clifford_thornton

Barry Guy I would call a jazz bassist at the outset - those first few Howard Riley records are definitely "jazz" LPs, as are a few of Bob Downes' early dates (on which Guy plays). The Downes obviously "stretch" more than the Rileys. I have not familiarized myself with Peter Ind, though I would like to! Chris Laurence I like on LPs by Alan Skidmore, Harry Beckett and that crew. I can't speak for his more recent work, or his being stuck in a snoozy band!

For me, what it speaks volumes of is the fact that it's hard to "sit in" with a Miles band, or even have a brief stint, especially during these years.

It's obviously harmolodic!

One of these days I'll get a DVD player. Maybe I should get the DVD now anyway. Saw it in theaters and thought it great... was a wee one when the band was actually around, as is the case with so many things. Edit: remembered that I don't even have a television!

Polvo - Exploded Drawing - (Touch & Go coloured vinyl original) Sad to see even rock records like this from a decade ago are going for big bucks on eBay.

That is a good idea. I tried it but ended up cutting off the good parts. Sorry to bring what should be a PM discussion out into the open. Let's resume regular programming...

Thanks, you put it perfectly.

This is a fantastic record. The two-basses-and-drums lineup is off the hook! My dad, who's normally a little leery of the "free" stuff, was blown away by this one, which is a testament in itself (especially if any of you knew my dad). Will get to the NPR article - thanks for posting!

I have Toshiba LPs of Byrd's Eye View and Watkins at Large, and both are wonderful "blowing" sessions. Watkins is particularly sick... I haven't heard Beacon Hill, but suspect it's good. You couldn't go wrong buying this CD, which is pretty much what everybody else here would say.

Yeah, well, it took me long enough to decide if it was necessary. Still unsure. I couldn't find a small enough image of the Lash LP, which is my favorite.

I will have to give a relisten. I was underwhelmed and haven't spun this in ages.

I gotta be honest - having never seen the film and not knowing what was supposed to be happening, that's exactly what I was wondering. Ditto.

Noah and Eve gigged together fairly recently in NY - I want to say this past Spring - so I assume they still collaborate.

Well, you haven't passed your opportunity to give them to me! I think they're going for about a buck apiece last time I checked...

Man, between the birthdays and this, Tautou is killing me!

At least one Candid record was reissued via America/Musidisc, as was Mingus at Monterey. I assume these were semi-legit, though maybe the payment didn't work out exactly as Mingus planned. Who knows.

I told her it wouldn't work. I told her.

Motoharu Yoshizawa - Inland Fish - (Trio original) Mostly solo bass LP with a little bit of Sabu!

I thought they were considerably less than that these days... but hell, the shit's on CD (bet you never thought you'd see me say THAT!).

I've found much of Byron's previous music (at least that which I've heard) to be rather quaint. My roommate went to see him do the Junior Walker thing here in Austin, and she said it was fantastic. I may have to check this out.

I can speak somewhat for at least the early Ayler, in that when Fontana bought the Debut catalog, they changed the artwork on some titles. Later, Polydor/Philips bought Fontana and yet again some changes were made upon issuing the material for other markets. With respect to "My Name Is..." I believe that Fantasy leased the Fontana (nee Debut) recording for American distribution in the '60s, which probably stemmed from the strange relationship between Fantasy and Danish Debut (a fan-based label that originally licensed Mingus music in Denmark, though it became quite different a few years later). Fantasy and Musidisc/America were also in cahoots at that time, leading to the America pressing of "My Name Is Albert Ayler." America would have pressed the LP for France and Spain, Fontana/Philips for the UK and maybe Germany, and Fantasy for the US. Bird Notes was a tiny vanity label owned by Swedish saxophonist Bengt "Frippe" Nordstrom; in addition to Something Different, he also issued a (mostly) solo album entitled Natural Music and a super-tiny run of a Frippe-Don Cherry duet recording. In fact, someone showed me a provenance listing of the Frippe-Cherry LP, with under ten copies in existence and all of their whereabouts known at the time! The Swedish label Sonet reissued the Ayler later in the '60s, and I assume they shared the rights with GNP. DIW put it out in Japan in the '80s, as they did with Sonny's Time Now and a few other rare free jazz titles. This is to say nothing of the various bootlegs and leases of out-of-print material, which we all know is routinely messy and dubious. I find the early pressing/cover variants pretty fascinating on a lot of things. The Prestige/New Jazz/Esquire scene is rather hip; maybe sidewinder can illuminate us on some of his interesting Esquire finds.

Maybe reiterating some others here (hope not), but: Grachan Moncur III - "Selection" Grachan Moncur III - "Some More of the Same Shit" Ornette Coleman - "Wrong Number"

"Unfortunatelee" is not a bad title, indeed!

Pierre Henry - Le Voyage - (Limelight pressing) What could be better in the morning than tape realizations based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead?

Yes, Happy Birthday! Hope it's excellent! Your avatar is always a sign that something good has been posted - here's to many more Birthdays and days on the board!