What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Liberdade]

From the Bo'weavil box set of Joe McPhee's first four CJR albums;

[colinmce]

An Evening with Ornette Coleman - 1 (Black Lion)

Never seen this one. What's the date?

[Leeway]

An Evening with Ornette Coleman - 1 (Black Lion)

Never seen this one. What's the date?

I think the music is the same as that on The Great London Concert - 2LP on Arista Freedom. The music is from 1965. Not sure if Paul Secor's version has more tracks (?).

[colinmce]

Figured, but wanted to be sure.

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, looks like a late 70s pressing. The Japanese pressing on King/Trio uses the same cover. I have slightly earlier issues with nice gatefold covers on Polydor/Freedom. The first pressing was An Evening with Ornette Coleman on International Polydor (Germany), which was housed in an attractive boxed set with a booklet. That came out in 1967 or '68.

[paul secor]

You guys have the Ornette stuff right.

[Leeway]

You guys have the Ornette stuff right.

I have the "Great London Concert" on Arista/Freedom 2LP, then for good measure (ha ha), I have "Ornette Coleman in Europe, Vol. 2" on Freedom/Polydor (gatefold LP).

[paul secor]

Memphis Blues (RCA France Jazz Tribune)

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[Leeway]

LIVE IN BOLOGNA - The Cecil Taylor Unit - CT (p), William Parker (b, Carlos Ward (reeds), Leroy Jenkins (vn), Thurman Barker (marimba, d, perc). 2LP Leo Records. 3 Nov 1987.

Cecil is marvelous as always, but this time around my attention was caught by Barker's marimba, creating an interesting (festive?) ambience, and Leroy Jenkins' violin, which runs like an electrical current through the performance.

[clifford_thornton]

You guys have the Ornette stuff right.

and the rest of it, well...

[colinmce]

Still need to get a truly mint sounding Celeste. Had Jamabiko but it had some scuffs (free copy!), think I sold it to someone for $20.

Records I used to have > Records I own

Carpathes is pretty excellent though I admit I haven't listened to it in years. It really pissed off a (now ex-) girlfriend!

Some guys want to know if their girlfriend is "on the pill" and some want to know if she is "on to Pilz." Sorry, couldn't resist.

Still working the Ran Blake inventory at Casa Leeway:

Owl LP. Pretty interesting.

Looking forward to the rest. This is one of my favorite Blake LPs.

I'm really puzzling over the liner notes on the back. Are they written by Ran? The left column is pretty straightforward, about Schuller, 3rd Stream and the NE Conservatory of Music. The right column though is perplexing. Were John Simon, Susan Sontag and Amiri Baraka figures that loomed large in Ran's personal landscape? Are the comments meant to be taken seriously? They are really rather inscrutable. It seems the very last paragraph might be intended humorously, but I'm not certain of that.

As far as the author of the note goes, this does not seem to be Ran writing, but more likely one of the producers, perhaps JJ Pussiau (indeed the slightly capricious tone suggests a French sensibility). As far as the description of the "storyline", this is typical of Ran's improvising methodology. He often envisions people-- friends, historical figures, people he admires-- in narrative situations and scores the "film" he sees accordingly. So Simon, Sontag, and Baraka do not particularly loom large in Ran's world, they were likely just on his mind at the time. The programs that accompany his performances often have quite detailed and personal dedications.

[clifford_thornton]

Super well-said, Colin - thanks. I don't know much about Ran's music but often feel like I should investigate it more.

[Leeway]

Still need to get a truly mint sounding Celeste. Had Jamabiko but it had some scuffs (free copy!), think I sold it to someone for $20.

Records I used to have > Records I own

Carpathes is pretty excellent though I admit I haven't listened to it in years. It really pissed off a (now ex-) girlfriend!

Some guys want to know if their girlfriend is "on the pill" and some want to know if she is "on to Pilz." Sorry, couldn't resist.

Still working the Ran Blake inventory at Casa Leeway:

Owl LP. Pretty interesting.

Looking forward to the rest. This is one of my favorite Blake LPs.

I'm really puzzling over the liner notes on the back. Are they written by Ran? The left column is pretty straightforward, about Schuller, 3rd Stream and the NE Conservatory of Music. The right column though is perplexing. Were John Simon, Susan Sontag and Amiri Baraka figures that loomed large in Ran's personal landscape? Are the comments meant to be taken seriously? They are really rather inscrutable. It seems the very last paragraph might be intended humorously, but I'm not certain of that.

As far as the author of the note goes, this does not seem to be Ran writing, but more likely one of the producers, perhaps JJ Pussiau (indeed the slightly capricious tone suggests a French sensibility). As far as the description of the "storyline", this is typical of Ran's improvising methodology. He often envisions people-- friends, historical figures, people he admires-- in narrative situations and scores the "film" he sees accordingly. So Simon, Sontag, and Baraka do not particularly loom large in Ran's world, they were likely just on his mind at the time. The programs that accompany his performances often have quite detailed and personal dedications.

Super well-said, Colin - thanks. I don't know much about Ran's music but often feel like I should investigate it more.

Yes, thanks Colin, for responding to the questions I had about the liners. The idea of a film sensibility in his music is pretty interesting, for example, I have a copy of Film Noir which makes the connection rather explicit.

[sidewinder]

Andrew Hill 'One For One' (Blue Note Reissue series 2LP)

[kh1958]

Shirley Scott, Like Cozy (Prestige Moodsville 19), and

King Curtis, Old Gold (Prestige Tru Sound).

[Leeway]

THE NEARER THE BONE, THE SWEETER THE MEAT - Peter Brotzmann, Harry Miller, Louis Moholo - Cien Fuegos LP reissue.

What a hot group these three made.

[clifford_thornton]

Joe Viera-Ed Kroeger Quartett - Essay in Jazz - (Rote Reihe/Universal Edition)

great German free jazz LP with Siggi Busch and Heinrich Hock.

[clifford_thornton]

Edward Vesala Trio - Nana - (Blue Master, FIN)

[paul secor]

Harold Land Quintet: Grooveyard (Contempoary - yellow label)

A small masterpiece that's probably overlooked by many.

[Leeway]

SPACE AURA - Sun Ra and his Band from Outer Space - Art Yard 10"

[Homefromtheforest]

Edward Vesala Trio - Nana - (Blue Master, FIN)

Killer album! Need to pull this out and play it again myself...love the cover too.

[BillF]

Harold Land Quintet: Grooveyard (Contempoary - yellow label)

A small masterpiece that's probably overlooked by many.

Not overlooked by me.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i got this one too dawg! what about the track Bird w/ Milt Buckner, afaik the only Bird + B3 recording....!?

Charlie Parker (Queen Disc)

There's a fiery version of "Dance with the Infidels" with some wild Bud on this LP.

[tomatamot]

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Salted Gingko Nuts.

[paul secor]

John Fahey: I Remember Blind Joe Death (Varrick)