clifford_thornton

Chuck has hundreds of copies, apparently.

I think their "Nordic island" sound actually works very well in some situations - Paul Motian's percussion sounds very detailed on his ECM recordings of the 1970s and early 80s.

Very interesting.

Thanks guys!

Donald Byrd - Fuego - (BN UA stereo reish) w/ McLean, Pearson, Watkins and Lex Humphries

You just had to say that, didn't you...

Don Friedman - Circle Waltz - (Riverside Japan stereo) w/ Pete La Roca and Chuck Israels Oddly enough, I used the title of this LP for my screen-name on a singles website...

Aw shucks. [kicks the sand] AHHH! MY EYE!!!!

Paul Motian - Tribute - (ECM) w/ Sam Brown, Charlie Haden, Carlos Ward et al. Corea/Holland/Altschul - ARC - (ECM)

I have Multidirection and like it a lot; haven't heard the first one but I'm sure it's great as well.

I'm not sure that there's that much mileage in either Week, Month or Moment. It seems like rarely does much discussion get started, unless there are a few folks really pumped on a particular side. I just don't see the point.

That record is serious business!

I actually prefer that one to Crisis, if that means anything to anybody.

McCoy Tyner - Cosmos - (BN twofer) For whatever reason, I never paid this set any heed. Glad I picked it up tonight.

Happy Birthday!!!

If we can get one on Rahim Roach to pop up, that would be kinda cool.

That was my other guess. My uptake needs a little oiling sometimes.

That one is rare as fuck.

It was the movie, rather than an actual performance of the musical. Good show, but a lot of liberties were taken with the script, so it seems... Unless you are referring to something else? And thanks, HG!

Not accidental. That record is wasted.

The Reece , truth be told , I'm interested in for John Gilmore's contribution as much as anything . I'm anticipating a looser more adventurous album than any of the Reece Blue Notes . I know the solo Byard is going to be captivating - just hope he had a good piano . You sound a little less enamored of the Waldrons . The only Waldron I have from that period is the ECM Free At Last which I don't listen to as often as his earlier records . Of the titles you've recommended I'm only familiar with the Hal Singer . That one doesn't do much for me . Singer plays with a lighter tone and less gruffness than his earlier rough and tumble approach which I prefer . Siegfried Kessler sounds like Roger Kellaway at times , not a particularly good fit for Singer . Best track for me is the waltz-ballad featuring Kessler's flute work . As to the other recommendations , could you say a couple of words about each to give me some musical reference points . The Reece is a stormer - the rhythm section keeps a heavy North African groove underneath and around very, very fiery solos from Reece (crackling and brittle) and Gilmore (gutsy blowing a la his work with Hill and La Roca). Kessler more than holds his own, as I think he does on the Gill's Club disc, which is a sparse, "modal/free" piano trio with some unexpected "hookiness." I love Phillips and McCall, but I wouldn't just get this for the bass and drums alone. They work very well as a trio. I don't know how to classify the Boni (maybe that's why it was part of their "SON" series of experimental records), but it is one of the coolest solo guitar records I own. It is improvised, but with a folksy atmospheric that reaches into other areas than Derek Bailey or Ian Brighton might. Perception are ostensibly a free jazz/rock fusion band consisting of Yochko Seffer (also of Magma, on saxes and clarinets), Kessler, the fine bassist Didier Levallet and drummer Jean-My Truong, who is a whirlwind unto himself. Minimalist grooves that build slowly until before you know it, notes are bouncing off the walls! Very heavy stuff... Francois Tusques' solo albums contain a mixture of Maoist folk melodies, Basque music, contemporary classical and Monkish themes. He's simply one of the most interesting European jazz pianists of the past forty years. The Greene is wild; it's somewhat of a transitional record between his BYG Actuel date and the Indo-Jazz inflections of his later '70s work. Greene is on electric piano and percussion here, Alteena pretty much going buck-wild on arco atop Greene's circular melodies. Definitely worth checking out. Don't get me wrong on Mal - I really like a lot of his '70s output, I just think some of his other records are stronger than the Blood & Guts trio. The Opening is a bitch, but pales in comparison to All Alone ('66, on GTA).

I always liked his posts when he was around here. Happy Birthday, and with the recent losses of members, it'd be nice to have some cats resurface!

For some reason my eyes registered "Sackville" and I was about to go hunting for a Brahms recording on Sackville...