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depends on the art. Blue chip and well-hyped modern art gets people in the door, but the more difficult and left-field work or that which is difficult to categorize is tougher. Same as the music.

Yes, Lacy was. He was close with many postwar artists and writers. When I was in grad school for art history, very few of my fellow grad students had any interest in or appreciation for improvised music (which I was writing about as a component of a true art history). Similarly, a number of creative musicians I've met (especially American) have had zero interest in abstract art. The contemporary composers' world seems a bit more keyed into abstract visual art, and abstract performance art. Boulez is certainly played at massive concert halls in Europe, though he's far less well-known here. Most of the western classical/modern composition situations I attend are pretty left-field, and those people are very knowledgable. If one is attending a pops concert or whatever, I don't think one should expect much modern music to be played, just like I wouldn't expect to see the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra play Tri-Centric Music. Finally, the visual art world is very much a way to move money around and it's a lot harder to funnel cash through weird music.

Clark is an interesting character. He does have LA connections as he studied at CalArts and worked in California with Dawn Muhammad (and probably met David Murray there).

yeah, the things Creel Pone reissues generally won't see a proper reissue otherwise. I applaud KFW for doing what he does.

love that alternate cover.

+1

Maybe Saudrais as a pinch hitter?

It's excellent.

Yeah, it's coming out next year as noted above. I know he wanted it reissued and doesn't own a copy himself! I can't imagine paying 500GBP for Orange Fish Tears -- lucked out in a shop bin many years ago -- it's a great record but people are charging too much/paying too much.

Nice! Pulled an original from the bins in a long-gone East Village record store over 20 years ago and was floored by it. Great record deserving of wider hearing. The Abdul-Hannan is cool but is unlikely to see a proper reissue (it's been tried). I would imagine that the Carroll will get the Soufflé Continu treatment as part of the Palm catalog.

True, true. As Juma Sultan said to me once, "if I tell you everything then I won't be able to write my own book."

Nice! Yeah, apparently an hour and a half exists but it's not on YouTube. For what it's worth Tchicai, Thilo, Warren and Favre had a working quartet at that time.

Location is excellent; the only other Stratas I've been able to find as originals are Sphere and the Bert Myrick, but they're both good.

Yeah, too short. But good. I have it somewhere (possibly still in storage).

Rashied Ali (drummer) did play trumpet and in fact studied with Bill Dixon, though I've never heard what he sounded like on that instrument. I do not know if it is the same person on this recording or somebody else.

Very true.

Earlier Bley is a different animal -- post-Bud/Hampton Hawes into an Ornette/Cherry-inspired knotty turnaround thing with shades of romanticism and occasional archness, eventually becoming more spare and gnarled but with a crystalline depth as you're hearing on that Hat Hut.

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.