clifford_thornton

That's a great set, mainly for the coffee-table book. The music is good too, though!

I have a mono UA-era blue and white of the Reece, which sounds okay, and a Toshiba of the Watkins (courtesy Allan Songer) that sounds excellent. Wouldn't mind at least a King mono of the Reece, but I can live for now...

Eh, just swap the tune titles from another Byrd/Adams date and see how it goes...

Huh. Yeah, it was on French Leo and done in '89, but you'd think Eremite could get some mileage out of a reissue. Then again, Leo is notoriously a very difficult person, and I've heard a few stories of his refusal to come through on promises (esp. regarding $$).

I rarely make it much past the first 3 sides of the triple Silva. It's a lot to handle, but it's good! Wonder if that Leo CD will ever see the light of day again?

Prince Lasha told me the same thing about Dolphy. The slight variant was that they grabbed his needles and insulin and locked him in a room, and by the time they realized what had happened, it was too late.

Shouldn't this be in the political forums? To many more, and thanks for all the great music and insights (political and jazzical)!

Luna Surface is from '69, though! The Rouen concert issued on Leo is a motherfucker...

And, for the '80s and '90s, the rest of his discography! The above is excellent, though I find myself pulling out Openhearted and The Gift of Fury a bit more...

Do I sense a theme here...?

Thought DMG had botched the reissue and it wasn't coming out. I hope this is a change in the air for that unfairly neglected Goody record...

Back in the'80s Doyle was a "nothing". Charles Tyler was giving the records away. That's how I got mine. Doubt if there were more than 500 pressed - more likely 300. That few, eh? I thought I'd read "somewhere" that there were 1000 each of the Tylers and the Doyle, though I feel like I've seen the Doyle way more than either of CT's titles. Must be the circles I run in, which are strange and occupy one corner of the living room...

There was SO much going on musically in the '70s, it's very hard to pick ten. Nessa, India Navigation, FMP, Incus, ECM/Japo, ALM, Trio, Saravah, Virgin, Freedom and Black Saint were just a few of the labels documenting great music from the period.

I mean, they made probably about 1000 of the Doyle Ak-Ba - it's not THAT rare. Still, one might be hard pressed to come by it pre-eBay. Of course, back then, it would've been $10! Underground records have always been collectible though, whatever the genre. Doyle was an underground hero back in the early '80s, though I don't think the regular jazz community even knew who he was. Most of 'em still don't; to put it in perspective, the one time I saw Doyle live was opposite the Dream Action Unit (Flaherty/Corsano/Moore).

Yup. Sucks.

That Jordan/Gilmore has gone for over $2K before...

I've always thought that looked good... Maslak is/was a great player. Right now: Rhys Chatham - Die Donnergotter (Radium 2LP), excellent early '80s guitar work from this powerhouse bridge between minimalism and punk rock.

That stuff is fast becoming like the ESP catalog - a few top-notch reissues, a lot of dubious ones, and nobody knows what's going on... at least Stollman's at the helm of ESP, however. Sort of.

That makes sense - his '68 band that recorded an incomplete session for Columbia featured both Jones and Dewey.

Haven't been to the South, really, and feel the need. Would also like to visit Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire.

Yeah, that Jamal is sick... I was under the impression that Charles Shaw had passed away. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Re: Moore: He wrote that in the mid '90s IIRC, when NONE of that shit was findable with any ease on LP, and the AUM Fidelity/Homestead crowd was just getting outside recognition. It was originally published (hyper-edited) in Grand Royal Magazine, the Beastie Boys' hipster rag, and I guarantee you almost no one in the Grand Royal subscribing audience had ever even heard/thought much about free jazz. Moore is hit-or-miss and comes off somewhat snobby, but hey, at least he was throwing it out there when not many other dudes were.

Right you are.

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I'd be curious to hear that outfit for sure! A friend of mine went to the gig but haven't heard the report. Good to know Muhammad is still playing!

Yeah, it looks real nice. I suspect the Griff Blowing Session up there now will be doing some damage as well... it's already at about $900!