Joe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meM5nlZRCw8 Part 1 of 13, all worth the time it takes to watch...

2 very nice sets on that excellent blog, in pretty decent fidelity all considered. Sharp certainly can play and both bands are top notch. Yes, BIG thanks for the link! Pretty sure the Sharpe is on at least one Clifford Jordan Big Band side as well. No Sharpe, but -- to my surprise -- John Jenkins is listed among the personnel on this Mapleshade release: http://mapleshaderecords.com/cds/03232.php

Wonderful player and composer. He owed a lot to Monk, but, like Mal Waldron and Andrew Hill, he took that influence to new places. Of his later recordings, I find the duets with Evan Parker most rewarding... http://www.onefinalnote.com/reviews/t/tracey-stan/suspensions-and.asp

Yes, Robert Palmer. Wish he was still around. I always cut Ira Gitler some slack because the guy was really there when it was all happening. I've long been intrigued by Diane Dorr-Dorynek and her contributions to the annotations for MINGUS AH UM and MINGUS DYNASTY. They were romantically linked at the time? Finally, anybody here own a copy of Tom Piazza's SETTING THE TEMPO (a liner notes anthology)? http://smile.amazon.com/Setting-Tempo-Tom-Piazza/dp/0385480008

Not only do they appear in the movie, but Jay Ferguson has a speaking role...

Steve Wilson indeed... first heard him on Ralph Peterson's Blue Notes, been a fan since. John Park was mentioned on this thread... recorded one LP outside of his Kenton association; info here... http://homepage3.nifty.com/mrmanri/Etc/JohnPark.htm For those so inclined, I believe it is still possible to audition this rarity out there in the blogosphere... Finally, another alto player overdue for some recognition: Ed Jackson, who has recorded with french horn player Tom Varner and whose lone date for New World records, WAKE UP CALL, is worth hearing.

Nice that this set includes SHOWTIME, which is otherwise unavailable Stateside in physical form (IIRC). Spun BOOMER'S STORY again recently; first time in a long time to spend some time with that one. I forgot how killer his version of "Dark End of the Street" was... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bAZFgUV4s

Underrated all around, especially as a band-leader / cultivator of unusual and idiosyncratic musical talents. God speed.

http://duckbaker.com/discography/duck-baker-solo/spinning-song/

Nat Hentoff could pen very, very good notes when we wasn't too busy grinding axes. (E.g., Cecil Taylor's LOOKING AHEAD.) Joe Goldberg... check his notes on Gigi Gryce's RAT RACE BLUES, among others.

Was this at all related to the Newport in New York series of concerts?

The trade, to these eyes, appears to be more about Profar than either of the principals involved. I'm guessing that JD and co. are also banking on the Ballpark providing friendlier confines for Fielder and his power.

I like Joni. She understands that sometimes you have to go too far. SHADOWS AND LIGHT is much better as a viewed rather than exclusively listened experience. Seeing that particular band actually interact on-stage is pretty intriguing, to say the least. For the BLUE fans, here is an early performance of "Little Green" (among her most heartbreaking "confessions," IMO) with slightly different lyrics... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQzMt0M8fRc

The three original Ode LPs are all essential listening... the debut features some string and horn arrangements by Marty Paich (which were not, as it turns out, entirely to the band's liking) as well as some of Jay Ferguson's strongest songs... FAMILY is probably the most overtly psychedelic of these 3... CLEAR I have a soft spot for, but it is a bit padded out by cues from the band's score to Jacques Demy's THE MODEL SHOP (finally available on DVD, I believe)... Sundazed has also compiled all the MODEL SHOP material on a recent release. Of the 70s LPs, more votes for the SPIRIT OF '76 2fer and FUTURE GAMES, which is really a California solo album. I believe John Locke passed away from lymphoma.

Kalaparusha's presence will be missed, but I'm confident he's now in a place where he can behold God's sunshine even more fully.

A vote for Marty Ehrlich. Dolphy-inspired -- he has some of ED's elasticity in his tone, though he's not as daring in his intervallic leaps) -- but Erhlich has his own voice on the instrument. LINE ON LOVE is also very good. If you end up liking him, there's A LOT of Ehrlich to hear (and not just on Enja). Also, among younger players, Jason Stein is worth checking out. Among the European players, Rudi Mahall, for sure. But Michel Portal before Sclavis... just my personal preference, of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS8Cr0V0E28

Hi Larry -- no harm, no foul. I wish I knew more about Carl Brown as well. IIRC, he is not the bassist on the lost Atlantic date by the Cherry - Lacy quartet... or is he? I also mentioned John Rapson's Water and Blood on Nine Winds, a fine (if, IMO, somewhat flawed) release that does show off some of Higgins' most "free" later work. http://www.onefinalnote.com/reviews/r/rapson-john/water-and-blood.asp http://www.bagatellen.com/?p=277

More of my favorite Higgins... Love that album. And whatever happened to bassist Carl Brown? Oops. I meant to reply to Joe's post, not to delete the passage I did in adding my comment. Please post again, Joe -- sorry.

More of Billy's guitar work, IIRC, can be heard on this date...

The "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band" quote attributed to Brian Eno about the first VU album has been wheeled out a few times today Velvet Undreground Live 1969 was the album that did it for me....thanks Lou LIVE 1969 for me too. Important local connection to that music, and, whether you know anything about the history of live music in Dallas or not, the story behind those tapes is pretty interesting... the gig having been put together by local fans and the venue established, more or less, for the express purpose of establishing a brief residency for the VU... http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/03/for_your_weekend_listening_ple_85.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969:_The_Velvet_Underground_Live

You'd probably enjoy these as well, and find them good entry points for artists with extensive discographies to explore: Finally, never enough Ellington solos or trios to my tastes; this one I find most indispensable:

Previn's early dates for Sunset are not 100% enjoyable or convincing (he seems at time to be playing in a jazz-like way rather than improvising in a swinging fashion... and he does want badly to swing), but they are enlightening and show off his his two main influences: Tatum and Cole. Available on Black Lion. His three solo songbook releases for Contemporary are, I think, very good, and very worth hearing. The absence of a rhythm section actually frees Previn to play without trying too hard or for too much. And the songs themselves are sturdy enough to withstand the occasional forays in, as Larry says, "cleverness." The Arlen LP is especially good in this respect.