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Thanks for the reminder - I just emailed them, too, with a nudge toward fresh baked brownies and fine Texas beer (haha). Maybe that'll get a reply?

William Hooker & Thomas Chapin - Crossing Points - (No Business)

Village is cool, but I find Wisdom less interesting. Generally I like all the Pharoah Impulse LPs.

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Yeah, I believe that's somewhere on Cosmic Tones, right? Music & Dance is a really fine record.

I didn't know that either. The show definitely hews toward the modern or avant-garde, but certainly in the interests of providing a balanced program, I think including Navarro, Strayhorn's compositions, et al., would be appropriate.

Is Cecil openly gay? I was not sure if he was open about it, though it seems to be common knowledge. Ra's sexuality is a mystery - he said he was asexual, which is not in any way part of the GLBT spectrum. Anyway, thanks for the thoughts. I agree with Chris.

Yeah, I was going to include Don Pullen. There's another pianist who I'm thinking of but I'm not sure if he's "out." Of course, the great bassist-composer Graham Collier will be included, too.

Right, I hadn't planned on outing anyone. Yeah, indeed that list of icons. My plan was just to play a diverse range of music from those players & masters that I know of who are part of the GLBT community, and let the chips fall where they may. Obviously, no minds will be changed or anything - but it seems like something "worth exploring." Hersch is a great player, indeed.

So one of my thoughts - related to one of my sub-interests in the field of jazz music - is to do an episode of The Cutting Edge (the weekly jazz show I share on the Austin airwaves) related to GLBT improvisers. Since June is Pride Month, I thought this would be an interesting exploration. However, it's a subject that's - naturally - rather taboo in the "manly" jazz community. I'd be interested in your thoughts on how to approach this subject, and perhaps corroborate some of the musicians that would be good to spotlight. Obviously, in a "post-everything" world, it would be unnecessary to make note of someone's race, gender, or sexual orientation. However, from the perspective of the importance of gay rights in the contemporary discourse in America, it seems fitting to me. Interestingly, it seems more lesbian improvisers are "out" (Irene Schweizer, Joelle Leandre for example) then gay men. Thanks for your ideas.

Joe Morris/Nate Wooley/Ben Hall/Hans Buetow - Cloud Atlas Quartet - (Broken Research)

That's pretty cool!

all replied - thanks!

Yes indeed. The flyers were pretty cool. I made color copies of some of them, which Brandon Burke now has.

When I was interning at MoMA in the archives, I saw this among many other things. The Jazz in the Garden series had some really interesting stuff.

Hope he's all right.

Bernt Rosengren - Improvisationer - (SJR) w/ Falay, Koverhult, Wennerstrom, Hultcrantz, etc.

Received and replied, thanks!

Up with some clean feed & other nice stuff!

Bernt Rosengren - Stockholm Dues - (Odeon Sweden) a little worn VG+ copy, but it was free.

Manfred Schoof's work with Michel Pilz and Jasper van't Hof might work; they had a couple of albums on Japo which are now part of an ECM set. The live recordings of this band that I've heard are a bit more interesting (to me) than the studio stuff, however. YMMV. I'm not sure what's on CD, but the Kuhn brothers (Rolf & Joachim) made a bunch of records in the 70s that, as the decade progressed, got more fusiony. I tend to prefer their more free jazz oriented work, but can certainly appreciate the plugged-in stuff. Joachim is a major part of Barney Wilen's excellent "Dear Prof. Leary" on MPS, for example.

Wish I could be there!

As someone who has struggled with at times crippling depression, Shawn, I can relate. This community has definitely helped me as well (in addition to therapy, medication, exercise, and good real-time friends). Sometimes when I am down, the last thing I want to do is listen to music. But this board is so welcoming that sometimes it seems like I don't have to have a musical synapse firing just to relax and banter. So if you need to split for awhile, it's understood, but I do encourage you to pipe in whenever you feel like it. Your contributions would be missed, even if they're one liners.

thank you. Listening for the first time now. very strong. As a surman fan, it's nice to come across a session i didn't know existed Yeah, that's a sick record. He's also in fine form on Room 1220 from the European Jazz Allstars.

Togashi/Lacy/Carter - Spiritual Moments - (Paddle Wheel/King Japan) Inspired by jeffcrom