clifford_thornton

great record. Glad it's getting some availability again.

Sad news! RIP to one of the greats.

the pressings suck. It took me several copies of La Vie De Boheme (Dave Burrell) to get one that didn't have a sticking spot on side two. It would not surprise me if these were defective Moncurs; that being said I have both records and they are fine as far as playing through.

yeah, I don't have much either, but that Gyllen Cirkeln LP on Metronome is excellent.

So this would have been right between Lytton's participation in White Noise and his joining up with Evan Parker in '70. Nice.

^ this. RIP. What a life.

got a few of their records but I must say none of 'em have been on deck in a decade!

ah, thanks for the info! Never saw that one.

Thanks Mark -- definitely have heard of this band, probably read about in liner notes or some such. Must've been a gas to see in concert.

without having heard it, my guess is they nabbed it from the older Columbia UK CD and maybe punched things up a bit.

I don't think it's legit, if you are referring to the 2012 CD. Much of their stuff is 'unofficial.'

Yeah, that looks awesome.

still need a minty copy of that one... mine has definitely seen better days!

Ah -- I really need to dig these out again, as it's been many years (they're in storage like most of my CDs). The duos with Moholo, Sommer, and Cyrille stood out the most to me at the time. I recall being less into the one with Bennink. I should revisit the duo with Favre; they did another duo CD called Ulrichsberg somewhat later that's quite nice, as well as trio and quartet dates in the '60s that are wonderfully heavy. Too bad she and Mani Neumeier didn't link up again for some duets (at least not that I know of)...

would like to hear those at some point, too.

To me, the writer seems as if he's slighting Blue Mitchell and not totally grasping Nichols or Hope.

Cool piece on the Elvin group. Also read an interesting interview with Liebman on Grossman and that scene -- http://davidliebman.com/home/interviews/on-saxophonist-steve-grossman-with-jonathan-beckett-2012/ really don't know much of Grossman's music apart from Elvin, Miles, Terumasa Hino, and Sunrise Studios, but I do like his playing in those contexts. RIP.

rare one -- have seen images before but never actually fingered a copy.

Chamberpot is great; White String's Attached is a wonderful piano-violin duo LP. Marsh Gas (Ian Brighton) is killer as well. The Alterations record is pretty sweet although I prefer their Quartz LP by a hair. After Being In Holland For Two Years (solo Peter Cusack) is grubby fun. Levers "Alone" is underrated and bonkers too. Groups In Front Of People I'm sure will get the reissue treatment -- essential and very out. I like the Oxley but I like other Oxley LPs a bit more. The first Bead, by A Touch of the Sun (Cusack/Mayo) is cool, supposedly issued in an edition of 99. My copy isn't in the greatest shape though I don't think the pressing is that high quality either.

Wow. RIP. Was lucky to catch Andrew Hill and Lee Konitz (separately) at the Showcase when I went to school in Chicago. Great times, both.

Weird!

yeah, Ricochet is the one I wrote text for. It's excellent in my opinion. I believe that they only have rights to do CDs -- no digital.

Bead is one of my favorite labels. Just missing a few.

from what I can tell it's FMP 70 + a bunch of extra music. Perhaps the extras are with Evan Parker, who replaced Peter van der Locht for several live performances. The Roy Ashbury/Larry Stabbins "Fire Without Bricks" LP on Bead, which is also getting reissued, is very cool as well. The cover art looks quite impressive on LP, hopefully it translates to the "little silver disc."

yeah; the records are strong, but seeing them live is something else...