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Yeah, he's great on those Elvin Atlantics, and the Shepps are fun! "Sonny's Back" has been a consistent spin over the years, from the Actuel catalog at least...

I thought it was "paired" with something but am too lazy to look up exactly what. I really don't "get" that record, but so be it...

Damn. RIP to a fine, fine player.

Maybe it was your copy I found at Laurie's bookstore on 9th and Nicollet Mall. I wonder what Jim was charging on it? He was way overpriced on a lot of things...

Moffett is a very good vibraharp player, in my opinion. He played it with Prince Lasha also. I'm not sure that the Moffett Family is a direct outgrowth of Ornette and Denardo; Moffett was a music educator in the schools and directed student jazz bands that were probably as great as his family group. Those kids could PLAY.

I love the Savoy - one of my favorite records - but the Moffett Family LP on Charles Moffett Records ('71 iirc) is also superb. It's got a healthy dose of modal funk, and includes Pat McCarthy as second bassist after Charnett. The opener is a mo'fo' of a heavy tune...

If I don't catch cold, I'll be doing a spirited homage to Coltrane on the radio tomorrow night.

Yeah, it is great. I had a dub of the dub(!) but am glad to have a nice CD copy of it. Strange, strange record and Monnette Sudler is particularly hip.

Damn... but I can sort of see it, too.

Yeah, that's really great. Thanks.

Marion Brown - "Capricorn Moon" from the Marion Brown Quartet on ESP. Sort of a "Comin' Home Baby" vibe with the two basses starting things off, and they hold the Latin-y rhythm even as they (and Brown, Al Shorter and Rashied Ali) fracture it completely. It's a classic. Ornette's Atlantics have some strong Latin-y moments as well as blues, "Una Muy Bonita" being the obvious choice but really it's all falling just to the left or right (or up or down) of a Latin/blues bag.

Lungfish - Indivisible - (Dischord)

That Colbert is fucking funny! Thanks for posting it... and hey, Colbert and Kareem didn't sound half bad!

Got it and will listen to it this weekend. It looks like it's got potential for some of that old country-blues swinging stuff, which I like!

Now, if somebody would just reissue the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble - Heliopolis (Goethe Institut Cairo) I'd be a happy camper!

This is probably for another thread entirely, but not being a complete Vandermark apologist and reiterating the fact that Spaceways is weak but the cat CAN blow (and Peter is no-how underdocumented), the fact that Vandermark has helped to form a bridge between young indie kids and improvised music, and with a clearer sense of the music's history than, imo, Shipp/Thirsty Ear/whatnot, deserves mention. I think that this alone is worth a lot of MacArthur bread. And to answer the quip that's a comin', it did seem to spread south to the Velvet Lounge. During my time in Chicago, I saw a lot of young kids from the rock community heading over to see Fred blow. Now, that said, I think that Fred deserves a MacArthur just as much as flattop, for obvious reasons. Keeping the old Velvet open would have been a great use of the $$. (though zoning politics are pretty much outside the realm..)

Fucking promoters. In this instance, I would say those promoters are definitely in the wrong.

Yep (along with the Mike Osborne 'Outback') Got that one. It wasn't as earth-shaking as I thought it would be, and I still think his best work is on the Ric Colbeck LP.

I don't have the Taylor (wasn't that on a Turtle LP?) but the Oxley is great, if a bit obvious in the well it draws from. Baby steps... TCB was reissued in a Japanese paper-sleeve format a few years ago. That's what I have - Lord knows I've never seen a clean LP for much under $250.

I've wondered that too - they were (and probably still are) based in BEVERLY HILLS of all places. He's really done some outstanding music, private genius grant or no...

I prefer the one after this, on Philips, called "TCB." It has been reissued on CD.

It's funny in that first list to see Regina's name in between Braxton and Ornette... As far as I understand it, people don't apply for the grant but are chosen. I've turned around on Vandermark; he can definitely play and has some interesting ideas. Sure, some of his earlier records were kinda boring and some of his projects are too (Spaceways Inc., as an example), but one can't deny his work ethic. He seems like a very good guy, too. Dave Burrell could use one, though. I agree on Haden, even if he's made some terrible records. Shit, what about Wayne Shorter?