clifford_thornton

Awesome photos. Thanks!

Probably eBay or maybe some Japanese CD distributors. I assume it's oop, but I've seen it around a bunch. I didn't realize the Village Vanguard was on CD as well - did you buy it? It's absolutely great! "Back-A-Town Blues" is one of my favorite Howard tunes.

That is a great - and rare - LP. My uncle's on that one! Phil Buettner, looks just like me...

Nope - NY USA/43W61st ! And an inner sleeve saying "27 years of Blue Note"? MG I love going to a certain Boston record store just to hear owners make fun of vinyl snobs like this. They put me in stiches! Music lover forever. It's all in good fun, mate, even from the "snob" end!

"Henry" Miller's Isipingo would be a gritty recording, indeed!

I've only been told through the small Austin jazz grapevine, but apparently Revenant and Ornette are closer to working out the nitty-gritty than they had been in the past, and that work has actually begun on compiling such a box. But yes, let's wait and see before our undies get in a bunch!

I was hoping for a "45 Years of Blue Note" poly-lined DMM sleeve!

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...

So, in causing the explosion, he assumed he'd be the only one injured? What the hell did he learn in medical school?

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

Suicide by explosion? How dumb...

$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...