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I noticed the other day, much to my surprise, that the Oliver Nelson set is available on Spotify. Isn't this still in print?

I noticed a flyer at Josey Records advertising this: OLIVIA BLOCK + Derek Rogers (presented by mental-drift & ex mus) (DV Books) February 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:55 pm Deep Vellum Bookstore 3000 Commerce St (at Walton) Dallas $10

I believe you can get this for $9.99 at Barnes & Noble brick & mortar stores.

Yes, I do and see post 11.

Some people have a strange idea of what "out of tune" means. That reviewer probably thinks Monk's piano is out of tune also.

Ughh. Too young. Cut is a classic.

Jack Walrath's Blue Note album Neohippus has two "scary" tunes: Village of the Darned and Fright Night.

What does she play? Contrabass Saxophone?

I know Mosaic is in some sort of financial crisis right now but have they given us any reason to believe that what they pick to release is not based on it being what they believe is really good jazz and not by how well it will sell or (since it is a limited edition) how fast it will sell?

Hi Rod, Good to hear from you. I do lurk here once in awhile.

Oh hell, let me just cut and paste the email from Glenn Jones that I'm getting this from. It's publicly available from the Yahoo Fahey group at: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/FaheyGuitarPlayers/message/5266 Re: [FaheyGuitarPlayers] John Fahey Fonotone Box Set // NOW IT CAN BE TOLD Well, gang, it’s official — signatures are on paper and the Fahey Fonotone box is set to proceed! I am so psyched that it’s finally back on the board, after sitting on the back burner, cold as a dead mackerel, for several years now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As some of you know, I began work on a reissue of the Fonotone Fahey material for Revenant Records back when John was still among us. In fact, my last visit to him the summer before he died was to discuss and this project. In the two years or so after John’s death, we made some fairly significant progress on the project, but then things ground to a sudden (and to everyone, including me for a while) inexplicable halt. Why? It’s a long story, and it took a long time — a couple years -- to sort itself out, during which time I was unable to talk about it, partly because there was a lot I didn’t know (though Dean was pretty forthcoming with me, there was lot he couldn’t talk about himself), partly because there were legal issues that couldn't be made public, and partly because it was my hope that once things were sorted out we’d pick up where we left off -- but I didn’t know that for sure, and I had no idea how long the legal battles would take. Several of you wrote me to ask what was going on during this time. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to respond. The problem had nothing to do with Fahey or his estate. The upshot is that an expensive and protracted legal battle followed the issue of the Revenant Albert Ayler box set, and that Revenant has decided to call it a day and get out of the record business. Such a shame, since Revenant is / was one of the best labels going, as anyone who bought their Patton or Ayler or Beefheart boxes, or any of the fabulous American Primitive volumes (must haves!) knows. But lawyer fees ate up Revenant’s finances, which shut down everything in the Revenant pipeline, including the Fahey project, and the experience, ultimately, was so ugly and left such a bitter taste in Dean’s mouth, that he decided to call it quits. As things unwound, the growing realization that all the work we’d done might be for naught just broke my heart. But In the midst of Revenant's legal blood-shedding, Dust-to-Digital issued a four-CD of Joe Bussards Fonotone recordings, after which they also began looking into reissuing the Fahey Fonotone recordings. And that’s how Lance Ledbetter, at DTD, and I happened to get in touch with each other. The good news is that Dean and Lance have brokered a deal whereby the project will be a Revenant / Dust-to-Digital co-production, and probably the last release to have the Revenant imprint. As for Dust-to-Digital, truly, I can’t think of a better label to have taken over the reins of the project. Their Art of Field Recording volumes (both 4-CD sets) are among my favorite releases of the past couple years. Their packaging (also done by Susan Archie, Revenant’s designer) is terrific. Besides the Fonotone 4-CD box set, there is a fantastic album of vintage Sacred Harp recordings, one of the best gospel collections ever issued, and much more. Everything they put out is worth investigating. From a strictly ME point of view, I’m chuffed that I’m still be involved in producing the set, gathering together liner notes, etc.. Though the set will be (must be) scaled back from the version I’d planned for Revenant, it will still be a great thing — five CDs worth of material, give or take -- a lot of it previously unissued, plus notes, photos, etc. More info as things proceed. Cheers! Glenn Jones Cambridge, MA

http://www.revenantrecords.com/ayler/disc6.html I think I've mentioned this here before, but I sent them an email via that link seeking a replacement disc 6 well over a year ago and never got a response. Others have reported the same results. So I'd have to say that the chances of getting a replacement at this point are somewhere between slim and none - although I'd love to be proven wrong. Revenant has closed shop except for one final John Fahey Fonotone box which will be in collaboration with Dust-to-Digital. Apparently, it is due to expensive legal battles that followed after releasing this box set. My guess is that Revenant/Dean Blackwood probably sold the Revenant assets as cut-outs and the Ayler boxes that are being sold now at discount prices are, in effect, no longer of their concern. Jim Which, btw, sucks because I heard they were discussing doing a similar Ornette box of unreleased stuff in collaboration with Ornette and Denardo.

http://www.revenantrecords.com/ayler/disc6.html I think I've mentioned this here before, but I sent them an email via that link seeking a replacement disc 6 well over a year ago and never got a response. Others have reported the same results. So I'd have to say that the chances of getting a replacement at this point are somewhere between slim and none - although I'd love to be proven wrong. Revenant has closed shop except for one final John Fahey Fonotone box which will be in collaboration with Dust-to-Digital. Apparently, it is due to expensive legal battles that followed after releasing this box set. My guess is that Revenant/Dean Blackwood probably sold the Revenant assets as cut-outs and the Ayler boxes that are being sold now at discount prices are, in effect, no longer of their concern. Jim

http://www.revenantrecords.com/ayler/disc6.html

Kinda late notice but y'all might be interested in the Jazz By The Boulevard festival in Fort Worth which has already officially started about an hour ago but you still have time to see Buddy Guy tonight who takes the stage at 945. The other headliners this weekend are Lee Ritenour, Randy Brecker and David Sanborn.

That should be quite easy to find nowadays since it was just recently reissued by Water with whom you can usually find their CDs on the shelves of better record stores and, of course online. It's often referred to as Cerebro Electronico or as Gilbert Gil (1969). I agree. I love this album. Pretty much any of the Tropicalia stuff by Gilbert Gil, Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso from the late 60s and early 70s is pretty great.

I've actually seen it "in a store", "on a shelf", just sitting there ready for anyone to buy. I already had a promo copy so I passed but I'm sure it wasn't a figment of my imagination. About $74 bucks at Frys Electronics in Irving, TX.