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The Floating Points thing certainly got him a lot of coverage in the UK. Found it a bit drippy myself. Sanders’ ‘Focus’

Here in the UK, Pharoah’s death featured on BBC radio 4 news throughout Saturday. I can’t remember any US jazzman getting this coverage in recent years. I am pleased to have seen him a number of times. The most memorable was a Central Park summer stage concert maybe 15 years back where he seemed to be having a lot of fun once he warmed up.

Wow, very jealous. His flute playing strikes me as much more individual than his alto and tenor work. Interesting that on his Island LP, Affectionate Fink, he is ‘MacNair’ but as Alan Branscombe is ‘Bronscombe’, I suspect this is sloppiness on the part of the record label. Chris Peers, the producer of Affectionate Fink told me via email that that Chris Blackwell stopped him producing any more jazz releases after the poor sales of The LP ( and that they all made such a shed load of cash from Millie Small’s ‘My boy lollipop’ that they didn’t think again about this decision). Hope Millie did OK too. Anthony London

Best wishes for the retirement. I jumped ship last year and haven’t looked back. regards Anthony London What a record, absolutely stunning. Also, a great way of testing out your vinyl set up. anthony london

Thanks Paul (from Camden), looks very useful. I am finding it difficult to navigate but that may reflect my IT capabilities. Anthony (from Kentish Town, Camden)

Anyone familiar with this, forthcoming release from Paul Murphy’s label. Sounds an interesting character. Not sure the band camp link will work…. https://bandcamp.com/private/Q84571W0 “Eric was involved with the Counter Culture from his time in Morocco in the early 1960's (while serving in the US Army, kind of like a Hip Elvis) until shortly after this album was recorded when under his real name, Richard Barth Sanders he was convicted of LSD Manufacture (he invented the blotting paper method of LSD distribution so could be entitled to say he was the world's first Acid Jazzer) and sentenced to 7 years in a Federal Prison.“ This might work better:

There were some very contrary views expressed in Jazz Monthly. I miss that. Current jazz journalism is pretty dull and mostly hagiographic. For example, has Kevin Le Gendre in Jazzwise (I have a subscription) ever disliked or even critiqued anything he reviewed? I miss Max Harrison. His death a few years back garnered zero coverage. Voce is a homophobe, big Mark Murphy fan for years until he discovered Mark was gay. Anthony

Rachael Cohen, fluent young Scottish alto sax player with a great quartet at the Oxford London NW5, classic small upstairs room in a pub, of which there are few left in London. No amplification necessary. Great sound. Anthony

How quaint.

A distinctive Brazilian drumbeat. How quaint.

The article has now been tweeted: https://www.jazzwise.com/features/article/charles-lloyd-the-thing-is-i-want-to-share-the-music-i-m-still-on-a-mission-and-it-can-t-happen-this-is-plague-time