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Been weeding the LP shelves and uncovered: Joachim Kuhn (p), Ottomar Bowitsky (cello), George Lewis (tb), Mark Nauseef (various pecussion and winds). CMP Records.

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Just noticed your post and question. No, it was not a Blue Note, it was Coltrane's "SUN SHIP" on Impulse! SHM-CD. The item was marked 3-7 day back-order. I was OK with that. However, a couple weeks, I started to inquire about the order. I received 2 explanations, which together I found confusing. The earlier one (Dec 11): Basically our products are not in stock unless we state the amount of copies we have in stock. All other items are back-ordered to our supplier which requires a certain amount of time to prepare to ship out. As you can see from the "Availability section" your product is estimated to take 3-7 days to arrive from our supplier to our warehouse. The later one (Jan. 6) Currently, the record company does not have this item in their inventory. Basically, they are always willing to continue the production of older CDs as long as they continue receiving sufficient amount of orders from shops. However, if they are no longer receiving a lot of orders anymore, their system will simply wait for a few weeks to see if enough orders accumulate to justify the investment needed to proceed with the production of additional copies. Anyway, this whole process took about 6 weeks, after which I received 2 of the 3 items I ordered (2 other SHM Impulse!). I suppose if I order from them again, I will only order items stated as "In Stock."

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Yours was the first post I saw when I opened up the thread to post my latest reading, Iris Murdoch's "Nuns and Soldiers." A Murdochian coincidence. I read Conradi's bio last year and generally liked it, although I thought it could have used some editing to slim it down. Plus I think he spends too much time on her pre-novel writing days, and too little on the period when she became a novelist. Still, I found it very informative and highly useful to understanding the novels. I've been on an extended traversal of all of Murdoch's novels. I've come to know most of her "moves" but I enjoy reading them quite a bit. I had read a few Murdoch novels in the 60s, but recently read or re-read the first eight. I definitely thought there was a falling off in quality/character in the last two, The Unicorn (1962) and The Italian Girl (1964), so decided at that stage to go no further. However, on reading Conradi's bio I find him agreeing with me, but also praising the novels of what he calls her maturity in the 70s. So I expect to be reading The Sea, The Sea, The Black Prince and A Fairly Honorable Defeat sometime soon. Yes, those last three are quite good, although "The Black Prince" is rather grim (although not without humor); it's her Dostoyevskyan mood it seems. I agree on "The Italian Girl," rather stunted, almost like a novel that failed to develop. I would say my faves so far are "The Philosopher's Pupil," and "The Book and the Brotherhood" (these two late works), and then "A Severed Head," "The Nice and the Good," and "The Bell." I've still got a few left to go though, then maybe re-read some

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Yours was the first post I saw when I opened up the thread to post my latest reading, Iris Murdoch's "Nuns and Soldiers." A Murdochian coincidence. I read Conradi's bio last year and generally liked it, although I thought it could have used some editing to slim it down. Plus I think he spends too much time on her pre-novel writing days, and too little on the period when she became a novelist. Still, I found it very informative and highly useful to understanding the novels. I've been on an extended traversal of all of Murdoch's novels. I've come to know most of her "moves" but I enjoy reading them quite a bit.

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NEGCAUMONGUS. Cadence Jazz LP. Undeservedly obscure (at least to me) avant album by Beaver Harris. Maybe the title didn't help. Anyway, with Don Pullen, Francis Haynes, Ken McIntyre, Ricky Ford, Hamiett Bluiett, and Cameron Brown. I think Cadence is remaindering the heck out of these LPs.

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John Stevens, Trevor Watts, Julie Tippetts, Ron Herman. I'm definitely a John Stevens/SME groupie.

Wendel was a drag. Other than that, what a great couple of days. In 2 days I got to see: Ches Smith Trio (w/Mat Maneri, Craig Taborn) Nate Wooley's Seven Storey Mountain Mary Halvorson Septet Peter Brotzmann with Hamid Drake & Jason Adasiewicz Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Ralph Alessi Baida Quartet Mark Helias Open Loose Henry Threadgill "Ensemble Double-Up" Tony Malaby's Tamarindo (double bass version with Helias and William Parker, and Nasheet Waits) Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog with Mary Halvorson Matt Ship Trio I would say that is pretty good weekend. I think the musicians were charged by the large crowds and positive atmosphere. Just a lot of great performances. For me, the most memorable performance was Nate Wooley's Seven Storey Mountain, so powerful, followed by Mr Brotzmann with Jason Adasiewicz (who has developed a really strong partnership with Brotzmann) and Hamid Drake. Happily tired.

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JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF BLACK ORPHEUS- Vince Guaraldi, Monet Budwig, Colin Bailey. Fantasy LP, blue vinyl (as on the right). Turns out there is even a Fantasy-issued discography of its artists from April 1962 laid-in the sleeve.

I'll be up there on the 10th and 11th, so I may see you up there, as I will be those shows.

RAINBOW GLADIATOR- Billy Bang, Charles Tyler. Michele Rosewoman, Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles. Soul Note LP.

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