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I'd be curious to know if JLH has read any suggestions that have piqued his interest. That might give posters an idea of what to suggest or stay away from.

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The irony is that if virtually anything of what's left to reissues does get reissued, the project will by default cater to a niche market. It's a threefold (or more) dilemma: (1) the decline of the CD, (2) the marginal appeal of jazz/creative music, and (3) the very marginal appeal of relatively old (if not dated) music, performed by folks who have largely shuffled off this mortal coil. Which is not to say that there isn't value in reissuing Intents and Purposes, the Carter/Bradford music, etc.--there's definite historical and cultural value in having this music widely available in audiophile format that does at least some physical justice (contra the very apparent seediness of the blogosphere) to the music. And, hell, to have the physical product in my hands, and to prop it up alongside the past 30 or so years of CD progress, is gratifying from a collector's standpoint. Also, insofar as these releases are legal, there are very definite questions of legitimacy and monetary rights involved--that has been and will continue to be a problem (although legal digital downloads, which I'll admit I've started to move toward in recent times, offset this issue somewhat). But--and I remember this clearly from the first readily available, pre-blogosphere (though not pre-torrent, I think) download offer--back when Tim Berne put Dogon A.D. up on the Screwgun website--it comes down, for the most part, to hearing this music at all. I'd by a cleaned up issue of Dogon in a heartbeat, but that's because in the years subsequent my first exposure to the album (which was then), I became the niche market. The point was that I got to hear that black market, raggedy-ass rip in the first place--and that listening, back then, was clearly more important than any audiophile experience of subsequent years. Granted this, I think I get the biggest thrill these days seeing archival music make it to CD. I'm eagerly, eagerly anticipating when that early Roscoe quartet CD--having heard like two minutes of it back when I was at Mills--makes it out to the masses. And I know this poops on the parade and misses the point entirely, but listen to new music (not saying that you don't if your interest is in "old" music in any way, shape, etc.). Thank heavens you do, Clifford. I'm out at shows/playing basically every night of the week, and I'm consistently amazed at the brilliant, invisible music being created by folks young and old--in places most people will never find. Amen to listening to new music. Don't do enough of that myself. But I'll also support well done, legal reissues such as the Dixon Intents and Purposes apparently is - haven't heard it yet - and such as the Nessa reissues. I have my fears that if the bootleggers and illegal downloaders win out - they may have already - there won't be nearly as much newly recorded music, simply because it won't be economically viable.

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Muhal Richard Abrams: Lifea Blinec (Arista Novus) Wrote a bit about it in the What To Reissue Two thread & decided to give it a listen after too long a time. Still sounds good.

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That's Truck Parham. And a lovely record. Typo. Got it right on my first post - Reissue No. 1 thread. The fact that you praise it makes me want to hear it all the more.

If baseball had a one loss and out playoff format, and most of the teams were included, that might be a possibility - unlikely, but a possibility.

Most big time college basketball coaches are wackos/driven people to some degree - Summitt carries it to an extreme. If you're a player who's recruited by a big time basketball school, you should know what to expect. Sometimes players don't - Connecticut lost a freshman player who evidently didn't like the pressure. That sort of thing isn't for everyone. I don't think that I and most others who watch big time college sports stop to think about what the players go through to try and accomplsh their goals.

