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Little to no interest in Glasper, Iverson or Iyer here but the idea that TBP is "smooth jazz" seems ridiculous. They are also not young lions, at least not anymore. Iverson seemed to come off with the worst look of anybody -- smarmy know-it-all white guy -- which is pretty telling, considering Glasper reached ultimate cornball in this kerfluffle. But yes, a bunch of jerky dudes yelling at each other about feminism indeed. Much like white guys yelling at each other about levels of "wokeness" to the plight(s) of people of color. It's a problem.

I would assume that the "editions" came around the same time and were probably mixed together, given ESP's practices and the quick change of address from Stollman's parents' house to the 5th Ave. office.

yup, he himself did die!

Terumasa Hino - Hi-Nology - (Columbia Takt orig, JP)

I assume the Glasper incident sealed the deal.

Riley is good -- at one point Derek Taylor made me a comp of Riley cuts and it's quite strong. Probably from among his first few Steeplechases; it's been a while so I've forgotten what was from where.

Ah -- yes, thanks, thought it might be Davis. Too bad the piano situation wasn't right though my "tin ears" were pretty happy with the sound. Will dig it up and listen again tonight.. Right now jamming the 2013 Smithsonian performance, which is amazing.

yup.

That's a great photo! Somewhere I have a recording of Weston and Don Moyé that is superb. Jazz Showcase, perhaps? This is absolutely stunning:

spoon bid'ness

Totally understandable and unsurprising. It hasn't looked like a collective for quite some time, in my estimation.

nice

Musically people can do whatever the hell they want with whatever they have or do not have at their disposal. One can like the results or not, but that doesn't change the fact of the results' existence. Drum machines are cool. RIP to the inventor. Here's some black music with a Roland:

Agreed, but it's a nice record in its own way.

Nice. Bilal Abdurahman and Ameen Nuraldeen's East New York Ensemble de Music might also fit the bill (their one LP is great, regardless). Free improvisation from Lebanon: https://www.discogs.com/artist/2214132-quotAquot-Trio

Petrusich is cool. I'd take her writing over that of Howard Reich any day of the week. I'm not yet sure how I feel about the renaming of the bridge though I did get a morbid chuckle out of one wag's comment that they should also rename the East River after Albert Ayler...

Hasn't Blue Note been at sea for quite a few years now?

Though it'll leave a couple of hangnails, I'm prepared to do 6 CDs for $10 shipped on the rest. Any takers?

yeah, guess I wasn't really referring to Hargrove in my post. In New York, heroin and cocaine are both very, very easy to get and the former is quite cheap. I am casually offered coke rather often, to this day, as a middle aged man who goes to bars and/or concerts several times a week. It's part of life in this scene whether or not one partakes (never been offered heroin and have zero interest). So I could see how someone like Hargrove could get caught up in using without being otherwise a dubious individual and once on the regular with that stuff, the long game of fucking up gets very short indeed. On the other side of that these days myself, hopefully, but just to say Hargrove's issues are believable and not necessarily a personal slight.

Alcohol is a far greater concern re: people getting behind the wheel than heroin, I'd agree. That said opioid addiction is a huge, huge problem in this country (in addition to prescription medicines) and for the most part unchecked. Cocaine is a shitty drug but fairly expensive and far from an epidemic. It does indeed make one feel invincible or at least "really, really good" for a little while... and mixed with alcohol (which it often is, at least in my experience) quite dangerous.

ah -- haven't checked those. There is also a Japanese pressing on CBS.

I think it is, yes, and one of the better-pressed Futura LPs.

Yeah, Gonsalves has a number of dates I really like. Gettin' Together on Jazzland is strong, and Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick on Vocalion is a scorcher. There's also a date he did with Tubby Hayes on Columbia UK, and Gonsalves-Ashby had a small UK group session with Ellingtonians that I've yet to hear ("Tenor Stuff," a Landsdowne LP). Ray Nance appeared on Ahmed Abdul-Malik's "Spellbound," an excellent date released by Status in the mid-60s (though I think it was recorded earlier).

The Opening is amazing. No reason not to buy it if you see it.