clifford_thornton

Apparently, they had to make way for Kate and Pete's weddingshambles...

Wonder if he's sippin' cough syrup while driving...

Happy Birthday, Nate, from a fellow Capricorn! Jeez, I still owe you some Dixon burns don't I?

Is CT really having that much trouble finding people to play with him?

Am I the only one here who would rather talk about her dad?

It took me a bit to get this figured out as well. Between Lon and my boss at work, we got it going. Basically, from my PC, I right-clicked on the link and scrolled down to "Save File As." Depending on what you've got, you should be able to save it as an audio file to your desktop. From that point on, I was able to rip it to a CD. So if all else fails, PM me and I'll make you a copy.

Well, at least the labels are okay!

I'll be damned if I know...

Yeah, that's a really good record. I wasn't convinced of Parker initially, but I've changed my mind.

You are right on Moondoc, marcello. The trumpeter is Arthur Williams, not Baikida Carroll. Arthur holds his trumpet exactly like that. The mystery drummer is most likely Rashid Bakr.

Wasn't that obvious from the get-go?!?

Considering how fucked the post is right now, I would not doubt that it'll show up soon... DGA are easy to work with.

Right clicking did work for me, as per jazzbo's note.

D'OH! [slaps forehead] I got Clifford Thornton and Clifford Jarvis confused. But obviously Jarvis loaned Thornton his drum set that day. I wouldn't be surprised if we find a companion picture of Clifford Jarvis playing trombone. Or--wait--was it tenor sax? No, that was Clifford Brown. Unless it was Clifford Jordan on trumpet? CT played cornet, valve-trombone, percussion, piano, shenai and flute at various points. Just not the drumset, as far as I know.

I believe that the cellist is NOT Wadud, but the same person in #2 who is playing bass. Certainly not Roscoe, but I am at a loss who the altoist/flutist is. Looking at the names on the back of my SoundCraft '75 LP, any of those obscure mofos could be one of these dudes. There were so many cats playing loft gigs at that time, only some of whom were recorded, that it's hard to say who some of these "mystery players" are. Hell, some were "mystery players" back then!

This Trane radio broadcast sounds great! I'm not sure if the CD boot that youmustbe refers to would sound as good (dunno, not seen it).

I see your point, but CT didn't play no trap set!

The bass player in that pic looks like a young William Parker. Sorta, but I think it's just the hat. Even as a kid, Parker's face usually didn't look that skinny!

Not *those* blowing genes, though I wouldn't know first hand!

Um, I started again. Well, my resolutions are to lose a few more pounds and to be stronger in combating my bouts of depression.

Maybe a little young, but the drummer looks like a couple of pics I've seen of Art Lewis. Is it possible?

Nice!

Right, not to be confused with Wilbur Little, who did not smoke cigars... Whoops, thought you were talking about the bass player.

Mississippi John Hurt - Folk Songs and Blues (Piedmont original) Preferable, in my opinion, to the Vanguard material, and excellent late-period Mississippi John.

The drummer looks so familiar it's driving me crazy... Chuck's right on Baikida and Wadud. I suspect - but am not totally confident - that the second trumpeter, with the cane, may be Earl Cross. I haven't seen enough clear photos of Cross to be sure, though.