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I have a Japanese mini-LP disc of TCB. Nice, nice session!

Picked up a nice, unplayed copy of Slant 6 - Soda Pop * Rip Off - on Dischord last night for $8. Haven't heard that record in years, but remember liking it at the time (ditto Autoclave).

I know he's working on some heavy-duty writing projects. In other words, he DOES have a life outside of the board. His blog is also down/not in use.

Yeah, it was nice. I did a pretty extensive piece slated for STN that due to reasons I won't get into here, got shelved (not Bill). Hopefully it will see the proper light of day. Bill's not an "easy" person to deal with, but nor is his music "easy." I approach him and his work with the same ears, and it has worked out very well. Of course, that was purely from a writer's standpoint and not a producer's or a record label's.

Yeah, nooo shiiiit...

Whether you got along with him or not, Chris, shouldn't distract from his importance to this music. Thanks for posting, Bev. You are right, but I never thought much of his music,at least not as it was in the mid-Sixties. Well, he's still making music that you might do well to at least give a spin.

Now that would have been a show. Three pianos? I'll have to consult Dixonia on that one - seems a bit misleading and that there were two, if not three groups.

Rumor has it that Sundazed might do the Watts...

Whether you got along with him or not, Chris, shouldn't distract from his importance to this music. Thanks for posting, Bev.

It seems there are several bootlegs, I haven't heard them. Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d) Continental, 1962 Sonnymoon For Two Bandstand [it] BDLP 1502 * Sonny Rollins - European Concerts (Bandstand [it] BDLP 1502) 1963 Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet Don Cherry (cor) Sonny Rollins (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Billy Higgins (d) "Salle Pleyel", Paris, France, January 15, 1963 Without A Song Moon [it] MCD 053-2 On Green Dolphin Street - Solitude - Sonnymoon (Sonnymoon For Two) - 52nd Street Theme Moon [it] MCD 054-2 On Green Dolphin Street - Solitude - Without A Song - * Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Rollins Meets Cherry, Vol. 1 (Moon [it] MCD 053-2) * Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Rollins Meets Cherry, Vol. 2 (Moon [it] MCD 054-2) Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet same personnel broadcast, "L'Olympia", Paris, France, January 19, 1963 Solitude Unique Jazz UJ 002; Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5241; Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101 On Green Dolphin Street - Announcement By S. Rollins Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101 Without A Song Unique Jazz UJ 002; Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5241; Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101 Sonnymoon For Two - Everything Happens To Me Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101 52nd Street Theme - * Sonny Rollins - In Stuttgart Europe (Unique Jazz UJ 002) * Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Jazz In Europe 1963 (Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5241) * Sonny Rollins Live In Paris 1963 (Magnetic [Luxe] MRCD 101) Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet same personnel Continental, January, 1963 Everything Happens To Me Bandstand [J] TKCB 70068 On Green Dolphin Street - * Sonny Rollins - Sixties Standards (Bandstand [J] TKCB 70068) Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet same personnel "Falkonercentret", Copenhagen, Denmark, January, 1963 unknown titles Jazz Up [it] JU 313 - Jazz Up [it] JU 314 * Sonny Rollins In Europe 1963, Vol. 1 (Jazz Up [it] JU 313) * Sonny Rollins In Europe 1963, Vol. 2 (Jazz Up [it] JU 314) Sonny Rollins - Don Cherry Quartet same personnel Stuttgart, West Germany, January, 1963 52nd Street Theme Jazz Connoisseur [israel] JC 108; Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5235 On Green Dolphin Street - Sonnymoon For Two - * Sonny Rollins - Stuttgart 1963 Concert (Jazz Connoisseur [israel] JC 108) * Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry - Stuttgart 1963 (Jazz Anthology [F] JA 5235) Mosaic, anyone?

I wish there was more recorded from that Rollins band other than 3 In Jazz and Our Man in Jazz. I've heard a Jazz Connoisseur bootleg but it was almost unlistenable in terms of poor recording quality.

I think Newport sets were really short. If you remember, the Joe Daley Trio LP on RCA was at least half studio music. Bill Dixon's group with Judith Dunn performed a 23-minute version of "Groundspeed" at Newport in '66, IIRC.

I'll be curious to know what you think. I forgot to mention Staatstheater, which I've only heard, and Match, which I used to really enjoy listening to when I played cello. Apparently Buell Neidlinger participated in a version up at Tanglewood.

True, but didn't Jimmy Carter give us disco? And Ak-Ba. I mean, the Arista stuff is great. It's not as confounding, to me, as Diamond Curtain Wall or something. But it's music that is still very challenging and gives up new rewards upon each spin. To paraphrase Bill Dixon, everything he did was all he could do at the time. And that's a lot of all.

Now that's a rare one...

A nice complement to the George Lewis Solo Trombone Record, methinks.

Hell, intrigue is what makes my wallet thin!

It's a great piece.

Albert Ayler and Clyfford Still - two of my absolute favorite artists, irrespective of medium.

It doesn't seem like something I equate with the 7/4 listening queue, but I urge you to check out the DGG disc of "1898" and "Music for Renaissance Instruments." Acustica, Exotica, der Schall, Ludwig Van, even the early stuff like Transicion II and Improvisation Ajoutee are all worth checking out. I think Exotica and der Schall are particularly excellent.

Maybe I posted on this thread before, I don't know and am too lazy to look. I'll say the only BNs that I haven't kept were Hutcherson's Total Eclipse and a bunch of Jimmy Smiths. Everything else I've held onto, provided the vinyl wasn't wasted or whatever.

I'd always blown off that Strata East LP, but one can't deny the goodness of "Hopscotch."

A lot of the early works have since been given simpler alpha-numeric or numeric titles.

But with an interesting question.

You could always sell me one of them.. PM me about that. We'll see if I have doubles or not.