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Yes. I especially enjoy Dickerson's Peace, with Cyrille and Lisle Ellis. The Duke Jordan is good, and I've had the Hills before and enjoyed them (why I didn't hold on to them...?). All of the McLeans are strong as well. Few of those I should replace, as the covers are toast...

If yr talkin' late '60s stuff, I would expect the cast of non-Cuscuna-ordained blowhards to include Messrs. Wright and Lowe, as well as people like Byard Lancaster, Marzette Watts, Linda Sharrock, Arthur Doyle et al. The Arista-Freedom series aside, I can't really imagine MC jamming Black Beings and things of that ilk. Do I underestimate? Perhaps, but... I have a lot of reverence for that post-Coltrane NY Fire Music, but I can understand the backlash against it, too.

BTW, Brownie, yours wasn't the black cover with purple silkscreen? A few test pressings went out like that to reviewers, before the jacket was completed.

The way Bernard tells it, the Town Hall material was slated for ESP first and then Ornette took the tapes to Blue Note. But hey, I wasn't there in 1965.

Yeah, it's good. Never heard a Curson LP that I didn't like, as a matter of fact. That Collier is wonderful!

That AT album is a smoker, isn't it? Of course, the Hill album isn't exactly chopped liver either. Yep, the AT is an excellent album. Very under-rated ! And hard to find!! at human prices sidewinder is not human... Mine's a Japanese pressing, but it sounds great (mono) and is a hip session!

The Town Hall story is a mess, and Bernard has discussed it with me in a fair amount of detail. I understand that ESP only had one of the tapes, a copy from the master that they had repaired due to some audio problems. This became ESP-1006. Ornette later took the masters to BN but they were unreleased, and I'm not sure who has them now. The original Chappaqua Suite was issued both as a French and UK CBS title, with a reissue in the '70s in Japan on Sony, followed by the 1996 Columbia France reissue. The Ravi Shankar soundtrack was issued in the States, and I assume for foregin markets as well. I wonder if contractual issues were the reason the Ornette didn't come out here?

RIP Kudra.

I'm not sure I've heard enough of what KB's done lately to justify any opinion on such matters. Saw him in a trio with Ingrid and it wasn't too great. That said, his ESP is really wonderful and I've gotten some serious mileage out of the Calig and Quark dates too. Also dig his work on the Marzette ESP and my namesake's Freedom and Unity (Third World Productions). Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the Muun Music Universe set... yeechh. The master tapes for the ESP are long gone, from what I understand. Not that that stops people from reissuing things, but...

I don't think Wadud plays anymore. Would love to get that Unity Trio LP!!!

Cool - I can replace my cassette.

To quote Ed Harris: "Fuck Picasso!" I'd invest in a Donald Judd anyway, and play that Tina Brooks.

That actually doesn't seem unreasonable. If there were only 25 made, and it's fair to assume fewer than that remain, well...

Uh, I thought that was a joke. I have no interest in hearing that... esp as I've gotten "older" find myself preferring pre-Sister material. Ironic, considering I was just a babe when that came out, and Goo was my first SY, freshman year of high school.

Roscoe Mitchell - L-R-G / The Maze / SII Examples (Nessa) Side "C" : "The Maze"

I've thought about putting a mono cartridge on my 2nd TT. May yet happen.

I really dig the new Big Black. It's called Songs about Fucking, and people here might enjoy it...

One of my favorite records! Thanks for bringing this up. He's excellent on record (never got to see him live), and I hope he is doing well!

I bet there are Swedish or Scandinavian dudes involved, somehow.

Not that easy to find!

The sound on my Liberty USA pressing is warm and full-bodied, with not a hint of aftertaste. In fact, the session almost leaps out of the glass into one's nose!

I haven't heard it in years, but remember really digging it at the time. It's a weird one!

I also hold them both in equal esteem, though the Brooks gets more spins by me. Duke Jordan may be the reason for the extra listens. No DLPs at this time, but hey, why not make some extra $$ and keep 'em separate?

I just finished making one. It reflects my tastes and his curiosity, without delving too much into obscurity or serious racket (as can be my preference)... criticize at will! Anthony Williams "Two Pieces of One: Green" (fr. Life Time), w/ Rivers, Peacock, Davis Eric Dolphy "Mandrake" (fr. Iron Man) Dizzy Reece "Blues in Trinity" (fr. Blues in Trinity) Warne Marsh "Yardbird Suite" (fr. Warne Marsh, on Atlantic) trio w/ Chambers, Motian Andrew Hill "Ode to Von" (fr. Smokestack) Stanley Cowell "Bobby's Tune" (fr. Brilliant Circles) Jackie McLean "Old Gospel" (fr. New & Old Gospel) Marion Brown "Juba-Lee" (fr. Juba-Lee) Cecil Taylor "Mixed" (fr. Into the Hot) Albert Ayler "Angels" (fr. Spirits Rejoice)