clifford_thornton

RIP. He was a giant.

Love his playing. This is a sad loss.

Good to know. Wilson's bio is pretty in-depth, though I definitely got frustrated with it at times for other reasons (we jazzbos are an opinionated lot!). I feel like Ayler's influence hasn't been touched on in a lot of critical writing -- honestly, the Village Concerts featured some of the best (extensively quoting people like Marion Brown and Anthony Braxton). A bio of the Aylers would have to touch on his lasting legacy both at home and abroad to really get me excited.

I only have the stuff with Driscoll -- I love it, but of course a lot of that is because of her.

Well, SABA and MPS were highly -- and I hate to use this word now, but at the time and in context it's apt -- curated imprints. Byas was not a curate-able player!

I thought that at first, too, but Lyons wasn't in Jersey very long.

Worked with Sarbib and Elvin Bishop, and recorded one LP as a leader (obscure west coast thing I've seen but never heard). Not sure what happened to him, but yes, a strong player.

Byas did record for SABA, one album, co-led with Webster. Dutch multi-instrumentalist Kees Hazevoet did an exhaustive Byas discography/sessionography though it looks like it's not hosted online anymore -- need to dig that monster back up. It's quite fascinating.

I understand, believe me -- still waiting for an incredible record that I worked on almost three years ago to be manufactured & released. It'll happen, but the label (known for their luxe historical releases) is very, very slow.

I'll have to check that. Seen JBL many times, a very engaging, creative player and a kind, kind person.

LP only. Great, great record. Sarbib is/was an excellent bandleader and a bit of a mystery man. I was in touch with Daunik Lazro to see if he was still alive; most likely he has passed on, as by the 1990s he was apparently in pretty bad health.

It's coming, as far as I know -- small label, redesigning the package, costs/time of manufacturing, etc..

oh, yeah that's not so interesting to me... I had thought the box would be entirely material that hadn't already been issued. Oh well!

I'm looking forward to it. This exhibition and the "Fundamental Frequency" exhibition which was at Artists' Space in NYC (and will be traveling to the MCA in Los Angeles) are/were both great. I contributed record jackets (all my Milfords are heading to LA) and did some advising here and there, and am really stoked to have experienced the results.

That bit of Wayne/Warne is pretty wonderful. Fascinating interview.

His tenor sounds beautiful when it's isolated to a degree. It's hard to deny the facility and power Pharoah had. But despite the fact that I enjoy the other three players in general, this music doesn't do anything for me. The linked recording from '86 (not '80) is one I will probably not go back to.

This is 2/20/86 with Hicks, Johnson, Queen.

I have originals of all those Moriyama LPs -- they're uniformly quite excellent. Don't forget "My Dear" on Union, a cheaper and very strong title. Now: Branca -- Sym. No. 3 (Gloria) -- Neutral orig

yeah, curious how they got their hands on it -- they didn't issue other BYG material to my knowledge. There's also an Affinity pressing from the 80s, which does make sense as they had access to the Charly/Actuel/BYG holdings.

The Malik is a cool record.

The Radio Canada session for sure, never been on CD and has not seen a fresh pressing since the '70s. Don't know if the BYG Actuel session has been easily available recently, but it's a doozy too.

Ah, yes he did indeed!

More curious about this record than I was. It's usually a treat to hear Byrd and Davis together -- they became quite close in Paris nearly a decade prior to Montreux. Keith Killgo is an excellent drummer -- recall him from Andrew White records, passed over various Mizell sessions he's on but I guess he was a regular in that context too. Capitalize the B for sure. Editors be damned.

No, I wish I had. Saw him perform but never got the chance to talk to him. In the last 15 years I've really come around on the electronic stuff. Had it before just for "completism" but now I quite like it. Sometimes you have to grow into something that was done several years before you were born.

Correct. He would've been quite something in that context.