clifford_thornton

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.

Don't know why I didn't mention Alex Ward (who also plays guitar) before, but I am now. He's worked with Duck Baker, Weasel Walter, our own Alexander Hawkins, and other iconoclasts. His group Forebrace reminds me a little of the Rolf Kühn free-fusion axis, as it's organized around clarinet, guitar, electric bass and drums.

It is a bit derivative, at least at first, but like many things it doles out its charms and originality over time.

The Schwindt is good. The Meinert that he reissued is great. Bertil Strandberg "Cirrus" coming down the pike soon enough. Now spinning: Hank Mobley - Hank - (Blue Note 1560, Toshiba Japanese pressing)

^ picked that up recently for a fiver -- looking forward to giving it a whirl.

ha, yeah. Somewhat noisy pressing though my LP is mint. Keep the CD if you have it. Great music.

Yeah, I think that by the time I picked up a copy I was already aware of the mistake. Now, on that tip: Musica Elettronica Viva - Friday - (Polydor, UK orig)

Thanks -- yeah, discovered that error later, much to my chagrin! The site is now just archived, so I can't fix it there but I'll edit it if it ever gets published anywhere else.

Same boat. Probably too many of these things, actually...

Yup.

Ken Peplowski is really something -- heard him years ago in an, as you say, fairly unimaginative context but seeing him more recently in some of Allen Lowe's projects has brought out another side of his playing. Precision, creativity, and an incredible tone. Though working more in an avant-garde realm, James Falzone -- who's in the process of relocating to Seattle from a long time in Chicago -- is extraordinary as well. His music often straddles the line between contemporary composition, free music, Giuffre, De Franco, and for want of a better term, "Middle Eastern" musics. Jeremiah Cymerman is also an excellent player, though his work -- which often employs electronics and harsh noise elements -- is perhaps not for the faint of heart.

The only poets we read are Homeric?

Bummer of an article despite the beautiful photos. I like new music.

I think of the private press as something run by an artist or artist's collective putting out only their music and generally not connected to a large distribution service (the exception being NMDS and North Country in the US -- not sure elsewhere) and releasing titles in relatively small quantities, say 1,000 or fewer. Lloyd McNeil's records were privately pressed, yes.

I like that new Octet disc. Parts of it are like a concerto for pedal steel and small orchestra, which I can get behind.

Yes, the Sonic Arts Union is the best thing in that series indeed. Saw MEV here in NY a few years ago. I was glad to experience it, but felt like the music didn't have as much verve as in decades past (long before I would've had the opportunity to see/hear them). On the other hand, I saw Richard Teitelbaum and Hugh Davies in concert about 15 years ago and it was superb.

Too bad. He made some fun movies.

I like it. The complete Crypt set on Matchless is worth seeking out as well. And MEV is fun.