June 29, 2023

[@HumanSidePress]

Bit more Shorter appears on Shepp's "Doodlin" and on the NYAQ "Call It Art" box and that is unfortunately it. There is also the matter of his written works -- literary, philosophical and music theory -- which were apparently rejected by a number of publishers. A prospective project for Human Side Press is to publish some or all of these writings.

[@diamond_marimba]

thanks for the information. yes I was intrigued by the mention of unpublished novels while reading about him. sounds like an amazing project you've embarked on, very much looking forward to it!

[@2WheelsGood]

I love the track Face of the Deep off All Seeing Eye. Everyone is on the hunt for Marion Brown now, including myself, and they don't pop up often in Arkansas.

[@seekingathread]

That intro was fun no doubt. Never seen that LP anywhere, the last Al Shorter. very sweet. That Shandar Tusques LP looks pretty stellar. Gonna have a peek for that one. I still await the Lovely feature but this is a great app.

[@pgpg4963]

Thanks Alex for This new vidéo. Hello from France. Phil

[@diamond_marimba]

salut

[@the-vinyl-dreamscape5084]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@diamond_marimba]

bien sur

[@MrLovell1971]

Alex awesome spotlight on Alan Shorter . I’ve never seen the Marion Brown on Fontana and ESP I’ve been digging his catalog recently. Alan Shorter Orgasim sounds interesting now I have to seek that one out . Shepp Coral Rock is a killer . I have to say in the early 70’s they were great jazz visionaries such as Alan shorter, Don Cherry to name a few great stuff Alex .

[@diamond_marimba]

lovell, yeah the French stuff is near impossible in the US but orgasm can be had if you're patient on fleabay. hope the air is better out your way.

[@michaelvalentini4869]

Alex, this was a fantastic dive into the world of Alan Shorter. I remember a bunch of ''us'' discussing ''Orgasm'', probably on a Davis Winchester live stream. I never owned an album by Marion Brown, as a leader, I gotta listen to ''Iditus'', which sounds like the name of the Greek god of Morons ( or idiots, ha ha). Alan Shorter died when he was engaged to marry Ruth Ann Hancock, a cousin of Herbie Hancock. Shorter also spent time teaching at Bennington College in Vermont, where Milford Graves and Bill Dixon were also faculty members.

[@diamond_marimba]

yes that engagement was an odd factoid i had read about. yes thanks for mentioning he was an educator, at least for a brief time.

[@michaelvalentini4869]

@@diamond_marimba Alex, my gut feeling is that if Alan stayed in Europe, his career might have been more fruitful, but he appears to have been a restless spirit.

[@Localbandography]

I recall when you got that Verve LP how stoked you were and for good reason. Great LP I still have never seen in a bin.

[@diamond_marimba]

yeah verve must have buried it, not even sure why they agreed to put it out, doesn't fit with Bill Evans, Kenny Burrell and cal tjader...

[@juliusjabbar1011]

nice feature... l only have Shorter on All Seeing Eye and a couple of Shepp lps.... l always found it puzzling that his album came out on verve, never seen it throughout all the years....

[@diamond_marimba]

the 2021 orgasm reissue is easy to find, grab it

[@rufus4023]

Excellent spotlight Alex, Al Shorter stuff is impossible to find, seems it’s due for a reissue series

[@diamond_marimba]

orgasm reissue is out, well worth it

[@scottguerin5741]

I think the clip was from the Magnetic Monster since it shows Richard Carlson who went on to be in the creature from the black lagoon & Frank Gerstle who was in a few Dragnet episodes. I think this was the only movie they appeared in together. Wayne Shorter was apparently a big comic book fan, so probably not all that surprising that his brother would have similar tastes. I have that ESP Marion Brown album but not any of the records led by Alan Shorter. Thanks for putting them on my radar!

[@diamond_marimba]

yes that's the film, I'll leave a link to that preview i used for those interested. interesting about Wayne and comics, had not heard that.

[@soundofminder]

I have (VMP version), and love Orgasm, All Seeing Eye and one or two he did with Shepp. Really like his compositions, and his style of playing but haven't gone on a deep dive yet.. Like you said, unfortunately a lot of the record he was on are long overdue for a reissue as the OGs are quite pricey.

[@diamond_marimba]

i'd say 5 of the 8 records i showed are not that hard to find under $50 since they have had multiple pressings

[@miketomlin6040]

Shorter sounds like a dogs dinner of foolishness, but merge it with some ideal visuals it blends in well.

[@diamond_marimba]

you have a powerful backhand mikey