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For a minute I thought that was a Braxton piece I didn't know.

Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation - (RCA-Victor Dynaflex [given to me for free, still sounds good])

Joe Masters - The Jazz Mass - (Columbia 2-eye stereo)

Sweet!

Nice score. If it plays well, $10 for a VG+ is pretty sweet.

Yeah, I know, I know...

It is still being discounted at fire-sale prices, just FYI.

Sweet. I got outbid on a clean vinyl copy on eBay the other day...

Cool record. The arrangements are quite massive and recall, to me (in parts) some of Bill Dixon's orchestral music, especially the combination of low brass and "woody" reeds. There are some amazing passages of brutal high-pitched trilling as well, and considering what one might "expect" from a Euro-American blowout, its textures are quite varied. If you're into the heavier realm of avant-garde improvised music, it's definitely worth some ear-time. Also a second on Rolf Kuhn. Fantastic and open-minded player, one who I'm glad is still with us.

Thanks for chiming in and for the recommendations, Alexander!

The 1998 mix seems a lot brighter to my ears.

Apparently his sudden passing was due to a brain aneurysm. So sad.

The DVD kicks ass, and I was impressed with the sound of the 1998 remaster. I've subsisted on vinyl for years; before that had the very old (1980s?) CD set. I convinced my dad to buy this while I was home for the weekend, and we watched the DVD last night. Tremendous.

Thanks for the recommendations on Pettiford. I'll seek these dates out. I agree on Watkins, for sure. Awesome tone and phrasing.

I think he got much, much better post-ESP. Found his own very melodic thing, and seemed like a nice guy.

Another major figure gone, and too young. RIP and thanks.

"Demons" were referred to earlier. I never thought of Joe Henderson as a junkie, though I know his cousin Jack Graham did not last too long because of it. Could anyone elaborate? (and no, it has no bearing on my appreciation of his art/humanity - I am just curious.)

Allen Lowe.

I got it last week. Finally! But worth the wait. Does anyone know if it is all one composition? There are separate bands on the records, and they seem to be discrete pieces. Ailanthus is one piece in three movements; Altissima is one piece in four.

Did they at least have any beer?

Silva's flywheel arco on Cecil's "Unit Structures" composition destroyed me when I first heard it, and I still haven't recovered.

Yeah, I know. I suppose it's kind of like buying Blue Notes for $5.98 back in the day and now they can fetch hundreds of dollars. Still, I find it hard to pay more than $20 for a CD.

Dang... I think I got the original LP in good nick from them for cheaper than that!

May I jump on this freight train?

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