Vinyl Freak

John Corbett is a music critic, record producer, and curator. He is the author of Microgroove: Forays into Other Music and Extended Play: Sounding Off from John Cage to Dr. Funkenstein, both also published by Duke University Press, and A Listener’s Guide to Free Improvisation. His writing has appeared in DownBeat, Bomb, Nka, and numerous other publications. He is the co-owner of Corbett vs. Dempsey, an art gallery in Chicago.

Track One / Formation of a Freak  1
Track Two / "News of My Death, Greatly Exaggerated," Quoth the Record  5
Column One / 2000–2003
Philly Joe Jones, Philly Joe Jones  15
Paul Gonsalves, Cookin'  16
Takashi Furuya with the Freshmen, Fanky Drivin'  18
Carsten Meinert Kvartet, To You  20
Melvin Jackson, Funky Skull  21
Gloria Coleman Quartet featuring Pola Roberts, Soul Sisters  23
Elmo Hope Ensemble, Sounds from Rikers Island  24
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Brotherhood  26
Morris Grants Presents J.U.N.K.  28
Tom Stewart, Sexette / Quintette  30
Kenny Graham and His Satellites, Moondog and Suncat Suites  31
John Coltrane, Cosmic Music  33
André Hodeir, Jazz et Jazz: Jazz Experiments; Triple Play Stereo, Pop+Jazz=Swing; Bill Russo Orchestra, Stereophony  35
George Davis Sextet, various acetates  37
Staffan Harde, Staffan Harde  39
Art Pepper, Chile Pepper  42
Jack Wilson, The Jazz Organs  43
Craig Harris, Tributes  45
Quintet Moderne, The Strange and the Commonplace  46
A. K. Salim, Afro-Soul / Drum Orgy  48
Tristan Meinecke, home recordings, 1939–43  50
Chico Hamilton Quintet, Sweet Smell of Success  52
Lehn-Strid, Here There; Klapper-Küchen, Irregular  54
Bill Leslie, Diggin' the Chicks; Thornel Schwartz with Bill Leslie, Soul Cookin'  55
Tony Scott and His Buddies, Gypsy  57
Herbie Mann, Great Ideas of Western Mann  58
Track Three / Freek, Not Snob  61
Column Two . 2004–2006
Afreaka!, Demon Fuzz  69
Contemporary Sound Series  70
Beaver Harris / Don Pullen 360-Degree Experience, A Well-Kept Secret  72
Mike Osborne Trio, Border Crossing  73
The Three Souls, Dangerous Dan Express  75
Steve Lacy, Raps  77
Halki Collective, Halki Collective  79
The Amran-Barrow Quartet, The Eastern Scene  80
Charlie Parke acetates  82
Tommy "Madman" Jones, A Different Sound and Just Friends  84
New York Art Quartet, Mohawk  86
Paul Gonsalves / Tubby Hayes, Just Friends; Paul Gonsalves All Stars Featuring Tubby Hayes, Change of Setting  88
Anthony Braxton, New York, Fall 1974  90
Herbie Fields Sextet, A Night at Kitty's  91
Air, 80° Below '82  93
Guy Warren with Red Saunders Orchestra, Africa Speaks—American Answers!  94
Barry Altschul, Another Time, Another Place  96
The Korean Black Eyes, "Higher"  97
Rufus Jones, Five on Eight  99
Johnny Shacklett Trio, At the Hoffman House  100
The Mad-Hatters, The Mad-Hatters at Midnight  102
Klaus Doldinger, Doldinger Goes On  103
Max Roach, Solos  105
Dick Johnson, Most Likely . . .  106
Phil Seaman, The Phil Seamen Story  108
Paul Smoker Trio, QB  109
Khan Jamal, Drumdance to the Motherland; Franz Koglmann, For Franz / Opium  111
Track Four / Brand New Secondhand: Record Collector Subcultures  113
Column Three / 2006–2012
Walt Dunn, seven-inch singles  123
Leonard Feather, The Night Blooming Jazzmen  125
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Modern Jazz Expressions  126
Archie Shepp, Plays the Music of James Brown; Cozy Eggleston, Grand Slam  128
Black Grass, Black Grass  129
Yoke & Yohs seven-inch  45
The Bill Dixon Orchestra, Intents and Purposes  132
Orchestre Régional de Mopti, Orchestre Régional de Mopti  134
The Jihad, Black & Beautiful . . . Soul & Madness  136
Milford Graves / Don Pullen, Milford Graves & Don Pullen at Yale University  137
Heikki Sarmanto Sextet, Flowers in the Water; G.L. Unit, Orangutang!  139
Ernie and Emilio Caceres, Ernie & Emilio Caceres  141
Maarten Altena, Papa Oewa  142
London Experimental Jazz Quartet, Invisible Roots  144
Sunny Murray, Big Chief; Solidarity Unit, Inc., Red, Black, and Green  146
Dick Wetmore, Dick Wetmore  147
United Front, Path with a Heart  149
Joseph Scianni, Man Running  150
The Residents, The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles  152
John Carter / Bobby Bradford Quartet, Flight for Four and Self Determination Music  153
Johnny Lytle Trio, Blue Vibes  155
Orchid Spangiafora, Flee Pasts Ape Elf  156
Noah Howard, Space Dimension  158
Baikida Carroll, The Spoken Word  159
Randy Weston, Blues  161
Charles Bobo Shaw Human Arts Ensemble Çonceré Ntasiah  163
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Double-7  164
Eddie Shu / Joe Roland / Wild Bill Davis, New Stars—New Sounds  166
Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley, Ailanthus / Altissima  167
Unidentified Kenyan Highlife Band, seven-inch test pressing  169
Track Five / Specialty of the House  173
Track Six / Anything Can Happen Day: Sun Ra, Alton Abraham, and the Taming of the Freak  221
Column Four / 2016
Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra, "Saturn" seven-inch single; Tom Prehn Quartet, Axiom  243
Track Seven / Run-Off Groove  247
Acknowledgements  249