clifford_thornton

sounds like a sick setup, Clunky!

I'll keep an eye out for a fresh copy of that Stratos solo LP on Cramps - I do appreciate singular, bizarre music as you all know!

Damn - so young. RIP, and thanks.

never encountered this one. Huh.

Ben is gone though, and has been for a while.

That's a funny little disc, but I like it. They also appear on one of the Area records ( "Maledetti" IIRC). There's a much older 7" EP on a Spanish label, but that one's not in my collection. Could never get into Area although I'm morbidly curious about the Demetrio Stratos solo LP. Never heard/saw the 7" but yeah, the LP is cool. That nova musicha series has some nice records - Schiaffini, Lacy, Bailey, Grillo, Schiano...

Right, the Italian RCA pressing was a superb-looking gatefold. There's a nice one on Deutsche Grammophon that came out as part of one of those Avant-garde boxed sets in the late '60s. Would like to get the General Music and Cinevox LPs at some point, but they're quite spendy - I've heard them and they are nice. Some tracks made it onto the Edition RZ CD, which I have boxed up somewhere. The Cramps LP is really good too, albeit more compositionally-structured than improvised; the sidelong piece on the second side is especially deep. I like The Feed-Back (RCA Victor), recently reissued, but it's of a very different ilk!

now for something a little more normal: Benny Bailey - How Deep Can You Go? - (EMI Harvest, SWE) extraordinary small group session from 74

I bet that's gonna be great. I have a couple of other Ivo-Matt duo discs and they're equally stupendous.

Arza Anaiak - Txalaparta '75 Iraila - (Cramps, IT)

More thoughts later; very interesting ensemble, if not always successful. The boxed set is highly recommended.

checking clips on YouTube - this is excellent, and what a lineup!

I did have that crappy boot at one point; the sound was amazingly bad. Now: Mal Waldron - Nuits de la Negritude - (Powertree/Black Lion, JP)

Steve Lacy - Disposability - (VIK, Italy)

Happy Birthday Larry!

I've never read any of Manny Moore's writing; can someone recommend a place to start?

Interested but tight (aren't we all?). Hope it sells soon for your sake, but if not I'll be in line.

Terrible cover art but I'll bet the music is grand.

yes indeed. no kids but probably as much beer.

Studs and Louis - interesting, thanks.

I bought it from you! It's solid in my opinion.

Ah, I thought the Durium issue was earlier - it is indeed ugly looking compared to the original. I do have the beautiful Durium issue of the Cherry/Barbieri "Togetherness" record, which sounds incredible. Lots of great and hard to find Italian jazz LPs from this era indeed. As to Marty Cook, that record should be easy to find for $15 or less! Have the Fredriksson on CD - it's wonderful. Wish I had an OG but what can you do?

Never got to see him in the flesh but damn, what a life and what music came from it. RIP.

It's good!

ah, you might be right - I was referring to this one: UCCU-90127)