clifford_thornton

Wow - what a serious drag. I was talking to Lasha the other day and he was saying that Brecker's health is more seriously in jeapordy than people had realized, but didn't go into exactly what it was. I believe he's going to be doing a benefit concert soon; will provide details if/when I find out more.

Sonny's Time Now (Jihad) - Sonny Murray, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Henry Grimes and Lewis Worrell with a bit of recitation by LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka. Pretty great, fairly self-explanatory. The poetry is fucked.

I will withhold all comment til the actual date, other than

Disconforme is an odd label - I remember when the Tippett, Collier and Auger stuff came out, supposedly authorized - then they didn't pay out the artists and the CDs were pulled off the shelves. They didn't do a half-bad job of mastering, though I believe that "Deep Dark Blue Centre" is from an LP rather than source tape.

My equipment? 10"... Oh wait, Music Hall mmf-5 Arcam A75 Integrated old Philips burner Audio Concepts kit-builts, ca. 1985

Yeah, my Japanese CD 'cover' has as much ringwear, edgewear and creasing as any LP version I've seen - possibly more!

I've only heard/seen albums of spirituals and/or blues, and I believe that was pretty much where she was at. Though for what it's worth, the cloth it's cut from certainly seems not far off the 'jazz' mark. I am often proven wrong on items of discographical concern, however, so maybe Mike F has a better idea.

I went back and re-bought Wild Love a year or two ago and found it to be the best record Bowie never made. Great stuff. Haven't heard Low in years - The Curtain Hits the Cast was really good back in '96 or so, hopefully it still holds up. Speaking of which, just got a recording of solo acoustic guitar/banjo music from Duluth instrumentalist Paul Metzger, and it is produced by none other than Alan Sparhawk. Metzger alters and prepares his instruments, slowly building backwoods/North Country ragas with a somewhat subtle (but still 'there') head of steam. Great stuff.

Anybody here read Stopping Time, the assisted autobiography? Interesting, and easy reading - finished it in an afternoon.

Let 'Em Roll is one of my favorites... I'll spin it tonight. "Latona" is such a great tune!

Jazz Composers' Orchestra "Communication" (Dutch Fontana) man, whoever Bob Carducci was, he was a hell of a tenor player...

Fresh Sound is pretty cool, and Water could be cooler eventually. Revenant!

Yeah, I really like what I've heard of hers, not coincidentally on the same label. I think she has several on Word.

For some reason I thought the Clark tune was a longer title but yeah, when I got home, just one word... We have tendency to nit-pick on this board, and I certainly haven't made enough time or space for Blakey and Silver. Don't know why - the Messengers are obviously a revered band for a reason, but it just never hit me. Just as Unit Structures might not hit a lot of people the way it does me, I might add... I agree, ideally improvisation is like viewing a Monet in natural lighting.

You know, I didn't keep either of the solo LPs I had - this one and one on IAI - but his trio records are all amazing. I found the ECM recording quality a hindrance to his unadorned, subtle style. Luckily, they didn't master out the color on "Ballads" or "Bley with Gary Peacock," two great ECM trio sessions.

Almost to a fault!

Ah, thanks. Couldn't remember the reed player... I guess 2.5 years living in Chicago was partially wasted never following up on Nicky, or early Abrams for that matter.

Anybody heard his early work with Frank Strozier and the MJT? I'm a little curious.

Basra, Trompeta Toccatta, and Black Fire, followed by Inner Urge for me.

The request was definitely for 'recent' recordings... I'll try and nab the +3 disc if I can find it. Yeah, I've passed on all the old Milestones. Maybe I shouldn'tve, but one can only find so much room for weird free records one isn't going to listen to more than once. Y'know?

Pierre Favre/Irene Schweizer/Peter Kowald "Santana" (FMP) pretty heavy collective improvisation from a non-Cecil piano trio. "Feel Trio," indeed... wish I had the handmade private edition, though!

Hey, not too many valve trombonists out there... Brookmeyer and my 'namesake' are the ones that come most quickly to mind. So at least for that you gotta give him credit. And yeah, those Verve samba/third-stream sides he did were weak, but I'm all for the Jimmy Giuffre 3.

Thanks! I don't have any of his stuff from after about 1965 or so, so I was unsure what to even look for.

Hi all, A question: I was asked a favor by someone, to pick them up a copy of one of Sonny's newest CDs. Any idea what that or those might be, and any recommendations of New Newk within the past few years? Much appreciated... CT