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That's how I remember it - I bought it for a few years in the late 70s. Quite surprised to see Mike Stern on the cover. Warren Vaché was more their style (no axe to grind against the latter, by the way!). I had a subscription through the 70s and into the early 80s. Used to pick it up regularly then until the early 90s and beyond. From the 00s onwards it had got too low on the modernist content for my liking and rarely bought it - it was especially weak around 2008/9/10. This year has seen an upward turn in quality though, IMO. Some of the 'Jazz Review' ethos has rubbed off I think.

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That'll have to be be in on my next order then, together with the Sam Rivers. Now spinning - Blue Mitchell, CD4.

Gotta spin it out for another decade at least..

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Damn !

I've been buying Jazz Journal again this year - one of my local newsagents has been stocking it, which is most unusual for this title (ever since my first copies in the 1970s it was hard to track down without a subscription - unless you lived near Mole and Ray's). This month's issue is pretty good - including a nice article by our own Roger Farbey on an early Nucleus album and a good interview with Mike Stern. Also of note - they seem to be getting a good balance now between the traditional and the modern. The old JJI was a bit too 'trad' for my taste.

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This is pretty shocking - although I guess we shouldn't be that shocked. Only a few years ago it seemed that wherever you went in the US there was a sizeable Borders store. They expanded rapidly in the UK as well - although those stores were gone shortly after the financial crisis hit. I will be sorry to see them go.

Totally agree with you Shawn. Hangs together very well as a concept album and one of the best of the Verve Elite Editions (RIP).

Sorry to hear this - RIP. "Within half an hour he had discovered the betting shop and within a day thrust a large sum of money into my hands – my "share" of his winnings. He cooked, washed clothes and did the ironing, then when Jill arrived, they raided the butcher's for lamb chops and goat, and he cooked up enough to last us a week." Sounds like a great guy. Never realised he lived in latter years in Brighton, either.

Sounds like you had a nice day. Happy Birthday !

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Reverend Timothy Farthing The Mayor The Verger The Virgin Sturgeon Willie Maiden The Lass o' Gowrie Lord Gowrie Lord Archole The Fragrant Mary

Wow. I got mine for $25 used not long after moving to Austin a few years ago. Seemed like a reasonable price at the time! Market's not getting any better on this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTHONY-BRAXTON-WILLISAU-QUARTET-1991-hat-4CD-/320726968202?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D1%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1430918513608068819#ht_735wt_948 This one is up there with Vancouver condos in the Ponzi scheme league table.

Great disc! I have it on HMV vinyl with a label of this sort: I saw that Gillespie band on tour in 1959 with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and the Buck Clayton All Stars. The good old 'Nipper' label.

Reverend Timothy Farthing The Mayor The Verger

I'm pretty sure I saw him with Walton too - although the last performance I saw of him was with JJ Johnson I think. I have the feeling I saw him guesting with Hank Jones in LA back in 1999 too - he was very active around then. Hopefully his profile will return to more prominence.

Thanks for that !

Archie Shepp 'The Way Ahead' (Impulse red/black, stereo)

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Happy Birthday !

Archie Shepp 'On This Night' (Impulse red/black, stereo)

I've got this one from 'back in the day'.