clifford_thornton

I'll have to check the one I borrowed to get the extra tracks. I burned it without even listening to disc two!

And let me guess, a Liberty-era jacket!

Unissued tapes from the '50s and '60s, maybe into the early '70s, from what I've been told.

I think it's Danny Thompson, who probably has other things on his mind at this point...

Yes, Happy Birthday, and keep those enjoyable posts coming!

$20, $25 tops. The ones that "go there" are the Ak-Ba titles. I need a Near Mint copy of the Nessa, however!

Revenant's working on it, so I hear!

I hear you... I was listening to my blue-label Hub-Tones earlier today and was struck by how much it sounded like a full-bodied NY original. I assume they used the same plates, as it does have "Van Gelder" in the dead wax. Right now spinning: Arthur Doyle Alabama Feeling (Ak-Ba original)

Black Ark is/was reissued on a Japanese jewel-case CD. Still findable on the web, I assume. Alabama Feeling took some getting into for me - but now I stand by it as a valuable document, and even find it listenable! Yeah, Howard was a bit of a journeyman, though Holland is not a place I usually associate with him, especially considering the different working methods of the rest of the group and him. However, I enjoyed listening to it very much the other day, especially the first side, though maybe less for cohesion and more for curiosity. Schoonhoven does not disappoint!

It is an amazing set, but that figure seems quite high. $680 more than I paid, anyway...

They've had that thing on the wall since I moved to Chicago, in 2001! I got my green-top (Madison address) Bowie for $12 in 1998.

My Hank tastes were stoked by A Caddy For Daddy today, and I set aside a copy of Reach Out! at the record store. Had to put a bunch on hold today - lots of good used BNs and Time jazz dates!

For me, the best Howard dates are the two on Freedom, Black Ark and Live at the Village Vanguard. Of course, the stuff with Frank Wright isn't bad either... I'd also like to hear the Live in Torino on Altsax (tho co-released with some obscure Euro imprint). Assume it's got the nice modal/out vibe of his best work. Wonder where the original Patterns session came from - the band is so weird it's hard to figure. I mean, Mengelberg, Bennink, Boston and Schoonhoven isn't that strange a combo (if it were a Dulfer date, anyway...) but to throw Noah and Earl in there makes it super odd. I think I'm going to put it on right now, as a matter of fact - it's been years since I jammed the thing.

I've had a couple of ratty copies and remember it being solid, though haven't scored a clean one yet to give it its due!

I found that Harlem Banjo LP in a bookshop a couple of years ago, and it's really good. Thanks for the reminder of this cool session; may play it when I get home from work!

Prefer the Spiderman franchise by a mile to this one...

Oh, I only have the LP, which lacks the McGregor material. With the original Altsax, I always feel like Hans Dulfer and Groentjie should be around to spice it up a bit!

Yeah, Ubu, that's what I was thinking of. Better contact my NDR sources and see if I can come up with it!

Seems about the time he passed away, I think... Could be, however. Earl's middle name was "Goggles."

I suspect there was WAAY more recorded than is on the LP - it was an NDR broadcast, after all! Wasn't this an FMP CD at some point? I have an old FMP CD catalog that lists it as "forthcoming." Not a bad record, but no Berlin Djungle!

I've been far more impressed by the band on Patterns than the actual music...

I need to pull this one out again... long time no listen!

Aside from various BYGs and an America or two, there's: Friendship Next of Kin - Facets of the Universe (Goody) Universal Jazz Symphonette - Sound Craft '75 (Anima), orchestral blowout conducted by Earl The Freestyle Band - s/t (Adeyeme) trio with Earl on electric bass and piano, Henry Warner on clarinet and alto clarinet, and Ade Yeme on congas. Weird record, but cool as hell! Noah Howard - Live at the Village Vanguard (Freedom) Noah Howard - Patterns (Altsax) I'll dig through the mental reserves and see what else is out there, too...

I wish somebody would release the hordes of private tapes from the '70s he must have in his collection...