paul secor

A Dylan fanatic. Months of good listening there.

The White Shadow James Ivory Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki

"Coming On the Hudson" from Roswell Rudd: Broad Strokes (Knitting Factory)

Worst loss of the season for the Yankees last night. (I'm sure that Dan Gould is smiling.) Probably wouldn't have happened if that jackass Cashman hadn't traded Andrew Miller for minor leaguers.

I'll bet that Denis Charles could play more music on a snare and two cymbals than a lot of others could play on a full set.

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I don't know about Hank and Jug, but this sort of thing happens occasionally. I've posted this before, but there's a song that Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Doug Sahm all recorded.

I imagine (only Henry Threadgill knows for sure) that the impulse to break down boundaries in his music was always there. If you read the interviews, he certainly exposed himself to a wide variety of musics from a young age.

Murray Head Furry Murray David Warner "I've gone all furry."

Happy Birthday, Dan!

It's fine now, but yesterday it kept coming up unable to show this page.

The Complete Recordings of the Port of Harlem Jazzmen (Mosaic)

I believe that Malaco holds the rights to the Savoy gospel recordings - at least they did the last I knew. A Savoy gospel set would have to be a "Best of" or focused on one artist. There's just waaaaay too much material there for a comprehensive box.

I haven't heard that one yet.

I think I may have a sense of where you're coming from saying that this album is "cinematic". When I listen to it, I find myself imagining things and scenes that I wouldn't usually be thinking about. I'm not sure if that's exactly what you meant by "cinematic", but that's what happens for me. Another thing that just occurred to me - perhaps tied to your comment - is that Song Out of My Trees is less of an urban sounding album than some of Henry Threadgill's other records. I'm not sure whether it's the varied and unusual instrumentation or even the cover photo and the album title, but this record gives me a sense of being "worldly" (in the sense of stepping outside of urban confines). "I just feel like, if you're a composer and you're coming up with stuff... wouldn't it feel kind of constraining to feel like you have to blow on everything, even if it doesn't suit the song?" Good point.

I came across this tidbit and thought it might be interesting to some: http://web.musicaficionado.com/main.html#!/collection/Henry_Threadgills_Favorite_Recordings?compositeID=Henry_Threadgills_Favorite_Recordings

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My wife and I were having lunch in a restaurant recently and two young women (student age - the restaurant was across the street from a college) were sitting across from us, eating and talking. In the midst of their conversation, one of the women took out her phone and texted for about ten minutes, leaving the other woman sitting there doing nothing. If someone did that to me, I would have considered it rude, picked up my food and moved to another table, but it seems as if this sort of thing is ok with young people. Just another old guy complaint, I guess.

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Thanks for those. I hadn't realized that he was still playing alto that late in his career.

Clifford Jordan from the liner notes of The mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (Mapleshade), a compilation which includes a track where he plays with an organ trio: "When I was coming up in Chicago, all us young, hip players thought Gene Ammons' stuff was real square and simple-minded. But the older I got, the more I realized that shit was hard to play."

I like the idea of it being a "stealth" album. It seemed like that to me back when and still does. And you make another good point. It's a "composer's record". Even though all of Henry Threadgill's records present him as a composer, this one does that even more so for me, probably because of the variety of musicians and instruments present. And you're right about the two tracks Henry Threadgill doesn't play on. He may not be there, but he's "there".

An earlier Threadgill thread with much fascinating information and discussion:

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, for those who are in or will be in that area.

Here's a very interesting interview with Henry Threadill in which he speaks on a variety of topics: https://ethaniverson.com/interview-with-henry-threadgill-part-1/