clifford_thornton

Anyone have a release date for these?

I would say the same thing, though probably Dolphy and Andrew Hill helped me get a little closer to 'getting' what it is the music is getting at.

Yeah, I think my original of Fuschia is like that too, which also sports Ron Carter in the bass chair (I'd hesitate to say 'features' as he's pretty understated). Dimensions and Extensions, OTOH, is a bit off-balance due to tape issues. My 2-fer pressing sounds a fair bit off.

I think it was Paul Secor who sold me that Don Cherry, for a mere ten bones!

You wouldn't choose the ESP? Why? I should have too? I don't like this album (great cover though) and I didn't care about BYRON ALLEN until I find this gem. It's close to the SONNY SIMMONS'S ANCIENT RITUALS (In fact it's the contrary as the BYRON ALLEN is much older). 'course not! Just a real surprise, especially since it rarely comes to light that he had two, let alone one, dates under his own name. There was a great interview with Paul Byron Allen in Cadence several years ago; I should dig that one up.

Funny, I just heard about the Birdland shooting from Ted Curson last night. He was apparently there to sign a contract with Roulette, left for a minute, and came back to mayhem. Needless to say, he didn't sign on...

I'm going to go eat two cakes right now, shit!

Don Cherry "Organic Music" (Caprice)

I think Stitt is a motherfucker on that Art Blakey "A Jazz Message" date on Impulse. Great record, quartet with McCoy Tyner and Art Davis.

Archie Shepp - Four For Trane Paul Bley - Touching Ayler - Ghosts Cecil - can I choose both Nefertiti and Cafe Montmartre? John Tchicai - Cadentia Nova Danica Dizzy Reece - Blues In Trinity Tubby Hayes - Down in the Village John Surman - How Many Clouds Can You See? Howard Riley - The Day Will Come Tony Oxley - The Baptised Traveller Andrew Hill - Black Fire Manfred Schoof - Voices Giuseppi Logan - Quartet Byron Allen - Trio Steve Lacy - toss-up between the GTA and the ESP Mal Waldron - Mal/4 Mingus - Blues & Roots Ornette - Ornette on Tenor Frank Wright - One for John Nichols - well, only got the boxset! Tina Brooks - Minor Move Jackie Mc - Destination Out! Grachan - Evolution Dolphy - Conversations Coltrane - Coltrane (the blue album) Hans Dulfer - Candy Clouds Braxton - For Alto Lasha - Insight Simmons - Music from the Spheres John McLaughlin - Where Fortune Smiles (OK, Surman's on there too, but...) Christ, this is a good time!

You wouldn't choose the ESP?

No Neck Blues Band - Ever Borneo! (ethno-improvisation with a 'doomsday' vibe)

Some great spins there! I love AT, especially his book...

Hey, that's cheating!

RIP And what a way to go...

Too true for all three. And what about the three of them together, with Bob Cranshaw and Charles Tolliver?

Kalaparusha would be a major one like that for me, but I'd also say Jimmy Lyons, Booker Little, and even Jaki Byard (tho Jaki Byard Experience comes awful close). Good question, AK.

That's a Few discog, not an Ervin one (just to clarify)... I interviewed Few several weeks ago and will be posting the text to AAJ shortly.

Rob Brown Trio on Silkheart with Denis Charles and Wm Parker... some liquid improvisations before heading into work.

I could believe it as a Dolphy Series date. I want to hear it!!!

Uh-oh, this will be in my head for a long time!

Went with Roscoe, though Frank comes in pretty close for me as well.

A lot of us work very hard at our profession, and I think that you should keep that foot right where it belongs Jazz Kat.

Yes, the continual decline of civilization...