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I've heard it but don't have it. Good one!

what a relief!

whew!

Ah, dang -- yeah, he struggled with heroin addiction earlier in life, and it doesn't surprise me that sobriety was a struggle.

would have loved to stock up on Jurgen Karg LPs!

Some ESPs in the later years, but never had a quad hookup to really mess with -- and quad or no, the sound was murky on ESPs quite often.

Just Wailin' on New Jazz is awesome, albeit more of a Waldron-style blowing session. The Village Gate records on Atlantic are excellent, as is the later stuff felser mentions w/ Ayers + Sharrock (Memphis Underground in particular).

Petrusich: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-ferocious-sublime-dolores-oriordan-of-the-cranberries (was never a fan of the Cranberries' music but I get the appreciation in some circles)

There were four, all purchased within about a week in 1997: Joe Henderson "Page One," John Coltrane "Expression," Albert Ayler "Bells," and Eric Dolphy "Out To Lunch." Needless to say, I was absolutely off the deep end from the word 'go.' Ayler and Dolphy hit me the hardest at that time. That is probably no surprise.

ooh, nice one! now: Siegfried Kessler, Barre Phillips, Steve McCall -- Live at the Gill's Club -- (Futura, FR orig)

Archie Shepp -- A Sea of Faces -- (Black Saint, IT)

^ yeah, that record is fantastic and very prescient.

yeah, it did well I assume! Took me a while to grab it because I had most of the music already, but was glad to hear the Blackwell session and the Wilbur Ware. The Ed Blackwell album is absolutely great.

Codeine -- What About The Lonely? -- (Numero Group)

Not as much fire as I was hoping for but it's a nice record, maybe a bit looser than the Uptown dates that followed. I think I probably should re-listen to it. Agreed on the Dyani/Temiz/Feza records, which are wonderful. Had that Konitz out the other day as well, and it's quite enjoyable. The Prehn was given a test pressing and cover but not commercially issued at the time, so I guess that was cheating a bit!

a favorite of mine -- finally nabbed the original on Voce del Padrone after years of searching.

Schwartz was at UCSB doing a residency in the 1970s, and it is conceivable that Marion went with him.

A couple of AACM musicians have been pretty adamant about being paid for interviews, from what I have been told.

yeah, presumably he was there working with Elliott Schwartz.

one of my faves

I like Off Limits pretty well -- have spun cuts off of it when I've DJed, so that's probably a part of its general appeal. Certainly works in that environment.

Anyone who can combine a weird photo of a moose and Tyrone Washington font to create one of the most iconic avatars ever is aces in my book.

Yes, that Mtume. The East was run by poet Weusi Kuumba if I recall correctly.

love that record, especially the Dixon side.