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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?

Johnson was on the scene for about ten years or so, right? He cut a couple of fusion-y sides in the 70s, iirc.

It's a real mellow side and vary tastefully arranged. I found it a bit too "poppy" for my tastes, though McLaughlin does play nicely on it. Not "essential" but it fills a gap in the shelves, right?

Well, there are Pavone's Shodo and Digit on Alacra, the former featuring Naughton on marimba and Pheeroan Ak Laff on drums. I think Emmett Spencer might also be on it, but I'm not at home and can't look. Tom Chapin also has an Alacra record, The Bell of the Heart. It's a bit "light" but still a nice date. Features Pavone, George Alford and, iirc, Nick Makros is on tenor. I seem to remember a solo Dwight Andrews LP on Otic as well. Guitarist Allan Jaffe has a record called Soundscape that has a CMIF-culled lineup, I think Ak Laff is on it. It wasn't really as rewarding a spin as I'd hoped, but I do regret not buying the last copy I saw. He's in fine form on that CMIF orchestra LP. I've got tapes of reedman Phil Buettner leading a band with Alford, Pavone, Fonda, and Yohuru Ralph Williams in 1980 at New Haven's Dwight Chapel, where I believe a lot of these CMIF activities took place. It's excellent stuff, though the influences ('70s Braxton, especially) are fairly obvious.

There are some seriously great Japanese drummers out there, though I've not heard Hino's brother. I can recommend: Yoshisaburoh "Sabu" Toyozumi Toshi Tsuchitori Masahiko Togashi ...for starters. FWIW, I really like the cover of that '69 Hino on Columbia. I'd almost say it hurts my feelings. Almost.

That Francis date looks interesting... My memory is now calling up some mid-80s leader date. Date: August 1986 Location: Air Sound, Boston, MA Label: L.C.U. [Lost Cosmic Unity] Al Francis (ldr), Al Francis (vib), John Neves (b), Joe Hunt (d) a. a-01 Rogue's Dilemma - 05:19 (Al Francis) b. a-02 D. D. L. J. - 05:59 (Jaki Byard) c. a-03 Wha Love - 04:46 (Al Francis) d. a-04 Albizu - 06:11 (Al Francis) e. b-01 Blues For Booker - 04:39 (Al Francis) f. b-02 Village Nites - 04:40 (Al Francis) g. b-03 Sweet Beginnings - 05:21 (Al Francis) h. b-04 Lonely Town - 05:04 (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) All titles on: - L.C.U. [Lost Cosmic Unity] LP 12": LUC 0251 - Jazz Bohemia Revisited (1986)