clifford_thornton

I had the Session LP and let it go; nice, but didn't feel like something I'd (personally) return to much.

Harold Ashby (1925), Bill Barron (1927), and Dennis Moorman (1940) as well...

I'd like to clear out my last 5 copies of Singularity Codex; message me here for a copy. $20 shipped anywhere in the US. They make a great Passover gift!

I bet that's good. The only Freeman LP I have is Something Tender (bought on a Larry Kart recommendation).

Nice! Alto saxophonists James Moody (1925) and Christer Boustedt (1939) as well... both gone.

Those would sell now, but at the time, post-Coltrane modal jazz wasn't really moving units like it currently does. I also remember a time when those records were cheap and nobody cared...

Saw Rufus with Byard Lancaster once. It was a very interesting gig. I certainly would not have otherwise guessed it was him on this track, and he's a bit stiff so Barron & Pope are both out as possibilities. That said, and having not really spent time with his Atlantics, the choice is rather illuminating. The piece with Woods is fun; it doesn't appear to be on a record I own so will be curious to find out more. The overdubbed solo soprano composition is really nice; it's not Surman, but does seem to be dipping into a similar well.

King Pleasure (1922), Dave Burns (1924), Kalaparusha (1936), Paul McCandless (1947) also born today...

oh, I meant the rest of the BFT; Gardens of Harlem I know very well!

12 is Clifford Thornton (the real one) from The Gardens of Harlem, tenor player is Roland Alexander. The cut is called "O Desayo." Bassist is Andy González. Guess I need to listen to the rest of it!

Good news, and glad to have you back. I owe you a call, just been swamped/under various rocks...

It kinda already exists in the form of the NoBusiness Sam Rivers live series, but I suppose you are probably looking toward the albums on Fluid, Red, Vedette, Circle, Horo, Black Saint, Tomato, Impulse, and ECM.

I know Dexter's BN LPs remain sought-after, but I wonder whether his playing catches the ear of current/newer jazz buyers the way that, say, Joe Henderson does? My guess is no, but it's their loss...

I don't think so, but I'm not a Dexpert.

Dexter BNs would be a no-brainer at this point. I'd buy one to plug some holes.