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The Music of !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, Africa -- (Folkways, US)

Stanley Cowell/Dave Burrell -- Questions/Answers -- (Trio, JP)

It was tempting but I passed, mainly because I'm getting ready to move and staring down the barrel of boxing up way too many records and CDs already.

Eddie Daniels -- This Is New -- (Takt, JP) nice quintet date with Terumasa & Motohiko Hino, Masabumi Kikuchi, and Kunimitsu Inaba.

sad news. Griffiths was awesome; don't know Nichols.

Once I'm qualified I'm definitely getting it!

Rooster, I think you did the right thing. Lon, sorry to hear about your dad. Hoping that he turns the right corner.

Jimmy Greene talked about it quite a bit when I saw him perform a few years ago. When I interviewed Jackie, I did get a strong "hanging out in the professor's office hours" vibe. Same with Archie Shepp. One can at least get a sense of the style.

I have an original and it is a bit lo fi but that's part of its charm. Still a powerful record, certainly my favorite of Reid's Mustevic albums. Haven't heard the Universal Sound to compare. Ali Abuwi recorded it at Studio We, down on Eldridge and Rivington in the Lower East Side (the building is still there, luxury apartments above a deli), and always favored a much more raw and gritty approach to capturing sound.

that's not bad. By the way, they should be coming from Lithuania, not Latvia.

I saw the Arkestra last right before COVID hit the US, and they sounded tremendous. This was at Town Hall in New York. I'll have to pick this up!

Shit, sad sad news. Never saw him perform but always loved his music. RIP.

Ugh, so sorry to hear this. And Dimitry, get well soon.

Ouch. Sad news.

Right, that would make sense. Now: Gianni Basso Quartet -- Jazz A Confronto 3 -- Horo

I just have the King JP version, which sounds good enough if possibly a little thin. Great session.

The one time I saw him was at Sista's Place in Brooklyn with Harold E. Smith, Bert Harris, Ed Crockett, and Rufus and Messiah Harley sitting in. Wild night, and amazing music.

Schiano/Bellatalla/Liguori -- Concerto della Statale -- (Edizione di Cultura Populare)

The Palm titles are mostly real good (Mother Africa is kind of a clinker). Worked on a reissue of his Black Fire CD, now on LP, that's coming out via Strut this spring. Pretty interesting record, definitely veers into more populist territory but I like it. https://black-fire.bandcamp.com/album/my-pure-joy never saw a digital/CD reissue

those Taylor records really get under my skin. Glad to have them on CD at least!

ah, too bad. There's a really interesting interview with Oregon in Downbeat from when the group started. I will see if I can dig it out. Never got too into their music, but the interview is a good read.

Great selections but too much hyperbole. Also, Moholo is only on one additional track of the Elton Dean; Phil Howard was the group's drummer and plays on the rest of the album. Bandcamp Daily writing has, in my experience, left quite a bit to be desired.

yeah, correct -- 32Jazz reissued it as part of their Muse catalog reissues.

yeah, 32 Euros to ship a CD... seems like there must be another way. Would like to hear that Schols disc as well.