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Fantastic drummer, but yes, I've really only heard him on records made in Scandinavia.

I'll definitely scoop this although I'm also definitely running out of room.

Have these records been bootlegged? Bill Dixon leased the quartet with Shepp to Savoy, but it was reissued/booted numerous times over the years, starting with BYG in 1969. I'm sure Savoy/Lubinsky cared a lot less about following the contract than Columbia or Lundvall did.

Yeah, I'll scoop the CD. Will be interesting to have a fuller picture yet again, even if not all of it is "legendary."

Excellent album; haven't dug it out in ages.

There are a few pieces on which he played celeste, this being among the better known (I think). There's also a piece on Blue Note 78:

Yes, U.N.C.L.E. is what I recognize him from. RIP.

Right, I remember hearing about the unionization. I haven't noticed any obvious changes on the user end.

Hot potato. I don't know how much Bandcamp changed under the Epic ownership. Any takers on this notion?

Makes me think of the Mighty Boosh... he doesn't hate jazz, he fears it!

Good one. That Rumpf cover is one of the worst looking album covers I have seen in my life.

classic BYG session.

Do the Omnivore CD's notes discuss the Transition date at all?

This is great to hear.

I'd like to have a time machine specifically for those cutout bins. Of course, that would make me nearly 80 -- not a bad age, but things are already starting to fall apart on this body.

BYG and America definitely had pretty good US distribution at the time, and they still remain relatively available on the used market (depending on title -- some are more obscure than others).

Sad news from the folks over at the Free Jazz Collective: https://www.freejazzblog.org/2023/09/jost-gebers-1940-2023.html Glad I was able to interview the man once, and experience the Total Music Meeting (a life-changing event). FMP/SÅJ/Uhl forever.

Yup. That record is an all-timer for me.

I've dropped one or two over the years. I've definitely had a few covers fall and get banged, which is always a drag.

Alas, never got to see him live. Fantastic musician. RIP.

Oh, that's interesting. I just assumed there was a US pressing of that album but I guess not. Great LP indeed. This video footage is super.

The Epworth Church LP is particularly strong.

https://www.discogs.com/release/5415473-Mark-Harvey-Group-In-Concert-At-Harvard-Epworth-Church https://www.discogs.com/release/10922454-Mark-Harvey-Friends-Duets

Agreed, Karl. Actually, I didn't really connect with Nommo until I acquired a copy of Live at Yale and could listen to the whole thing in "order." The playing on those records is very different from what you hear on the first Giuseppi Logan LP, more of a piece with what's on offer via More Giuseppi Logan, but even then, it's a dialogue on its own terms. Owning records doesn't mean you immediately "get" what's on them and it can take a long time to figure this stuff out. The lo-fi stuff is also appealing on a very basic level to me... the Boston scene around Cosmic/Musra/John Jamyll Jones, the Abdul-Hannan record, the Mark Harvey LPs, those are very special albums, and there isn't much out there like them.

the only one of the Milestones I have is Sonny Rollins In Japan (actually the Victor pressing). I've listened to a few others but did not end up purchasing them. In Japan is fun.