Nate Chinen reports that he passed away this morning at 99. Expected, and inevitable, but even so ....
One of the very, very best. RIP.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/arts/music/roy-haynes-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU4.Hs-i.kRlG8QgwMskv&smid=url-share
I've never understood why that Jordan was never reissued on CD, seems a prime candidate (it was at one time considered for a Mosaic Select that never came to fruition). It's also been passed over many times in Japan in recent years. Still on the lookout for an affordable CD copy.
You may recognize it from this 70s 2fer LP. It was also on the Moncur Mosaic Select:
Still hoping for a standalone issue of High Frequency but I think that ship has sailed.
Just purchased the book, along with a new CD featuring the earliest McPhee recordings yet released. Really looking forward to cracking it.
https://corbettvsdempsey.com/books/straight-up-without-wings-the-musical-flight-of-joe-mcphee/
Dusty Groove is where I saw the $33, which surprised me. It's a good $5-6 more than the Elvin Jones 2xCD was, and a good $10 more than all the recent 2xCD Elemental/Zev Feldman things that came out a few months ago. Guess that's the "Tone Poet" bump.