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Elvin Jones - Midnight Walk - (Atlantic blue/green stereo) w/ Thad, Dollar Brand, Mobley, Don Moore, George Abend and Steve James.

Yes, original cover and I assume it is not spliced in any way. I would love to get an OG of that one!

It sounds as though he was autistic or Asperger's to me. Sad ending to a life clearly LIVED.

I think that in this case, it would be triple... Edit to say that he is a good writer, though a little humor never hurt anybody...

Spontaneous Music Orchestra - += - (A Records)

I need to buy another copy of that one of these days. I remember really digging it, and I think I gave it to a friend who dug it even more. I think I did the same thing, though it was mostly a jazz record that I put on for "other people" over at the house (if you know what I'm sayin')...

Bob Brookmeyer - Portrait of the Artist - (Atlantic red/purple mono, dg)

The Thing in Austin at Ruby's BBQ!

Best I've had was in Rome!

Though part of me wishes Sullivan was rocking his other axes as well on this'n.

Yeah, some of that stuff you're referring to is ridiculous.

Never seen any of these titles before...

Happy birthday Weizy!

I really hoped the title of this thread was "Anyone else living with a slow loris?"

Yeah, some of the cover art stinks on these reissues and at least with the Murray they f'ed up the track order... I mean, all this material should be on CD and done properly, in print for the foreseeable future and with good sound (sound is better than LP on some, worse on others). Extra material is nice when they have it - I appreciate the extended Lowe, for example, and the proper arrangement of the first Marion Brown. The new issues are hit-or-miss; I like the Yugunaut and Jugendstil a lot.

Now: James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad To Be in America? - (Rough Trade)

Posted this in the Dallas/Austin Jazz Concerts thread. Who all is going?

Carla Bley - European Tour 1977 - (Watt) w/ Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Gary Windo, Andrew Cyrille, Roswell Rudd, Terry Adams, Bob Stewart and Mike Mantler. Nutty, but good.

I mean, I really can't believe we're talking about the Beatles on here but okay, whatever. Mal Waldron does a REAL nice version of "Yesterdays." I can't think of any jazz players using guitar feedback as part of their textural lexicon before the advent of rock music. I can't speak for blues players, as I'm not well versed in electric blues. Beyond the guitar, would not the organ be a source of feedback/intentional overload?

Abaton is great. Get it.

So it all sounds like Hugh Davies live at Ronnie Scott's (which I was listening to last night).

? MG Meaning that Bob thinks that, being ESP vinyl, it still sounds like shit...

Yeah, this is a good one. Hope that if it sees the RVG light, it'll have better cover art.

RIP. She gave a lot of pleasure and power to a lot of people. She gave a lot.