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Julius Hemphill - Flat Out Jump Suite - (Black Saint)

That volume is particularly good. Sunny's side is very nice as well. Saga sounds fantastic, yes...

I saw Revis and Waits with Brotzmann not too long ago; it was solid though Revis was trying some William Parker double-bowing shit that didn't work too well. Kinda dropped the ball on that one, IMO. But I can imagine this set you saw being decent. V'mark's backbeat scene gets a little overdone, too, though I generally appreciate his writing when it's not "funky."

Mike Bisio - In Seattle - (Silkheart) Real fine find, new for $3.

Zulu Rock is supposed to be pretty incredible but I've yet to hear it. It is on CD, as most of her output. Nassau is an avant-garde post-no wave club jam; I'm therefore surprised she worked with Chet.

Trane. Guess he was 40, but...

Carter-Bradford Quartet - Flight for Four - (Flying Dutchman, white label promo copy)

My eyes glossed over... yeah, that way I don't have to give the Andorrans any $$.

I'd like to hear this. Besides, how many recordings of Bob Fuhlrodt (or Fuhlrod, as I've seen it) are there?

The Nessa reissue of Procession of the Great Ancestry is excellent also. When Chuck gets Spirit Catcher reissued this fall, pick that one up too. Then you might also want the Kabell recordings and some of the Golden Quartet.

Yeah, I have a hard time imagining Jimmy Cobb getting up and going on Facebook scrabble every morning...

Yeah, Triptykon is a cool record. He also cut some heavy sides with Juhani Aaltonen for Blue Master and a solo LP that are all very scarce and deserving of reissue. Nan Madol on Japo is real nice, as is another weird one-off Norwegian psychedelic fusion date called "Ode to Marilyn." Excellent player and sorely overlooked, but the reissue market being what it is... probably not surprising.

At Her Majesty's is a hot one! Also, the Griffin "Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz" is fantastic. Admittedly hoping for some nice Japanese facsimiles to make their way to the surface, because though the Rearwards are a good way to hear some of this music, I've been less impressed with the printing quality on the sleeves and have had one or two warped vinyls.

From the same period, Peace Concert on Atavistic is real nice.

Yeah, I think it's in their "coming soon" queue.

I'll let you know if I can get a copy! Small group with Botchinsky and other Danish folks, recorded for Debut.

Well, Reader doesn't always work - according to my feed, "Fucked in Park Slope" hasn't had any new stories in a year but I know there are several a day.

Apparently forthcoming are a repress of the SAWANO Shihab Oktav LP as well as Sahib's Jazz Party.

Cool. I've never really "got" Joe Maneri's music - almost to the point of not liking it - but that challenge has left him filed away in my mind as someone to explore further when I'm ready. His passing will certainly leave a hole.

Any thoughts on the Paul Plimley/Lisle Ellis Ornette covers record? I've always thought it a little too icy, but I do enjoy Plimley with McPhee on that Sweet Freedom disc. Mike's right about Jarrett, esp. as Keith was (early on, especially) a very Bley-styled pianist.

This is sad to hear though I know he'd been in seriously bad health in recent years. So long and thanks for all the music - music that I still don't understand. Source

Incidentally, just got this one for review: Barry Guy & Mats Gustafsson - Sinners, Rather than Saints - (Not Two) vinyl only...

Jeff: If you open the CBBB door a little wider, be prepared - a lot of really excellent material in that orbit.

There's always this, too

Looking forward to hearing this.