The Rev. Robert Wilkins LP on Piedmont I mentioned on the other thread is, by any standards, a GREAT record. It can stand with - and probably above - any of the recordings done by the blues performers who were rediscovered in the 1960's - John Hurt, Son House, Bukka White, Skip James. To my ears, it's better than his early recordings and, in saying that, I'm not knocking those. I don't know what's a classic, outside of Louis' best, Ellington's best, Pres' best, Bird's best, etc. That said, here are some others for consideration: Al Francis, John Neves, Joe Hunt: Jazz Bohemia Revisited (Lost Cosmic Unity) - As far as I know, Al Francis only recorded this one and New Ideas, under Don Ellis' name. He was a vibist, like Walt Dickerson, who played outside the norm and had his own music going. A classic - I don't know, but I'm very happy I have this in my collection. Roswell Rudd/Giorgio Gaslini: Sharing (Dischi Della Quercia) - Fine playing by both, and one that seems to have slipped under the radar. Bucky Pizzarelli with Bud Freeman: Buck and Bud (Flying Dutchman) - Just the two of them on more than half of the album, joined by a rhythm section on the rest, and some very fine late Bud Freeman. Muhal Richard Abrams: Lifea Blinec (Arista Novus)- There's a lot of Muhal Richard Abrams out there, but this has been out of print for a long time - never issued on CD as far as I know -and I think it's a fine record. Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham (Jezebel) - A two record set issued in 1973, before Doc Cheatham had begun a career revival. Some of the best Doc Cheatham I've heard. And, whether or it's a classic or not, I'd still buy a copy of Art Hodes/Truck Parham: Plain Old Blues that I mentioned in the other thread. I do consider the Rev. Robert Wilkins recording to be a classic. The Al Francis is unique - the only recording issued under his own name, and one of only two recordings by him. The Rudd/Gaslini, Freeman/Pizzarelli, Abrams, and Doc Cheatham recordings contain very fine playing by great artists and have all been o/p for some time. It looks like you're getting more of what you got on the first thread on this one. Sorry for my part in that. If I had to narrow it down, I'd recommend the Rev. Robert Wilkins and the Al Francis, with the Doc Cheatham behind those two (but still very worthy of reissue). edited to fix the typo Larry picked up.

You may be right about Moore. I've only seen her play once this season, so I don't have a good enough sense of her game. She's a great player obviously. My opinion of Griner is based on seeing her more frequently, and she's almost a freak of nature out there. Taller than everyone else, long armspan, and able to make shots from almost everywhere. Her game was off last night vs A&M, but I'd like to think that was because of the Aggies' defense. No knock on Griner. She can rebound, block shots, and score from close in. I do think she'd be a better player if she played for a coach like Auriemma, who would push her to expand her game. Moore can do everything Grimer can do except block shots as well as Grimer does, plus she has a sweet 15 foot jump shot, plays great overall defense, and can run the floor. Good luck to your Aggies against Stanford.

Glad to hear that (as usual) you're taking the time to do the new Roscoe Mitchell right. The best things happen in their own time.

Kudos to Texas A&M on their win. But I beg to differ on your assessment on Britney Griner. Maya Moore is the best overall player in college basketball. Britney Griner's game, in contrast to Moore's, is one dimensional. It will be interesting to see if Notre Dame can beat Connecticut in the final four after losing to them three times during the regular season and the Big East tournament. It's hard to beat a good team four times in one year. We shall see.

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All the best to you!

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Never heard Eddie Johnson before but I just went to amg and listened to some samples from his Delmark date. Sounds great. I will be getting this Nessa date for sure. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eddie-johnson-p90981 For more info on EJ check out this. Thanks for posting that - fascinating stuff!

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It's too bad they have to play each other in the semi. I would have liked to have seen the possibility of both of those teams in the final. Me too--that would have been a beautiful finale! I didn't realize till just now that Shaka Smart is even younger than Brad Stevens... 33 years old! (Stevens is 34.) When was the last time you had two coaches under 35 in the Final Four? And two coaches who don't come across like sleezy dirtbags when you see them. Unusual these days in college coaching. Really? How is this unusual? AFAIK, they are ALL pimps to a certain degree. Even the Bear Bryants, Lou Carneseccas and Joe Paternos of the world! Blech! Those two aren't old enough and haven't been in the big time coaching biz long enough to look like sleezy used car salesmen. But give them time and they probably will.

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It's too bad they have to play each other in the semi. I would have liked to have seen the possibility of both of those teams in the final. Me too--that would have been a beautiful finale! I didn't realize till just now that Shaka Smart is even younger than Brad Stevens... 33 years old! (Stevens is 34.) When was the last time you had two coaches under 35 in the Final Four? And two coaches who don't come across like sleezy dirtbags when you see them. Unusual these days in college coaching.

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