Jump to content

clifford_thornton

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    19,438

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Donations

    0.00 USD 

 Content Type 

Posts posted by clifford_thornton

  5. Joe Lovano - General discussion

    in Artists

    Posted

    On 8/24/2024 at 9:04 AM, mhatta said:

    Joe Lovano is clearly an excellent musician (and very nice guy, I heard), but I personally am not crazy about him. I don't know why. Lack of excitement, perhaps? Even a saxophonist of far inferior skill than him can get me excited.
    Being said, the Village Vanguard live was pretty good, the first song on Folkart by Us Five was pretty good (the rest not so much....).  And albums with Motian were not my favorite either. Any other suggestions?

    I agree with this, pretty much -- my experiences seeing him in concert far exceed the recordings.

  6. Obscure or Underrated Bassists

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    On 5/17/2024 at 5:32 AM, optatio said:

    Praskin - Gregg (Copy).JPG

    Allan Praskin (as) and Jack Gregg (b) at 'Blue Note' in Göttingen 1976. We hope to find the recording – see photo!

    was Maxine Gregg (later Gordon) married to Jack at one point, or were they siblings? I could never parse that. She played cello with early editions of the Galaxie Dream Band before being with Woody Shaw and, later, Dexter, and then we know a bit of the history afterwards...

  10. Bandcamp refund

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    11 hours ago, jlhoots said:

    It was through the TRRcollective Bandcamp store, although from a specific artist. I've requested a refund. No reply so far. Supposedly if it didn't arrive by Sept. 1 it was eligible for a refund. Was supposed to ship by Aug. 18. So far it's $20 down the toilet.

    Artists can be slow; they may not actually have product in hand, or are on tour, etc.. only a few weeks late is par for the course in my book. It is too bad that they haven't responded, however.

  11. Covid Still Sucks

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    On 8/26/2024 at 3:06 PM, rostasi said:

    Card that cellist Joshua Roman carries in case he has a Long COVID “crash”

    image.jpeg.1af9d5b15fa4fa89bafc22eaebee118c.jpeg

    whoa, that's gnarly.

    I had it for the third time in August. It was like a bad head cold, lasted just over a week. Sorry to hear that others have had it worse. I keep up with the vaccinations so will presumably get jabbed sometime this fall...

  13. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    4 hours ago, mjazzg said:

    Thanks, I have the Evan Parker and I'm on the look out for the Barry Guy, I didn't realise there was one with Van Hove, I'll check that out but prices are crazy

    yeah, Assist is excellent. I don't know why people on Discogs are charging $200+ when the going rate is like $75 max for a nice copy. Surely you'll find one.

  14. Clarke Boland Big Band reissues

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    On 2/12/2011 at 5:51 AM, mikeweil said:

    The only Boland LPs from the MPS catalogue reissued in recent years have been these three on a double CD - highly recommended:

     

    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MpWuzcioL._SS500_.jpg

     

     

    oddly, those are among the CBBB-related LPs I am missing. Got kinda full of Clarke-Boland at one point, when I felt I'd bought/listened to enough. But I'd scoop the vinyl if I ran into it.

  20. Makaya Ntshoko (1939-2024)

    in Artists

    Posted

    Sad to report that the South African drummer Makaya Ntshoko has passed at 84. The family shared a notice on Facebook.

    He had been resident in Switzerland since the early '60s, when as part of the Dollar Brand Trio, he fled apartheid and settled first in Zürich and later in Basel.

    Ntshoko had a rather storied & versatile career in Europe, especially in the 60s and 70s, working with Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Mal Waldron, Benny Bailey, Nathan Davis, Bob Degen, Heinz Sauer, John Tchicai, Irène Schweizer, Joe McPhee...

    Excellent player in both freer and straight-ahead contexts. RIP.

×
×
  • Create New...