clifford_thornton

It's an amazing record and I got it for far less than what it's at currently (probably in better shape, too).

Manfred Schoof & Yamashita Trio - Distant Thunder - (Enja, GER)

Thanks - yeah, Ivo's got some real corkers.

Yeah, the Heliopolis looks really cool but it's pretty boring. I'd buy a CD reissue just to have it around but it's not worth keeping a lackluster $500 album! Indeed, IIRC even with a green label, the original of that Togashi is with a gatefold.

Perhaps I should have broken this up into several posts, but here's the whole shebang... Ivo

Yeah, I had the Heliopolis and was bored by it so turned it around for $500. It's nice to have that option sometimes. I put in some sniping software to "take it there" on a few of the Japanese LPs but I think they'll go insane.

Honestly, only a few of these records are really "hard-core scarce," the others are just being driven up in price by association/provenance.

Homefromtheforest, it was me that posted the Braxton - unfortunately I don't have the other BYG to compare but "This time..." is very strong - a nice contrast between the two sides between two long compositions and a selection of great short compostions which even had me thinking that they sounded like early distant relatives of Ghost Trance Music. I can't see anyone who enjoys Braxton of that vintage not liking this. I agree, the short compositions and the one solo vocal piece are really interesting. The long form pieces on both LPs are really nice - McCall is a great addition to the core trio - and there are some beautiful melodies on Actuel 15 (the other LP). I think the music is pretty accessible, actually, though the BYG pressings don't do it any service.

Wow, never seen or heard of that!

Is Dave Holland a US citizen?

Yeah, their sound-art/minimalism titles would be the exception.

Gardens of Harlem is an excellent date - and can be found affordably, just probably not in this particular auction. The Charles Moffett Savoy LP is great! It was also released on CD in Japan.

Yeah, my friend Dante's stash. He's liquidating.

No, Peter isn't gay.

Yeah, get 'em. Great stuff.

Lars Lystedt Sextet - Jazz Under the Midnight Sun - (Interdisc)

As an art historian and jazz historian I'd have to disagree with you there. Clement Greenberg's definition of Modernism is apt: Although Evans, Weasel Walter, and their acolytes are perhaps diverse enough in their musical influences and approaches to lie slightly to the left of Modernists (I'm not so sure post-Modernism is relevant here), they are extraordinarily self-critical (as in "criticizing the practice of music and instrumental performance) in their work and to that end, the practice of Modernist evolution is not foreign.

Off today after a Texas sojourn, so... Albert Mangelsdorff - Tension - (CBS Holland)

Huh? Am I listening to a different recording? Pepper is just being Pepper - playing the changes the way he always does, which is a bit unique. I guess if you don't like Pepper's ballad style,,, it's not as pretty as Chet's but it's still got something going for me. Pepper himself tells of the time he soloed in his "normal" way in Stan Kenton's band and had most of the band members thinking he didn't know what he was doing. I love Pepper Adams and don't have this recording, but I can see that not every player fits in every context. Actually these diverging opinions make me want to give this record a listen (not a seeker of Chet or Bill Evans usually). Now: CBBB - Now Hear Our Meanin' - (CBS UK mono)

No I was looking at D** G****. Not you - you are correct that nonrepresentational painting is a good parallel, and genuine curiosity is ideal!

I can't believe people are seriously questioning the musical value of Evans' work (or Wick's). Give me a break.

Dang. And RIP to Gandolfini.