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Those krazy kids...

Public Records has a very different crowd from that of Roulette or BAM. Roulette also might've been booked. It's a Gilles Peterson event so I assume that's got a fair amount of pull and helped it sell out.

Oh yikes, more weather to deal with... gabby (they/them) is awesome. gabby played duo with Ava Mendoza as part of the Queer Trash performances at Tubby's in December 2022.

Planning to be there.

Ah, I remember that handle -- he posted here somewhat as well, I think. RIP.

The Kehinde Wiley show in Houston and the Jaune Quick-To-See Smith show in Fort Worth are both very much worth seeing right now. I was not expecting to be as blown away by the Wiley as I was. Quick-To-See Smith is incredible.

That's too bad. RIP.

incredible film. Never heard the soundtrack on its own.

Was Nasheet ever in M'Boom? Of course his father was a founding member...

Yeah, agreed, pretty wild to think about. A friend of mine saw them with Hendrix on that tour in Ohio during his college days.

Probe was Command/ABC. Softs were touring with Hendrix around the time the first one came out. I assume they linked up with him either in London or in France. EMI released those albums overseas but only in tiny amounts, and they were mostly done for the US/Canada market, and in quick succession. Things changed by the time Third came around, when they were signed to CBS UK. I put the first two Softs in a similar bucket to the one holding Silver Apples. FWIW, the Daevid Allen version of the band did have a single on Polydor (France?) but the full album was shelved. BYG put that material out when they had Gong in their stable.

me too. Figured it was "buy now, cry later."

yeah, I stopped after Arise Therefore.

Used to have that Palace LP -- wonderful. Would like to re-buy it someday. I still have a few of his/their 45s.

People left and others joined. I think after Hopper came on (SM 2nd LP) and then Elton Dean, everything changed. There was also a fair amount of crossover between the Softs and the Keith Tippett Group of the same period.

I wonder if it's just the simple fact of available recordings... Middle Earth Masters is one of the few live gigs I've returned to from the early Softs. I do like everything up to Seven and can work with either vocals or not. But like you I have not seen too many concert CDs of pre-Elton Dean material.

Sun Ra, Amina Claudine Myers (though both played the instrument frequently enough that I'm not sure which would be primary). Call Cobbs Fred Van Hove

That's too bad. Alvin Fielder told me he was a real fan of Frank's playing, and that perked my ears up.

I should try that one again -- didn't hit me years ago, but that's probably me rather than the record.

I suppose Arthur Edgehill is one of a few in that generation of drummers (aside from Roy) still alive. Last I heard (pre-pandemic) he was chilling out in an assisted living facility in Florida. He too was born in 1926.

Her voice on Byron Morris' "Blow Thru Your Mind" (specifically the track Kitty Bey) is excellent, not to mention Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians." I also enjoy her Anima LP quite a bit: https://www.discogs.com/release/3230281-Jay-Clayton-All-Out

According to family posts on Facebook, the vocalist Jay Clayton died on December 31, 2023 at 82. Very interesting artist; I never saw her perform in person, alas, but have long enjoyed her diverse body of recordings. RIP.

The great French horn player/multi-instrumentalist and educator Willie Ruff has died at 92: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/obituaries/jazz_master_willie_ruff_dies Always really enjoyed his Frh playing. RIP.

+1

Well put. Was lucky to see him a few times, twice with Cecil and once in duo with Min Tanaka (as part of a Cecil fete). Two of the occasions he was on electronics, but the first time in 2002 he was behind an extended kit. Beautiful. May he RIP.