clifford_thornton

Excellent, intense French saxophonist. The trio with Thelin and Favre is good and he's on Portal's excellent Splendid Yzlment (CBS), but the group Armonicord and its LP "Esprits de Sel" is really where he shines. That record is wonderful, and heavy as all get-out. https://www.discogs.com/Armonicord-Esprits-De-Sel/release/1464440

Happy Birthday, Chuck!

same, SY are one of my favorite bands of all time. I did really enjoy the Spirit Counsel concert last year w/ Deb Googe, James Sedwards, and Steve Shelley. Great music, full of subtlety.

I'd like to hear that. Looks rad.

Digging up an old thread sure brings up a lot of memories; I wish I was a little less of a turkey posting on here 14 years ago, but whatever. Thurston's improvising has either grown on me or he's gotten better, quieter, taken more time -- something like that. I've had all the stuff he mentions on that list for many years, and all of it is deserving of mention. The thing is, he wrote that shit in 1995 so some things like the first Michel Portal record on Pathé or Giorgio Gaslini's Nuovi Sentimenti or Takagi Mototeru's 2 to 10 Saxophone Adventure (find that one and send it to me) probably weren't yet on his radar. There's always stuff to learn about. Jouck Minor is a fabulous player. Jon Dale's list is pretty good. I don't do lists anymore because every fuckin' day I hear something I haven't heard before, even in the albums I already own. Ain't that beautiful? I miss clem.

Yeah, Strata-East handled distribution but the artists had to put up finished recordings & production costs, and controlled everything down to the look of the record jacket. So it really would have been her album.

Boscoe is great, dunno if that's still in print.

Georgakarakos and Delcloo are no longer living. I'm not sure about Young and Boruso; Young would be in his early 70s now.

BYG was operated by Fernand Boruso Jean-Luc Young, and Jean Georgakarokos, and also funded and promoted the Actuel festival of new music in Amougies, Belgium, were connected to the Actuel magazine founded by Claude Delcloo (later run by J-F Bizot) and Current magazine, which was of a more political flavor. Pretty sure the BYG folks stepped out of the publishing biz soon after 1970. Georgakarakos remained involved in music, most notably operating Celluloid (Material, Billy Bang, Golden Palominos, et al.). They were definitely connected to filmmakers and others in French underground media in the 60s and beyond. I seem to recall that Mobley was more part of that scene than recordings would outlay, and Shepp and Philly Joe Jones would probably have been the connection.

oof. Too soon in my book, at least in the US. Still hunkered down over on my end.

never saw 'em, but ditto.

amazing.

Really hoping they do a Hated set. It's been rumored for a while.

I used to have Earthy, All Day Long, and All Night Long -- all quite good. Dakar and Tenor Conclave are still in the Coltrane stacks, both solid LPs.

True, add Hard Talk to the pile as well. I need to revisit Moods as it's been forever!

I came on just to say that -- Sempre Amore might be the easiest to find but the Hat Hut set is absolutely shattering. And don't snooze on the America and Victor LPs if you run into them... great music.

I will probably buy at least a few copies. Congrats.

That makes sense as far as it being straight to cut-out, most of the copies I've seen have had bb holes or promo indentations in the sleeve as well.

Same. Yeah, the piano section on the Keystone set will floor you.

I don't have enough Rivers from the CD era, to be honest. I think I have everything from the LP era (except that weird solo educational record). Sadly never saw him live.

I think Chuck bought it when it came out in the US in 1969. I've certainly seen enough US copies that would indicate its proper release at the time.

Awesome LP... there've been a few nudges in the direction of a reissue. I'll keep people apprised if it happens.

It's really good, as is the following volume, Zenith, with Charli Persip, Barry Altschul, Dave Holland... sorta double trio action, I guess, or along the lines of a Schlippenbach outfit I saw, 2x3=5. Wrote the notes for the next volume of Rivers' archival material on NoBusiness CD, a Keystone Korner set from '78 with Holland and Altschul that's very heavy.

RIP. He was brilliant.

those America LPs are better than Statements, in my opinion. I have Statements on Joker; Japanese pressing. Jones was something else, really love the Enja in particular.