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RIP. There will never be a coterie of musicians like that again.

I'm in a similar boat. The Ahmed Abdullah book -- one of my favorite jazz memoir-type things ever -- illuminated a lot of it for me, and I did feel more appreciation for later Ra as a result.

as an archivist I agree in most instances, unless clarification of said image is necessary to aid in research purposes.

yeah, I think he finally did. That's my understanding.

Fascinating. I asked Ras, too, and he said this Ali was a different guy. The drummer Rashied Ali did play trumpet and studied the instrument with Bill Dixon (with whom he was also playing drums). The timing (pun not intended) does line up, for what it's worth. Norio Maeda indeed became a very interesting pianist and composer; I have several of his albums in the racks.

Jeez. I stand corrected. At least it seems easily findable on sites like Discogs, especially the later pressings.

Should be Norio Maeda and ofc I would love to hear this. ditto Ali on trumpet; I asked Ras Moshe whether any recorded examples of Rashied on trumpet existed, and he thought not...

would be interesting to hear the alternates, at least, but I do feel like we are swimming in Sun Ra at this point and there's material I'd rather see out there before Ra Transition-era false starts. Just my .02 of course.

yeah, absolutely fair.

yes, have both of the Revelation albums filed and they are truly excellent. Domanico's birthday was yesterday, as a matter of fact. He would have turned 81.

Excellent news though I would not feel wrong in saying that this could have been handled differently...

heal up !

Ditto. Never had that particular Anthony Davis album.

they're both listed as available on CD or LP via the Delmark website.

Neloms sounds great on this clip, wow!

on another forum, we used to call the vinyl YT show-and-tell videos "buttlock videos." Forever clenched... anyway, I steer well clear of them as I prefer my sphincter to remain loose.

cool to see the silver print design for vol. 2, but now that I've seen it I don't need it would be kinda neat if they reused the Sonet design (I do think that's a wonderfully appealing alternative), but... yeah, this stuff has been out so many times I don't see a reason to do it again. Maybe not private jet wasteful, but pretty wasteful.

Very nice, though I already have the trusty Delmark issues of this material. El is a Sound of Joy indeed.

The only thing I do re: Gofundme is not add the "tip" for operational services. Otherwise I assume the money is going to the recipient; am I wrong about this? Does Gofundme take a cut?

no cloud backup? Jeez. Painful.

Greetings! I write to you this the morning after finishing Straight Up Without Wings: The Musical Flight of Joe McPhee, the multi-instrumentalist and improviser's 166 page memoir, out now in paperback from Corbett vs. Dempsey. On any one of his instruments McPhee is a narrator though his "chapters" often feel oblique or surreal, as grounded as they are in the raw materials of life, experience, and sound. As a memoir, Straight Up Without Wings moves laterally, much like the PO music concept that has been a part of his compositional approach for decades, or the Deep Listening of his friend and collaborator Pauline Oliveros –– in print, stories may have asides or repeat for emphasis, or burrow into an odd corner that you never expected to end up in. McPhee's stories are real and the context they generate is utterly unique. It is a fascinating read and I hope you pick up a copy. Therefore it gives me great pleasure to announce that on February 16, 2025 at 5 pm (early start!) Joe McPhee, co-author Mike Faloon, and myself will be in conversation at Tubby's –– I hope Joe will also read some from the book, because to hear Joe recite anything is a treat in itself. After that, McPhee and saxophonist/longtime musical partner Joe Giardullo will play duo improvisations. It will be an extraordinary celebration of Joe's life and work in the Hudson Valley and beyond. Tickets are available online for $18 or at the door for $20. This will be one hell of an evening and I hope you can make it. Please pass the word to your friends! Interview I did with Joe McPhee years ago: https://www.cliffordallen.me/interviews/an-interview-with-multi-instrumentalist-joe-mcphee Interview I did with Joe Giardullo years ago: https://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/giardullo.html Take good care and thank you for your interest.

Yeah, that dude @michael89___ posts those rarities on the 'gram, he goes very deep in his collecting. But I agree, they aren't touted a whole lot although that could change in time. I still think that relative availability helps to develop clout -- way more Black Jazz and Strata-East records are out there in the field than an original Yamame, for example.

yeah, true. The earlier Japanese hard bop records were and remain a LOT harder to find outside of Japan in their original state than, say, Tubby Hayes albums. Some were reissued starting in the late 1970s but before then, good luck... and even in Japan, originals are pretty rare.

Too bad, he was really something else.