clifford_thornton

Brilliant composer and player -- definitely not an easy life he had, but glad he was here to live it.

Fuck.

I am pretty sure I saw him at least once with Bobby Hutcherson and maybe with McCoy as well. This would have been in the late 1990s in Kansas City.

Damn, too bad. RIP.

Yeah, I heard this -- sad news. I associate him with Jef Gilson, a very strong player indeed.

Yeah, I suppose it could be any number of players that it references. Black Saint... well, Mingus' record by that title came out before almost anyone in the jazz world knew who Albert Ayler was!

Well, two years and just over two months in and I've got it -- mild case, slept all day yesterday, but it's certainly here. My wife brought it home as a present from a wedding she attended. I only saw her for about six hours last week as once she returned I had to travel (within the state) for work; felt a little off on Thursday but by Friday I was definitely unwell and tested positive. Mostly just dealing with fatigue and occasional bouts of light congestion; had a mild fever but that seems to have abated. She had congestion Thursday/Friday, which is still lingering, and currently no taste or smell. But all in all it could be much, much worse.

my father and I built a massive HO layout in my basement growing up, filled an entire large room. Had two separate mainlines and a mountain branch line, rail yards, locomotive facilities, industrial spurs -- the whole bit. Still have some of the custom-painted and modified rolling stock at their place in Texas (which is not where I grew up) but the layout is long gone. Might have a few slides of it but we were spending more time working on it than documenting it.

Ordered the Warsaw disc, eager to hear it. Wasn't the Praxis double LP also recorded in Europe in '68?

yeah, hopefully he'll be back in the US at some point, ditto Han. Last time I saw him was with Cyrille at Vision, prior to the pandemic.

Fred was great. Glad I got to see him a couple of times.

aha, so the writer just didn't understand who Lester was & how he fit into the situation. Definitely wasn't living there in the '70s and '80s, at least as we understand "living."

what Queens saxophonist are they referring to?

I really only am familiar with the first three albums, which are great. Didn't get into anything after that but I can understand the appeal.

will grip, thanks!

Very sad news. Great player.

Rollins' Alfie is the shit.

+1 never saw either him or Shank, sadly.

It's a nice one!

I've still got a few. Seemingly I have lost or misfiled my Raphe Malik/Frank Wright CD, which is a shame -- that one has some intense trumpet playing!

yep, I have that material. But one can always want more!

I wish there was more hearable from Jazz Realities and the Guild-era Jazz Composers' Orchestra.

Tootie invited Mtume to contribute these compositions to the date. The original release was on O'Be and was a gatefold. Mtume was involved with the US Organization, which (in part) led to the title, essay, and recitation on the LP.

I like that one.