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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).

Arrived. Handsomely assembled and an interesting array of recordings. I was a little taken aback that certain acetates and test pressings were included as "essential" but I guess the music in question has largely been issued in some form. It is cool to see the original Axiom LP, for example, even if it was made in an edition of.. 2. Wish I had not sold my copy of Heliopolis.

yes indeed, both are superb LPs. I had not run across live performances; have any materialized?

That is a very good assessment. To me he seems both inside and apart from whatever situation he is occupying. Visually, I'd say he acts within positive and negative space simultaneously. It's definitely a unique approach.

I have that record but not with that cover photo...

He kind of floats around the time, which is something I really gravitate towards. Maybe that's because my sense of rhythm is off; I was never really that good at keeping time during musical attempts in my youth. Seems like I don't have any of his Steeplechase albums filed, but all of the classic 1960s-70s dates are in the racks on vinyl as well as one on GNP, the Ornettes, the Debut on CD, and a smattering of later discs on ECM and Hat Hut.

More reading, less computing. Keep up with cycling and running (although this polar vortex is not helping). Continue drinking less (that kinda happened a couple years ago and has helped, I think?)

Hat Hut would not have recorded that, but the Festival itself has an archive and it could be there. I *believe* that McPhee got his tapes back from Werner. I don't know whether the Lacy material was returned/sold back to Irène. Extras from Clinkers were issued by Roaratorio (duo with Lacy/McPhee) as an EP titled The Rest.

the 2LP set with PB is very strong. Also, Children of the Forest is incredible. saw Gayle with Graves, Parker, and Rudd, which was pretty interesting. Baraka read poems as well... one of many Vision Festival highlights over the decades. Judson Church sound wasn't the greatest, but the music itself was deep.

wow, I'm shocked to see that Mr. Joy has never been on CD. Strange! Ballads/Virtuosi were supposed to be packaged as a double LP on ESP; obviously the sound and pressings on those individual albums from ECM and IAI are much better than anything we would have gotten from ESP, but it would still be cool to see what Bernard might have chosen for cover art.

Yeah, that is a fabulous set indeed. Glad you picked one up. I wonder what goodies the Black Editions/Graves archive will uncover in the near future; I have heard that another trio set with Brötzmann is in the offing, and am hopeful that the Graves-Brötzmann duo also gets representation. I saw that duo once, at the Berlin Jazztage (or Berlin Jazz Fest, if you prefer), and would enjoy revisiting that music.

He certainly was. Saw him quite a number of times over the years (as well as William & to a lesser extent, Gayle).

It is a statue/sculpture. Ordered the book from Forced Exposure for $43 + shipping.

yeah, great music, though I am not super excited by the ezz-thetics PD action.

good one. I am partial to Kanai's "Ode To Birds."

yeah, different beast, I'd think -- the Prestige Jazz Quartet didn't really do "jam sessions" as far as I am aware.

very good one.

aha, ok, thanks for the additional info.

If I look up the Cookers on google, much current or recent-enough pr on the band still lists Harper as a member. I don't know the whole story (and maybe nobody outside the band does), but wasn't following closely enough to realize that he'd split.

wow, would've been great to see Hucko.

nope, Olio is with Frank Wess... nice record, though. Teo with the Prestige Jazz Quartet is another story.

the only "Kennedy" that should be mentioned here without issue has a name that begins with Edward and ends with Ellington. The other guy, well......

https://open.substack.com/pub/dadadrummer/p/what-is-the-artist-to-fascism?r=7ikr1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web good piece by Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi)

huh! ordered one the other day...

Jim Cullum would get my vote. Saw him & his band in San Antonio, where he had a club. Definitely seemed like a solid group of players that he brought together. https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2019-08-11/jim-cullum-jr-jazz-band-leader-and-cornetist-dies-at-77?_amp=true