Comments on: Avant-garde cracking the $2000 Bin on eBay

By: GST

GST — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 18:28:21 +0000

Ordered. Thanks for the heads up.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 02:43:40 +0000

Some of Creator Spaces is on that new Boston Creative Jazz Scene comp that Cultures of Soul put out last month, which also features music by Mark Harvey, Stanton Davis, and Arni Cheatham.

By: GST

GST — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 23:16:36 +0000

Thanks for the post. Love learning about new albums. I listened to The Creator Spaces on youtube and really enjoyed it. Any good place to get reissues of this stuff?

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:13:26 +0000

Oh yeah, the ZA stuff is amazing — although Plunky being part of Xaba’s group makes me think of it as more of a Juju offshoot. But I’m not as well versed in that group’s history as some are.

Couldn’t get into the Elysian stuff when I heard it years ago but may try again if I find it for a less-than-insane price. And yes, Black Unity Trio is a wonderful record — would love to have an OG of it but have never been able to score one (or passed on the abused copies that pop up).

Being a fan of the Euro-skronk, Unlawful Noise is an essential blast. It’s a room-clearer and the jacket artwork is also wonderful.

By: gregorythefish

gregorythefish — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:50:36 +0000

yay! free jazz!

any lovers of ndikho xaba, kings in exile, etc out there?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:26:11 +0000

I like these non-Blue Note posts, it’s interesting to see what else is out there (out there – see what I did?)

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:16:11 +0000

Say it ain’t so! A NON Blue note for big bucks? No Rudy, no ear, no way! What gives?

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:39:20 +0000

Clifford et all: is anyone familiar with a modal private set out of MA on Despa, titled Elysian Fields? Really beautiful stuff, but rare as all get out. Shows up on ebay once or twice in a blue moon.

By: lennib

lennib — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 10:54:21 +0000

Hello back at you Mark. Agree re Black Unity. It’s possibly, to my ears, the best example of the fire of that era. ( Like Ayler, out of Cleveland!) All the energy, anger, frustration of the times. Like the cover of that Shepp Dixon lp which has Shepp standing in front of window in bleak looking apartment, those days were of intensity in music and a revolutionary spirit in the air.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 05:41:04 +0000

Hi Lenni…

The Black Unity Trio album is indeed an amazing album; it’s my personal favorite private American free jazz album of all the ones I’ve heard or have owned. I lucked out on a strong VG+ copy(cleaned up to sound almost NM) for only $125 a few years back..it usually sells in the $1000 range!