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The Bob James albums I've got enjoyment from are not on CTI, but ESP and Mercury, both from the 60s. No Steve Gadd anywhere on those, but Barre Phillips is on the former.

Sounds good to me, and more importantly, this sounds like Coltrane in 1964! A historically-important puzzle piece, for sure.

...and the winner is: $127.50! Ouch!

RIP Mr. Arvanitas, your block chords will be sorely missed. A shame he did not get as much notoriety in the United States as he should have.

Thanks, guess my Bay Area info was incorrect. Glad to hear he is still playing! Would he be up for another interview?

Oh yeah, Simmons has said that Zitro studied tabla in India during the early '60s, which had a tremendous effect on his rhythmic conception. Great drummer, and underrecorded in his conceptual prime.

He had a pretty weak fusion record with Dave Liebman called "New Moon in Zytron," I think Zytron was his band as well. San Fransisco/Oakland, played and studied with Smiley Winters, etc., recorded with him, Sonny Simmons, and his own great band on ESP 1052 while visiting New York for some months in 1966-7. Who knows what he's up to these days, though.

I think I've heard of it, but never seen it. Guess it's hot, even for late-period CT.

Thanks!

Well, you're a step closer but my ex-girlfriends know best...

Agreed. His titles would be fine if he'd leave out the dedication part. I would like to get the Alchemia box myself, because I know it'll be OOP and I'll be kicking my own ass about it in the years to come.

I think you just did, man.

I think it's interesting, as a historian, to have these interview clips on the CDs. When these guys are gone, we'll wish we had them - I grew up too young to have seen Frank Wright play or meet him, but the sound of his voice is just like his tenor playing! It was really nice to hear for me. The booklet interview I took in 2003, and can also be found on All About Jazz in its entirety (at least as long as their server didn't crash again!). Shouldn't be any difference between the two.

I didn't know that was how he passed. What a way to go!

Thanks for posting the personnel for the LP though - a reminder of how tough that band is! It's funny, I am not a 'huge' AEC follower, but those orchestra recordings kill. Bowie was into some shit at the time.

Actually, this is different - a concert performance, and the piece is referred to by Bowie in the audio introduction as a continuation of the MPS recording (which I have). Was never on LP, as I got it in a stack of German Radio tapes burned to CD. On this one, definitely no piano and two vocalists, one of them Jeanne. Mysterious, eh?

Not to mention "Signs" and "Images," though those are Chicago Tentet records. What's with Vandermark dedicating every motherfucking thing to everybody he's ever heard of? I mean, shit, I'm waiting for him to dedicate a tune to the Jesus and Mary Chain...

Ah, forgot I still need House Party... despite the sad fact that I never, ever (well almost never) put on Jimmy Smits records.

Does the CD omit those blasted Oliver Nelson tracks?

One track, 35 minutes.

Yeah, my parents are leaving Houston for the northern suburbs tomorrow morning. I'm more than a little nervous - I mean, I think they'll be ok, but it's going to be a mess that nobody in our family particularly wants to deal with. [understatement of the year]

I just got a boot CDR of Lester Bowie's "Gittin' to Know Y'all" Part 2: "Unity First" in performance at the Frankfurt Jazz Days in 1970. Google searches have not turned up any live AEC-related (i.e., non-LP) material, so I need some help with personnel. Other than the AEC quartet, Jeanne Lee is on this (most certainly her), probably Kenny Wheeler and Karin Krog too, but I don't hear a piano and am wondering how close the band is to the MPS recording. It sounds like a smaller group to me. Chuck? Anyone?

Blowing In From Chicago All I gotta say is That does not seem normal for that LP.

Yeah, it is pretty poorly pressed - but I can't imagine them pressing it more than once. Oh well, Savoy in the late '60s...

I didn't realize this was recorded in '65 - thought it much earlier. Really puts Brubeck in perspective, then.