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yeah, I think my copy was off-condition; can't imagine I would've let it go otherwise...

Used to have that one... it's neat.

Not sure where this should go, but anyway, thought it might be interesting to have a little dialogue on a sight-unseen film called Fire Music, which has been in the works for well over a decade. Tom Surgal (drummer for The Blue Humans and White Out) has been collecting interviews on many of free music's progenitors and hopes to tell the story of the music on film (sort of an anti-Ken Burns but I think this has been filming since before Burns' Jazz aired). Kickstarter link below. Fire Music Kickstarter I'm sure a lot of the interviews are strong, but the text accompanying the project and some of the talking heads rub me a little bit wrong. Surgal is a nice guy and knows his stuff; I'm sure Nels is and does too. But I fear a lack of nuance - that it might focus more on screaming rebellion and less on the continuum, or the idea that much of this music developed as a parallel to the innovations that came out of the 1940s (i.e., bebop) while also signifying a break with traditional structure. Then again, I wasn't there in the 1960s and can only gather what I can from the musicians I've interviewed and the things I hear (and how I hear them). Anyway, curious to hear people's thoughts and of course to see the film when it hits.

Eric Kloss - Essence - (Muse, US) Charlie Rouse - Bossa Nova Bacchanal - (BN, NY USA stereo)

I just sell the overflow to you guys. Problem solved.

Our own sometime organissimo member Kees Hazevoet (as part of a varied arsenal)...

looking forward to the gigs - and to my new residence in the Lowes' New Haven basement.

Steve Kuhn, I believe.

I think you're correct, yeah, although the top photo I thought was shot in the early 60s. Bottom is a cornet.

I think that's the closest I've come to an answer, but I'm far from an expert...

Curson's looks like a pocket cornet. I know he played the piccolo trumpet later on. From a trumpet forum, on the subject of Cherry's instrument:

Agreed, love the first one in particular. Now, something I forgot I owned... No Neck Blues Band - Ever Borneo! - (Sound at One, US) holds up better than I thought it would.

Haha - he doesn't have those at the moment! (I've asked for two of them anyway...)

Neu! - s/t - (Brain/Metronome, GER orig)

Benny Bailey, Nathan Davis & Co. - Soul Eyes: Live at the Domicile Munich - (MPS, Japan, orig gatefold) A friend in Japan sent this my way - really swell record, sounds beautiful. Hadn't really heard much of this one before now.

I'm wracking my brain on this one too. Jimmy Hopps and Tootie Heath were both over there in the '60s/'70s but returned to the US, and Heath is still active.

^ excellent set.

yeah, I just have old files from dime; not sure if the CD set is cleaned up in any way. The cuts I have are riddled with dropouts and fuzz, which may have been on the tapes.

Rob Agerbeek - great Dutch pianist; listening to him with Dexter right now. Though in his heyday he was known as one of Europe's finest in the post-bop mold, I think his name may be off of most folks' radar.

Sonny Rollins - Our Man In Jazz - (RCA-Victor, stereo og) Picked up a nice copy of this recently and it's great to hear the LP as programmed. I used to have an old, abused copy long ago but this sounds wonderful. Going against my usual anti-boot approach I may pick up the recent CD boxed set to tide over until someone does an authorized version. So much great music from that stand at the Gate.

Damn! RIP. Great player; never saw him but have heard him on quite a few records.

Chris Woods - Chris Meets Paris Meets Chris - (Futura/Musica, FR) damn fine LP with the Georges Arvanitas Trio in full flight.

yeah, that's what I thought too - the America pressings sound quite good, comparatively.

Yeah, you'll go nuts if you nickel and dime. Gotta go with the overall picture and whether you are happy.

^ yeah, I remember hearing her years and years ago (my dad's a fan) and I wasn't particularly taken. Then I heard her more recently and I was impressed. Maybe my tastes have changed, maybe she's gotten more complex, I'm not sure.