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Amazing story. Seems like a great guy.

Listening to him with Bill Evans is what got me to appreciate him. I'm a fan. RIP, and thanks.

yes, I need to revisit that Ayler set too. Bought it immediately upon release!

Nice. Have the originals, as well as one he did for Muse and a date with Frank Wright (!). Lovely.

yes, I imagine the sound is pretty accurate in terms of experiencing the live balance -- of course, nothing can really put you "there" unless you were there, but it's probably close. Elvin was loud and Dolphy as far as I know hadn't really played with him until working with Coltrane, so was probably still adjusting. Alderson's engineering is interesting -- to me it seems much more documentarian than stereophilic, and I appreciate that while knowing that for some settings it isn't ideal. But I like what he did on ESP and Prestige (and Reprise -- he was Tom Rapp's go-to recordist, from what I understand).

^ Yup. I am looking forward to the expanded/remastered Pharoah. Will scoop the CD set.

Blow-Up is awesome. I'd completely forgotten that Birkin is in it! RIP.

Interesting article, thanks for posting. Learned quite a bit.

correct.

Will definitely pick this up on CD. Don't feel any need to own a vinyl edition.

Yeah, those are all great. The Data, coming out next year on RogueArt, is incredible. I think people will dig it. if you're in the US and feeling grippy, 50 Miles of Elbow Room has Singularity Codex for $5 cheaper than the sticker price. http://50milesofelbowroom.com/new.html

Real sad news. RIP.

He is a funny cat! A lot of that comes through in the book. I agree he is easily one of the greatest living pianists. By the way, Codebreaker is on Tao Forms rather than RogueArt, but an excellent CD indeed. https://taoforms.bandcamp.com/album/codebreaker

Lemuel Marc, Chris Williams, and Joe Moffett are three excellent young/younger trumpeters I don't see mentioned a lot. Knuffke and Bynum are great but Kirk is probably my age (mid-40s) and Bynum is in his 50s I believe.

Pentecostal smooth jazz = Byard Lancaster?

Both excellent choices!

I see that DA BASTIDS have it up for preorder several dollars cheaper than scAmazon: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/149232/Clifford-Allen:Singularity-Codex-Matthew-Shipp-On-Rogue-Art Thanks, folks, for checking it out!

yeah, that is a good one.

US buyers can preorder from Amazon -- I'm no fan of that company, but however one gets to the book is fine by me. Squidco should have it pretty soon as well, I think. https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Codex-Matthew-Shipp-Rogueart/dp/2953150870/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26N5CPNJK9F6L&keywords=singularity+codex&qid=1688669675&sprefix=singularity+codex%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1

There's an appearance with Philly Joe for Sonet as well. I will admit that I forgot he was on Blue Delight until looking up his discography.

He sounds good on Shepp's Mama Too Tight, from '67. Recordings get a lot more sporadic afterwards. Last recording is Sun Ra's Blue Delight, I think?

I didn't know Tom Wilson ran Dauntless as well.

Great news. Happy to answer any and all questions here -- from the logistical to the arcane.

Thanks! Good on ya.