clifford_thornton

I've always been intrigued by this one, too:

Pretty cool, if you ask me. Why am I not surprised it's expensive, either? Certainly dating from "the day," as one can tell from the thin flipback cover and label artwork. When I saw the thread title, I assumed it'd be some shitty BYG or Musidisc bootleg, but this is the real deal.

Coral Rock is rad. Strangely, one of the first Archie LP's I bought, on an original America in Lawrence, KS. Those were the days... I can vouch for Gascogne being present (on marimba and possibly organ), according to Sel himself. He said Moholo was in the studio, but didn't recall much of a contribution from him other than crashing a cymbal here and there. Now spinning: Archie Shepp - The Magic of Ju-Ju - (Impulse red/black stereo orig)

Cool. Preferable to a DMG bootleg CD-R, which I almost pulled the trigger on just to hear the damn thing.

...and instead of having birthday cake, maybe I'll have a bit of this:

How many is that in dog years?

Who reissued the Gwigwi?

Selwyn Lissack - Friendship Next of Kin/Facets of the Universe - (Goody orig) w/ Mike Osborne (RIP), Mongezi Feza, Harry Miller, Ken Terroade and Earl Freeman. Supposedly Louis Moholo and Brian Gascogne are uncredited here also.

I've never investigated those later McGregor albums, so I don't know Abrahams's work real well. I liked what I heard on the Ozzie session in question, however. I hope Ogun are able to continue; who knows what they've got in those vaults!

Word to that!

Ted Daniel - Sextet - (Ujamaa) Great, heavy date with Richard Pierce, Hakim Jami, Warren Benbow, Kenneth Hughes and the great (but unknown) altoist Otis Harris.

Dewey Redman - Coincide - (Impulse wlp) w/ Ted Daniel, Leroy Jenkins, Sirone and Eddie Moore. Includes the classic trio track "QOW."

Chick Corea - Is - (Solid State) I like the "rackety" Chick...

Don Friedman and Attila Zoller - Dreams & Explorations - (Riverside mono orig) great quartet with Dick Kniss and Dick Berk... Now: Peter Lemer - Local Colour - (ESP) w/ John Surman, George Khan, Jon Hiseman and Tony Reeves.

Jimmy Giuffre - Free Fall - (Columbia stereo 2-eye)

I'd like that Jimmy Woods too!

It could possibly come from this radio broadcast, which I have had in my collection for a couple of years now. Osborne, Mike 10/17/80 3. Kölner Jazzhaus Festival, Musikhochschule, Cologne, Germany Mike Osborne (as), Dave Holdsworth (tp), Marcio Mattos (b), Brian Abrahams (d) It is in deed very good and I will be sure to purchase it once it is officially released. To me, Osborne occupies a similar space as Jimmy Lyons in some ways and I have really enjoyed his playing since a friend hipped me to him. That's it. FMR I've heard conflicting reports about. No they're not anything to do with Ogun...

Guru Guru - Kanguru - (Brain/Metronome orig)

Mike Taylor - Mike Taylor Remembered - (Trunk) Times New Viking - Dig Yrself - (Siltbreeze) Times New Viking - Presents the Paisley Reich - (Siltbreeze)

The Flaming Lips - Oh My Gawd!!! - (Restless orig, clear vinyl)

Oh, and there's a pianoless quartet session that I believe Cuneiform are going to issue. Marcio Mattos is on bass; can't remember the trumpeter or drummer. It's from a live recording circa 1980. I heard it once and enjoyed it quite a bit... will keep everyone posted. It would have been nice for Ozzie to see the appreciation pouring out in this thread, as it would also have been nice for him to see his works collected in some sort of definitive form - as I'm sure will happen soon enough, whether via Ogun or somebody else.

That Shapes CD (on FMR) is really nice. Fine playing by Ozzie, with Surman, Skidmore, Moholo, Miller and Earl Freeman along for the ride. The trio with Miller and Moholo was fantastic - Bordercrossing and the hard-swinging Live in Wilisau also. Amen on the Colbeck - one of my favorite jazz records! IIRC, Bordercrossing is in print on CD via Ogun, as is that FMR.

Cool. I really hope the Cecil/Braxton meetings are being recorded...

This is why, as certain records climb above $500, I have a really hard time holding onto them... but I know I'll regret it later!