B. Clugston

#8 Is that Ralph Alessi on trumpet? With Frisell on guitar, sounds like it could be from a Scott Colley album.

Is Track 7 Hal McKusick?

Really enjoyable blindfold test! Track 1 is really fascinating. I agree with Jim in that it starts off Mingus-like and goes somewhere else. No idea who this is—alto player sounds like a Dolpy/Mariano hybrid, while some of the others sound like they hung out with David Baker in Indianapolis. Track 5. Mats Gustafsson duetting with a bass saxist? Track 10. That was nice. I feel like I know this pianist, but they aren't giving many clues. Track 12 sounds like Jack DeJohnette on drums along with McBee, so I’m guessing Donald Smith on piano?

Sad news. His compositions for Soft Machine were really interesting. Along with Garth Hudson, that's two great Lowrey organists to pass away this year.

Agree, the Jan. 22 date is spectacular. Cosey actually play drums on the last track and there's two Lucas solos during the second set. The Feb. 8, 1975 stuff is interesting, too, though the sound is poor--"Maiysha" stretches out to half an hour and the band brings out the "Honky Tonk" DNA to the forefront at one point.

Seagulls was at my local record shop lately--priced at $200!

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Track 1 has a post-Thrust Headhunters vibe to it 2 First thought was Jon Lord, then Stockhausen, then Don Ellis. Took a minute, but Ellis indeed from the Fillmore album. Wild stuff! 3-7 dunno 8 Love this! No idea who. 9 JB! Fun BFT!

Winnipeg 35. Go Bombers!

Robert Duvall, too. Earl Holliman, 96, is also still around.

Wow, great to finally hear that. Some top-notch Ornette and wonderful to finally hear Izenson's "Taurus." Too bad ESP got involved as that would have been a fine pair of LPs. "Story Teller" got named "Doughnut" on the ESP release, while "Doughnut" matches up with the tune recorded as "Doughnuts" elsewhere.

Braxton and Konitz did a couple of tracks together at the 1981 Woodstock Jazz Festival with Chick Corea. I believe there was a CD that eventually came out. Braxton sat in with Marsh a few times. I think there is some bootleg documentation out there.

In Forces in Motion, Braxton is asked about this and basically says although he was impressed by Dolphy's work, "I was not as influenced by him as people have thought... So Eric Dolphy's work was very exciting to me, but I never felt that his way was my way."

Tim Bogert died, but the rest are still around. They were a fun band.

I've been there. Usual culprit is album gets hidden in the gatefold of another LP.

All in mono.

The 1991 European Sony CD has the original album with "Oh what fools these mortals be..." and all.

On Dark Magus, Gaumont shows up for Sides 3 and 4 and while Cosey is mostly on percussion while Gaumont is playing, all three guitarists are playing at once during the wild rave-up at the end. There's some tracks with all three on Get Up with It plus the box set documenting that era.

Nothing revelatory. Pretty sure some of them are repeated from the earlier sets. The music is excellent.

I do recognize Track 12. Won't spoil the fun, other than to say the pianist wrote it and the saxophonist is a bit of a surprise. Don't know the rest, but digging each track and look forward to the reveal.

Just picked up Vol. 3. Great stuff from 1966 to 1968, all with Jamil Nasser and Frank Gant.

Andrew Hill's Black Fire had bad warbling to the point that it became unlistenable and sounded like Alvin Lucier remastered it. Passing Ships sounds fine on my setup, but I'm lo-fi. I did like the Blue Train reissue.

Thanks for doing this again! I pick Winnipeg, 50.

I really like this album. Nice solos from Tony Scott, Lucky Thompson and Stan Getz. Some great writing and arranging, but just enough jazz and swing not to scare everyone away. The Verve Elite Edition CD has some interesting alternates and extras.

That was a fun interview, Allen!