clifford_thornton

Checking my discogs collection and while I still don't have all the CDs entered, all of the LPs are in there and I can see tons of great 1987 titles by (among others) Steve Lacy, Bill Dixon, William Parker, Ellen Christi, Derek Bailey, Cecil Taylor, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, Beaver Harris, Marion Brown, Mal Waldron, Peter Brötzmann, Marilyn Crispell, Michael Stuart, Dennis Gonzalez, Charles Brackeen, Per Henrik Wallin, Andrew Hill... not to mention scads of fantastic punk and indie rock of course. Seems like a good year to me (I was 10 at the time).

Intakt cover art has't been very good for many years. That being said, there is a lot of excellent music on the label. Niklaus Troxler's graphic design is probably too expensive now.

Al Cohn, Zoot Sims -- Al & Zoot -- Coral US orig

That will be fun.

I assume the Dusty Groove copy is just recycled from when they carried the Dusk Fire release. I reviewed that CD back in the day for some publication, can't recall which... it's excellent.

I probably haven't fully digested -- i.e., completely grasped on all levels -- most of my collection!

I have the Mosaic LPs too. All boxed sets are inconvenient

ordered these from Nimbus-West. Dusty usually ships out before the label does for some reason.

Huh. I run into them in shops from time to time, but certainly more (Moer) on the east coast than when I lived in TX or the midwest.

great back cover on that one

Wish I kept that list, although it would have started in 1987 and really picked up in earnest around 1994 when I had a drivers license and access to a car.

Ah, thanks, yeah I had no idea about the 700 series.

Yeah, Document, RST, all that stuff is mind-blowing. Then again most of what I've taken note of is prewar. I'd also add June Appal and Takoma to the list. Oh, and Flyright and Trix should be in here too.

yeah, when I was reviewing them.

Never for recordings — even when writing about them — but certainly for live concerts.

I knew of the Italian bootleg LP but had never seen evidence of an Atlantic test pressing. That's pretty cool.

Gross.

Birds of Underground is good too.

agree! And yeah, Concord really stinks.

The Black Mystery School essay is wonderful, yes!

Right. And Mal definitely played the blues also.

To me that has always felt like Mangeldorff's jewel on record. There are also a bunch of live recordings from that band circulating (i.e., not released commercially) that are well worth hearing. Superb!

I believe it to be correct, at least in the improvised music idiom. Lacy's solo LPs/recitals were directly inspired by Braxton, as I understand it. Parker, McPhee, Mitchell, Abe, Hemphill, Lake, Brown... all of those came later. The Hawkins soli were released on shellac 10"s and I'd call those EPs at most, not albums. The Hawkins on Asch is essential material, IMO.

yeah, I have a mono pressing of that LP (wasn't chasing after the mono, just what landed in front of me). It's a very good date.

that's very cool!