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Quite right. Never post during childcare.

Harmolodic funk needs it's own Wikipedia page...

That Al Di Meola offer is quite something.

Thanks. That's helpful. Things always seem different when you learn about them as history. Funny that the one page the board doesn't have is an M Base discussion area.

Did Steve Coleman etc. ever openly discuss the link between the M Base concepts and Ornette Coleman's harmolodic funk period? I wasn't alive / able to pay attention at the time when it all was happening, but it had never really occured to me that there was a link.

It's been getting some good write ups. How does it compare to In Pursuit?

Walter Wierbos!

On jollier Parker "news", I hadn't realised he plays on 90s British comedian Vic Reeves' album I Will Cure You. He has a long solo on "Oh, Mr Songwriter", half way through which Reeves, supposedly out of hearing, shouts "PACK IT IN, PARKER!". Edit: Ha! Han Bennink's on it too. They're on a couple of tracks. The whole thing was produced by Steve Beresford. Here it is: at 1:55. https://youtu.be/wjkyrI2NukM

I just buy Rivers vinyl when I see it. Luckily for my family, it's in limited supply in the UK.

Such a classic.

Thanks!

It does have a bit, but it is through Wilmer's lense. Much as I love that book, he comes across much like all the other subjects.

I'm reading Jazz in the 70s by Bill Shoemaker at the moment. It has a good chapter on Rivers. One thing it brings out is what a good interview he is. Does anyone know of a good place to access his historic interviews or any books that treat Rivers in depth?

I had a real thing for Tacuma back when I was at university. I haven't listened to him in over a decade. Time to remedy that.

Subbing Wilson for Eno?

Great interview. Thanks for posting. This line made me laugh. Does anyone know what this is a reference to? I love Pete LaRoca’s work (including Turkish Ladies, which I confess is the “Chick” record that I put on when I heard the sad news of his death, despite the controversy about it).

Hunh, Did not see that coming either. Just checked Twitter and there’s no doubt about it though.

I'm currently reading this one, after a number of positive mentions here. I am really impressed by it so far.

Braxton says something similar regarding Circle in Forces in Motion, I recall.

I agree. It's quite hard to see Parker as anti-immigration. There were and are all sorts of Brexit views floating around then and now, left, right and centrist.

He does explain in the blurb that the Mullis pieces are "very precisely applicable to the current Covid nonsense"...

It was records like Tim Berne's, Geri Allen's, David S Ware's and the Motian Trio that made my post this thread.

I should have been clearer in the first place.

Just from the point of view of listening to Chick Corea. That's all. I meant no comment on Scientology or Hubbard. As it shows up in the experience of listening to Chick Corea's music I think it is fair to say that it is "anodyne". It's music, not dianetics. I feel differently about Scientology as a whole, and would not disagree with your characterisation. My point was that I feel much less uncomfortable listening to a known Scientologist (Chick Corea) than I do listening to an alleged murderer (Al Haig) or a self-confessed rapist (Art Pepper). I would not put Chick Corea's belonging to the Church of Scientology anywhere near either of those two categories.

Is he? Again, didn't know that.