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Kenny Rogers Ken McIntyre Thurman Barker

Peter O'Toole Richard Strauss Alban Berg

Funny, I haven't seen any mention of this in the Au Chronicle. I'll be sure to mark this on my calendar! Thanks!

That would be a great gig, for sure. Apparently Noel couldn't get a visa, else he would have visited Minneapolis too!

Free improvisation, or non-idiomatic improvisation at the very least! I'd probably also listen to Afro-American classical music somewhat, too.

Huh. Interesting band.

Francois Tusques I posted something in "Jazz and Print" as well, but above is a link to a recent AAJ article on French pianist and free jazz catalyst Francois Tusques. He worked with Americans like Sunny Murray and uh, "me" in the late '60s and early '70s, as well as leading his own groups of free improvisation and ethnic stew. He is currently active in both a trio and larger settings, albeit rarely outside of France. Also check the "recent articles" for a piece on the Minnesota Sur Seine festival, where I was able to meet and interview Francois, as well as see him lead a masterful quintet as well as play in duo with Minneapolis bassist Adam Linz. Thoughtful comments and additional information are always welcome. Thanks, Clifford

Francois Tusques Thought the Organissimo community might be interested in this recent article on French pianist and free jazz catalyst Francois Tusques, who played with Americans like Sunny Murray and uh, "me," in the late '60s and early '70s, in addition to leading his own groups of both free jazz and ethnic stew. Thoughtful comments and additional information are always welcome... Cheers, Clifford

Now, Ted Curson Tears For Dolphy (Fontana UK black label mono, Marte Roling's cover) Found all the Fontanas, but where is the box with what I was actually looking for?

Wow, sad news. RIP and thanks for the music.

Nice one! Though I think I've blathered on before about how the programming of the "Paris Suite" is kinda out of order...

Yeah, who knows. I'm not sure if there is any extra material in the vaults for this, as I just have the Neon LP and I'm willing to bet the Akarma transfer is from a cleaned-up vinyl source. Maybe Maxine McG knows? Funny, I've gone from saying "Great Record!" to admitting it's in storage, to finally admitting I never listen to the second side!

Amen. Probably sold her the speedball, too.

Gross. Doubt anybody will buy them, but who knows? She wasn't a bad player; I remember my dad jamming East to Wes incessantly when I was in high school. Too bad the speedball killed her.

"Night Poem," that's it. If I could find my copy of it, I'd revisit it and probably get more out of it now. Since you bring it up as an intro, or a transitional piece, it might be interesting to program the CD with that, say, between "MRA" and "The Bride" (stripped bare by her bachelors, even?) or something, just to get a feel for it in a different context. It might carry more weight like that. I seem to remember "Night Poem" being a lot more AACM-ish in texture than most of the dense, free escapades that characterize the Cuneiform discs, etc., though I could be totally mis-remembering it.

I'm pretty sure my copy of the AOTW is still in storage, as I've only been able to get to a few boxes and none of them yielded it. O'wise I'd play-by-play-by-play. I've always liked the first side so much that I often never get into the spare rustling improvised suite that makes up most of the second side. It doesn't sound much like the rest of their material, even the live 'free' jams.

That was certainly one thought I had. I can't remember if it's Bates or not - It's got a Verve label and Polydor information, with a 1969 publishing date. I just think it's very weird that Richard Williams goes on and on in the notes that this is the first issue anywhere of the material. Confusing! Sounds great, though!

This is almost as bad as the "Money Jungle" situation, innit?

Just finished Bobby Few - More or Less Few (Center of the World) - "the PIANO has GUTS!" - and now it's time for bed...

Milford Graves and Don Pullen - Nommo - (SRP), healing forces of collision and cohesion...

Brandon Burke has that LP, and has spoken very highly of it as well. I think he got it very, very cheap if I remember correctly!

The album is "It's About Time", and it smokes! That's it, thanks. I'll try to pick it up next time I see it. Nothing like having a few oddballs among all the 'free music.'

Huh. If it weren't in GBP I might pull the trigger on a couple of those!

Yeah, Orgasm is a motherfucker - I have it on a UK Polydor version from the late '60s/early '70s, titled Parabolic, and the liner notes strangely state that it is the first issue anywhere of the material. Very odd. This is corroborated with the liner notes to Tes Esat, which talk about a date (for Verve) lying in the can. Anyhoo, I'd like to hear some of Gato's early work from Rome, with Giorgio Azzolini and that crowd. I'm willing to bet it's straighter material, but the reports are strong on those records.

Awesome! Tip o' the hat to ya, Cap'n!