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Makes me think of the David Foster Wallace essay on cruises in "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again."

Guess I never paid any attention to later Brubeck -- Randy Jones is a name I hadn't associated with the pianist. The others I know.

It worked out fine for Ornette...

David Haney! Thanks, that's the pianist I was thinking of.

didn't pianist Bob Gluck buy the magazine?

yeah, they're all over the Northeast and NY. The story is actually kinda neat, though I gather a lot of those stickers are on cars whose owners have never listened to Alice Coltrane.

crazy stuff with Zappa writing new material in the green room, not to be outdone by McLaughlin & Co.. wow.

Third Man is legit, partly owned by Detroit's own Jack White. I'm sure these are licensed from the catalog owners. But yes, the yellow tint is gross. and to Pim's point, there was a late 90s Impulse 180g reissue of Black Unity that was done officially.

that yellow-green Ptah looks like barf.

yeah, even the LP is pretty uncommon. Strong record for sure.

yes, that's what I did recall -- not necessarily go-to Dex but strong on all other counts.

Haven't dug these Dexters out in ages but thanks for the reminder. I recall them being really good.

I'd agree that it's not the best-recorded album but the performances, tunes, and overall feel of the record make it a must-have.

Ditto, one of Elvin's best in my opinion. Bought it sound unheard many years ago and it truly floored me.

Good and cheap -- Rena Rama, Maffy Falay, Björn Alke, Tommy Koverhult, Iskra, Förklädd Gud are all filed. Pretty diverse range of music from post-bop to very free. I think you need to check out the Club Jazz series too, inexpensive and interesting sessions. https://www.discogs.com/label/502546-Club-Jazz Rosengren is generally awesome... the Improvisationer LP mentioned above is strong, definitely not audiophile but worth checking out. Stockholm Dues is incredible, as are Notes from Underground and Fly Me To The Sun. Börje Fredriksson has a dedicated thread on here somewhere. He's great, sort of akin to Bill Barron IMO. Eje Thelin, like Rosengren, has a rich discography that goes from bop to avant-garde. I tend to go for the freer stuff -- GL Unit, Bengt "Frippe" Nordstrom, Staffan Harde, Göteborgs Musikvartett, Lokomotiv Konkret, Gush -- pretty interesting universe of free music coming out of the country during the 70s and 80s, and not just out of the Don Cherry-adjascent scene (although that is a big part of it).

Have a Japanese LP of this somewhere -- admittedly have always preferred the Blue Notes, Atlantics, and Impulses (not to mention his 70s JP run) but should dig this out to compare.

She's rad and the award is well-deserved.

Regarding Braxton, they're not mathematical equations but philosophical or spiritual diagrams. I don't really think about them too hard, just as an additional part of the music that's interesting to look at. Were I better versed in Braxtonia maybe I could pick them apart, but listening is enough.

I'm getting there, bit by bit.

people are still coming to terms with Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, and Albert Ayler so who cares if Miles' electric band takes them a minute as well. Interestingly, talking with Bill and Stephen Haynes helped me to really appreciate Miles' electric music beyond "jazz-rock fusion" and in terms of sound/orchestration, whatever the instrumentation.

ah, yeah that one I haven't heard. The Latin Jazz Quintet stuff is solid to good of course, some of it a bit too "mood" for me but it all depends on what you're looking for... I'm a fan of the Cobblestone album, which has a bit more "edge" to it in my opinion.

Yeah, I need this too -- have the LP and rips of the extra tracks, but would like it all on CD!

Ah, that's too bad. RIP.

Always liked your playing and writing, Allen, and here is no exception!

Always liked his playing -- I believe I reviewed one of his semi-recent CDs, Boplicity, for the New York City Jazz Record upon release. He was part of an interesting (probably ad-hoc) band with Chick Corea, Pete Yellin, Teddy Kotick, and Al Levitt that appeared on that weird Levitts family band LP for ESP-Disk'. The jazz components of that record are pretty good. The hippie kid stuff is not so much my cup of tea. RIP.