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I had that Interplay and recall it being good. None of the Wergo-Jazz series (Gunter Hampel, Pierre Favre Quartett, Manfred Schoof Sextett, Willem Breuker Orchestra) have made it to CD. It's a shame, as they're all excellent.

they do. But that doesn't mean they aren't of questionable legality here in the US.

Yeah, Watanabe worked with African dance and percussion troupes in the 70s, and maybe even beyond that. Of course he was also (IIRC) one of the first Japanese artists to explore bossa nova in the 60s. Pretty interesting life he's had for sure!

Oh, I like Watanabe quite a bit, up to a point (mid-70s). The stuff on Takt and CBS is really, really good imo, not to mention the dates with Mariano (Victor, Takt). He was obviously a big seller for a time and had studied at Berklee, so he had the American connection and was hot on the festival circuit.

ah, nice one, and yesterday would have been his 90th...

That's the only one. Everything is with Aebi; I know she wants it to go to an institution but nothing has happened as far as I am aware.

I'm sure this is excellent and it is a must-buy, but the squeaky cog in me wonders why Feldman doesn't try to secure unheard music from Lacy's vast (and afaik, unplaced) tape archive for proper release.

Heard from some mutual friends/collaborators that the Minneapolis-based guitarist, improviser, songwriter, and left-field artist Michael Yonkers has died. I don't have a birthdate handy but he was born in 1947, making him 78-79. He performed and recorded with Michael & The Mumbles and the Michael Yonkers Band (garage rock, psych-rock), as a solo singer-songwriter/performer with 'experimental leanings,' and improvised music with Milo Fine/Blue Freedom's New Art Transformation. Many of his records and CDs were self-released starting in the early 1970s. I believe that his health kept him from public performance in recent years. Fascinating character; glad to have seen him perform solo a few times, though that was many years ago. RIP.

Damn, that's terrible news. He had not posted here in ages, and I am not on Facebook so was unaware of his health issues. Great guy, that's for sure. RIP!

Yeah, he did, but it might not be in the book. exactly.

I can ask Matt about it; he first popped up in New York around 1984. William played with some of those people but irregularly, and I think there was a divide between the places that Zorn and Chadbourne were setting up and the post-loft environment that Parker et al were occupying. Then again, Zorn, Chadbourne, and Polly Bradfield were playing with Frank Lowe and so was William Parker (there's also that trio record with Horvitz, WP, and Butch Morris). Cross-pollination did exist.

that looks great.

whoa

ah, forgot about that one, sheesh.

It would not surprise me if there are unissued recordings from the trio as well.

yeah, somebody should do one. No idea who owns the rights to Morgue but the ALM/Kojima material seems to be getting licensed around. Columbia/Denon I'm not sure about, but they presumably still own those masters. Excellent group of LPs.

yeah, it is too bad. I have his first LP, Nine Bells, and it's really wonderful.

love that early cover design...

yep. I think that is his goal...

yeah, I was thinking the Voice, and Johnson would make sense.

yes, Robert Wilson was called "Downtown Bob" (because of another Robert Wilson living, you guessed it, uptown), but I do not know if the term "Downtown" was ascribed to his art/theater scene in the late '60s or if the term as an aesthetic qualifier emerged later. https://whitney.org/exhibitions/rituals-of-rented-island

yeah, I guess the question that I'd have for myself is whether I need it as a physical item (box set) or if I can be fine with it digitally, for reference.

This might be a question for Will Hermes... https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374533540/lovegoestobuildingsonfire/

sweet!!

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