clifford_thornton

From personal experience I actually found Misha to be very kind and generous, not to mention quite funny... and his dislike of Dolphy was, I think, mostly taste-derived. He mentioned his favorite saxophonist with Monk (or MUNCH! -- as he pronounced it, like Edvard) was Lucky Thompson, if that gives you any indication of his proclivities. "Monk was the architect, but Herbie Nichols... he was the painter!"

The Captain has the most absurd cover of the three (IMO), but is also excellent.

my thoughts exactly. Interviewed him in 04 or 05 and had a great time. Subsequently hung out with him a bit when ICP came through Austin -- really wonderful person and a musical genius. It was hard to find out that he was dealing with Alzheimer's, which is a truly terrible disease (the ICP twitter shared a heartbreaking image of him in hospital about a week ago). Glad he is at peace now and his musical inventiveness will surely live on.

Well, the only things that haven't been done are the things that haven't been done. Assume he's referring to cross-genre whatever and that gets pretty tired.

wonderful album indeed.

there are some sick live versions of Peaches that I've heard. coming recently to Zappa after nearly 20 years of listening to avant-garde jazz, contemporary composers, weirdo rock and experimental music is like trying a spliff after decades of heavy LSD use. It's refreshing and fun for a little stretch.

yup.

I'm pretty into Hot Rats but am also a recent Zappa convert, so perhaps the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction. I don't see it as stiff.

Hot Rats sounds like a more wily Clare Fischer album.

I've never encountered these. Thanks for the info.

my eyes cannot read that, sadly.

PM'ed you chewy.

One member of the Black Unity Trio put the kibosh on a reissue, so it's not happening. The label was trying to be above board; not sure if it was a money issue or disinterest in the music being available again, to be honest, but it's unfortunate.

yeah, my friend did the CD reissue but I'd never seen an original copy until last week! It was a trade with another gent and worked out perfectly.

different times, different sources. also, perhaps one could record an album for $1500-$2500 I guess (maybe??), but most of us don't have the know-how in terms of getting a record from concept to the new arrival bins, so I feel that's a false equivalency. I've certainly thought about doing a few projects I really like as small-edition releases but in talking to musicians it seems like a dicey proposition. Better to be on the side that I'm on -- buying, listening, thinking, and writing.

so you got outbid on that stupidly expensive copy? It's a good record and I too have been searching for many years for a copy, but have pretty much given up at this point and will gladly spend those thousands of dollars on other stuff.

Oh thanks, glad these are making the rounds! And my impression, too, is that there's enough in the can or other special things that will come along and get released. Matt is fairly coy but a great dude and a singular presence in the music.

Orange - In the Midst of Chaos - (Free Force, US private pressing) Paul Flaherty-related 70s Connecticut wildness, glad to have finally found a copy after many years of searching.

usually at a few of the record stores around town.

Rest in peace to the great and highly individual pianist, who spent the last 44 years in Denmark: http://www.jazzpromoservices.com/jazz-news/horace-parlan-r-i-p/

could do. there are usually after parties that get pretty lit as well.

I've been seeing Vincent Chancey in a variety of settings in town the last few years, and he's really amazing.

I like Lady of the Mirrors a lot (solo piano on India Nav).

ah, thanks for the reminder on this one -- would love to check it out.

nice choices.