clifford_thornton

Complex issue. Interesting points. I try not to consume at all costs, but it hasn't stopped me from owning Ingo, Ozone, BYG, etc. LPs. Then again, I have paid artists collector prices for their out-of-print private issues. You win some, you lose some.

Ditto.

Like what, exactly? Haven't been to London for almost 9 years, yet I know London's never been like it used to be ever since Mole Jazz went belly up, but what's left of Ray's Jazz shop at Foyle's now, and what about the area arounds Camden Town and the upper end of Portobello Road (Honest Jon's)? Everything's gone, too? Foyle's/Ray's has like three short bins of records, mostly overpriced marginal LPs - though they did have one beat-to-hell copy of Gyroscope for about $300! I poked around a few other Portobello shops and didn't see squat. Honest Jon's apparently has quit selling jazz - they also moved, so they are a ways out west I think. Good Records NYC puts all their stuff on eBay. I remember one store in Evanston where you had to pay for a record before you could look at condition... that was a racket if I ever heard one... minimum prices were around $40 and that included random Jarrett ECMs and so forth. Waste of time, now closed as you might expect.

Off!, yeah, not on CD. There's also a private solo LP on which he rubs balloons, among other things.

Paul Rutherford: The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie Solo Berlin 1975 Neuph All on Emanem. Beautiful.

Well hopefully they don't have just "one" and I can buy it tomorrow.

$15, eh? Thanks all!

Though not what it probably was 10-15 years ago, Shawn is right and Austin is still pretty good. End of an Ear is my favorite, followed by Backspin (cheap, DJ-centric) and on a good day, Friends of Sound & Waterloo. Antone's can also be good but it's needle-in-a-haystack. I'm pretty addicted to the internet for hardcore collectibles, but some stuff I've found here pretty damn cheap, especially the things that aren't real heavy pieces.

I have SOME of this stuff but not ALL of it. I don't believe this is anywhere near-exhaustive as a Debut boxed set - in fact, I seem to remember a different big-box set preceding this one - but is the $40 sale price worth it? I have the Massey Hall, St. Nick's, Bohemia, Dorham and Bley. Don't have the Four Trombones, the Teo or the Bud.

There are two, Grand Unification and Stories.

Yes, it's a fine one indeed. Of the Bluiett LPs I own, it's probably the one I return to most. Randy's recommendations are also excellent. I don't dislike the Kowald solo LP, but in my opinion he's always better in conversation with other musicians. I also have a solo Kowald LP on Qbico that I have not listened to yet.

Man, tough choice! I got a free ticket to Tortoise here on Wednesday. I haven't liked much they've done since the first record, but it will still be enjoyable. They've got talent, even if it sometimes gets lost in the noodling.

Yeah, I'm not so into the music of Frizzell and the Black Crack Revue but I respect him as an "artist." He also pals around with Daevid Allen of Gong - not surprisingly.

Happy Birthday!

Just saw this. Hope he recovers soon.

I remembered he sounded pretty good on the Levitts LP. Thanks for the reminder.

Fascinating. Thanks.

It'll go there - still three days left. I'm curious about that Dexter/Griffin LP on Joker that they've got. Never seen it.

Raymond Boni - L'oiseau, L'arbe, Le Beton - (Futura) Great solo damaged-guitar recording and not at all in the Derek Bailey vein. Fractured but heartfelt Herbie Nichols covers, on guitar: Duck Baker - Spinning Song - (Tzadik/Avant) Barre Phillips - Journal Violone - (Opus One) beautiful solo bass recording, the first solo bass album, and quite compositional in scope (though apparently it was edited down from several hours of playing by composer Max Schubel). Only comparable solo-bass record is, IMHO, Inland Fish, by Motoharu Yoshizawa. Bill Dixon - Odyssey - (Archive Edition) Solo trumpet boxed set now very OOP, which is too bad. Mind-melting. Peter Evans' solo discs on psi are pretty hot as far as post-Dixon solo trumpet dates go. I second McPhee's Tenor. Lacy solo is a fascinating world as well, though I personally get more out of his small-group recordings. Cleve Pozar - Solo Percussion - (CSP) Pierre Favre - Drum Conversation - (Calig) and Abanaba - (Futura) Andrew Cyrille - What About? - (BYG) All excellent and very different ideas of what a solo percussion record should be about. I haven't heard Cyrille's Ictus LP but I understand it's real good. Would also like to hear the solo Toshi Tsuchitori record. The first half of Roscoe Mitchell's Congliptious (Nessa) presents early solos by Malachi, Lester and Roscoe. Excellent. Nonaah (Nessa) and The Natural and the Spiritual (AECO) include great later solo works by Roscoe and Malachi, respectively.

I will be buying that.

That's Pharoah on the bottom, not Trane.

I think he will podium.

HG, I believe that you're right - Desmond and Brubeck.

Years ago I spoke to someone "in the know" and he said it isn't surprising there isn't more material the way Alan Douglas ran his sessions. Prince Lasha wasn't particularly a fan of Alan Douglas. Money and publishing were among the concerns.

Restless licensed the material from Douglas, I assume. They were a legit label that originally issued the Flaming Lips' catalog back in the day, along with other punk/indie acts. I don't know how they chose to reissue Dolphy, but someone there must've been a fan. IIRC, there was some crossover with Celluloid, which had the rights to Conversations at the time (late 80s).