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Yeah saw that, looks interesting.

Ah yes, Music from Two Basses. That was an Early ECM. For some reason I've never heard the Kowald/Damon Smith disc. I'll ping Damon about it. He gave me a lock of Peter K's bow hair for Christmas...

Ted Curson - Tears for Dolphy - (Fontana, Holland mono)

Leo Cuypers - s/t - (BASF/BIM)

Yeah, but it doesn't take long for stuff to go oop these days. Those Ex Guitars records they released I slept on and now they're gone!

Oh yeah, I still need to pick that up. Thanks for the reminder.

Hey JC Al, didn't realize you were on this board. Interesting story. I have yet to see the doc, but his music is pretty outstanding.

Aha, yes - the bass duo LP. Another elusive beast. That one's good. Also much love for the Peter Kowald bass duos - Barre Phillips, Maarten Altena, and Barry Guy.

I guess it's pretty short; they'd have to pair it with something else. Perhaps the Philly Joe + Jef Gilson LP?

Sorry, that's actually Bengt Nordstrom - Natural Music (Bird Notes 2, 1968) The Lystedt looks like this: Sorry to nitpick but the Nordstrom is one of my faves!

Yeah, they're all out as Japanese pressings, right?

Black Unity is a hell of a record indeed.

Glad they're reissuing Tilt, but still no Zodiac?!

Re: Bill Dixon, the 7-tette (1964, Savoy) has Hal Dodson and David Izenzon. Apparently Izenzon had a lot of trouble with his part, though I'm not able to recall why. After all, he was a competent classical bassist back then. The score for "Winter Song" is pretty meaty - Down Beat reprinted it at one point. There are also two bassists on Intents & Purposes, Reggie Workman and Jimmy Garrison. Dixon often liked to use two basses in complementary textural roles, which I assume was a way to "spread out" the sound, especially when working with a small group. Brötzmann: Kowald and Niebergall on Machine Gun, to name just one recording. They were also two of the bassists in several Globe Unity recordings. John Carter/Bobby Bradford: Self-Determination Music had Henry Franklin and Tom Williamson on basses to excellent effect.

New York Art Quartet - s/t - (ESP, red label stereo)

Yeah, those FD records are killer. Glad to see there is a very real possibility they'll be properly done in the digital era. Thanks Jonathan.

Codeine - The White Birch - (Sup Pop/Numero, LP2) From the "complete recordings" boxed set When I See The Sun.

Yeah, without the composer/interpreter present... I mean, seeing Ted Brown play his earlier compositions is one thing. Or extraordinary young musician-composers working through a few classic lines toward "another side." But...

Tempted to take the plunge on the HRS set but I'm tight for the next week or so. The prices are totally reasonable.

Sorry to hear this - RIP.

O to be a fly on the wall...

Didn't the guy know that Ascension also came in LP format?

Blackjack is an excellent album. Grabbed a super-clean original stereo in Austin for $9.99 - needless to say I was pleased.

That reminds me, I gotta tell my buddy to fix that site - there's an error.

Mine's en route; looking forward to it.