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The site looks great so far. Studied with Mangelsdorff, eh? I look forward to hearing your work!

Yeah, South or Central Texas too!

I saw him with Gerry Hemingway and it was like you say... though with Oxley, Lytton, Alan Jackson or any number of more appropriate folks, he's stunning. Daryl Runswick, though his discography is fairly scant, is another wonderful player.

Yup.

"Snowflakes and Sunshine" is cool, for sure. Maybe part of the reason is that Vol. 2 wasn't on CD for quite a while.

Ray Russell - Rites and Rituals (CBS UK original) sick LP, sounds like early Keith Tippett on (more) acid...

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!).