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Johnny Griffin - Foot Patting - (Youngblood, UK) This was issued on Vogue in Germany as Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz, and is a very groovy session of Clarke-Boland regulars.

The Mobleys are excellent. Also, much enjoyment from the Bill Barrons, Bill Dixons, and lone Savoy releases by Booker Ervin, Marzette Watts, Paul Bley, Marc Levin, Robert F. Pozar, Valdo Williams and Charles Moffett.

huh. not a nom-de-plume for Griot Galaxy saxophonist Faruq Z. Bey?

Roosevelt Sykes - Hard Drivin' Blues - (Delmark) indeed.

Pandit Pran Nath - India's Master Vocalist - (Shandar, FR)

Peter Warren's Bass Is... now there's a special record.

dubstep and bebop both have two syllables.

I clicked the link. Ouch.

Sick. Still looking and looking for that one.

good to hear that the Chicago scene(s) have quite a bit of geniality. I've met a number of nice players here but that seems to be in spite of the fact that the city is pretty crushing and expensive, and most people are inordinately competitive or blasé (or both).

Various - Root Hog or Die: An Alan Lomax Centennial Tribute - (Mississippi/Lomax Archive) LP 3 of 6; this is a tremendous and wide ranging set with a lot of previously unissued material

Hotel Grief is good. I had a lot of fun at the gig for sure... and yeah, that was my fiancée!

Cro-Magnon - s/t - (ESP-Disk' orig) stoned communal hippie clamoring, which has its moments.

Need to dig that one out again. Now: Nucleus - Elastic Rock - (Vertigo, GER)

Yes indeed - good show in spite of his absence and Grace Kelly's singing/grandstanding.

The great pianist Don Friedman has passed, as I'm told by my editor at the NYC Jazz Record (who's confirmed it). I was slated to see him recently but he was too ill to perform. A life in music well-lived and he'll be missed.

Lungfish - Sound in Time - (Dischord)

Yes indeed, have that one as well and it's quite a trip.

Another giant gone. Oof.

wow. RIP.

Maarten Altena - Tuning the Bass - (ICP, NL) pretty fine series of snappy and grubby solo bass vignettes.

William Burroughs - Call Me Burroughs - (ESP, US)

I love it. Longtime fan of this record. Now: Amalgam -- Innovations -- (Tangent, UK) expertly threading funky grooves and rugged improvisation, and quite well-recorded.

Sam Rivers. Should have seen him but I was not in Kansas anymore when he played in Topeka, and I was not able to get to NYC for the trio reunion. Probably should've just flown down to Florida!

Rodan and Crain. I caught the last 5-10 minutes of a Peter Kowald gig and he died not too much long afterwards; I talked to him a bit, at least, and he seemed like a really nice guy. Mal Waldron would've been another, since we're talking like geography isn't an issue. I was a fan but he never played anywhere near where I was in the last years of his life.