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Don't forget this one: also issued later with this cover: It's a bit more straight ahead than We Got a New Bag. Iberian Waltz isn't that out -- and I think it's probably their best.

It gives me great pleasure to announce the next installment of "So, What Do You Think?" at Tubby's in Kingston with the saxophone-percussion duo of Trevor Watts and Jamie Harris and the baritone guitar-psalter duo of Chris Turco and Jeff Mercel. Wow -- just typing that out blew my mind! The series itself takes its name from a 1971 LP by the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, a British group founded in 1965 by drummer John Stevens, saxophonist Trevor Watts, and trombonist Paul Rutherford. 59 years later, Watts is the only surviving original member and a massive figure in UK experimental music and beyond. His other bands have included Amalgam (free jazz, jazz-rock), Moiré Music (layered, minimalist Afro-jazz), the Trevor Watts String Ensemble, JaMeTre (groove-based improv with guitarist Mark Hewins and conguero Jamie Harris), and many more. It's hard to convey just how special this rare Hudson Valley appearance will be, so mark your calendars and prepare to buy tix in advance. Trevor will be playing duo with the British percussionist Jamie Harris (congas, cymbals, etc.) and warming up the stage will be local heroes Chris Turco (Ultraam, Throne Down, Rider/Horse) and Jeff Mercel (Mercury Rev, Ultraam). I'll be hyping this one a lot as you will not have another chance to see a bill like this in upstate New York... or anywhere else for that matter. Really. When? October 29, 2023 Where? Tubby's in Kingston, New York How much? $20 at the door or $17 in advance -- remember, all money goes to the musicians!

George & Sleepy on Victor is fairly well regarded also. Given the significance of Blakey, Miles, and Coltrane performing in Japan I would imagine their influence was keenly, keenly felt among both players and audiences. Therefore the "derivations" have felt so naturally linked to the originators that they never bothered me. And the breaks from Coltrane, Miles, Blakey are also that much more severe once you factor in the importance of American forebears.

that show is incredible. Looking forward to the new season when it appears. McPhee is a Poughkeepsie native & that album was recorded (partly) at Vassar College, so the geographical placement was highly appropriate (the show is filmed in the Hudson Valley).

That Sharps & Flats/Yamamoto album is very good. I think there's at least one other collaboration as well.

He was supposed to play as part of a dance-jazz ensemble at KU's Lied Center in like 1998 or 1999. I went anyway and it was cool, but no Max. I can't remember how they refashioned it without him exactly.

I would like to have seen the group with Odean live. Hell, I would have liked to see Max live -- had one opportunity in the late 90s (going to college in Kansas) but he was ill and could not make the concert.

cool. I assume THE BASTIDS will probably have that title at some point in November.

Shows a release date of November 10 but RSD is on November 24. A little confusing.

The Soul Note/Black Saint CAM reissues are a little confusing and I've heard that they aren't exactly adhering to the original contracts (or weren't at one point anyway). So whether the Roach estate has received anything from the boxed set is debatable. my copy of We Insist! is a Japanese Victor LP from the 1970s. I don't know what the Victor license looked like but imagine it came from CBS, which owned Barnaby and the Cadence/Candid catalogs.

Oh, I was just thinking about that particular Columbia deal. Sure, there are many reissues of varying legality of his output overall.

😂 been there many times, my friend...

It's amazing how much space things take up once they're out of storage!

Fantastic drummer, but yes, I've really only heard him on records made in Scandinavia.

I'll definitely scoop this although I'm also definitely running out of room.

Have these records been bootlegged? Bill Dixon leased the quartet with Shepp to Savoy, but it was reissued/booted numerous times over the years, starting with BYG in 1969. I'm sure Savoy/Lubinsky cared a lot less about following the contract than Columbia or Lundvall did.

Yeah, I'll scoop the CD. Will be interesting to have a fuller picture yet again, even if not all of it is "legendary."

Excellent album; haven't dug it out in ages.

There are a few pieces on which he played celeste, this being among the better known (I think). There's also a piece on Blue Note 78:

Yes, U.N.C.L.E. is what I recognize him from. RIP.

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.