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Here is the full posting on William Roper's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/william.roper.522 A hearty and well-deserved THANK YOU to everyone who donated to Bobby Bradford and William Roper's Gofundmes in the past few days. The response has been, quite literally, overwhelming. Anyone who knows Bobby and Roper will understand that they can speak for themselves. I only wish to say that, in light of the sheer magnitude of the LA fires and the devastation in Altadena, the donations that we've collected are much needed and tremendously helpful. We can't replace the history that has been lost, but we *can* help the people who have to survive this crisis. In case you haven't seen them, here are our fundraisers: Bobby: https://www.gofundme.com/.../help-bobby-bradford-rebuild... Roper: https://www.gofundme.com/.../help-william-roper-rebuild... And here is a master list of similar fundraisers, resources, etc.: https://docs.google.com/.../1jyJ-NM2qP.../htmlview... (Caution: it's not for the faint of heart. The scope of this situation is unbelievable.) McCoy Tyner wasn't joking when he said that this music is "as serious as your life." It's a thing I live by. I'm so thankful to have the opportunity to live among and play with the giants of this music, and I think you'll agree when I say that giving back to this art is one of the few consolations I can imagine at this time in history.

Another thing that confused me:  Why does the album list extend back in time to 1964 when the topic at hand is jazz between Coltrane's passing (1967) and Lee Morgan's passing (1972).  Not to be pedantic -- but those mid-60s Blues Notes and other selections (like Miles Smiles and ESP) don't fit in the chronology.  There's other choices that he could've made that would have been more representative of those six years. For example, why not Wayne's Odyssey of Iska instead of Juju ???    Iska seems much more representative of the musical evolution that was happening during that era. The same could be said of the selection for Herbie. Why not pick The Prisoner, which seems more in alignment with the spirit of the times (1967-72), rather than Maiden Voyage.  (And I'm not even mentioning Mwandishi!) Likewise, Woody Shaw.  Blackstone Legacy tells the story of the era more accurately than Cassandranite/In the Beginning! It's odd.   All that said:  I'm glad Iverson wrote the article.  If nothing else, it's stimulating some discussion!     

Iverson making an overstatement? Shocked.

Ok, here's what's going on - Jim A has put in place a time limit on when someone can edit a post. They can only edit a post 60 minutes after posting it initially. There was an internal matter, so if we have a lot of these unintended consequences, please raise your hand 8

Looked through the discograpy and reading the article now.  It's interesting, but this is a huge overstatement, seemingly to push the Henderson/Tyner 'Forces of Nature' release? "Between the death of Coltrane and the death of Morgan, there is a dearth of great material in the recorded canon." Blue Note, Prestige, and Milestone were cranking out great records between 1967-1972, and other labels like Atlantic were also putting out good jazz records (Charles Lloyd, Herbie Mann at his most adventurous, Roy Ayers, etc.)  Columbia was releasing stunner after stunner by Miles Davis and had some other great albums by John Handy.  And Capitol had Cannonball doing his thing.  Plus a lot of beautiful music was being recorded in Japan during those years and ECM, Freedom, BYG-Actuel and other labels were active in Europe.  Iverson seems to have an agenda, and seems to be intent on coloring reality to fit his agenda.