clifford_thornton

I was just listening to Live in Verona this morning... Finally coming around on that quartet. I've enjoyed him live, but somehow when I put a record of his on it just hasn't grabbed me until recently.

I've got a nice mono of that, which coincidentally I spun on MY Music Hall MMF-5, which my parents got me for my birthday one year.

A friend of mine was in Belgium in the mid-'90s on a road trip, and was getting gas at a gas station. This gas station happened to have a small book-and-record shelf in it, and in the rack he found the Alan Silva solo LP on Center of the World. Unfortunately, he didn't have any Belgian currency and couldn't buy it - it would have amounted to like $5 US at the time. Bizarre, to say the least.

The times I've seen him play, I've noticed that he's a very competitive musician on the stand. It seems like he has, on these occasions, tried to push the music rather than let it just happen. Some recordings I've heard - the AOTW included - do not really give off this vibe, but in a live setting it is noticeable and sort of distracting. So, with respect to his "turning the beat around," it could have been part of that competitive seed coming to bear on the situation.

I don't care for Blue Train, and its ubiquity has only soured it further for me. It's just the most overrated, safest Trane out there - even in the context of the period it was recorded. I'd take Sonny's Crib any day over that one... Wayne is usually better on other people's records, IMO.

The band is bitchin'; I can't wait to get this recording. Jeff Clyne is one of my favorite bassists of the Britjazz renaissance, and Tubbs just goes without saying.

I've got a couple things on hold from the Bastards: the Japanese LP pressings of the Plugged Nickel Miles, 2 volumes. Fairly cheap, too.

Herbie on those BN sides circa '65, yeah, very interesting. Sometimes McCoy, though I always think he's a little cloying.

Mal Waldron, or Cecil Taylor. I also like Stanley Cowell's playing in the '60s for this reason (partly), but haven't listened to enough recent stuff to comment.

JRR in Colorado will never cease to astound me in both what he/it has and how it's presented. I remember the first time I went it was in an old strip mall west of Denver (it has since moved) and was just a longshot. You walked in and were surrounded by comic books and a bunch of records in old wooden bins - not much to write home about, but as I was grabbing some Shepp records, Tom (Burns, the owner) said "I've got more jazz records in the back." He led me to the tucked-away part of the store and I about shit my pants... Floor-to-ceiling heavy jazz, prog, folk and avant-garde records. Have been going back every couple of years since.

Have you seen the Spanish BN of Poppin'?

And from a pretty good Dead tune...

I wonder if this film is on DVD... or is there an actual documentary on Bruce out? I'd like to learn more, but reading about him doesn't really do the guy justice.

Of course.

Yeah, I love Lee Friedlander's photos too. Though Trane himself apparently preferred Bob Thiele's shot on the cover of ALS (at least, IIRC Thiele took it). Haven't listened to "Giant Steps" in years, so I will have to jam it this weekend and come back with something either intelligent or trollish to say.

The only "US3" worth having on there is Horace Parlan!

Hey, I like it all too, though not 'every' player in 'every' genre. I think most people here are of that very same mind. Organissimo has even piqued my curiosity on matters concerning early jazz of the 20s and 30s. Banjo - I like Elmer Snowden, as well as contemporary banjo sound-artist Uncle Woody Sullender. If you're interested in banjo, those are two of hundreds of names to check out. That said, I might like Chris Potter better if he played banjo, and if Holland kept up with the cello.

Anyone got a birthdate for Bennie? I was thinking it was sometime in '43 but not sure. AMG ain't workin' here site-wise, so if anyone knows... Thanks, C PS - yeah, this is for some purpose.

I heard there were a lot of last-minute changes with the lineup, and some no-shows. I myself have lost interest in it lately because the last couple I went to were pretty much identical experiences. Though I did like Fred Van Hove and Conny Bauer... I'd imagine Brotzmann and Waits to be very good - saw that duo maybe three years ago and it was hot then.

I heard it a few years ago and remember liking it at the time, but I think it was way OOP even then. Just can't bring myself to pay $35 for a CD at this point, y'know.

Yeah, that Marge is a great record. I really like altoist Chris Woods, too, though that is the only recording of him I have. Very Dolphy-esque in a lot of ways. I wonder if anyone on the board went to see him in duet with Henry Grimes earlier this month? Wasn't able to fly to NYC for the gig...

With that in mind, maybe you should be downloadig some Stevie Nicks...

Henderson as a soloist, sure, but his dates don't always get me... even "Inner Urge" and "In 'N Out" I find a little underwhelming. But hey, that's what lists are for: everybody's got one, nobody really needs one.