clifford_thornton

I'm hearing from a number of reputable (albeit non-familial) sources that the producer Giorgio Gomelsky (John McLaughlin, SME, Gong, Blossom Toes, Vangelis, etc.) has passed away. I hope it's not true but if so, quite a significant loss.

I am pretty sure I've only listened to "Ghetto Lullaby" once. Need to revisit...

Apple support call fixed me right up - something with the .itl file was weird so we made a new one and it's all good.

Fund artists and small labels to do whatever they want. Donate a ton of money to the IJS and other jazz collecting archives. Give the Jazz Foundation of America money. Of course I haven't bought a ticket because the concept of playing the lottery bothers me.

Nice set of tunes there - I have a Fresh Sound reissue of the Marable that was probably about $5 or $6. My copy of the McLean is a very, very thin matte sleeve with a flipback and I always assumed that was first, but who knows. Heavy stuff regardless.

That's pretty damn cool. Looking forward to reading the article and Sangrey's point to the tradition and volume of these outfits rings true.

yeah will do that in a bit... thanks.

tried what mjzee said above and no dice, though in theory it should work.

Alex Jones is a nut. I used to make fun of him until I realized that he has a TON of followers who act on his rantings and ravings.

thanks dudes, will give it a whirl when back home tonight.

Will get the Harold McNair and perhaps the Gene Shaw; have everything else I need.

I did not. All other programs from my old mac, which I moved over via my EHD, are fine.

Did that already... still no tunes.

okay, so I don't have a Music folder on this sucker somehow, though I do have iTunes. OS X 10.11.2 is what I'm apparently dealing with.

Yeah, I have a Saba LP of that record - it's a strong one.

Mangelsdorff indeed. It's amazing to me that more of his work wasn't consistently available in the US on LP - just a few titles, in fact.

Read recently that the entire MPS catalog is being made available digitally, with the next phase being high-quality LP reissues of select titles. Much love for the label but I've felt that recent CD reissue programs have barely scratched the surface of an incredibly deep and varied catalog.

Sonny Clark - My Conception - (Blue Note/King JP)

Ditto on this and Sangrey's posts.

I never used Time Machine on my old 2005 iMac. Properly pointed now, though I'm still not seeing the library. I'll figure it out when I have more time.

Yeah, I just picked up the new iMac and bought AppleCare. Will go back through and see if I can link up my EHD music to iTunes; I've already noticed that there is no "Music" folder on the computer by default. My old computer was running a very old OS X version btw.

Thanks for hipping me to this stuff - she's definitely onto something with the new material. I dig it.

Yeah the Rothko exhibition in Houston is excellent. Stella retro at the Whitney did not disappoint - went yesterday, and was more impressed by the arc of his post-70s work than I expected to be, given that most of my interest has been in his stripe, irregular polygon and protractor paintings. The Motley show was also excellent. Alberto Burri at the Guggenheim was also fantastic, despite the better efforts of the space and clientele to get in the way of some truly fascinating art.

thanks folks! off to a great start with a tweaked lower back...

MJT + 3 - Daddy-O Presents... - (Cadet/Victor JP)