clifford_thornton

Really? I think of you as a core poster. And yes, makes sense that an established community would bristle at an influx.

Altschul, one of the greats.

I forgot about the transitional AAJ post-BN board. I had that experience as well, even though I was writing for them at the time. Not a great scene.

oh, huh, looks like I joined on January 9, 2004. I could have sworn it was earlier, but apparently the months/years run together. I do remember the BNBB shutdown and being informed that this was the place to go.

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yep. I have a Japanese pressing on Mercury, which seems to have been licensed from Trip, who in turn had gotten the tapes from Orville O'Brien (O'Be). I don't know what the story is there, but a number of his tapes ended up as Trip releases later in the 70s (Art Blakey; Randy Weston).

and also Dizzy Reece, b. 1931, and as far as I am aware, still with us!

I am a bit concerned, as mentioned upthread, that some folks have been driven away by perceived bias against record collectors. The "ignore" function does work, and I've used it a few times (mostly just until my agitation cooled off).

not a bad idea; I've noticed some people post vinyl listening in the "what are you listening to now?" thread. I'll admit that I check out the vinyl thread more than the general listening thread, however.

The prevalence of cassettes is in large part due to economics: they're cheap to produce and duplicate.

yep, my 2020 Subaru has a CD player and I will drive it until it's turned to dust.

Flower Girl is a neat one. I have the Craftman reissue, as well as their reissue of the Victor LP (A Jazzy Profile of Jojo). I connect more with the avant-garde recordings but these are certainly worth hearing. Takayanagi could, it seems, play just about anything with characteristic rigor.

did not see this the first time around but watched and enjoyed the extended cut recently. It got much better as it progressed to the end. Prime Walton Goggins. I will also add a +1 for The Lighthouse, which is directed like a Robert Wilson dialogue (The Old Woman, for example). Surely Eggers is quite familiar with Bob's work, and Dafoe's work in The Old Woman.

Japanese pressing, not sure about the dealer (though I think I know the spot that @mjazzg is referring to).

bargain trophies are the best kind.

yeah, I would blind buy it for sure, no need to preview (here, anyway). Hopefully another one pops up. I think I've said it elsewhere, probably in this thread, but while it took a bit of chipping away at Takayanagi and trying things out a few times, once I fell in love with his music it really stuck. None of them are easy listens, but the utter commitment and reinvention of group interplay across many of his records are really striking. Angry Waves is a great record, and I can't really think of anything else like it. Lonely Woman is stark and a bit icy, but very special. I think he figured out something with density, speed, and combining seemingly unrelated pathways that doesn't have too many parallels; Tristano and Billy Bauer were the spark (and all of his music can be tied back to the Tristano school), but he went full force in another direction.

those PD vinyl reissues, sourced from MP3s, are very unappealing. They don't usually sound that good and they're not cheap either.

I didn't know (or had forgotten that) there was a Japanese pressing of that record. Very nice.

I think there's valid criticism to be had on, for example, the excising of extra tracks from a facsimile reissue; could those not be included as a download, at least? Mostly what I have noticed are comments derisive of those who are hunting down original pressings. The collector bug is one I've had, so it's highly relatable, even if I don't have the resources (space, time, cash) to chase down the handful of spendy gap sealers once deemed necessary. I think most of us, at least on this forum, are deeply into the music and owning some sort of vintage/early issue is the cherry on top. I have certainly noticed the prevalence of "trophy hunter"-types in the broader record collecting community, which is not my bag at all, but every hobby has some level of that behavior. There are certainly worse things one could be doing with money.

yeah, would that those attempting to circumvent the affordability crisis also look at making both new and used jazz vinyl cheaper!

missed it, apparently, when Da Bastids had it. Hopefully they get it back (especially given the vagaries of shipping to the US right now).

Ah, that is unfortunate. I certainly recall him posting here. RIP.

That's the first volume of Cecil's Montmartre session, and a great one. Nefertiti looks like this: I agree that the Freedom/Polydor/Fontana/Debut/Spiegelei series is more than a bit confusing.

of Touching? Identical, but with a Debut logo instead of Fontana. Both Touching and Nefertiti (Cecil) came out in Denmark first and were released on Debut.

The book is a very engaging and quick read. I haven't leafed through it in some time, but still have it on the shelf. a classic! Have the LP in the racks (mine's a Dutch Fontana, as pictured, though I probably couldn't turn down the Danish Debut if I ran into it).