AndrewHill Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yeah, an unusual move by Universal to put out such a great batch of avant garde titles. My guess, is that this is all we're going to see of any future Free America titles in the future, at least in cd form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterintoronto Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yeah, an unusual move by Universal to put out such a great batch of avant garde titles. My guess, is that this is all we're going to see of any future Free America titles in the future, at least in cd form. It's probably my favorite avant-jazz reissue series. Getting all 15 of these took a lot of work though, as I only started buying them early this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 There's lots of great Windo out there, and Tes Esat is certainly one fine, fine example. I don't know if one can say it's "canonically" an important date or anything, but it sure is a fun listen. There's a lot of speculation about the date of recording - the disc says what, '70, and the LP has no date on it. I believe Gary's widow had placed it in '73, around the same time as his work with Ray Russell. I remember seeing the 'Tes Esat' LP as a deletion around 1978 but didn't pick it up I'm afraid. I'd always thought it came out around 73/74. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Bump. Just picked up the Paul Bley and the Lacy/Waldron. Will have to get hold of the 'Emergency' and possibly the Burrell too before they disappear into a black hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dova Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 I bought most of mine at ..............................Walmart.com several years ago and they had most of them in stock. The only one I need to complete the series is Braxton solo Improvisations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 (edited) Have now bought the Burrell and the 'Emergency'. Just missing the 3 AECs, the Shepp and the Steve Lacy 'Gap'. Edited August 30, 2009 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 The Burrell's great. There's some excellent Alan Silva on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Christ, has it been that long since these were released? I think there's one credentialed "Classic" in the AEC releases, and that's Phase One. You could take or leave the other two for me; Certain Blacks is just fun, whereas the w/Fontella Bass album is detailed and rich in early AEC fashion but without the majesty and drama of some of their other long-form sound pieces (I'm thinking of People In Sorrow or the long pieces on the Nessa box). I think at some point that Phase One emerged as my favorite--one of their most brilliant "little instrument" pieces (the Albert Ayler dedication) paired with what is for me the definitive version of "Ohnedaruth"... much slower than in later years, but with a very deliberate, focused construction, ferociously swinging, and featuring maybe the best sustained freebop showcase for the band as a collective of soloists. With the Nessa box, Sophie, and People In Sorrow, I think you have pretty much the band's most eye-opening, startling work (though I might include some later essays with "best" and, honorarily, Sound for mindfucks--but that's Roscoe's album). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I'll throw Message to Our Folks and Jackson in there, too. Anyone notice how the basic rhythmic figure used in "Rock Out" is the same as the "refrain"/end verse tag in "Theme De Yoyo"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Thanks for the suggestions - I'll keep an eye open for 'Phase One'. I have the Nessa box (thanks to Chuck) so am on the look out for good AEC material to add to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bip Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 In case anyone is looking to buy the Frank Wright (Uhuru Na Umoja), Tower.com happens to have a really good price on it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I wish they would release the rest of the Free America catalog. Starting with Arthur Jones - Scorpio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Problem with that is who's got the tapes/rights - Universal or Charly (not that the latter cares/cared about "rights"). I have been told that the America edition, as with Coursil's Black Suite, is the original but it's hard to confirm. Would've been nice to put the Wright and Howard on one disc as well as make a disc out of Coral Rock and the "Uhuru" track from Pitchin' Can. But I suppose all this stuff is floating around the share blogs anyway and there are heavier/more interesting things in this music to worry about than BYG and America reissues (there, I said it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Problem with that is who's got the tapes/rights - Universal or Charly (not that the latter cares/cared about "rights"). I have been told that the America edition, as with Coursil's Black Suite, is the original but it's hard to confirm. The Americas were issued first but BYG claimed the tapes were taken from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bip Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 I received the Wright CD from this series in the mail today and was surprised to find Frank's name spelled correctly on the spine and front sticker. I had been under the impression that the "Franck" typo was on the entire run of this. Because of this and the low price I found for a sealed copy, my first thought was that the label cheated on the "limited edition" and printed another batch, but if they had done that, one would assume they'd keep the web site active that's printed on the back (free-america.net). Also, I doubt sales for a Frank Wright CD would really be big enough to warrant going beyond the promised run of 5000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 I received the Wright CD from this series in the mail today and was surprised to find Frank's name spelled correctly on the spine and front sticker. I had been under the impression that the "Franck" typo was on the entire run of this. Because of this and the low price I found for a sealed copy, my first thought was that the label cheated on the "limited edition" and printed another batch, but if they had done that, one would assume they'd keep the web site active that's printed on the back (free-america.net). Also, I doubt sales for a Frank Wright CD would really be big enough to warrant going beyond the promised run of 5000. The spine on mine is correct. Don't know about the sticker, it is long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 It's 'Frank' on the cover and spine of mine too (bought at least 5 years ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterintoronto Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) It's 'Frank' on the cover and spine of mine too (bought at least 5 years ago). Speaking of misprints in this series, how about Anthony Braxton's 'Dona Lee'? Small nuisances for a fantastic re-issue campaign! Edited September 16, 2009 by peterintoronto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonball-addict Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Are they still releasing these or was it that one run of stuff in 2005 or 2006? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Are they still releasing these or was it that one run of stuff in 2005 or 2006? Just the one limited run I think. Amazing that some of them are still for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 mine has Franck all over - spine, black-in-black digipack inlay, booklet - except for the liners and personnel listing on the last page of the booklet, it's all screwed up... guess I have an original one... will exchange it for a Frank one plus a few 100$ bills if anyone's interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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