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Ah, thanks -- will check that one out. Loosely aware of its existence but have never heard the music.

I'd like to hear some later Murray that is as "wow-ing" as his earlier work. There's a scrappiness to his playing, at least up through the early 80s, that later recordings didn't offer (to me) but I'm sure there must be some fine examples that've been missed.

And he played with the Dead.

The Rouse record on Strata-East is awesome.

Taylor also opens up on Dizzy Reece's "From In to Out" on Futura. I'd also never say that the Braxton standards albums are in any way out of character.

Seems to me like the divide between mainstream and vanguard musicians was not as present as the critical establishment of the time made it out to be. Sure, it was there in some cases, but that didn't stop someone like Philly Joe from playing with Shepp or Sam Woodyard from recording duets with Dave Burrell (unissued Horo, apparently great). Allen Lowe worked with Doc Cheatham -- has a few stories about that association (I think Doc was both open and closed on playing avant-garde music).

Speaking of Joe, his brother, tenor saxophonist Leon Henderson, recorded with the MC5 on High Time, as did trumpeter Charles Moore. For what it's worth I don't think of Ballads (or Standards, the posthumously released follow-up) as out-of-character for Bailey. He played many, many ballads over his long career and certainly knew his way around a melody inside and out. Stranger are the discs with Ruins or with Jamaladeen Tacuma and Calvin Weston!

Yup. Great record, basically the 10"s on one LP.

Johnson/Winding/Dennis/Green/Lewis/Mingus/Taylor - Trombone Rapport - (Debut, DK)

Yeah, that looks swell. Mostly familiar players but I doubt I have these performances elsewhere.

Ah, great news! Love Free Jazz and have heard at least some of the INA stuff -- albeit later and credited to Beb Guérin. This'll be a real treat. I think I mentioned in the INA/Resonance thread how ridiculous it was that labels have access to that treasure trove of stuff and choose to put out the most obvious things one can think of. Avant-garde music from Barney Wilen or Joachim Kühn that few have heard? Meh, pass...

yeah, as far as I know those Universal/America CDs are still oop. To be honest it's usually cheaper to buy the LPs at this point!

I'm not sure about "out of character" but at the very least Art Taylor's appearance on a session led by Frank Wright for America Records in 1970 is pretty intriguing. The date produced Wright's "Uhuru Na Umoja" and Noah Howard's "Space Dimension." Taylor acquits himself very well in this context and the music is quite free. The expat Parisian scene around that time was pretty interesting and also resulted in Shepp and Mobley collaborating on recordings for BYG, for example, and Philly Joe's interest in the avant-garde (resulting in dates for BYG, America, and Vogue), the latter seeming to be at least partly of a political nature.

Annette Peacock & Paul Bley - Dual Unity - (Freedom UK orig)

Detail - Okhela: To Make A Fire - (Affinity UK)

Yeah, my understanding is that they came out a couple of years after the original versions hit the racks. I have the Art Ensemble 2fer, which looks quite nice.

^ Now, coincidentally: Archie Shepp - Steam - (Enja, GER)

I wish I had that Tasque Force single, even if I can't stand 7"!

Green River - Come On Down - (Homestead, US)

yeah, I've had issues with Gearbox pressings before so this isn't new news...

Mine has a bit of groove distortion from a bad cut.

It's Emanuele Pinotti, who ran the Qbico and Sagittarius A*Star labels. Has also booted up rare LPs and sold them as originals. I wouldn't want the guy to get any money from this.

It's okay. I don't find it all that riveting, but by the same token I am not the world's biggest Lateef fan...

Thanks -- glad y'all dug it!

I never go to this because it happens around my birthday, which usually involves a party somewhere in my neighborhood.