Attention Hamiet Bluiett fans: The music sharing blog Pharoah's Dance has a download of an out-of-print Bluiett live recording from 1977. Originally issued on LP as S.O.S. (and later reissued in 1996 on CD under the title Im/possible To Keep, also now out of print) the session was recorded at an NYC venue called Axis and features Bluiett (pictured) on baritone sax, clarinet, and flutes; Don Pullen on piano; Fred Hopkins on bass; and Famoudou Don Moye on "sun percussion."It's online as four .zip files, which unzip into two discs worth of music. Following what seems to be a common convention among music sharing-sites, the locations of those files are listed in the comments section rather than hot-linked in the post itself. (While one could link directly to those files, that's looked upon dimly among music-sharing bloggers, because it deprives the blogger of hits and of interaction with fellow music fans.)
So, here's what you have to do: To download, go to the post's permalink here, scroll down to the comments, and use your mouse to highlight them, rendering the black-on-black text visible. In the first comment from site proprietor "vesper," you'll find the names of four files located on Rapidshare. Copy and paste the first file name into your browser's address bar, hit enter, and once the Rapidshare page comes up, follow the instructions to download the file. Repeat for parts two through four, then unzip the files, and enjoy. It's a somewhat convoluted process, but I suppose it keeps the 'bots and scrapers from eating up too much bandwidth, or something like that. And with all four musicians in excellent form, it's certainly worth the time it takes for a few extra keystrokes. .
Although I couldn't find any other recordings from St. Louis artists on Pharoah's Dance, the site does seem to have a lot of other interesting modern and avant-garde jazz stuff, so do take a good look around while you're there - and if you download, it's certainly polite to leave a comment or send an email to the blogger to say thanks.
As always, there's no telling how long this material will stay available online, so move fast if you want to snag a copy. And also as always, StLJN does not endorse, condone, participate in or publicize downloads of material that currently is available for purchase from a record label or artist. I'll only link to downloads of music that is out-of-print or that has never been commercially issued, such as radio broadcasts, board tapes, and so on. Please support your favorite musicians by attending their live performances and/or buying their legally available recordings.
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