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Muhal's Delmarks are my favorites of his, but I suppose that goes without saying. Just got Nuba today on LP, had passed it by enough times that I went for it. 'Course, it's pretty great. Any Lyons records on BS are worth picking out, and though it might be a little out for your tastes, AK, "Capricorn Rising" (Pullen-Rivers quartet) is a motherfucker. The Bill Dixon records on Soul Note are a pretty good run, too, though I'm partial to the more recent stuff with Tony Oxley, Barry Guy and Wm. Parker. The "Live in Italy" stuff from the early '80s is good, but he has done better works since (and before).

A never-ending stream of madness, right? Kinda makes $90 for the Byard Lancaster on Palm seem 'cheap.'

I shoulda bid $50 when it wasn't so hot, I guess. Oh well... Always liked the Lucio Fontana cover on the MPS, but I'm told the music is not that great. Never got into the BYG, but the La Roca factor on "Three Waves" is attractive. Footnote: somebody bought it from PJC, for that price!

Happy birthday to one of the most intriguing altoists of the post-Charlie Parker era. His work has gone in many different directions, and all of them with a great warmth and personality. He is 74 today.. If you'd like, PM me a personalized Birthday wish and I'll be sure to get it to him.

Tie one on, on us (figuratively speaking, of course)....

That Booker Little just went for $305, Time mono pressing. Sheesh. Also - and this ties into another question I had - the Steve Kuhn on Contact went for $111, and it is now up on Paris Jazz corner for almost $200. I used to bid on this one occasionally, put in $40 and it would go for $41, and had since forgotten to look for it until recently. Why so expensive?

Charles Tyler Ensemble (ESP 1029) - took the morning off from work just to spin this one!

Happy Birthday, Newk! May there be many more...

I want that one. Ouch!

My high school English teacher always called me "Maynard," having something to do with scrubby facial hair and being stoned I think.

Yeah, I'm very curious about this stuff and about him. I'll be getting in touch with you, berendes, and with Norman shortly. Thanks!!!

Were the Beacon Hill dates live or studio? I can't remember.

I'll probably get this soon. Haden was great to speak with in interview (a couple of years ago), and he is not afraid to let his notions of art and politics become intertwined. A beautiful cat, indeed, though some of his playing situations over the past some-odd years haven't been my favorite, his personality and contributions to the music are both hugely important. And he and Carla are like peanut butter and jelly.

Unless you find, as I do, graphic notation as comparable to visual art and thus creating an all-over, visual canvas of sound that approximates what Pollock et al. have done with their painting. THAT is what I was saying.

In a way, that's true - ESP might have fared better if they hadn't gained notoriety from the Fugs and Pearls Before Swine, with bootlegs and constant difficulty meeting demand at the time. Of course, some of that was due to mismanagement. I wonder what the biggest-selling BYG record was? I'm guessing the Don Cherrys or Blase, but not sure about that.

I think the main reason why I rarely buy any Herbie Hancock or Tyner albums is because they are both often so cloying, as well as copied by other stylists of the era. Now, Hancock's bag circa 1965 is fine by me - Some Other Stuff, Spring, Extensions, etc. - but there is so much of it that just seems like I should be listening to something, I don't know, else... Tyner with Trane, yes, Tyner without Trane, no.

I used the word 'great' three times in that last post. It's late, otherwise I woulda thought of better verbiage.

Funny, right now I'm listening to a new Pandelis Karayorgis disc on which he plays Fender Rhodes (trio w/ Nate McBride and Curt Newton on Clean Feed) and it's absolutely great. I've become more and more accepting of the el-p in the past few years, and this particular album is great. Rather free interpretations of Monk, Dolphy and Hasaan. In response to an ancient mention of Burton Greene's electric piano, he does play it on Celesphere, a duo with Maarten Altena on Futura Records from '71 or so. It's a great record, and I like Burton's approach to the instrument.

Spoke with James and he's feeling fine - but getting ripped off by the Yoshi's gig, so he bowed out. Unfortunately, one would think that at this point he'd be making more dough than enough to cover meals, but that's not always the case.

Yeah, profiteering is a big part of this. I used to live near KC and in the 90s, gas was about $1.10 a gallon. I'm now thinking of selling my car for the price of a tank...

I can't even imagine what it must be like down there. Fuck. RIP.

If you're talking LPs, you can send them to this address...

It is great, and yeah, I'd rather look at Landslide's mug than that mudpie on the original. I don't think the HiFi pressing is that expensive either - probably because it's so gawd-awful...

I assume you've seen the jacket of his first 'breakout' solo LP (yes, vinyl), where he looks like a cross between members of Wham! and a young Steve Guttenberg. Red sweatsuit and all!