clifford_thornton

"Not really free in the conventional sense -- but "free" with a seminal NY "New Thing" vibe that has a lot of post-ESP feel, never too hippy-dippy for us, but still very spiritual and soulful at the same time! The sax is kinda similar to the things ___ was working on towards the end of the '60s, but with a raw funky side that we know Dusty fans will love! (original pressing with a cut corner and both seams almost completely split. Vinyl has a fair number of marks, but you hardly ever see this one on wax. Trust us!)" Make sense to you?

Are you sure you want to be at the point where you understand DG descriptions?

This is generalization along the lines of "all jazz musicians are drug addicts." I am going to otherwise stay out of this discussion, as it gets under my skin... that said, I have read some serious misinformation and posturing, even today, on some of the latest AAJ reviews. But I also listened to a junkie's music last night, so there...

Dusty Groove's descriptions do more harm than good, I would say. Try and find a few samples online and go from there...

Can't wait to get home from work so I can spin a few of these in Mal's Bday honor.

I wouldn't be surprised if Cuneiform did something with Ogun. I too haven't been impressed with the CD reissues. I tend not to like combining two vaguely-related sessions on one disc, however. The Breuker-Mengelberg fallout seems to prevent the initial ICPs from being reissued at the moment. Too bad - those are great records!

That's weird. So Gebers left and is now suing her? This is all very confusing... FWIW, Brotzmann owns the tapes of Nipples and it was originally on Calig. There was never any intention to put that out on FMP if you go with PB's statements - that was, after all, one of the first UMS titles way back in the 90s.

My old OJC sounds just fine...

Also, on the old site, I noticed a bunch of titles are now OOP...

I was looking on another newsgroup and apparently the status of FMP as a label is somewhat up in the air. Does anybody know anything more about this? The "Infos" link has some disturbing lawsuit information. FMP new site The old FMP site

This piece hurts my feelings quite a bit... Ornette ESP

Yeah, it's tough...

Yeah, this does sound really interesting. Thanks!

Jane Getz isn't that bad! She just didn't play well with Pharoah...

Never tried it on watermelons, but it's great on regular canteloupes and honeydews.

Vinny Golia - Openhearted (Nine Winds) with Baikaida Carroll, Roberto Miranda, Nels and Alex Cline you can't really go wrong... Golia is a hell of a reed player, and quite a composer too.

Considering that was also Noah Howard's rhythm section in the '70s, it's probably a good bet that it's solid...

Charles Moffett - The Gift (Savoy original) Paul Jeffrey is particularly awesome on this...

Miles - Live at Fillmore (Columbia) If you can believe it, there is a deep groove on one side of each LP. Not quite in the same league as Live-Evil or Black Beauty, but solid music nonetheless. This was an interesting band.

Yup.

Well, having Alan Silva on in the car didn't work for one date... I learned wisely and for another one turned off the Frank Wright the moment she got in!

I'd like to hear that Workman. Denon, Baystate and EW are all great labels. The Marion Browns on Baystate are fine, indeed. Then of course there's Trio/Whynot/Nadja, which put out TONS of great shit.

Well, for the most part, they don't really do a very good job. And the writing exercises they conduct get a little old.... For the best writers, these "exercises" are analogous to working through a solo or a composition for a musician. Writing is an art form itself, a difficult one, and just because it takes music criticism as its jumping-off point does not mean it isn't valid on its own terms. There are bad writers out there just like there are bad painters and bad musicians, but hopefully with time, those writers will become very, very good or even great.

Waldron does have another America LP, albeit a trio, called The Whirling Dervish (AM 6128). It's pretty good. IIRC the band is Noel McGhie and Peter "Bass Is" Warren. Monk w/o Monk problematic? Say it ain't so!