clifford_thornton

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.

Butch Morris, Frank Lowe, Billy Bang, Denis Charles, A.R. Penck, etc. - Be Cool in Munich Vol. 2 - (Penck)

David Murray - Last of the Hipman - (Red) w/ Butch, Dyani and George Brown

He's a big Hawk fan, indeed. I would say Song X and Live in Japan are much more melodically easy to get into than much of Brotzmann's work. The quartet with McPhee, Kessler, and Zerang might be a good place for you to start - dip into Tales out of Time on Hat Hut, for example, which is a favorite of mine.

I hope to attend as well. May see you there.

Somebody call Half Price Books!

Would the RSS feeds be readable off Organissimo and in my Google Reader?

Lonnie Smith?

I know, right?

Warhol madness!

Seconded!

The two on Arista were reissues of material on Universal Justice. I assume - but I don't know - that they were only leased, and that the rights returned to UJ and Charles Shaw.

Rapeman - Budd - (Touch & Go)

Yeah, I saw that. Whenever I see the name Nick Forte, I think of the guitarist from hardcore band Rorschach. Probably not the same dude!