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Robbie Basho - The Grail and the Lotus - (Takoma)

Love those Mamlish and Yazoo covers from that period. Now spinning: Robbie Basho - The Seal of the Blue Lotus - (Takoma)

Yes, Danish Debut is the original issue.

Would have liked to have seen that performance. By the way, the drummer, Rashid Bakr, now goes by his given name Charles Downs, and is a very fine player. I'm also very fond of the Montmartre dates. They swing hard and move freely in around form. It's stunning, balletic music. I have both on Dutch Fontana LPs (one with a Marte Röling cover design).

good luck with the move!

Now you're talking. I hear that Mats only plays gigs for this now:

I should get these again. More my speed now than when I was first checking them out.

I had this problem when interviewing Dave Holland. No Karyobin stories for me...

I've not really had this problem too often, though I did misfile a Dexter Gordon live date and spent the better part of a year wondering whether or not I'd inexplicably sold it. Found it shelved rather far from its alphabetical home eventually. I actually emailed an old roommate to see if I'd left it with his records by mistake, I think.

haha -- perhaps the house band for a private tasting of artisinal pulled pork sandwiches on East 5th.

wonder what the private event is in Austin? a very Brotzmann wedding?

wish I could be in Austin for this! Guess NYC is a losing proposition for Brotzm. these days unless it's something like the Vision Festival.

Being transgender and cross-dressing are two different things.

Ha, good point! Or... Miles made records with both of them. REOF I also dig immensely.

Not sure what Prince and J.J. Johnson have to do with one another. Both are heavy in their own divergent ways.

Intervall is the shit. I should get the reissue (have a reference rip of it) but part of me thinks that somehow, someday I'll score a nice OG...

I thought Saturday was great. Initially seemed like it would be a trio with Lee and Oxley, but was glad that Krall and Sjöström were on board. Much, much better and more together than the opening concerts were in my estimation.

Yoshi Wada - Off the Wall - (Saltern reissue) great-sounding reissue from the tapes by Wada's son. Used to have the original on FMP/SAJ, but traded it to a friend who'd hooked me up with a bunch of ridiculous jazz LPs. Felt okay letting go of the original - considering - but am glad to be able to have this music on deck again.

Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity - (Impulse red-black stereo) sometimes you just want to throw on a familiar classic.

oops! missed it!

Yeah, Motta is great and i do worry about his health!

wonder who else will be in the ensemble. I was hoping for solo but I guess that won't be the case.

Man. Tough year so far. "U2" was always a joyous listening experience.

Too bad I haven't listened to that record more... thanks for the reminder!

Yes, my understanding is that the Top Rank pressings are from the mid- to late-1960s.