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This was confirmed and denied several times over the weekend. Guess if AP says it, it's true.

Funny - I didn't know about this band and used to be in a group called the Piltdown Ensemble...

First, Improvisational Arts Quintet - No Compromise! - (Prescription) Then, Dennis Gonzalez - Namesake - (Silkheart) Because I talked to Alvin Fielder today and he's doing well.

It's a very strong early Murray outing. But I see nothing wrong with Paul Revere & The Raiders (also early), either.

Sweet, that will be cool. Hope some of the RivBea Orchestra material makes it in as well.

Welcome back.

I wholeheartedly approve. Too young to have caught it in any significant way back then, I guess, so better late than never.

I know, one of the few that made sense.

Their nominations were pretty ridiculous in other categories as well.

Sure thing. It was one of the first few I did, glad you enjoy. Burton is now someone whom I consider a friend and I hope you get to see him perform.

Got the book - it's tremendous.

Interview with Burton here. Yours truly weighing in on Two Voices (and more) here and some more here. I saw Burton and Perry when their US tour stopped in Austin a couple of years ago. It was tremendous and beautiful, and they are both great folks. Perry stayed at my house and I was able to cook (and pass the test on Indian meals) for them, hang out, etc. Supremely great times.

I mean, I'm all for earlier work, but to my ears Burton's music now is much more all-encompassing, informed, and beautiful. Chalk it up to 40 years of human experience, but I'd take Two Voices, Grasland, or some of the recent CIMP material over his ESPs and such any day.

Two Voices is excellent. Live at the Playhouse is an interesting historical document, but it's not very well recorded (though the music is good).

Certainly that's possible - it was at least a year ago! Anyway, I have Pipedream & picked it up on vinyl for something like $5 some time ago, though the extra material would be nice to hear.

I'm pretty sick of facebook these days (surprise) but what would happen to those 580 friends???

Probably the same as the previously (a few years ago) issue of the complete material. I am amazed that it sold out already.

I first saw her on Sesame Street as a wee tyke and was mesmerized - completely bowled over - even then.

I assume that's what I used - whatever was advertised when the Blue Notes box came out, which was the last time I tried to do an order w/ them/her.

I want Hawk Squat, please!

Well, some sort of response is pretty normal behavior, I would think. Never understood why I've never received one in the past.

DG will have it again, I'm sure... have had a very hard time in the past getting ahold of Hazel, actually have never got a response through Cadillac/Ogun and went elsewhere for my fix.

I'd like to have the extra tracks, just for completist's sake. But spending $30 for 26 minutes of music... well, guess I've done it before! Thanks, I have had the Nefertiti set on Revenant for some time, and was wondering if the Montmartre set was of the same classic quality. You already have all the music on both of the Debut LPs / SAWANO CD's then. No need to buy unless you can't live without that artwork.

I'd say that for a first time seller you did well.

I've come to appreciate Solo Monk on Columbia more and more over the years. It has been some time since I've listened to the small-group Monk Columbias, though they were among the first jazz LPs I bought / heard and in any event, probably paid the most attention at the time to Monk and Rouse.