clifford_thornton

I really like Dewey but am not a completist -- have the Fontana, BYG, Impulses, Old & New Dreams, Blackwell duo/trio, Dane Belany, ,Galaxy LPs and of course everything with Ornette, JCOA/Liberation Music... that's enough for the time being. agree about Jarrett being a more consistent bandleader but some of those bands are really too consistent for my taste. I recognize his influence & what influenced him but that doesn't mean it interests me to listen to him either.

as much as I think Cacophonic is a cool label, I wouldn't mind some archival Tusques with Sam Records pressing quality.

Yeah, I got a press preview of the Grenoble set and it is indeed excellent !

I've heard those records and like them (mostly for everyone but KJ -- tho he holds his own) but at the same time I don't feel an aching need to keep them in the library.

oh duh, yes Miles too. Forgot about that.

Only Jarrett I have is on Gnu High and Conception Vessel.

I do. I had a US press at one point but the condition wasn't too good. Lovely session.

LMAO!!! Yeah, I had a copy of Life Between The Exit Signs but did not keep it because a) Jarrett and b) I have enough Paul Bley records to listen to and enjoy.

oof, best wishes for a speedy recovery. We need you here!

need that Japanese Carter Jefferson !

Cool -- will check this. Have you read Francis Gooding's piece on reevaluating smoov jazz in We Jazz Magazine? Available for purchase here: https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/we-jazz-magazine-spring-2022-tetragon

Ocean was originally issued by Takoma and is great. Windham Hill also reissued the George Winston album on Takoma, which is quite nice as well. I really like William Ackerman and before selling the label, he modeled it after Takoma (even starting the catalog at C-1001).

Yes.

Burton Greene, Leo Cuypers, Fred Van Hove are also ____ mystery school players in my pantheon.

he told me he's more into Sal Mosca.

Yeah, I like him quite a bit. François Tusques is another non-Black pianist I'd say is very mystery school. But I digress.

good one.

yes, it's a really wonderful album and not too hard to find in nice shape for a reasonable price either.

yup. Chris Anderson hasn't been mentioned. Alice Coltrane seems like another obvious one to me.

have that LP but it hasn't been on deck in jeez, 20 years? Cool album nevertheless! Excellent lil record...

To me, Gato and Pharoah reached an impasse by the early 1970s. I definitely prefer their work when it hadn't yet been hemmed in by certain commercial frames and they were still searching.

That's too bad. RIP.

have all those on LP but they're really great albums. I'm sure they'll get some new ears.

It's an excellent record and has not had a proper LP reissue other than decades ago in Japan (there's a BYG boot but it sounds like trash). I'll probably buy this as I traded my original for some other rarities and held onto the CD.

I like all of the CDs I have with him as a major contributor. Was able to fill the Botticelli holes shortly after posting above as well. There's an interesting interview with him in an old issue of Opprobrium (maybe) that I need to dig out. I get the feeling his life was full of struggles but he made the best of it and played his ass off.