clifford_thornton

Thanks for sharing the Shipp posts, can see 'em now. I guess I am a bit young to have witnessed a lot of what he's talking about, and the outing bit is even worse than I realized.

no longer on FB, and wish I could read Matt's thread. certainly Crouch was an asshole but he is/was hard to avoid on some level if one engages seriously with this music.

Wonder if we'll ever get to hear the Black Music Infinity recordings? Or read Outlaws & Gladiators?

yeah. though much earlier, Ain't No Ambulances... gets deep into some very homophobic zones. Not easy to stomach.

My thoughts exactly.

I remember this post on JC. The Smith looks legit and very much a one-off at the pressing plant. Would be fun to have -- part of the crazy game of record collecting, for sure!

That's it. Glad to know they are selling copies!

Huh -- I have the original Actuels, good performances but sound like shit. Didn't realize they were recorded that much earlier than 1970-71.

I have nothing to do with it, haha -- just heard it. I'll post something when distribution is secured.

the duo with Silva is my favorite of the newer releases. A solo trumpet/text piece is coming out on LP in France, will keep folks apprised of that one. It's beautiful.

Bummer. Great bassist.

great record. I recall that being Dizzy's favorite among his own records.

yeah, I have the Both Directions set on LP and that version is nice/fine. The Coltranes both were easily bigger sellers as downloads or Spotify streams, and I'm sure that the Monk will be the same way. I still would rather have a CD than a few files on my Apple Music setup.

So I assume it's like the Coltrane "Blue World" CD packaging, which is/was pretty shoddy. I'll still buy the thing when it comes out in ten days, but sheesh, Impulse! really could give less of a shit what their product looks like.

Cadence North Country was sold to a pianist whose name escapes me at the moment, and he is handling the shop.

ha, it would not surprise me. Luckily this artist would have not been for lovers!

yeah, they have really made a mess of the Takoma catalog. A friend was working with one of the Takoma artists, before that artist passed, and Concord basically did not want to license his music nor put it out themselves. Just holding an obscure album hostage for no gain.

Sad news -- I was traveling this weekend but heard it from my former editor at the NYC Jazz Record who, like NPR, had received confirmation from family members. Glad I got to catch him live once (not with Jarrett!!).

yeah, true, I tend to spend less on non-jazz records anyway. Jazzinvinyl were great, miss that place.

I'd be fine with a hq reissue; never seen the Deccas at anything close to an affordable price, at least for clean copies...

I picked it up at a nearby shop for $80. Great sound, really nice package. I used to own Nidhamu and Nature's God, but neither were in the greatest of condition and I sold them ages ago. Honestly, I'm happy with the box set. For what it's worth, the shop I bought it from was taking appointments at 9AM so I was one of three people at the opening, and we cleaned them out of Ra boxes. I think it must have sold very well yesterday. An addendum to the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble, I think that Holidays did an excellent job with that reissue as well; my opinion stands now as I guess it did when I owned an original: the first side is quite interesting, but the second side is (to my ears) rather boring. Better to learn that for $25 than $500 !

saw that Colin Fisher group play at a bar in Greenpoint years ago, fantastic... haven't heard the album however. Karl's 2CD is amazing, full stop.

agree! and the interview with Roy Brooks on the CD version is a treat as well.

website is still active at least. I think he did a very good job while he was doing CDs.

what happened to Horwich anyway?