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So would it go something like this (off the top of my head)? Ornette-Bradford-Garrison-Blackwell-Lacy-Rudd-Grimes-Charles?

What an amazing legacy to have left us. RIP.

Wha?!?

I had a friend who had lung cancer as a teenager, and was able to pull through. Nobody in his family smoked, and apparently it can develop without airborne carcinogen exposure. I think it is fairly rare in this form. Sad news for the Reeve family, which has suffered so much trauma. The spotlight constantly shown on them was a bit much at times, and it's unfortunate that she was unable to continue her husband's legacy.

Sad news. Though I don't follow baseball, his is one of the few names that I can remember along with Brett (Go Royals!). Brings back a few memories of watching baseball with my dad on TV when I was young, which was about the only time I ever saw the game. RIP.

...not to mention that Eternal Rhythm might be one of the best $10 vinyl purchases I ever made (that, and maybe a few others, in post-Reagan dollars).

There are times when I feel the need to listen to other things, but at the end of the day, fire music is still what I enjoy the most. Which is more inclusive than a lot of other subgenres, I'd say...

Yeah, and what was the point of Beethoven doing all that "hard" shit at the end of his career? He shoulda chilled out and kept it "lite." Western music has him to thank for all this foolishness and idiocy!

Feel free to flog me for not having this...

Possibly, but that again is an oversimplification.

Yeah. Improvised music is so easy to play, and experience. Thank God I get my challenges from television.

Similar band to the Curried Jazz LP?

I wasn't all that into the first one when I heard it, years ago, but my tastes are more inclusive now. That Bob Moses private LP, Bittersuite in the Ozone (with Jeanne Lee, Daniel Carter, HoJo and others) is pretty good, actually.

Flaherty: I just got that Beloved Music disc, and look forward to delving into it. Tried to have a "shop" (yes, an actual store) order Cold Bleak Heat for me when it came out, but they couldn't get it. Guess I should go to the source... I have a number of Flaherty's recordings, some on vinyl, and still haven't made up my mind on him. I still keep buying the records, though, so there is an interest. Just don't know what to make of it yet.

Agreed. Tougher life for them than it is for us.

Noah Howard - Space Dimension - (America original) with Frank Wright, Bobby Few, Art Taylor and Muhammad Ali on one track. A great group!

Don't worry, Chuck, Chaney started it... Though for a while I thought it was David Ayers' doing.

Think so! Thanks for the reminder... I have a couple of those Ap-Gu-Ga LPs and they're solid.

Exactly!

Yes, happy birthday! And one of these days hope to hear what you learned from Zitro!

He's great on the few sessions I've heard him on. Will have to seek this Cadence issue out...

Pianist Lowell Davidson, who had a single record on ESP with Graves and Peacock, was an integral part of the Boston scene up through the 80s. Apparently he exacted a pretty strong influence on a number of people working there, including guitarist Joe Morris. In the 70s: saxophonists Michael Cosmic and Phill Musra, and drummer Huseyin Ertunc (of Turkish heritage) had a powerful post-AACM trio that recorded under each of their names, as well as in the World's Experience Orchestra. Trumpeter Mark Harvey is a regular fixture in the Boston scene, and had some pretty engaging small groups in the '70s and '80s, including a rare trio on Bush Records. David Ware and Cooper-Moore studied at Berklee, and their Apogee group began in Boston, with Marc Edwards on drums and occasionally Chris Amberger on bass (great former Oakland-area bassist who played with Smiley Winters). Of course, the history of that group is well-documented. Edit for a few more names: Raphe Malik, Dennis Warren, Billy Elgart, John Voigt, Laurence Cook... will try to think of a few more.

Whoa!

She's gorgeous!

Wish I still did a jazz radio show! Was at WNUR in 2003; KJHK (Univ. Kansas) 2000-1997ish. Those were the days... For sure I would've programmed the Reptet!