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Tchicai is black; he's of Danish & Congolese heritage. Mike Osborne is another worth mentioning; also Kris Wanders, Cel Overberghe, and Piet Noordrijk!

He's great on the Zitro LP. I believe he lived in Japan for a time in the '70s; recall seeing his name on a couple of oddball Denon free jazz records.

Indeed. Happy Birthday!

Vinko Globokar / New Phonic Art - 'Drama' / 'Correspondences' - (BASF Harmonia Mundi orig)

I would take even a mediocre rapper like Brother Ali over that smooth-jazz shit...

After last night, I don't really want to think about it...

Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - (Sub Pop, wax is colored like somebody threw up red wine)

Sunny Murray - Quintet - (ESP stereo orig) w/ Jack Graham, Byard Lancaster, Alan Silva and Jacques Coursil Among my earliest free jazz vinyl purchases from my undergraduate days, still going strong (tho it hasn't been THAT long).

Ut - Griller - (Blast First! orig, not a Toshiba) Probably, next to SY, my favorite post-no wave band.

Our resident spammer, or one of them, always talking about Souza.

It's fine, I like it though I had to get a stretched out belt to make it track properly. The original one was too tight and interfered with playback.

Indeed!

George Russell - Stratusphunk - (Riverside mono orig) w/ Al Kiger, Dave Baker, Dave Young, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt.

Not that it's a particularly big deal since these are reissues, but I bought both of these sealed today for $5: Johnny Griffin - The Little Giant - (Riverside/OJC) Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High - (Riverside/OJC) Both are fan-fucking-tastic. I'd always wanted the Griff but never saw an original for a price I could afford. It slays, and I've been a doofus for waiting this long to get it... the Bean rec is fantastic, too. "I didn't even have to use my AK - I guess it was a good day."

And might you be channeling dancerchick?

I'm not in show business. Not interested at all. Well then, HAVE I got a DEAL for YOU!!! replyto: 809u07179xclg@citybank.org lol

Clifford Jordan - Inward Fire - (Muse) w/ Muhal, Dizzy Reece, Pat Patrick, Howard Johnson, Richard Davis, Louis Hayes, etc.

Johnny Griffin - The Little Giant - (Riverside OJC reissue) w/ Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones and Albert Heath... Pretty obnoxiously great LP if I do say so myself...

I think Miles was a great businessman, and had quite a hand (as did Columbia) in pushing his music. Less so Trane, but still... There are those artists who create work that is on the surface rather uncommercial, but through either their own ability to hype or the record company's, get a lot of notice. Or perhaps they've got just enough balance between "out" and "in" to be magically appealing to both interests (Sonic Youth being a good example - hella businesspeople as well, natch). Jimmy Guiffre made some weird-ass music; love it, but can't imagine it being for "everybody."

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns - (Asylum)

Owned/run by Assif Tsahar. Definitely some strong releases in the catalog.

Like somebody else said, no news is good news. I know I'm obsessing about it too!

Ha ha - that'd be me. Fair enuf. I dislike Nirvana and am indifferent to Young, so am no expert or nuthin'. Just making a point. Yr point being... what? It's like my friend who said once that the Jesus Lizard are no Arthur Doyle. I was like whuh?

Mal Waldron - Number Nineteen - (Freedom/Trio Japan orig) great funky '70s side w/ Martin Van Duynhoven (d) and Dick Van Der Capellen (b)

And I'll add that nobody here is really critiquing the critics the way that it could be done in an "academic" sense. I've not the time nor the wherwithal to do it here, but hey, if somebody wants to step up to the plate...