clifford_thornton

Hill’s chords, rhythm, and sense of melody, much of which work in a churning cloudlike or allover sensation, direct while also indirect, are fascinating to me. I’ve never heard anyone else like him.

I hope this is true. It would change everything.

What an absolute mess. I mean, there are a lot of things in this world to be angry or depressed about (rightly), but this is just like... we can't even import cheap goods to make ourselves feel momentarily better. Isn't that what capitalism is all about? Really a-level bullshit.

yeah, DHL, FedEx, UPS will continue to deliver, but at a significant upcharge. Paying $30 to ship a $15 CD becomes completely unworkable after a few instances (I've definitely been there).

yes. My undies are in a bunch trying to figure out how to get LPs shipped here without it being a complete mess. The only real option I see is having stuff sent to Canada and then here, but there'll still be a duty and double shipping costs (potentially) so probably not worth it in the end.

Yes, I too love those Saravah LPs! Lapis is of course a favorite but they're all excellent.

The unissued Ed Blackwell on Sweet Earth needs to come out!

I'd love to hear the quintet session with Marion Brown if it survived.

yeah, I have those LPs -- very strong. Though at this point the reissue market is bloated, those albums are certainly deserving.

Will give it a listen, thanks for the suggestion. Think I only have him as a sideman here & there (but not on Dolphy's Here & There).

not familiar with the Green LP.

IIRC, the music of Cannonball featured a totally different band (no Dolphy) and the Dolphy tracks are, of course, from the FM sessions.

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Out to Lunch was done while Dolphy was under contract to FM Records, so I've always thought it was intended to be a one-off.

yeah, I would assume the reason for The Wire not getting reissued is that Denon doesn't have any interest. Dusted that LP off recently and it's a great date, but the audience might be smaller than, say, for an obscure but funky Jiro Inagaki album (and don't get me wrong, I like those too).

still itching to hear more of this: https://www.discogs.com/release/25433386-Steve-Lacy-Stations

I can't even recall; it was years ago, but I don't believe it was the Douglas/FM recordings and rehearsals. FWIW I guess Concord aka Alchemy Copyrights owns the catalog, but I guess there are questions of payment going back many years. Will that get sorted? Think Zev can do it?

yeah, he wanted me to do some Dolphy research for him at one point and it wasn't clear to me that he had the rights to the music or even the information... he came off very high and mighty as well as being easily distractible. I was not impressed.

all of this. Tell the Ghost/McPhee hello for me!

Never heard that one but I bet it is good. Fabulous LP. Have the older Think! reissue. The original is nigh impossible... though onetime poster homefromtheforest has one.

I am with Sangrey on this. And I'd completely forgotten Zev's involvement with the Palo Alto release (though I would have turned down the bass EQ -- jeez). He also bought and is hoarding the Kharma/Danola tapes, which should either be reissued or licensed to someone with the ability and interest in rereleasing that material (including some stuff that has never come out).

Once this happened to me I just kept going. Waldron is similar. Aebi is an acquired taste but a number of the songs I cannot think of without hearing her voice in my head, and that's a good thing.

This.

The Huss Charles issue definitely made him out to be not much of a detective! 🙄

A friend's band is playing it, so at least I know that much!