clifford_thornton

This is very sad, and fairly fucked as far as a way to go out... too soon! RIP and thanks for your wonderful work, Hilton.

I say let'im stick around. I like Aric. But maybe that's partly because I'm under 30...

I say let'im stick around. I like Aric. But maybe that's partly because I'm under 30...

More importantly, is that an Expedit shelf from Ikea?

Back to drummers: Anybody here familiar with Brit Paul Hession? Very much enjoy his work on the new Borah Bergman trio, with Lol Coxhill, as well as an old LP on Senti, The Real Case, with reedman Hans-Peter Hiby (whatever happened to...). Any other Hession recommendations?

What about the Barre Phillips For All It Is record? One of my favorite LPs of all time... w/ Stu Martin, Barry Guy, J-F Jenny-Clarke, and Palle Danielsson. Just about every setting for contrabasses and percussion is explored, from vampy swing to scrabbly twitter. Certainly way overdue for a proper reissue, as with a number of other early Barre sessions.

I have a number of these transferred to CD. Will have to look at specific dates, but I know I have a couple of Brotzmanns, Jazz Composers' Orchestra, Howard Riley/Barry Guy, John Surman, and a pretty gonzo Kuhn Brothers set with Barney Wilen. All great stuff.

Indonesia - Ethnic Folkways (1949) original deepgroove, wine-colored jacket with a silver labeling sticker. Gamelan and Wayang recorded by Raden Suwanto.

I've heard obligation on a certain percentage of recording dates, but it's hard to say. The Full Moon Ensemble was Delcloo's thing, and its initial incarnation with Arthur Jones, Jacques Coursil, Burton Greene and Beb sounded great. Delcloo's sense of space and colour is remarkable on those occasions. It's too bad the rest of his work pales in comparison (though Africanasia is pretty cool). I'm wracking my brain trying to think of French free drummers active in Paris in 1969, and coming up with very little. Somehow I can't imagine Charles Saudrais or Daniel Humair, great as they are (even in a semi-out context), making a BYG date. So Delcloo might've been one of the few locals around then who could even halfway cut it. PS - don't drag Beb down with Delcloo; he was around well before and well after the Actuel sessions, and made stellar contributions to a number of dates - Tusques, Portal, duos with Francois Mechali, etc.

[quote name='akanalog' date='May 11 2006, 03:03 PM' post='506226' and is george brown the same as george brown who was on at least a david murray album in the late 70s?

I don't want to hear her sing, but I'd like to hear her scream...

I like Alice's playing on the Japan dates. Interstellar Space is a great record, and perfectly embodies the breadth of mood and color that Trane was able to encapsulate in an improvisation. The openness of the format certainly helps this. Rashied and Frank Lowe were also a nice pair...

Maybe I've said this elsewhere, but the take of "Rufus" on the Impulse LP sounds very West Coast-y to my ears. In the interaction between Shepp and Tchicai I'm almost getting a Marsh-Konitz vibe, strangely enough. Prefer this version to the one on the Fontana LP (though I love that Fontana!).

Wow, this is a shock. Terrible news. RIP to a wonderful pianist. Thanks for the music, Mr. Hicks..

As per the page-ago discussion, yeah, I saw the Shorter and the Hancock. That's just ridiculous - five times what those records are worth! I'm not doubting some of the 1500 and early 4000 series records being rare in top condition and fundamentally hip, but a mono Jackie Mc or Herbie title from the mid-60s doesn't need to be that expensive. Reminds me of when BYGs got uber-collectible for a minute, and some buffoon paid $150 for Tarik. BNs are more in-demand, of course, but those are crazy prices. I've surely paid a lot for rare records, but even I have to ask - where do these people come from?!?

Ask Sidewinder to tell you about his Esquire pressing of that one... pretty hip!

That's ridiculously high pricing on those. Wow. Guess his passing has something to do with it?

And moved back to Minneapolis!

What about ContemporaryladySF AKA Aric? I lost like 1200 or something posts...

Wow, that's insane. I'm perfectly happy with my $15 blue-and-white Liberty pressing!

I dunno, paper sleeves on records that have been stored for 30 years seem to oxidize a bit and cause surface noise as well. Basically, most records sound like shit at the end of the day! (this coming from a self-described vinyl junkie, but no junkie ever praises his shit...)

I'll bet... I took Dick Wright's jazz history course at KU and was impressed. It gave me some grounding in the earlier, pre-bop forms of the music which I hadn't had exposure to prior. Also, when he did the 60s unit, he played "Yankee No-How" from Roswell Rudd's Everywhere. Think I was probably the only other one in class familiar with the tune... and there were a lot of confused looks in class that day! Dick Wright was a traditionalist in some ways, but he loved his Archie Shepp and Albert Ayler... would have loved to get to know him better, but sadly he passed away a month before the end of term.

Nice update of the cover for Incus 2 on that one!

They played together - Cheatham was on Intents and Purposes, and they rehearsed together in various aggregations.

Nice post, Jim Sangry. I do miss the old days, somewhat, though I recall a few occasions when he didn't seem all that funny. But at the time I didn't understand his "humor."