That's one way to see it and it's fine that it works for some people. For myself, unless I hear or read something from a musician's mouth, it's all just rumor and second hand talk and I'm not interested.
The 2 LP tracklist:
Side A - In Memory of Jomo Kenyatta (9'40"); Patricia (18')
Side B - 3D Family (For Walter P. Murray) (18'40")
Side C - P-O in Cairo (For James Newton in N.Y.) (17')
Side D - Shout Song (For Cecil Taylor) (23'10")
David Murray: ts; Johnny Mbizo Dyani: bs; Andrew Cyrille: perc.
Recorded live on Sept. 3, 1978 - Willisau Festival.
If a musician chooses to say that he or she is gay, that's fine with me. Otherwise, I have no interest in reading other people's speculation about musicians' sexual preferences.
In almost the same vein as Mainstream, how about Cameo (or Cameo/Parkway) for a couple of fine Maynard Ferguson albums... Were there other jazz releases on that label?
There were a couple of Clark Terry releases on Cameo:
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