clifford_thornton

Nice, as great as ECM cd's sound the good vinyl editions have this feel to them, in that you feel the music more than your just listening to it. It really hit me again this weekend listening to: My local HPB got in a group of ECMs in pristine condition, so I've bought a few. To Be Continued sounds amazing. As does the solo Steve Kuhn, Ecstasy. Still need the Bitter Funeral Beer Band. Did they have that one?

Right, still looking for a nice vinyl copy of Jazz Meets India.

Mine says Involution on the spine. Talk about a typo..

That's what I was going to say. I've seen a few of those Impulse! records in that edition. White spine, though.

He got into playing "out" in the '60s. In addition to Dear Professor Leary, there's Moshi (Saravah), Auto-Jazz (MPS), and Le Nouveau Jazz (Moloudji). You may dig Moshi in addition to the one that started this thread.

Record club copy?

End of an Ear has True Blue and Cape Verdean Blues at $49.99 a pop. They're really the only record store I go to in town.

Now that the MM sets have hit the stores in Austin, I've got a chance to look at copies. I'm not too impressed by the graphics or the gatefold spines, and the stock seems kinda cheap. Haven't heard any of the titles yet in this configuration, but I'll be saving my pennies and keeping my King pressing of True Blue.

Favorite record label names? Bla-Bla, on par with Skin Graft, Snipe and Cramps. Edit: not to forget "Of The Cosmos"...

Yes, Musa Kalim is a hell of a lot easier to remember...

Nice start. Should note "ESP M/S 1004" for the NY Art Quartet 1964 recording. There is also another NY Art Quartet recording on DIW on which Baraka reads, "35th Reunion." I don't have it so can't confirm the catalog number.

Sangrey's spot on. Cool little record; I have also heard some nice rehearsals with an expanded lineup from around the same time. Still, my favorite "later" Wilen is Le Nouveau Jazz with Francois Tusques.

Haven't listened to Dimensions and Extensions in a very, very long time. I always liked it but yes, Byrd is a surprising choice.

Well, Oxley's more abstract playing still has meter and motion, but I think of it as a sequence of events strung together in a rhythmic fashion. Time as relationships, in effect.

Funny, his playing on "Star Bright" never caught my attention. I think I first noticed him on Comin' On as well. The sessions with the Three Sounds are also par excellence.

That duo is pretty bonkers. Can't say I have a favorite, but for me the group with Howard, Few and Ali is pretty unstoppable. The ESPs are good, but I don't think they're as fully-realized as other/later records. Edit to add that I believe Muhammad is younger.

That Gordon Beck record is pretty good. Oxley's a fine "time" player, sort of reminiscent (to me) of Joe Chambers or a young Tony Williams. Certainly, his more "sound"-oriented structural work in improvised music is of a piece, and quite unique. I think they have to be taken differently, and the latter within the context of either his own compositions or frameworks that allow him to work in "abstract" areas.

Yes, it's a '70s issue. Mine has a Krumville, NY address on the back and a catalog into the 3000 series (even advertising the Nadolski "New Music from Poland" LP that was never issued). I prefer the white cover image to the black one.

Late's perception of Riley is spot-on, especially the Crispell connection (I think I made the same reference in a review of a disc by the Guy/Crispell/Lytton trio). It's interesting to hear the progression of his music across the trios in the '60s/early '70s - always with Barry Guy, and Jon Hiseman, Alan Jackson and Tony Oxley occupying the drum chair. The electro-acoustic improvisation of the Oxley years is great, but I have a fondness for the structures of The Day Will Come (Guy wrote a lot of the pieces there) and the supple-yet-agitated swing of Discussions, his first as a leader.

Yeah, welcome to the board and much love and respect to your father. Though I never saw him play (a bit too young), his music has brought me much joy over the years. Thank you Frank.

Wish I had some spending cash right now, would love those OG Derams...

I'll take two if there really are some left.

Another happy birthday to James Spaulding, 71 years young today!

Evidently I must re-calibrate my Prez ears, because the mention of Cliff Jordan is rather surprising.