clifford_thornton

Count me curious...

So you're spinning the original Turtle? Nice...

Gato Barbieri - In Search of the Mystery (ESP orig) A blowing session, for sure, but strong in many respects.

It'll be nice to see the Kenny Cox out. Cool stuff.

Each good on their own, natch... I far prefer Ouzo.

In memoriam: Leroy Jenkins/Rashied Ali - Swift Are the Winds of Life (Survival) Revolutionary Ensemble - Manhattan Cycles (India Navigation) Leroy Jenkins - For Players Only (JCOA) ...more to come, I am sure.

Double-fisting coffee and Franziskaner.

When I had a radio station in college, I called it "Revolutionary Ensembles" for obvious reasons. I had the pleasure of seeing him solo and with other groups a number of times, all excellent gigs. But perhaps the most interesting was running into him on the street in NY when I was younger. I said "Leroy Jenkins?" He was sort of surprised and was like "um, yes?" and I proceeded to follow him on his errands and talk about the music, and he graciously didn't shoe me away. It was really something for me at that time, and still is. Rest in peace, Leroy. You will be missed.

FUCK.

Had four Kostritzers last night, while spinning a stack of LPs and playing a mad game of Boggle. Awesome!

I've wanted those UA LPs. Maybe I'll keep an eye out for this one!

You don't have this? It's wonderful!

Frippe Nordstrom - Natural Music - (Bird Notes) Heavy Swedish solo alto and duo with bassist Sven Hessle.

Ornette - Town Hall 1962 - (ESP) white label mono, pencil-sketch jacket A classic. Too bad the other material taped has not surfaced as of yet.

You'd have to use both... She's underground. Those just cover the tips.

...and when they leave, throw on The Forest and The Zoo!

But you CAN get office coffee, which is what I'm drinking right now!

Wow - that's far out! Yes, Gallo is a good label to hunt down for '60s SA music. I believe there was a Chris McGregor on Gallo that's pretty scarce. They also distributed those Dollar Brand LPs on Soultown, iirc. I've had a couple of those before.

Strangely, I fear somebody stealing my vinyl collection! Apparently, it does happen... and that's the only investment I really have at this point.

Yea on Ntshoko; I'd be curious to hear the band he led for Enja, Makaya and the Tsotsis, at some point. Hopefully the Lissack will draw some attention, despite the fact that re-playing a drum solo seemed to be a strange response to the original's sloppy editing (which, I admit, is hard to detect).

So Curried Jazz is on CD, eh? Nice to see.

Ditto. And Shawn, I know how you feel - going thru similar trying days myself right now, and it's really hard not to... well, you know. The anti-depressants only go so far, you know, but they do help.

Well put. I haven't many examples of Ronnie Beer's playing, though from what I can tell, I like him and would like to hear more. Myself, I'd like to hear more of the SA contingent outside of the BOB scene, that is, players who ran on their own. Sadly, without much access to the music produced in SA during the '60s that didn't make it far outside the country, it may be damn well impossible to get a clear picture of other strains.

Not much to add here, but I look forward to hearing more about your research ep. Please keep us posted!