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Sad to report that the South African drummer Makaya Ntshoko has passed at 84. The family shared a notice on Facebook. He had been resident in Switzerland since the early '60s, when as part of the Dollar Brand Trio, he fled apartheid and settled first in Zürich and later in Basel. Ntshoko had a rather storied & versatile career in Europe, especially in the 60s and 70s, working with Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Mal Waldron, Benny Bailey, Nathan Davis, Bob Degen, Heinz Sauer, John Tchicai, Irène Schweizer, Joe McPhee... Excellent player in both freer and straight-ahead contexts. RIP.

I think of neon as an inert, colorless gas. YMMV.

looks like outside of MEV, Alvin Curran has made an entire album on shofar: https://www.freejazzblog.org/2013/12/alvin-curran-shofar-rags-tzadik-2013.html

"Some Blues But Not The Kind That's Blue" (Sun Ra)

I am sure I have a few things. Not "jazz," but Alvin Curran played it in MEV.

Black Metallic -- Catherine Wheel Steak and Black Onions -- R*peman Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair -- trad. Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black -- Sonny Sharrock

Good one. I should dig that out.

Green Chimneys Brown Taste I, II, III Yellow Carcass in the Blue Silver World All White Lavender Valse

Jackie Paris is awesome. Most current rap stars are not very good rappers, and rely heavily on autotune to mask timing issues, intonation, etc.. Autotune can be used effectively on its own as an instrument, but it is overused. Kendrick Lamar is pretty damn good, and there are others. I prefer old-school rap and harsh, staccato delivery with complex wordplay. As with any genre of music, there's good and there's bad.

The Brackeen is swell. He didn't have a bandleader recording again until the late 1980s, though he was quite active in the loft jazz scene of the 1970s, working regularly with Ahmed Abdullah, Paul Motian, Blackwell, Cherry, and others.

would be interested in recommendations too. I really only know the Komeda, Stánko, Namyslowski, Traszkowski orbits.

yes! So great. Steven Lackritz William Huddleston Raymond Patterson

Correct. 5 in all, plus two that were released on CD later.

I should get this. Never had the LT for whatever reason. Much nicer cover on the "new" version.

Henry Hathaway Sergio Leone Lee Van Cleef

Strata-East was founded by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell. The musicians owned the recordings, acted as producers, and chose the artwork. Strata-East handled manufacturing costs and distribution. Clifford Jordan's unrealized label was called Frontier and when that didn't get off the ground, he brought a number of tapes to Tolliver and Cowell for release as Strata-East LPs.

Nice one!

Lucille Ball Ronnie Ball Hugo Ball

not exactly, though I used to have a stovetop espresso maker like that. what I use is an older Espro: https://espro.com/products/coffee-french-press-p6?variant=40619347411123&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOoqB-Fc3Mp98WNV8HDP0bjXFf-Ekf5S181MgkBnIkqqb4unls9bjztQ

yeah, tough to find ZA albums in decent shape for sure.

I use a stainless steel big ol' French press and am never going back.

know the feeling. Well done!

yep. Buell also had his own bands which were quite interesting, well into the 1990s and early 00s. Beautiful sound on the bass and very creative, not to mention a fascinating raconteur. Denis Charles reemerged in the loft era and was very active until his death in 1998. Certainly his personal problems created inconsistency but when he was on fire he was definitely on fire. There are numerous recordings that bear this out.

Ameen is the only one of those players I haven't heard outside of CT. I quite like them all on their own, as well as in the Taylor orbit. Malik is a musician who mined a narrow seam but did it with brilliance and commitment.