clifford_thornton

HB!

Sometimes I feel that way about the Softs, too. Ray Russell is for me never a deterrent...

Those Americas, Blue Bird and Pithycanthropus Erectus, are actually pretty damn great. The title track to the former I used to spin all the time...

I claim no allergy to that shellfish!

Ornette and Lacy would make for an intriguing combo, whatever the rest of the band...

Happy Birthday Ornette! Guess I should swap out this McPhee for some O.C. (Mischa Barton not included...)!

That set with the Reverend that Boxholder issued recently is pretty fuckin' heavy as well...

Page has disowned her career as a pinup, right? Born-again, or something? Shit, I feel like I'm born again every time I see those pics!

Joe McPhee - Tenor - (Hat Hut original) early solos by one of the masters...

Strangely, as I like some other British fusion of the time, I've never really checked out Nucleus. Looks like I now have some good places to start. I don't remember much about hearing Jon Hiseman in Colosseum in terms of complaints, though I did like hearing his jazz work with Peter Lemer, and I guess he's on Things We Like, which I have yet to score a copy of. John Marshall is a lot to take, but overall his playing I enjoy even if it is a bit heavy-handed; Wyatt didn't really gel with the Dean-Ratledge group very well rhythmically (so I think), and I can't stand his singing so he's a bit out of the loop for me. Phil Howard is an interesting character; I felt on hearing his work with Dean and the Softs that he didn't have balance, but maybe that developed in other contexts.

I believe he was diagnosed with cancer some years back, but haven't heard anything about that since about six years ago. Obviously he was playing almost up till the end. RIP to one of the under-sung greats! From Byron Coley's liners to The Short Form (Eremite, '96/7): "Malik's notes skim up and across the bleeding surface of your subconscious like sharp flat weels of wrought iron." Very well put... time to put the wheels on and start spinning...

So far, I'm enjoying it a ton, even if I get my panties in a bunch on some occasions... Thanks for giving me a distraction or two!!!

Of course, Moffett could be on trumpet, you're right (though maybe unlikely)... in fact, Don wouldn't have to be involved at all.

So would it go something like this (off the top of my head)? Ornette-Bradford-Garrison-Blackwell-Lacy-Rudd-Grimes-Charles?

What an amazing legacy to have left us. RIP.

Wha?!?

I had a friend who had lung cancer as a teenager, and was able to pull through. Nobody in his family smoked, and apparently it can develop without airborne carcinogen exposure. I think it is fairly rare in this form. Sad news for the Reeve family, which has suffered so much trauma. The spotlight constantly shown on them was a bit much at times, and it's unfortunate that she was unable to continue her husband's legacy.

Sad news. Though I don't follow baseball, his is one of the few names that I can remember along with Brett (Go Royals!). Brings back a few memories of watching baseball with my dad on TV when I was young, which was about the only time I ever saw the game. RIP.

...not to mention that Eternal Rhythm might be one of the best $10 vinyl purchases I ever made (that, and maybe a few others, in post-Reagan dollars).

There are times when I feel the need to listen to other things, but at the end of the day, fire music is still what I enjoy the most. Which is more inclusive than a lot of other subgenres, I'd say...

Yeah, and what was the point of Beethoven doing all that "hard" shit at the end of his career? He shoulda chilled out and kept it "lite." Western music has him to thank for all this foolishness and idiocy!

Feel free to flog me for not having this...

Possibly, but that again is an oversimplification.

Yeah. Improvised music is so easy to play, and experience. Thank God I get my challenges from television.

Similar band to the Curried Jazz LP?