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I'm told that the music is really, really intense, and fairly "out" at times. Looking forward to getting a copy. Regarding the "etc.", that was just for contractual reasons until McCoy signed with BN. IIRC anyway.

aha! now I get it, yes, that makes sense. I had thought you meant it was actually their wallpaper.

yep, JP Impulse LP. There's also Second Night in Tokyo, which was released a few years later, and is IMO even stronger: It is too bad that the jam sessions with Japanese musicians were not recorded. I asked Fujioka-san and he confirmed no tapes were made. Ah! I always wondered where they cribbed that pattern from. I too have AU 4950 in NM condition.

Japanese original: Impulse pressing is a reissue. First came out on Coltrane Records: a few of the Atlantics and some of the early Prestige LPs did not have images of the artist, either, though he was arguably less of a household name at the time.

choice pair!

The New York City Jazz Record

Solid piece -- I'll definitely check out that Slugs' quartet date. Hopefully more from the archive makes its way to the surface... maybe even some material from his early Chicago days.

I'll definitely buy this. I've not heard of the label before.

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Always liked that one a lot. I have the French pressing. Don't know why that band doesn't get much love in the pantheon of Mingus.

oh, to have a time machine...

been after that 45 for quite some time as well. Unlikely to run into one! RIP...

I never saw him play alas, but did see him speak at a Coltrane film screening. Seemed like a wonderful human being.

Could be, but those wishes aren't always wise. I know of at least one major figure in this music who wanted their entire archive to be destroyed upon their death, and am glad his heirs chose to keep that from happening.

I imagine now that the music is "out there" it will get bootlegged. It is too bad that Denardo has no interest, as I understand it, in pushing the archives of his father's music. Someone else will profit.

Sad to hear, but what a life & what a legacy. RIP.

ooh, looking forward to spending some time with that one. Choice band.

haven't read it, won't read it. Heroin and opioid addiction is everywhere, and have been everywhere for a long time, but its effect on Black music and Black art get the most lip service. Pretty easy to see why.

William Walker! But yes, a welcome listen around these parts for sure.

Yeah, though I doubt it would be of a releasable quality.

The fall season of "So, What Do You Think?" is upon us at Tubby's in Kingston, New York. Ten days from now, on Sunday, September 29, we are pleased to present an evening concert consisting of two trios that range from the far-flung burgs of New Paltz, Kingston, Peekskill, and New York City. Headlining the evening will be drummer Chris Bowman's Manix with guitarist John Bruschini and trumpeter John Mulkerin. An electric convergence of Downtown NYC post-no wave, free funk, and related structures, the trio's individual collaborators have included Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Bley, Annette Peacock, George Garzone, Cecil Taylor, William Parker, James Chance, Luther Thomas, Charles "Bobo" Shaw, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Butch Morris, and Makanda Ken McIntyre –– some of the deepest figures in modern creative music, and that depth will be carried through to Tubby's. Bowman is also a drum shop owner in New Paltz, and in 2023 provided "So, What Do You Think?" with a set of congas that were imbued with a lot of history and fire. Manix in a quartet version can be heard here: https://bruschinimulkerinbowmanpeskoff.bandcamp.com/album/manix Bruschini's solo music can be heard to recent advantage here: https://johnbruschini.bandcamp.com/album/cecil-ensorcelled-2 The opening salvos of the evening will come from trombonist Joe Fiedler and his trio with longtime collaborators guitarist Pete McCann (Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Maria Schneider) and drummer Michael Sarin (Dave Douglas, Myra Melford, Mario Pavone). These three, augmented by saxophonist Jeff Lederer and bassist Rob Jost, recorded Like, Strange in 2017 and they'll be going into the studio again before the year's end. Fiedler is a trombonist, composer, and arranger who has had an extensive career in both avant-garde jazz and Latin music circles, as well as being the musical director for Sesame Street since ~2009. He has worked with, among others, Anthony Braxton, Maria Schneider, Andrew Hill, Sakoto Fujii, and Cecil Taylor, in addition to an extensive study and arrangement of trombonist and multiphonic pioneer Albert Mangelsdorff's music. His quartet Big Sackbut (consisting of three trombones and tuba) has reimagined the small brass ensemble for contemporary ears pitched toward rousing interplay. The Fiedler-McCann-Sarin trio is certainly something to look forward to. Tickets can be purchased in advance at this link for $10 (plus a small service fee) or at the door for $15.

True!

no idea. I would think they would've been cataloged when Cuscuna was doing his research, but I don't know.

Sweet album. I saw Bang and Lowe with the Vietnam large ensemble at the Vision Festival in 2001. I might've seen Bang one other time, but that occasion certainly sticks out.

Yeah, correct. But Ornette brought only one tape to ESP, not both (or all three, who knows?), so what was on that reel was what they released. Stollman was acting as Ornette's lawyer/representative at that time, and I think the LP release was in lieu of payment for services rendered to Coleman. Probably made more money with the record than he would've gotten in legal fees anyway.