Obscure Lester Bowie

[Hot Ptah]

Joseph.

That's just a bit too pithy for me. Do you mean Joseph Jarman or Joseph Bowie, and if so, which albums?

In response to The Flam - it's Joseph Bowie on trombone, not Lester Bowie on trumpet. The trumpet is Leo Smith.

Thanks. I saw Joseph Bowie with his Defunkt band in 1982. I always wondered what happened to him. It was a hot band live.

[JSngry]

Murray, Lester, Fred Hopkins, & Phillip wilson.

[clifford_thornton]

Ahh, thanks for the Murray reminder. Those are good records.

[John L]

Joseph.

That's just a bit too pithy for me. Do you mean Joseph Jarman or Joseph Bowie, and if so, which albums?

In response to The Flam - it's Joseph Bowie on trombone, not Lester Bowie on trumpet. The trumpet is Leo Smith.

I don't think that anybody cited the Flam. I cited Fresh, which has a lot of fine Lester Bowie on it.

Edited June 15, 2008 by John L

[Hot Ptah]

Here's one I can add:

This is a 5 CD set of 1983 concerts. The group consists of Lester Bowie, Don Cherry, Archie Shepp, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Sun Ra, Richard Davis, Philly Joe Jones, Don Moye and Clifford Jarvis.

Edited June 15, 2008 by Hot Ptah

[JohnS]

Not sure if these two duo albums count as abscurities-

Zebra with Jack Dejohnette

Duet with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass and synth).

I am not familiar with the second one. Thanks.

Duet was recorded inTokyo in Tokyo for Paddlewheel in 1985. My copy is a German Bellaphon presssing.

[Hot Ptah]

Not sure if these two duo albums count as abscurities-

Zebra with Jack Dejohnette

Duet with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass and synth).

I am not familiar with the second one. Thanks.

Duet was recorded inTokyo in Tokyo for Paddlewheel in 1985. My copy is a German Bellaphon presssing.

Now that I see the artwork I am sure that I have never seen a copy.

[Captain Hate]

They're far from obscure but there are a couple Leaders discs w/Moye, Chico Freeman, Blythe, Lightsey & McBee.

[Hot Ptah]

They're far from obscure but there are a couple Leaders discs w/Moye, Chico Freeman, Blythe, Lightsey & McBee.

I have those. I like "Mudfoot" a lot. The first song is so rousing.

[Captain Hate]

There was also a Black Saint release Free to Dance by Marcello Melis that came out in the late 70s on vinyl and I think was released on cd in 94. That was back during the time that you could just buy any Black Saint/Soul Note release and be guaranteed it would be of high quality.

[JSngry]

Yeah. speaking of Black Saint, since that label's kinda not been readily/easily available for a while now, some of our younger viewers might not be aware of this masterpiece:

[Captain Hate]

I'd forgotten about that one and I'm not sure if I ever heard it. Wasn't that recorded within a day of the Horo double lp with the same lineup?

[JSngry]

Don't have/haven't heard the Horo, alas. so I don't know.

[JohnS]

Yeah. speaking of Black Saint, since that label's kinda not been readily/easily available for a while now, some of our younger viewers might not be aware of this masterpiece:

I love this one too. It would be great to see the Horo surface again. I can't understand why I didn't get it when it first came out.