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John Russell/Roger Turner/Toshinori Kondo - Artless Sky - (Caw, UK orig)

François Tusques - Free Jazz - (Mouloudji, FR)

Steve & Iqua Colson - Triumph! - (Silver Sphinx, original private pressing) Steve was selling sealed original copies of this one at a beautiful AACM-NY concert last night. Was glad to buy it from the source! Excellent music too.

agreed.

JC - Coltranology - (BYG, Japan)

People today, mostly younger, seem more inclined towards playlists. I have had several 20-something coworkers ask me about favorite playlists/etc. on Spotify and what-not. I just can't think of music like that, though I've heard some good online mixes made through Mixcloud and other apps (mostly of the psychedelic and new age variety). If I'm going to put on a recording it's not from the perspective of a setlist, though my listening does sometimes flow from album to album depending on my mood. Then again, last night I went from Hans Reichel to Bud Powell, so...

Among the jazz records I've listened to the most are: Art Ensemble of Chicago 'People in Sorrow' (Nessa) Archie Shepp 'Four for Trane' (Impulse) Ornette Coleman 'Change of the Century' (Atlantic) Bill Dixon 'Intents & Purposes' (RCA-Victor) Albert Ayler 'Ghosts' (Fontana) really not sure what 'favorite' means anymore, but I'm pretty sure those five have been on deck the most in the last 20 or so years and especially the first ten or so of those years.

you'd be right. It's fine but not necessary if you're fiending for other music as well. Wooley the Newt is better.

Steven McCraven - Intertwining Spirits - (Freelance, FR) with Sam Rivers and TK Blue. Not bad.

East New York Ensemble de Music - At the Helm - (Folkways orig)

Huh.

Yeah, at least one got the Delmark treatment - Eddie "Clean Head" Vinson's Kidney Stew is Fine.

The name sounds familiar and, like Paul, I'd like to know more too.

The only Chris Woods LP I own is one on Futura, paired with his sideman appearance with Ted Curson on Marge, and both are excellent sides. I'd gladly pick up a stack of Black & Blue LPs if I saw them, but you don't encounter their releases over here all that much... at least these days.

I've only seen it on LP. Usually goes for around $30-$40. It was part of the Denon-PCM series.

haha.

for a second I thought you had the original... yow.

I've never heard Space Who. It looks really cool, but at 99 copies give or take, I'm not really sweating it.

Spjärnsvallet - s/t - (MNW, Swedish orig)

Detail Plus - Way It Goes/Dance of the Soul - (Impetus, UK) Stevens, Gjerstad, Dyani and Bobby Bradford mixing it up elegantly.

Haha, no, they didn't have it. The other Japanese Lacys they had were already in my shelves.

Steve Lacy - Solo at Mandara - (ALM, Japanese original) not exactly the record I'd expected to walk into a shop and buy today...

Used to see that thing all the time; these days not so much. I'll keep an eye out for ya.

Sad news.