clifford_thornton

Happy Birthday! Those late-stage Aquarians sure are doing well for themselves today...

Yeah, Happy Birthday! Thanks for your contributions here, and hope it's a swell one!

The former University of Kansas staff member who administered the Wright collection is a member here, and of the Blue Note board before that, iirc. Brandon Burke. He used to post occasionally about his experience at K.U., but has of course moved on to other things, and hasn't posted as often lately. At any rate, that's interesting... my memory is foggy regarding the developments that occured there. I'm not sure I ever got the full story. I remember when Brandon worked there. I thought they had another person manning the ship, and if that isn't the case and it's in limbo, I am sorry to hear that. I had willed my collection to that archive, but may need to change that...

Indo-British Ensemble - Curried Jazz (MFP orig) Great meeting of Indian music and jazz with Kenny Wheeler, Jeff Clyne, Bill Eyden and Ray Swinfield.

As I've said before, it would have been nice to be the age I am now in the '60s (and with disposable income and a good town to buy vinyl in)...

A number of people in recent memory... Would much rather have this than a DG of True Blue...

They throw out more than they keep. Not necessarily dictated by the collection at hand. Maybe my second comment is a little more in keeping. That has been my experience so far, anyway.

Thornton taught there, fwiw.

Bola Sete - Ocean (Takoma) Brilliant guitar soli and very much in keeping with the Takoma banner...

Rad...

There's a thing called "your local library." Donate it. University libraries and music collections are also frequently in need of good stuff, especially jazz.

I'm not that particular about my BN/Prestige/whathaveyou pressings, as much of this material has been reissued frequently (and well) over the years. When I started buying free jazz records (of the '60s and '70s, anyway), much less of that was on CD, and consequently I sought out vinyl. I'm not as picky these days about format, and have bought CD issues of this material as a sonic upgrade - hell, that Freedom and Unity is a pretty rank pressing. Hence, the UMS piece of aluminum does me just fine these days.

Not a bad discog, just a few small errors. That RAU LP is pretty scarce. He got the Malinga LP wrong - it's Tears for the Children of Soweto.

I'd add that, by the same token, you can't spit on eBay without hitting a copy of a Milford Graves LP on either IPS or SRP. The hand-painted Yale shit is uncommon, but the rest are all over the place. Despite that fact, they're still expensive. I've had these things, traded them, and gotten them back with ease - yet Babi still seems to crack $300+ (and "RaRe!!!") with striking regularity. Whatever... I would say that my disdain is not for the music - it's stand-alone awesome - but for the purported rarity and the price-gouging that ensues.

Don't have that one. Seen it a few times and it didn't go for too much... maybe $40? I have a number of pretty rare titles that I would not say are all that "in demand." The first Hans Dulfer on Heavy Soul? Serious LP, only a couple hundred pressed, but I don't think the demand is all that high. Same goes for the three privately-pressed Kees Hazevoet LPs. I have them all, and as he's not as major a figure in Euro free jazz as, say, Brotzmann, they don't seem to cause an eyelash to bat when they're offered (again, not all that frequently...).

I have both the orig LP and the Atavistic CD. The CD sounds better, but I know a fair number of people on this board get bummed on needle-drops and the like, so...

Yeah, I definitely have to pick this one up. From this period, the Impulse is phenomenal, and the Saba ain't too shabby neither! I also like the more manic sides from the '70s, though "directed" they ain't always...

A needle-drop, no less, from a shitty pressing. Be forewarned. Great session, though!!!

Congrats! Been enjoying reading your thoughts for some time now!

Bill Evans/Jim Hall - Undercurrent (UA orig) Again with the weird "My Funny Valentine"...

I agree with you there on Blackwell. I have been listening to Don's BNs a ton the past week, and it is somewhat incomprehensible (to my feeble mind, anyway) some of the shit he's playing on those dates. It goes above and beyond even "driving a band," to another level of musicianship entirely. Don can certainly empathise with it, to a level of "complete communion," though certainly his cohorts on the dates fare very well in this regard also. Symphony for Improvisers is particularly interesting, in how a large ensemble and Blackwell work together. I can't tap my fingers that fast!

Ellington/Mingus/Roach - Money Jungle (UA Japanese pressing) The title track reminds me a little of Valdo Williams (or, vice versa)...

Redman & Blackwell - In Wilisau (Black Saint)

Haven't heard that in years... I remember being a little bored with it then; can't say how I'd feel now.

Gonna throw it on right now and see if my impressions remain the same. I remember preferring the duo to the trio with Favors, but then again, my BYG sounds like poo (as do most). Edit to say: yes, I'm hearing a dissonance in approach here. Still a good record.