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got a few sealed ones and each was warped beyond playability. Indeed, the tracks are in the Mosaic.

Agreed about the Elevators.

It's Schaap, not Schapp.

and 2019 isn't starting off any better.

probably issued at the time, label began in '64.

funny enough, the boyfriend of someone I knew had this as just one of a few jazz albums too -- alongside a Monk and a Coltrane as well. Kind of an obscure choice if you ask me.

Love that Rudd/NYAQ on America. Even if it is a boot, it's a spectacular date.

I'm not sure whether it was going to be a Kharma release or a Danola release, but it never came out. Serro was trying to sell the tapes but then he passed, so... who knows. They were mastered and ready to go, too. Bummer.

I like that Jerome Cooper record; it sounds like field recordings, sort of an 'ethnography' of free music. wish that Serro had issued that Charles 'Bobo' Shaw Ensemble record with Lester & Byron Bowie, Alex Blake and Richard Martin. Shaw said it was one of his favorite sessions.

normally I'm not one to split audiophile hairs, but I agree that these LPs are a major upgrade from the somewhat dull-sounding BGO CDs.

Will grab, thanks!

huge loss. So sorry to hear of his passing. Song For blew my collegiate mind when I first heard it.

yeah the 'Trainwreck' is hardly an example of its namesake, and would have been a solid notch in the catalogs of Strata-East, Muse, Cobblestone, or a number of other small labels focusing on advanced post-bop of the period. I enjoy it quite a bit.

H / B D / B

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)