note that the BE! single LP reissue is an unauthorized bootleg. They also booted the Meinert recently. Fredriksberg has worked with the artists a/o their estates on this music.
yeah, Sing the Children Over is excellent. I listened to it fairly recently. Saw Kath play a couple years ago in my neighborhood and it was a good gig -- she was opening for Ed Askew, whom I've since become friends with.
I was spinning that recently - Essence - may have mentioned it in the vinyl listening thread. Very good record. I like Kloss and should probably pick up a few more of his albums, Sky Shadows being one and Life Force / We're Goin' Up being a couple of others I'd like to hear.
I would not call it a mistake -- like many independent imprints, Blue Note used old stock/earlier covers, labels, inner sleeves and even stampers on newer runs. They were cost-conscious, both before and after the Liberty takeover.
I am more aware of him as a sideman and am not really too familiar with his leader dates (Blow Up I've seen around a few times - seems to be desired by the fonk scenesters). He's got a nice sound on his instrument, though.
yeah, I'd heard about his unfortunate manner of passing elsewhere, too. I was under the impression that he and Cecil were in disagreement about the music, but beyond that I'm not sure of specifics. He's a fantastic player on that record.
I don't know why this has to be a documentary as told by Ashley Kahn. It's a movie and if it gets people to listen to the music and enjoy themselves, fine by me.