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Farewell to a man who always played himself. Thanks, Mr. McIntyre.

Listened to side two last night.

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Your comments are not helpful in the least; they actually come off as quite smug. His music is already compartmentalized... into albums. I'm trying to determine which of those albums delve furthest into the arena of experimental dissonance of tones and rhythms. Can you hear the glaring differences between "Blue Train" and "Interstellar Space" and understand why a person might more interested in hearing one over the other at a given point in time? I didn't intend to be smug. I just don't think that you can have a sense of an artist's music by listening to one aspect of it. I can hear the differences between Blue Train and Interstellar Space. I also hear the similarities. That's the point I was trying to make. I also included the two links in the hope that you might read through them and perhaps learn more about Archie Shepp's music. If that's being smug - so be it.

For my ears, Archie Shepp's music is all part of one piece, whether he's playing more freely or more structured. It's all Archie Shepp music. When you say that you're looking for something that's "the more dissonant the better", it seems to me as if you're trying to compartmentalize his music, rather than accept it for what it is. edit - Earlier discussions of Archie Shepp's music which you might find interesting: ++shepp

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Chuck - Just saw your name on the list of online users. Hope you're having a great time, but Europe's gotta be more interesting than Organissimo.

Eric Dolphy was unique on every instrument he played.

Played the first side of that one last night, Jeff. Great minds, once again. I'll have to play side two.

Hi Larry -- no harm, no foul. I wish I knew more about Carl Brown as well. IIRC, he is not the bassist on the lost Atlantic date by the Cherry - Lacy quartet... or is he? Earlier thread on Carl Brown:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/11/in-search-of-a-lost-fats-waller-musical.html

Just recalled a good memory of seeing Billy Higgins in the audience at a Jane Ira Bloom gig in the mid-80s. Billy Hart was on drums and Billy Higgins was smiling and seemed to be digging it.

Happy Birthday!

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Sounds like you've already learned a lot from your explorations, even if you don't come up with "the answer".

A Very Happy Birthday to you, Jeff! Hope you're feeling better.

Thanks for all of the good words and wishes. I had a wonderful day.

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I don't know but from his comments it seems as if he loved Fats Navarro's playing and felt that Clifford's playing was derivative.

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I'd gladly support stores if there were any in my area.

That was quite a group, including Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, Andrew Cyrille, and Roswell Rudd. I think I've read that the group was not very happy with Ms. Bley. Listening to the record, it sounds as if she exerted a lot of control over the playing. If it's true the musicians weren't happy, perhaps that's why.

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Unfortunately, many of today's players will be lucky if they make it to 60 without severe brain damage.

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