clifford_thornton

Ah, I thought that only included the Catfish/EMI LPs, not the privately-produced material.

Gerry Mulligan 4tet - Live in Stockholm 1957 - (Ingo)

Thanks for these. Beautiful.

Got all those but the Foster - some really nice ones. I was under the impression that the Dulfer was happening, but I haven't heard anything about it for a while.

I feel your pain. My friend, who's pretty well-connected, was trying to do the Abdul-Hannan LP, which is David S. Ware's first appearance on record. He found Abdul-Hannan, had access to the tapes of this privately-issued gem, and due to various difficulties (not the least of which being a request for absolutely obscene amounts of money) he finally dropped the idea. So whether it's something that seems "fairly obvious" or a piece that barely registers a blip on the radar of all but the most obsessive, it can be a real headache to secure the rights to reissue something. I suppose that's partly why bootlegs and the blogs are flourishing.

Although it's nice to have original cover art, a Marion Brown Mosaic Select would be awesome. Perhaps his work with Gunter Hampel (although technically that spans several LPs), or the 1970s Jean Toomer trilogy on Impulse.

Yeah, any of the Dutch Fontana titles would be great, but prying them out of Alan Bates' hands would be mighty difficult I would think. I was pretty sure that Spiritual Infinity was a mass of aborted takes and nothing complete exists. Somebody was going to do the Colbeck a few years ago but I guess it fell through. Fine LP. The Marzette on Savoy is a good idea because a lot of people want to hear it, but it's not exactly earth-shattering music. The Patty Waters track is by far the best.

Noah Howard - The Black Ark - (Polydor UK orig)

I didn't need to read that last bit...

If he had a copy of the Ray Stephen Oche on Esperance, I might be a customer.

I'd pass.

Flaherty rules.

Indeed. As one who suffers the "D" part pretty heavily, it's good to hear inspiring stories of those who have been able to maintain through these struggles.

Here's something I did for the Austinist. Too many obits these days; thankfully I rarely write them myself.

I transcribed and indexed some interviews with him for a project a few years ago. Seemed like a really interesting guy, and of course hilarious. Definitely more "in control" than some of the television-show contexts would have you believe.

It's some of the most incredible 30 minutes of music ever recorded. Its setting in a body of work that spans a few years in the mid-Sixties, as well as spurring on further orchestral explorations and cementing the breadth of Dixon's more contemporary work makes this record essential listening. I would add that, for some a memorized piece might be by Bach or Beethoven or Ellington, one that they can call up and listen to in their heads at any instant. For me it is "Metamorphoses 1962-1966."

Reports are that it sounds great. My LP sounds good but it'll be nice to hear it in crisp form. The most important thing is that Bill is happy, wherever he is.

Hell, I'm still trying to figure out what is music and what isn't.

This seems high for a stereo copy of this Wilkerson LP, but seeing as how I found one in a shop in comparable condition a few years ago for 1/10th of the price...

CBBB - Latin Kaleidoscope - (MPS Germany) Now, Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda - (Impulse)

Wow. Sad news. RIP, Mr. Perkins, and glad you were here to grace us for so long.

Cecil, like Bill Dixon, didn't start as an avant-garde musician - especially when you note that he came up in Harlem in the late '40s/early '50s. I think of him as a bebopper at heart, and a player of lyrical subtlety whose fondness for the crooners doesn't go unnoticed. But then I might be in the minority.

Nice resource - would love to have had the opportunity to be at some of these concerts (duh) or at least hear them.

Balls isn't one of my favorites, but Machine Gun is a classic - that said, it's certainly not for everybody. I think his recent material is much more "traditionally melodic" though some of the Tentet stuff can get a little rackety.