clifford_thornton

Great Newk story, Chuck. Thanks!

Candy is delicious on this! And no, I don't mean Hans Dulfer's foxy daughter...

I don't get the Varby joke... So, probably the coolest signing response (maybe) I got was from Lacy, who upon seeing the "Moon" LP (BYG) said, promptly, "you know these guys were gangsters, right?" He signed that beautiful back cover anyway! Oh yeah, Karl Berger signed my copy of his ESP record, and his response was "who's this skinny kid on the cover?" Classic!

Agreed. It needs a third side.

Three Lacy (incl. one also signed by Steve Potts and Oliver Johnson that I found in a shop), two Bobby Few, and Bobby Hutcherson's "Dialogue." Also some promo CDs have come my way signed - Prince Lasha's new one, and Nathan Davis' new-ish one as well. I think that might be it, though... For me, the conversations and the interviews I've had with musicians far eclipse signed records, but it is nice to have the ol' Hancock.

I LOVE this record... especially the tune "Latona." Mighty modal groover straight outta the Joe Henderson-style bag. Speaking of which, this is probably Patton's most Larry Young-esque album; his solos speak mightily of Young's influence. Plus, the instrumentation is fascinating, and the whole shit just cooks... Lucky enough to find a mint minus New York mono of this for $20 a few years ago. Beautiful! Couldn't be more pumped on an organ record (pun fully intended)... thanks for nominating this one!

Not to mention that when you try and throw away the strip, it either sticks to you, the floor, the coffee table you were opening the discs on in the first place, and finally the walls of the wastebasket. Ugh.

It's called Joe's Garage. ← Hence the Buell Neidlinger "Marty's Garage" (I think this is it) record... Buell and Zappa were tight, apparently. The Vestine - Ayler duets are something else, indeed...

Mal Waldron - Jimmy Woode - Pierre Favre "Black Glory" (Enja) Original German pressing nabbed for $2 today. I spent more on the beer afterwards!

In all seriousness, I think Trane and Monk didn't, until this newly-released set, have the opportunity on wax to spread their wings. The Riversides and the Jazzland are just a little taste of what the Carnegie Hall concert (and probably other as-yet-unreleased live gigs) offers us. Namely, a window into how Trane was advancing his harmonic conceptions through working with Monk.

No way it sold more than the Don Sleet!

Manfred Schoof Quintet "Voices" (CBS German original) A classic of early German free jazz, with Gerd Dudek, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Buschi Niebergall and Jaki Leibeziet.

Miles at the Plugged Nickel, Japanese CBS pressing.

Is that the Parisian Concert on Futura? Or is there another?

...and "Wolfman" from Explosions.

Yes, that is one of my favorite of Lee Morgan's records - "Lee is Free," indeed. It does show a vibe that would become more solid with records on Strata-East, Tribe and the like in a few years, but it's a little ragtag here and more exploratory. "Capra Black" is a motherfucker of a tune, to say the least.

That is a great tune... I'd like to find a copy of that 45, though I'll bet PJC would still charge 60 Euros for it!

Eh, I'm just a toddler compared to Brownie!

Francois Tusques, the great French pianist, will also be playing as part of the Minnesota Sur Seine festival sponsored by Nato. Sur Seine Schedule

It's Mac-Cleane!

They have CDRs of some titles for now, until they remaster the catalog completely... though I doubt that some lesser titles will (or need to be) reissued, especially from the 'pop' catalogue. As I see it, the Euro versions are copies whose licenses have run out, though most distributors still stock them. Domestic ESPs are currently the only authorised versions in print. If you get the 4-track version that is out, you will not only get a nicely-done master of all known original takes, but liner notes by yours truly from an interview that I did with Marion this past Spring. And to this day, he still counters that he made the ESP first...

Last time I listened to Burning Spirits I thought it was crap. ← First few times I spun it, it was one of the heavier titles I'd heard by Sonny (or anybody). Now, well... it occupies a spot between "Rumasuma" and a Horace Tapscott record on the shelf. None of the three seem to get pulled out anymore...

Of course, having Doug Watkins's autograph is the coolest of the bunch!

It was a toss-up for me between Wayne and Joe. But yeah, as for players coming up in the '60s and '70s, I hear a lot of Trane and a lot of Sam Rivers as well.

Musical giant, but poor eating habits surely contributed to his health problems. Doubt that was the intended meaning, but still...