clifford_thornton

For sure. Slide Hampton, Barre Phillips, and Stu Martin also come to mind, as do Mal Waldron and Nathan Davis.

He was something else, and from somewhere else. Sometimes that latter part could be frustrating, but he was true. RIP.

Indeed it doesn't. I've seen his name spelled both Giuseppi and Giuseppe; I recall hearing that the "e" was actually correct, though most recordings from the period list "i" and I don't have the article handy where this variation is detailed... mods can change it if they like! Stollman had this to say about being in the control room for Giuseppi/e's debut on ESP: "At one point, I was standing with the engineer in the control room, and I thought the piece they were playing was stunningly beautiful. It sounded totally spontaneous, as if they were ad-libbing and commenting like a gorgeous conversation. Suddenly, I heard a 'thwuuunk,' and I realized that the tape had run out. The engineer and I were so absorbed, we hadn't been paying attention. I thought "oh God, this remarkable thing is lost. It was interrupted in the middle, and it's gone." Richard Alderson was the engineer, and he got on the intercom and said "Giuseppi, the tape ran out." Without a pause, Giuseppi said "take it back to before where it stopped and we'll take it from there." So he did, he wound it back and played some bars of it and took down the record button, and they resumed exactly what they were doing—there was no way of telling where one or the other ended. It was unreal." https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bernard-stollman-the-esp-disk-story-by-clifford-allen.php

According to his close friend Matt Lavelle, reedman and composer Giuseppe (or Giuseppi) Logan has passed at the age of 84. He had been in an assisted living facility in Queens for quite some time. I do not know if this was COVID-19 related or not, still waiting on more information. Very sad news; I had been hoping to meet the man at some point but it never came to pass. His ESP records and sideman appearances are stellar, and his brief return to the scene some years ago was fun and welcome. He was a true original, and I feel lucky to have walked the earth at the same time as this man. Rest in Power.

Chicago to New York is f'ed right now. Stuff just sits. But it will probably get there eventually. I speak from similar experience.

RIP indeed. Bet he was great in Krapp's.

yeah, I only have ever had the LP. will keep an eye out for the box. I knew it existed, just never grabbed.

Amazing stories. I suppose Peter Ind, Tox Drohar, and Ted Brown are the last remaining members of that original Tristano school?

Saw something alluding to this on Brad Linde's instagram. RIP. What a life! Feel lucky to have seen him a few times.

I don't have the IASW box, but I just grabbed this as I'd only had CD-R rips of the OTC box previously.

Not that small a label -- America, also part of the Musidisc family, issued two Waldron LPs that were recorded around the same time. But it is possible that he was improperly credited on this release, sure. Then again, America releases are not immune to typos and other weirdness.

Definitely sounds like him, but all that I have come across lists Frank Abel, Jr. as the pianist. I think Mr. Abel is still alive and living outside NYC, so he could hopefully be asked. Either way, it's filed with my Waldron records and a bit of a mystery it remains...

I wonder if these are real CDs or not?

scary shit. Jeez.

I haven't dug these LPs out in ages, but they are indeed music for the ages.

Sounds like him. He was deeply into synthesizers and computer music, and also seemed like a rather eccentric cat.

Sad news from the Japanese jazz & electric fusion front: Ryo Kawasaki has passed at age 73. I'm not seeing a cause of death but I am seeing this bit of unfortunate circumstance from a year ago: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ryo-kawasaki RIP.

yeah, that would be the duo I was thinking of.

Reichel was a genius. Also a master of typeface! https://www.fontshop.com/families/ff-daxline Didn't see the thread the first time around but concur with the recommendations. The Boni LP I often return to is his first, on Futura, a solo record titled L'Oiseau, L'Arbre, Le Béton.

Sad news, but a life really lived! RIP.

Definitely recognize the name as well. May he rest in peace.

came here to post all of what you and colin mentioned! I have in mind a Rutherford/Bailey or Lewis/Bailey somewhere but not sure if it actually exists as part of Company, Iskra 1903, or some other context. I think there might be something in Günter Christmann's discography as well but I'll have to dig around and look for it.

Right, in Japan only. Eh, I see it but can agree it's a stupid point and has no bearing on my life whatsoever.

I like it, and file it with my Waldron records (the reissue, that is). But it's more of a Lafayette Afro-Rock Band side project than anything. Calumet was a subsidiary of Musidisc and operated by Pierre Berjot; their only other release was Frank Wright's Church Number Nine. Candy Girl was originally pressed up in a small number of copies right before the label folded, and they didn't even make a cover for it. Keep in mind that Musidisc/America also released two other Lafayette Afro Rock Band titles as well -- Soul Makossa and Malik.

It's totally stupid. Of course they were not designed with this in mind (these are the reissue covers anyway). But I guess I see what Aric was talking about, even if it's not true.