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I like what I've heard from him... there's one on Horo (I think) called The Dualities of Man that is pretty interesting. Kent Carter talked a lot about playing in his quartet with Laurence Cook and (IIRC) Claude Bernard.

Multiple Sclerosis. I've been on a late-70s/early-80s Beefheart jag this summer. It's been nice. Not gonna apologize for the man's behavior to others nor say he's the greatest mind since Ellington but shit, I got ears and I do listen...

I have it on LP. Crisis averted.

If there's some classic baritone blowing, I'm in. Taylor/Laurence/Marshall would have been SWEET!

Sounds fine to me; not as much "punch" as the German pressings tho I haven't compared the two on this title.

Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High - (ECM, US pressing)

True West - s/t - (Bring Out Your Dead 12")

Herbie Mann - Just Wailin' - (New Jazz purple/no DG)

LJCO - Zurich Concerts - (Intakt)

Bump. I will be mailing off those paid for today, I hope.

That happens often. Feel free to PM me if you have time over the week/end to get a beer.

Give us more details about Austin. We'd love to see you play.

Sorry to hear that. Sounds like you are a kindhearted and fair manager.

Bump. There are a few remaining & likable titles.

Several of these are on hold but there are a few left. The Rozanne Levine is a sealed spare and it is really a well-done record. I enjoy it very much.

Haven't listened to that in years. My pre-sleep jam tonight: Marion Brown - Why Not? - (ESP orig)

Yeah, I have a duplicate on vinyl.

Bump with recent additions.

Love all the ones I own.

Yes, which completely explodes my initial grumble. I wouldn't be without that one! I know, I got it on a curious lark and was blown away. As for Joni, the only stuff I really got into was the Asylum material. But whatever, it'll move units and if it's done up nicely, who cares?

Haha, mine already has - but without the politics.

I remember buying an original copy of the Stratus Seekers at a record fair when I was barely out of my teens. The guy selling it - for $10 - said "people still listen to George Russell?" I think my response was something like "I don't know, but I want to hear him!" It's been discovery after discovery with his music since; I've only recently begun to appreciate his more rock-oriented pieces, choral work and the other compositional/textural adventures he was engaged in later on. I had the chance to interview him a few years ago for AAJ but it fell through on account of bad timing. Wish I had done so.

I'd love a WCJ-by-chewy recommendations thread, too. Haven't got far past the world of Lester Koenig here but I know that's just a surface scuff. I'd also like it if chewy approved my facebook request, but I guess one can't have everything.

I'm hearing word that George Russell, pianist and composer, has died. This is the only "printed" source I have seen though there is banter elsewhere about this. Hope it ain't so but if it is, Rest in Peace, Mr. Russell, and thanks for all you gave.