is out of boxes and into some sort of shelving situation.

My apartment in Brooklyn had 11' ceilings and I was able to do shelves much like TTK's setup. All custom birch ply shelving, floor to ceiling. Now as I'm in the Hudson Valley and living in a house, the LPs are in a couple of rooms to spread out the load and not put undue stress on the floors. It's not as impressive at first glance (and I'm still working on the feng shui) but the contents are what matters. It's a modest size collection of about 6,000 LPs and 2,500 CDs.

it should hew to the sound of the original.

for what it is worth I know a little more about the Alkebulan reissue. It's a slow process but afaik it is still happening!

Ah yes, I know of her through Ted but haven't heard that CD. Will seek it out.

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Unless your name is Senator Jesse Helms, I don't think the "you" was directed at you, HutchFan. and yeah, Helms was full of rot, probably still is.

+1

Novotny is/was fantastic. I never met him or saw him live, but I have a number of vintage LPs: RAU, Three Motions, and the related outfit Masters of Unorthodox Jazz (which Novotny was not part of, far out stuff) and would love to hear the recording with Greene.

that's fair -- I am not one of those to insist free players are on a higher level. It's music I love very much but I also love straight ahead jazz, trad, swing, and whatever else. There's room for everybody.

Well, every time something bubbles up about free players not being able to play changes or read music, I feel like it has to be trotted out -- like an abstract visual artist has to be Michelangelo in their drawing ability. Sure, some foundation can help, but why do what Michelangelo did? Why play like Bird did, or why sight-read Stravinsky when that's not what your music requires? Or, perhaps a musician can do this but prefers to play free music -- then let them do it. A sampling of the musicians on that boxed set, many of whom were excellent readers/composers/players in a wide range of settings: Steve Lacy, Bobby Few, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Rutherford, Misha Mengelberg, Willem Breuker, Irène Schweizer, Vinko Globokar, Albert Mangelsdorff, Fred van Hove, Johnny Dyani... and then there are people like Brötzmann and Frank Wright, Alan Silva, and others, who may not be able to read microscopic fly shit on paper but are tremendous musicians in other ways.

yeah, Dusty usually carries Gearbox LPs. They aren't hard to get in the US. Looking forward to hearing this.

Crazy list of places that shut down. Some in Williamsburg I knew well and some of those closed not because of the pandemic, but because of other primary factors.

excellent set. The book is amazing.

yeah, I mean YMMV after De Perikels but...

Wow. HBBB!

Have both on LP and they're fantastic. Jazz in Paradiso was part of a Dulfer CD box that EMI Holland did some years ago; I never had that, but it looked pretty all-encompassing. I feel like all of those Catfish LPs should have standalone reissues. They're indispensable. https://www.discogs.com/Hans-Dulfer-The-Formative-Years-68-98/release/6557889

definitely English subtitles where needed, otherwise none.