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Thanks guys!!

yup. Carsten Meinert and Niels Harrit (unfortunately also a 9/11 "truther" scientist) are also notable Danish tenor players. Ray Pitts was also heavily active on the Danish jazz scene and played both tenor and flute in the Radiojazzgruppen.

yeah, that record smokes -- I have a copy as well.

lol, was gonna ask if this was LP but I guess not.

Looks like the Dutch trumpeter Boy Raaijmakers (Raaymakers) has left us as well -- stalwart of the Willem Breuker Kollektief as well as a number of other groups from the mid-'60s forward. Always enjoyed his playing on record, though I never got to see him in person. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Raaymakers from what I gather, a memorial was held in Amsterdam yesterday.

great, I'll tune in for a bit.

Here's the formal interview I did with Al back in '05: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/alvin-fielder-its-about-time-alvin-fielder-by-clifford-allen.php

Ramsey McLean + The Lifers -- New Orleans Now! History's Made Every Moment -- (Prescription, US) RIP Alvin.

Charles Murphy on that one

Feeling terrible about this -- got to know him starting in 2005. Amazing man, amazing musician, huge loss.

Paul Cram -- Blue Tales In Time -- (Onari, CAN)

ah wow, yeah he was a beast. RIP.

totally. And though I have them all, the Bill Dixon-produced Savoys (and the few other avant-garde outliers -- Bley, Valdo, Scianni, Moffett) would make a fabulous set and if someone like Ben Young did the notes, well hey...

Pharoah + Bartz is now rescheduled for Jan. 10th, if not mentioned above. I am on the fence about going because WJF is something I've always avoided, but this seems like something worth seeing.

Paul Bley is no longer living.

forgetting a bit here but wasn't it the Ellington concert that spurred Hancock to move to Chicago and, eventually, NY?

wow. my wife's alma mater.

Joe McPhee -- A Future Retrospective -- (Hat Art, CH) LP 2, which contains the Old Eyes concert session.

Byron Morris & Unity -- Vibrations, Themes & Serenades -- (EPI, orig US pressing)

NWA are pretty swell.

yeah, me too.

Bill Dixon on Andrew Hill: https://books.google.com/books?id=LqTZ6SrMkF0C&pg=PA245&lpg=PA245&dq=bill+dixon+andrew+hill&source=bl&ots=u1ETljGkON&sig=22d6TmJXMewkxYno2otkTOSXTds&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqkJ_Gqq_fAhWETd8KHcHgAlMQ6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=bill%20dixon%20andrew%20hill&f=false

yeah, I mean, in theory bands like Sonic Youth should be in there but that ain't happening. just took a look at their website and it's about on the level of your average Cabo Wabo bullshit.

I feel like King Crimson are more than deserving, but they might be a little too 'arch' for the average RnR HoF voter. I was recently shocked that a seemingly 'hip,' middle-aged coworker of mine had never heard of King Crimson.