clifford_thornton

That pejorative attitude might be why some people have trouble with the culture around jazz, and don't investigate it deeply. I don't consider myself a musician, but I certainly have an adept knowledge of the history and aesthetics of a significant amount of the music, the personalities of some of its participants, and enough so that many of my reviews and articles are praised by the artists for not only "getting it" but being able to put it into words. I'm sure there are a number of other non-musician writers/connoisseurs of the music who could weigh in here.

Bait taken, asshole statement.

Looks Lonehill/Fresh Sound-y. However, it's nice that the material is collected. Frank Butler is awesome. And he's from Kansas - doubly awesome!

Yeah, nice program for sure. Thanks.

Supposedly the "other" Byard on Dogtown will also be reissued - you know, the one that nobody's ever seen. I've seen him play, too, and it's always been good. I don't have the Palm LPs, which are probably pretty cool, but haven't been as impressed with either the Philly Jazz, Vortex, or Bellows.

Alan Sondheim - guitar(s), alto saxophone, clarinet, ch'in/zither, piano, tabla...

Well, if that's the direction we're going: Han Bennink - drums, piano, clarinet/saxophones, violin, trombone, bagpipes, anything & everything...

I don't know whether Byard has really made the record he has (or had) in him, but the Dogtown comes close.

That's an LP I've been looking for. Glad to see it's gonna be reissued.

Right, he paved the way but seemed to have a difficult time himself with the instrument. But he was young and, had he had the opportunity to mature, who knows?

I have the Lancaster - wasn't cheap!

Lawrence Marable Over $1700 with four days to go and reserve not met!

Yeah, funny enough I don't think I've paid more than $20-$30 for an Ayler LP!

Happy Happy Birthday! wonder what BN82 is gettin' ya'...

Buy it...

Bangers, mash, and Dick Heckstall-Smith!

Ahmed Abdul-Malik - East Meets West - (RCA-Victor stereo)

Paul Rutherford was also a leap year baby.

Probably - images appear to be those from the Impulse cover shoot. Cool, thanks for posting...

And got your recommended minimum exercise requirement by having to get up every 10 minutes. Postscript - there was an earthquake tremor about 30 minutes after I played this for the last time. Doesn't bear thinking about. Oh, right, I saw that on the news this morning. Yikes!

I don't know. I do know that there has historically been some connection between ESP and Art Yard.

Happy Birthday Noj, from Droffilc.

The Zitro is one of my favorite ESP sessions. Hope it gets some much-deserved press.

No, not at all. Just getting a feel for the place. A little to the left. No. No, over ...yeah, that's it. Ooohhh...

What happened to Larry Coryell?