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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.

indeed, where are Moving Gelatine Plates in all this?

oh, wonderful! I don't think I've seen him since around that time either.

I guess you could say that he was somewhere on the 'spectrum,' which would line up with my brief and strange interactions with him.

That's really interesting. Thanks.

I'd been wondering if he was ailing as Egon posted some reminiscences the other day, but the eclectic and very intriguing composer Galt MacDermot has apparently passed. What a good run, though: http://www.playbill.com/article/galt-macdermot-composer-of-hair-dead-at-89

Oh yes, I got one -- arrived maybe a week or so ago?

I should read the booklet. I didn't know that.

Bai Choi Sun from SK should be noted. Missing from Japan are Oki Itaru and Kondo Toshinori, both pretty significant figures.

Happy Belated!

I'm with chewy -- I get Radiohead, Roxy, Nicks, Jackson. Totally makes sense. The Cure were pretty awesome early on; not much into their late-80s pap, but up until that point, heavy band. Also they were very influential on a lot of underground/alternative rock acts, and have enjoyed immense popularity both in and outside of the mainstream. So again, makes absolute sense that they'd be honored. Probably a win for those into left-field goth rock. Rundgren is the shit, should have gotten in already.

Joe Henderson -- The Kicker -- (Milestone, US) love that Budimir LP above.

yeah, those Ayler Xmas CDs are excellent. I saw the Witches & Devils version of this once, with McPhee, Cline, Corsano, and I'm blanking on who the bassist was. Really wonderful.