clifford_thornton

I'm surprised, a little, that chewy's into this one. It's pretty free.

Marco Eneidi - Vermont Spring - (Botticelli) w/ Wm. Parker & Denis Charles

This is certainly one of my favorite Ra recordings. I suspect that this was rather influential on Alan Silva - Silva was in the Arkestra as a cellist, but I feel like Strange Strings in particular seems very directly connected to the Celestrial Communications Orchestra.

Stanko is also on the Schoof European Echoes session. That's a fuckin' monster...

I don't have the Gruntz or the Beresford. Both look interesting. UMS certainly do a good job, though I wish more of it was actually "previously unreleased" (like the GUO 67-70, for example, which is real fine). I have a lot of this stuff on vinyl, and these reissues rarely contain extra tracks. In fact, some of them were promised to contain additional material that never, uh, materialized.

It's been mentioned over here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=38875 I shall have to get this, but I still also need the other classic BoB albums, first... and there are a couple of other live discs available (Bremen To Bridgewater, and I think one more, also the Harry Miller Isipingo one) Eclipse at Dawn is better than either Travelling Somewhere or Bremen to Bridgewater, IMO. Don't worry about "first" - it's better to start with something unequivocally good. I can say that, for a fact, the Berlin Jazztage performance is the finest BoB live recording I've heard. That goes not only for fidelity, but the quality of musical statements contained therein. I cannot recommend this disc highly enough - it is unreal.

I run 2.25 g on my mmf-5. Unless it's a Music Matters reissue, then it's 8 lbs.

And yet my $50 Antithesis LP is lost in the mail...

Apparently, some Taiwan Dollars.

I have the second of the two LP's on BN, Multidirection, which is pretty solid. I'm told that the first one is better. My experience of Cox's music is that it is "of its time," reminiscent of the classic 60s Miles unit, but holds up very, very well.

A hair over $3,000. Ridiculous!

Right, some blues but not the kind that's blue...

I'll bet. But it's "Monterose" rather than "Montrose." Crucial distinction there - and sorry to nitpick!

That Columbia is amazing! Easily a favorite "free jazz" record. I had a few copies before getting one that was pristine. There is a lot of silence in the recording, so it's good to get a clean one. Doubtful Legacy gives a shit, but maybe if Water got their act together...

I don't know about that. "It's a classic. Get it." There you go - five words, not even 450. 450 words is too few - that's my problem.

Public domain!

I read and reread this thread and come away feeling like a post or two of mine has been deleted. Maybe it's because I find myself with quite a few things to say - both in response to the original question and to some of the subsequent posts - but a bit of trouble putting them into words. I just don't know where to start. It's sort of like trying to review the New York Art Quartet ESP reissue in 450 words, or any other "classic" side for that matter.

DM is a "soulful black cat," indeed. Digression (sort of): Norah Jones is awful, and I would have preferred a Kenny Wolleson solo disc on BN. Or fucking Bill "Righty" Frisell.

In line at the post office in Austin, I ran into the Bear Family dude with stacks and stacks of LP and CD mailers. It was kind of a funny/strange interaction, as I was the only person in line who was drooling at the properly-shaped mailers.

That is too fucking funny... [my boldface]

Welcome to Web 2.0, dude.

If I have time to listen, I will (previewing review titles now). There's such a fantastic legacy of music there. Probably the most memorable jazz gig I saw was the trio in Berlin not long after Kowald's passing. It was unreal. Cecil and Oxley played a duo the same night. They have many great records, but I think the track/suite on For Example (FMP compilation) is of particular note.

Best damn thing on that label. Talk about overdue for a reissue!

Yes, that record was originally released on HiFi Jazz and reissued by Contemporary. It's a doozy.

Well, you don't know Aric and you don't know me, and you certainly don't know anyone else on this board (or that one). Obviously you're not as with it as I was initially going to give you credit for.