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They were produced by Clifford Jordan for Strata-East. Two of his dates, the Brackeen, the Pharoah, and the Payne - that's all I know of. Nice stuff!

Oh yeah, the Motian is very good but even better shit exists live, with Brackeen BLOWING on tenor.

That Byard isn't that cool, IIRC. Better records in his discography for sure. Izenzon also played some nice stuff with Bill Dixon on "Winter Song" (from the Savoy 7-tette LP). Though Bill said he (Izenzon) wasn't really that comfortable with the music at first and had trouble playing "freely" if you can believe it.

Anthony Braxton - Donna Lee - (America orig)

And all their good stuff goes straight to eBay. Not that too many people in LA are looking for an obscure Argentine Paul Gonsalves LP...

Clearly, copies of this must be floating in the gutters in Burbank...

Steve Lacy - Clinkers - (Hat Hut)

Would love to hear all those tapes he and Perry Robinson made.

Kalaparusha - Peace and Blessings - (Black Saint)

Thanks guys - had the afternoon off and what did I do but run errands... and thanks for the personal touch blind-blake, I did get it but spent half the morning tweaking my "new" computer at work. Fun times... CA

Pharoah Sanders - Love In Us All - (Impulse wlp)

Alan Sondheim - Ritual All 770 - (ESP orig)

Wasn't Brownie there at that one? (or was it another Ayler ESP session?) I think it was Spirits Rejoice. He also attended some of the BYG recording sessions in Paris in '69.

Sonic Arts Union - Electric Sound - (Mainstream) I remember performing the Lucier piece in grad school with some fellow students. Also that semester did some George Maciunas music.

Details, please. To my knowledge, Spaulding did not record for Pacific Jazz.

Yeah, this is a fine, fine one that I haven't dug out in quite some time. In addition to sending me a review copy, he signed and sent one to my dad. Super sweet guy. Also some love for the pair of discs he issued on his Speetones label...

Location was on Strata, not Strata-East. Would love to check that out.

Wishing you the very best today - and some obscure vinyl, to boot!

What a drag... RIP.

Ugh.

I almost bought a complete DGG set on vinyl but came to find that it was missing a record...

Wow.

That's my favorite Neil, too. See, you must be at least all right because we have similar tastes.

The Monterose in Action LP is a motherfucker (I have the VSOP reissue). I would assume his playing on these two tracks is very strong, as it's from the same period. I think I gotta hear this

Here are a few more, the list may not be "well-informed" only because I'm not a huge follower of jazz vocals... but these four I find extraordinary. All of Jeanne's and Patty's work is major, of course. Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Sheila Patty Waters - You Thrill Me Jeanne Lee w/ Ran Blake - The Newest Sound Around John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman