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Right, I remember hearing about the unionization. I haven't noticed any obvious changes on the user end.

Hot potato. I don't know how much Bandcamp changed under the Epic ownership. Any takers on this notion?

Makes me think of the Mighty Boosh... he doesn't hate jazz, he fears it!

Good one. That Rumpf cover is one of the worst looking album covers I have seen in my life.

classic BYG session.

Do the Omnivore CD's notes discuss the Transition date at all?

This is great to hear.

I'd like to have a time machine specifically for those cutout bins. Of course, that would make me nearly 80 -- not a bad age, but things are already starting to fall apart on this body.

BYG and America definitely had pretty good US distribution at the time, and they still remain relatively available on the used market (depending on title -- some are more obscure than others).

Sad news from the folks over at the Free Jazz Collective: https://www.freejazzblog.org/2023/09/jost-gebers-1940-2023.html Glad I was able to interview the man once, and experience the Total Music Meeting (a life-changing event). FMP/SÅJ/Uhl forever.

Yup. That record is an all-timer for me.

I've dropped one or two over the years. I've definitely had a few covers fall and get banged, which is always a drag.

Alas, never got to see him live. Fantastic musician. RIP.

Oh, that's interesting. I just assumed there was a US pressing of that album but I guess not. Great LP indeed. This video footage is super.

The Epworth Church LP is particularly strong.

https://www.discogs.com/release/5415473-Mark-Harvey-Group-In-Concert-At-Harvard-Epworth-Church https://www.discogs.com/release/10922454-Mark-Harvey-Friends-Duets

Agreed, Karl. Actually, I didn't really connect with Nommo until I acquired a copy of Live at Yale and could listen to the whole thing in "order." The playing on those records is very different from what you hear on the first Giuseppi Logan LP, more of a piece with what's on offer via More Giuseppi Logan, but even then, it's a dialogue on its own terms. Owning records doesn't mean you immediately "get" what's on them and it can take a long time to figure this stuff out. The lo-fi stuff is also appealing on a very basic level to me... the Boston scene around Cosmic/Musra/John Jamyll Jones, the Abdul-Hannan record, the Mark Harvey LPs, those are very special albums, and there isn't much out there like them.

the only one of the Milestones I have is Sonny Rollins In Japan (actually the Victor pressing). I've listened to a few others but did not end up purchasing them. In Japan is fun.

I'm asking Tom right now -- I think it was early video, yes.

This is different from the footage in Kasper Collin's film (Stockholm?), and I think Surgal used what was in Collin's film. Good to see it although of course I wish it was longer!

Only one I have filed is Long Island Sound. I have owned the date with Eddy Louiss and the date with Tjader but kept neither (though "Ginza Samba" is an amazing tune).

yeah, I've had that LP for many years. It's good. Those few handmade copies that exist are exceedingly rare -- I remember the one time I saw it on eBay my jaw dropped. the Porter CD has some nice extra material with Lance Gunderson and others from the Boston orbit.

Ty Braxton is really good

yeah. I mean, he wrote that thing in 1995. Most people were unaware of that music at the time, myself included. He was 37. I was 29 when I was writing dorky comments about it on organissimo 11 years later. We're all a bit older and wiser, and his list stands up better than most quick takes on it... wonder if he's found the Byard Lancaster on Dogtown by this point???

I mean, it was the 90s -- and that comment thread is just as bad (yeesh on some of mine). But I will say that the whole article is pretty solid and stands up today. All of the records he mentioned are canon, whether or not his list helped that fact. Still ride hard for Doyle, no matter what Sangrey and Nessa say.