clifford_thornton

No unissued material on the Select. It includes the three albums that originally came out on vinyls plus the two sessions that made up the 'Comin' On' CD. OK, thanks. Got all that. Comin' On is very fine as well!

I wasn't really working. I was there to book studio time with Rudy. Was this the Chuck Nessa-J.R. Monterose duo?

Yep, it's a corker ! I saw one on GEMM for $25... naturally, it was gone when I tried to order!

Do they have access/rights to the tape? Yep.

Good ! A friendly relationship and set sale (even if prices are high) that's what we expect from a site. If you know some, would you share them with us ? HERE is the latest one I received . . . Minimum bid of $20 for a Prestige twofer?! Minimum bid $200 for a Japanese BYG?!

It might be because AAJ is given some publicity in magazines such as 'Jazzwise'. I much prefer the 'underground' feel of this place tho'. It's like a Dutch Fontana to AAJ's CBS!

Good points all, and well-written. Thanks!

Never heard this in mono. Do you know the stereo? How do they compare? Well, it's a fold-down, but it sounds fine. I have had the stereo too, but I don't think the recording quality is good enough to merit a huge difference. The only reason I bought the mono was that it was a nicer copy than my Liberty stereo...

cherryco Now I use my real first name. Honest!

Yeah, was trying to show similar the oth' day, playing contemporaneous Trane and Ayler recordings. It was obvious... but you put it very well.

To echo previous sentiments, the music probably would have taken the turn it did under the auspices of some other figures. It would have been a slightly altered turn, however. I still think Ayler would have come along, if under a slightly different "spell."

Isn't Interstellar space just a little bit too much influenced by Ayler? Just a thought. It always seemed to me that he was really under Ayler's spell on this one. Not sure about that. Just not sure.

Jumping over JT's message, I agree with "acoustic". Going a step further, I think the same could be said for Elvin. Just imagine his career without the JC quarter. Ditto.

Are there unissued tracks on the Select? I have all the aforementioned on LP (various Japanese issues). Yeah, the BNs are essential. I have not gotten as into the NJ session, but it may come.

Huh. So they obviously hadn't heard I Talk with the Spirits...

I still haven't found (much less seen) a copy of the Michael Cosmic LP on Cosmic, titled Peace In The World...

Yeah, I'm nitpicky about that one too!

...knowing full-well that bandstand-learning and life-learning are hugely important to one's growth. Oh, never mind...

Mats Gustafsson & Cie - The Music of Norman Howard - (Anagram) Really hoping ESP reissues those archival Norman Howard recordings soon... But for now, this will do - dense fire in the tradition of the best Scandinavian-American collaborations!

Sorry - that was somewhat off-the-cuff. I was referring to academic, or at least directed cultural study. Not bandstand-learning, necessarily.

Tony Oxley - Ichnos - (RCA-Victor orig) Haven't spun this madness in awhile...

Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures - (BN NY mono, ear and RVG)

Yeah, but some of us (myself included) could use a LOT more education...

Didn't realize they'd done the solo stuff...