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All of this I agree with completely.

Milford's set had some really fine moments and the trio of Craig Taborn, Sean Conly and Gerald Cleaver that Darius Jones had going was superb. But the sound still sucked and by the time the NY HeArt Quartet finished, they were running about 2 hours late and I was tired. I did want to see the last two acts but I wasn't staying until 1 AM.

I can hear the audience crinkling Snickers bar wrappers better than I can hear and/or separate the music from the middle of the room. I thought Nathaniel Mackey's reading was the best thing so far, though his verbiage was lost to a poor/indistinct miking situation.

So far I have not been pleased with the venue/sound or most of the music.

Power is a turn-on for some people and those women were rendered utterly powerless. Disgusting. It is a bummer because I too enjoyed his early comedy and he seemed like a genuine and perceptive jazz fan. Also, knowing he has a foot fetish makes Badfoot Brown read just a little differently...

Okay....

I really should pick those up at some point.

I believe that BE! Jazz are doing bootlegs. The Holy Hill set, which they also did, was originally a boot so there's nothing to authorize in reissuing it... Dragon owns the Eje Thelin masters for that Metronome record, and I find it hard to believe they'd license it to some crappy vinyl repro label.

Nice... still holding out for a clean OG of Zodiac. It's an excellent record.

yeah, that DTM interview is heavy - thanks for the reminder.

Excellent player - sad to see him go.

ditto.

Some thoughts here: http://cliffordallen.blogspot.com/2015/07/farewell-to-guitarist-garrison-fewell_5.html

Hugh Hopper/Soft Head - Rogue Element - (Ogun UK)

Yeah, it's a major bummer. I knew he had limited time on Earth - heard from another Berkelee prof a year or so back - but he never let it faze him. Brilliant artist and a generous, warm guy. He will be missed.

Yeah, the recording suffers a bit on that one. I have an original Savoy that sounds murky, but the music is sublime. The score of "Winter Song" (the longer piece - the titles are switched on the record) was printed in an issue of Down Beat in '65 or '66 I believe.

New York Art Quartet - call it art (LP2) - (Triple Point)

Steve Lacy - Disposability - (VIK, IT)

Yes, he was walking with a cane and seemed to be mobility-impaired to some degree. ombudsman: you should come out to NY and see the Yoko exh at the MoMA. It's very well done.

Oh right, that Plimley disc on Hat Hut. It's interesting; I have it in memory as an album of piano and bass duets, however.

Hope they do some of Alan's tunes. Maybe start with "Coral Rock" ?

Pandora is kind of iffy; Frank Wright, not usually iffy.

Terrible label name as well.

Oh yeah, Nothing To Read - excellent.

Was recently reminded of this one, which I haven't heard but I'm sure it's good.