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Rolf & Joachim Kuhn - Monday Morning (HorZu Black Label) great early '70s madness with Surman, Phillips, Martin, Thollot and Eje Thelin. I especially like how, in reverse of what's normal, the tunes start with relentless racket and end with lighthearted folk melodies!

Well, it's been going on for years, they're all doped - even the domestiques at the back of the pack. Sacking Ullrich won't clean up the problem; nor would sacking bodybuilders who test positive for steroids. I personally think a safer type of performance-enhancing drug should be legalized and professional cycling can get on with its existence.

Having Workman and Eddie Moore can't hurt...

Force is a motherfucker, indeed. It originally came out on Uniteledis (France), a subsidiary of Palm. The other Shepp record in that series was Massy U-Jaama, a quintet which is also pretty nice.

Sorta like how they did the Howard Riley Discussions reish...

Just to nit-pick - a cover w/cut corner is NOt mint by definition. By eBay standards, it probably is...

I've always wanted "Ghosts," but I suppose ESP isn't up on the ringtone scene.

Great one! Anybody know what happened with the MPS/Saba reissue program? There are a number of things befitting the Funny Rat scene that I thought were coming out on CD, but haven't appeared.

Enja was, for a time, a really great label. A lot of those are pretty hard to find, though the Mal records seem to crop up fairly regularly.

That's what I hoped! I'll get a couple from Hiroshi next paycheck, methinks... Now if they'd just do Le Temps Fou!...

Great post, Lazaro! Mal's passing was the first that really "hit" as a jazz fan (shows how young I am, I guess). Bummed me out.

I dunno, Patrick seems like a mainstay to me... Boykins definitely did leave, though, and he was on a number of fine post-Ra LPs. He also wrote a great tune that's on Horace Parlan's Happy Frame of Mind, "Home is Africa."

I always felt (and still do) they played excellently together, a perfectly complementary approach to shoring up the edges in free music. The Victor, America, Hat and Enjas are all excellent sessions. Reflections is good, too.

Didn't he do one more "away" date--that 1970 album with Dizzy Reece? Yes. And iirc, there's a C. Jordan for muse with Pat Patrick on it, no?

Despite the fact that my ex is a Cancer, I still have it for BJP. Happy belated!

Happy Birthday Steve. Been reading that Conversations book a lot lately (pre-press proof); it's amazing.

That's a great one! Got that and Preach Brother in Minneapolis, top condition NY, for $15 each... Strangely enough, the Elder Don was $40. Bought it anyway, of course...

How are these? I saw Hiroshi has a few, and my CD's are scuffed to hell!

Still got a day though... and I don't think it's that clean, either. I'll stick with my King, nevertheless.

RIP. Too young - but isn't it always? His Freebop band was a fine one; I remember seeing him (and them) at the Velvet Lounge back when I lived in Chicago. Wonderful, strong player.

I would've liked to see Ulrich back in the mix, but Landis is a great rider. I remember way back when he was a mountain-bike racer, too! A sidenote: unfortunately, the Tour isn't available without cable. If only my television had the channels to watch it more regularly! Guess I'll have to wait until it's out on DVD...

I listened to Cecil do "Bemsha Swing" right after re-reading this thread last night...

didn't Ornette Coleman have one of his first professional jobs with Crayton? Yep. I've never heard Crayton's music, either.

A great record, but I thought it had come down in price! Or maybe it has... JR on Jaro

Tyner does sound a little distant, iirc, but it's one HELL of a record. Jeezus.