clifford_thornton

As an archivist by profession, you really need to have this stuff appraised.

Larry Young also brought Byard Lancaster, James Spaulding and Eddie Gale to the table on his later BN dates. I don't normally think of any of those horn players as "typical" organ-combo cats.

Burton Greene - European Heritage - (Circle)

Really? I sort of keep one eye out for it sometimes, as I like Elvin's BN work with Liebman, Perla, etc.

Happy Birthday and many beers! (good ones)

PM on the Mobley and happy to make another offer on the Delmar!

Afghanistan - (UNESCO/Bellaphon LP)

Along with your Ascension 45?

Hope you're having a great day with loads of fine vinyl to spin!

Globe Unity - Compositions - (Japo) Now: London Jazz Composers' Orchestra - Stringer - (FMP/SAJ)

Wonder how high-quality this is. I have one William Parker vinyl, Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace, on Centering Records. It's good!

Thanks to a tip from a board member, just purchased the Trio CD at a very, very reasonable price. Ahhh... :rsmile:

Apparently, 95% of us (or so) don't like to admit that we're collectors... I didn't see anything I wanted on his eBay auctions this time, but there may come a day when he has something I want. So it's fine with me that he posts this stuff here.

Bumpity-bump. And I'm still looking for the Monterose-Flanagan duo on LP.

Give me a break.

Jimmy Smith didn't popularise the organ in the black community. He did popularise it in the white community, of course. Wild Bill Davis was the man in the black community. His recordings for OkeH were the real start of the organ movement. He was followed quickly by Bill Doggett and Milt Buckner (though I've never been sure of how popular in the black community Buckner really was). Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis started the tenor/organ concept in 1951, but those recordings for Roost never sold, though they're interesting. But from 1956, his recordings with Shirley Scott on King, Roulette and then Prestige, leading up to the classic Cookbooks of 1958 were another very important factor in the spreading popularity of organ jazz in the black community. It seems to me that JOS didn't get into targeting the black audience until the sessions, which I think were intended to produce juke box 45s, rather than an album, of 1958 and 1959, which eventually made up "Home cookin'", then in 1960, "Open house" & "Plain talk" (neither of which was issued at the time), and a month later "Midnight special" & "Back at the Chicken Shack". That's my impression; I know you know people at Blue Note, Kevin. Is there any knowledge there (now) of what market Lion and Wolff were aiming at with different recordings? (correspondence and stuff - or someone as long in acquaintance as Chris Albertson, who could come in here?" MG Really glad you are back, MG!

Yeah, it's pretty sweet. A good real-world friend of mine has the original! I've held it in my grubby hands...

Jack Bruce - Harmony Row - (Atco US pressing)

Gang of Four - Entertainment! - (Warner Bros.)

v/a - No New York - (Antilles orig)

That is a nice one, goes well alongside the Gwigwi.

Brotzmann Clarinet Project - Berlin Djungle - (FMP)

Just from your post it sounds great. Anybody reviewing it for Bagatellen yet? (hint, hint)

Ornette and Charlie Haden - Soapsuds, Soapsuds - (Artists House)