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the old days of Hat were much easier to follow. Now, not so much! Westbrook is indeed very much alive, at least the last time I checked... at least the Ayler I mentioned above is in very good sound, considering the source material. Folwell and Harris/Graves really pop out of the mix, and I didn't hear any extraneous mastering artifacts. Very little mud.

FWIW the Reference: Albert Ayler CD is pretty fucking excellent.

I had that Vanguard at one point; '65 seems like where things really get going. Gathering all the Lacy Hats into one box might be difficult. That is a lot of material.

pretty interesting day for jazz birthdays... 6-Apr †Charlie Rouse 1924-88 6-Apr †Randy Weston 1926-2018 6-Apr †Gerry Mulligan 1927-96 6-Apr †Andre Previn 1929-2019 6-Apr †Art Taylor 1929-95 6-Apr †Bill Hardman 1933-90 6-Apr †Horace Tapscott 1934-99 6-Apr Manfred Schoof b. 1936 6-Apr Gene Bertoncini b.1937 6-Apr †George Otsuka 1937-2020 6-Apr †Noah Howard 1943-2010 6-Apr John Pizzarelli b.1960

Excellent choice.

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Allen Lowe - 1954 5-Apr †Stan Levey 1926-2005 5-Apr †Nabil "Knobby" Totah 1930-2012 5-Apr †Ken Baldock 1932-2010 5-Apr† Stanley Turrentine 1934-2000 5-Apr Evan Parker b. 1944 5-Apr Jerome Harris b. 1953 5-Apr Allen Lowe b. 1954 5-Apr Håkon Kornstad b. 1977

They were great. Bobby Bradford made an appearance in my dream last night. Hope he's doing all right; was fun to interview him years ago.

The Bailey tracks would be interesting to hear. I really like him a lot.

I saw & loved it. Wish it were still available to stream. As my tastes evolved/relaxed, I began to appreciate Sunny's discursive bop approach on later albums. Kinda funny to reread old posts in this way.

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.