clifford_thornton

NO SHIT! I was hoping and half-predicting something like this would come about!!!

A quickie before class: Tchicai/Mengelberg/Bennink - Instant Composers Pool (ICP 002, original silkscreened cover) - a very different and almost 'plaintive' ICP aggregation...

"Not only wasn't this what I wanted from jazz, it wasn't what I needed from pop—songs, concision, dumb fun. Despite Henderson's funk bass, the operating aesthetic is closer to prog—too smart for its own good, but not as smart as it wants you to think" I disagree - there are implications of 'song,' and revelry, but if one actually pays attention to the process of this band in continual reinvention over four nights, any of these implications are hacked to bits. I would say that most prog rock is far more obviously orchestrated than these works here - even the Softs at their most "out." My $.02, fwiw.

The Karl Berger Quartet, though AK may beg to differ...

Forgot all about that...

Agreed on all counts. I'll have to find some time this week to listen to the archived program. Thanks!

I feel like that's about $400 more than it usually goes for, right? At least you get more than one LP, though!

Forkladd Gud - s/t - (Caprice) staggering Swedish group improv, most of the people on this I have never heard of otherwise... but it's heavy!

RIP, Mrs. King. True, things have been nasty with the Foundation and it doesn't sound like it will get much better soon. This is common among family-associated non-profits: my mother works for the Rothko Chapel in Houston, which undergoes so much infighting it's amazing they get anything done. Family, board, whatever. Ugh.

I'm there, for sure... Never seen Rising Tones Cross on the big screen! CT

Paul Bley - Blood - (International Polydor) with M. Levinson and Barry Altschul, Haarlem, 11/66 Paul Bley - Blood - (Fontana Holland) with M. Levinson and Barry Altschul, Baarn, 9/66 and 10/66

Alexander von Schlippenbach - Payan - (Enja, damn US pressing) solo Schlippy is a nice way to roll, indeed! The title track is one of his best compositions...

Burton Greenberg = Burton Greene S. Norman Lackritz = Steve Lacy

I was watching Public Access on Sunday afternoon, and they had a zoom shot of the whole Challenger deal set to Black Sabbath. Pretty wild!

Well, Allan, good to know that with 4068, you're not rocking a Pathe Marconi issue from 1984!

Hell yeah! Maybe that Holy Ghost box will edge out Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits!

Very true. I'm going to look into getting down to San Marcos for FFA's gig, but anyway, yeah, one of these days - maybe when Jazzbo has more time on his hands - we'll have to do a PM tree and all get together.

Certainly not, Chuck, and I counted myself (and in some aspect still do) in your camp!

Joe Malinga - Tears for the Children of Soweto - (Canova) solid SA-rooted township groover with Runo Ericksson, my namesake and a bunch of rather obscure cats - Malinga plays alto, but this is all I know of his.

Thanks, Clem. I'm gonna print that post off so it may be of some use when rooting around for the "good stuff," if it still exists... thought about the Chron but my last "Alternative Weekly" gig was a wash (City Pages, Mpls) - apparently I was "too academic," or some such. Back-handed compliment, but that one I'll take to the bank.

Sidewinder, how am I supposed to PM you when your inbox is full? Jeez!

Hymie's indeed, Clem, though I'm not originally "from there" and hence one reason I didn't stay. Heh, you haven't seen the Pentangle records oozing outta the shelves, either! Somebody was talking about a 'serious' jazz and blues store in San Antonio (?!?); haven't seen much or not been to the right places for LPs here in Austin... I'm way East Austin (near the HEButts on Manor) right now, but that will change I'm sure, along with culinary tastes and disposition towards Flaubert (balls still intact). But long-ago reads of SOME Flaubert in fin-de-siecle art history aside, Dewey is my main man aesthetician. In a way, I could see Gustave fitting in to the trajectory a lil' bit there, so we'll see. Anyway... thanks for the thoughts, will seek out the good barbecue.

Haven't been to that club - was going to meet a few Minneapolitans there tonight but got too sidetracked with studies. Ah, grad school... can never get enough of it. San Marcos is not far at all from here; may be able to swing down, depending on schedule. Will PM you if it's a possibility. Piggyback away...

Actually, I'd forgotten about that one... Bob Thompson is wonderful, one of my favorite painters for many reasons (and if you knew my art preferences, it might REALLY come as a surprise). He's also a good name to drop when interviewing guys who came up in the '60s, for many of them seem to have a Thompson story or two!