clifford_thornton

Truth be told, Eronel and Threads never really shook me up, either...

I thought it was a duo with Kent Carter... (i.e., no)

Guess I'll have to get it, but I am by no means selling my Dodds 10-inch... B-)

Huh. Gimme a lil' more info Jim, willya?

Yep, he certainly is! I forgot that Corbs reissued the Dodds. I have that on record, and it's great. Apparently one of Han's faves, for what it's worth.

Hazevoet is primarily a pianist and clarinetist, but plays other instruments as well. His clarinet is rather shrill, but likeable in a dervishy way. I'd like to see a boxset of the Carl-Schweizer material. Their work together is really good on the whole, and I'm rather fond of the trio with Moholo.

Love 'em, too! As well as Ovary Lodge, but that's another story...

One of the more overrated drummers of late... I actually avoid him when possible.

I like it quite a bit; I know I keep using this, but it has that Ayler-esque Euro vibe that was happening in the mid-60s. Hazevoet's clarinet is ridiculous, as a matter of fact. Lots of wide vibrato and wooly soloing over fractured, but regular timekeeping. Much more 'listenable' than Unlawful Noise, as it stands, and both have beautiful covers. Calling Down the Flevo Spirit (Snipe, 1978), duos with Han Bennink, I haven't got as into, but they do amuse.

Sidewinder, those last two I've never seen or heard of. Wow.

Yes.

Actions 1966-1967 is really great; just got it. Like Ayler quartet plus Terje Rypdal (that's how the saw sounds). Dig the 2CD set of TCJQ on Steeplechase, too, which reissues two Debut LPs including one with Sunny Murray. Awesome and intense as well. I like More Nipples a bit better, actually, than Nipples - the Bailey-Niebergall-Bennink trio that starts off the disc is stunning. The Hazevoet records are great, too, though they don't get much notice. The Sirone is a nice record, but Artistry (his first) kills.

I completely agree.

New Conditions wasn't as interesting to me, nor Darius, as I think he sort of settled into a vein that didn't offer too much variance - comfortable, perhaps. Osborne is good, though I wasn't impressed at all with Outback (speaking of McGregor). The Miller-Moholo trio is pretty formidable, as is the quartet with Ric Colbeck.

I don't think that's one of the LP reissues either. Strange. Oh well, better to stick with the Black Saints, Hat Huts and the Ayler box.

Mine does, and it's an original Dutch. Huh.

Philly Joe is on Yasmina, Blase and Poem for Malcolm (all Shepp), as well as the Mal Waldron trio that was supposed to be a BYG but came out only as an Affinity.

Yep... It sounds really, really clean. Better than other Dutch Fontanas, actually. Rudd-Tchicai-Workman-Graves

I'm visiting my parents - no turntable!

Yes, those ones. He sort of gets aimless after Mosaics, to my ears at least. Flare Up is good, but man, Beckett is amazing on Down Another Road in particular. Do you like the Brotherhood of Breath? Essential listening, IMO. Great stuff on Cuneiform, Ogun and RCA.

I don't know why Brown Rice is a classic, or for whom, but it is considered by many to be so... it is confounding to me, too. Especially when you consider the BNs, the BYGs, the MPS, the Sonets, the Caprice... I can't think of too many BYGs that are 'modal' in the way you're looking for; I guess a couple of the Shepps and "Suns of Africa" from Murray's Homage to Africa might fit the bill nicely. That Murray is a killer date. But then, I don't think of those Cherry BNs as being particularly vamp-y.

Yeah, Moon ain't one of my faves, though I would like to hear Roba (similar band, same period). If you had to pick three from his discography, what would they be? (I know, it's hard)

Andrew Cyrille is the drummer on the Moncur... but that's probably the sort of BYG best-of mix I would make too! Too bad the Jones didn't make it to CD. Great record. AK, do you have the Don Cherry Blue Notes? I mean, the Mu records are great, as is the orchestra stuff, but judging from your posts you might dig "Complete Communion" and "Where is Brooklyn?" more than "Brown Rice" (which, IMO, blows).

Oh, you know I will... Still would like to hear Rudd and Tchicai with Don Moore and J.C. Moses, as they apparently began.

That would make the most sense...