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Yeah, but the banjo has an extensive history in creative music, and is pretty respectable as instruments go. In modern jazz? Malachi Favors, Han Bennink are a couple of improvisers who have made statements on it. Dig Elmer Snowden, too. He is/was a master of the instrument in traditional jazz.

JR is one of those people I actually get kind of worked up emotionally thinking about - his existence and output (not to mention his playing) just sort of fuck with me. For instance, I'm sitting in an office getting the sweats about listening to "The Message" when I get home.

Thankfully that's on CD - a chance for mere mortals to hear that rare gem! What a great session, ditto "Experiments With Pops." But it is frightening to know a few people who actually own both of those titles on vinyl.

Yeah, I have had the LP twice and sold it twice. I love Ayler, but this to me - sincere or not - seems pretty 'off.' As Larry Neal said of this record in the Cricket: "I know what the Brother is trying to do, but his procedure is fucked up." Too true. And stereojack: looking forward to that Scianni LP!

According to my email exchanges with ESP, this was a rumor started by Magnet, and from what I understand, it has been shelved. We'll see in a month!

This and Black Orpheus are pretty nice - better than my covered ears would have expected or admitted. Though I haven't bought a copy of either and will have to suffice through memories of my dad playing these when I was younger - still, it's good to see them brought up for 'serious' discussion.

What's with all the mention of tonguing? I mean, come on... FWIW, I know what slap-tonguing and tonguing reed means, but it takes on a whole 'nother bag in these notes. Triple-tongue? I did that not ten minutes ago!

Cool... I wasn't aware this was coming out. Nice to see, of course. I dunno, their reissues seem rightly-priced to me, on par with everything else. Unless some are marking them up, which is possible.

I was just thinking of rockin' that myself.

Not too late - it'd be nice to keep this thread going. It would be nice to see the Jean Toomer suite collected and issued in a box format or something, but it's spread across two-and-a-half Impulse records and some others (one, I think, on Freelance IIRC). He is hoping to record in the near future, so it gives us Marion-ophiles something to look forward to. As for his early recordings, ESP-Disk has reissued his first "Marion Brown Quartet" in super audio sound with an extra track, I believe "Why Not?" is forthcoming in the not-too-distant future.

Thanks for this discog (and the others, Mike)... I love JR's playing, both 'inside' and 'outside.' I always see the Munich record billed as a Monterose date, so it's interesting to see he wasn't the leader. I know Hans Dulfer was a follower of his work, and it is interesting to see Monterose playing with the Soulbrass rhythm section. That duet with Bennink on side one of the Paradiso record just kills... Amen to one of the most curious and underrated tenor players in modern jazz!

aww... how cuuute!

I assume the Sunspots edition would have better sound. That has been my experience with the Sunspots Actuel CDs and their craptastic Charly counterparts.

I've determined that most of what I like tends to have a lot of 'other' things mixed in it than 'jazz.' Rock, free improvisation, non-Western music, etc., so it really does little good to define fusion differently from really any other blues-based (or non-) improvised musical expression.

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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.