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  2. obscure 1964 Friedrich Gulda piano trio album, with Jimmie Rowser & Albert Heath (a little bit progressive?)

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    4 hours ago, mikeweil said:

    I remember a TV show where he demonstrated jazz improvising methods and structures for classical listeners - maybe the first crossover artist? 

    I once saw the Fuchs couple peform, but cannot remember Gulda being with them. It kind of encouraged us to consider releasing our rehearsal tapes .... :g

    I think I had that album, but saw no point in keeping it - not when you can do that kind of thing yourselves.

    That resembles the good old "Any three year old with a brush could paint this" argument against abstract art, doesn't it? :)

  3. obscure 1964 Friedrich Gulda piano trio album, with Jimmie Rowser & Albert Heath (a little bit progressive?)

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    3 hours ago, jlhoots said:

    I saw Tootie tonight at the George Cables concert in Albuquerque. He said he remembered very well playing with Gulda. According to Tootie, Gulda was eccentric & once played a concert in the nude.

    I didn't know about the concert in the nude, but I'm not surprised. In parallel to his "straight" classical career, Gulda was really into experimental and free music in the 1970's.

    Gulda fans with adventurous tastes should check his recordings with the wonderful Anima. Here's a picture of the back cover of the first LP, with Gulda proudly signing the declaration that all the music is totally improvised. That's a pretty long way from your ordinary Beethoven recital.

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  6. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    1 minute ago, Big Beat Steve said:

    An amazing "period" cover ...

    Another one of those covers where the record producers tried to cash in visually on the teen market.

    It might be interesting to try to find out at which concert featuring which "name" artist(s) this photo was actually taken.

    It's very similar to the cover of Ray Charles's "Yes Indeed!" album, isn't it?

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  7. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    12 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    Seeds was the original pressing -- that was Mait Edey's label. My understanding is that as Seeds was in the process of folding, Jeanne took the tapes and issued it herself on Earthforms (this was also back in the 1970s). Now, a new "Earthforms" pressing has appeared but I cannot imagine it's connected to her heirs as they have been very protective (and rightly so) when it comes to her material being reissued posthumously. 

    That's my understanding too. The Seeds label original (with a slightly different cover design) is quite rare. I guess there were more records pressed than covers made, because you can find (vintage) copies with a Seeds label in an Earthforms cover.

    Discogs now lists 2018 "exact repro editions" of the Earthforms ànd the Seeds issue, both supposedly limited to 300 copies. The rather strange world of bootlegging...

    Anyway, it's a beautiful album.

     

  8. 21 CD box of Art Ensemble of Chicago on ECM

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    5 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    Having revisited some 80s AEC material at a friend's house recently, I was reminded of how GOOD they were at that time. Maybe my tastes have changed or I've heard more music in the ensuing 20 years, but those ECMs really stand the test of time as much (if not more than) the earlier work.

    The box is a great deal; too bad I have most of the CD-era stuff already...

    I beg to differ. For me, none of their ECM's comes even close to their 60's work. Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy vs "Numbers1 & 2"? "The Third Decade" vs "People In Sorrow"? Not in the same league, really.

    That said, I understand the excitement. The box includes a lot of very good to excellent music and seems great value. But I would love to see the same deluxe box treatment for their complete 1969-1971 European recordings.

  9. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    On 10/1/2018 at 0:39 AM, optatio said:

    Agreed!

    Here is the back cover:

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    But Kent Carter claims that he's the bassist - see discogs: https://www.discogs.com/de/Mal-Waldron-The-Whirling-Dervish/release/2509314 

    Here is the text on the back cover enlarged:

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    Who is right?

     

    On 10/2/2018 at 3:34 AM, clifford_thornton said:

    It's an excellent album though admittedly I haven't had it on deck in ages. Will listen and report back, as Carter is very easily identifiable. I assume one could ask Peter Warren as he's alive and well.

    I'm pretty sure the bassist on "Whirling Dervish" is indeed Kent Carter.

    On 10/1/2018 at 1:14 PM, mjazzg said:

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    Anima - Monte Alto  [Play It Loud, 2015]

    beautifully presented reissue of some fascinating music

    I love Anima. Not only the music, but the whole "concept".

    Limpe Fuchs is in her late 70's now, but still going strong.

  12. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

     

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    Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Les Stances A Sophie [Nessa]

    so happy to finally have this on vinyl. An important album in my journey to Jazz, hearing 'Theme De Yoyo' over a club sound system in the early 80s and having to ask the DJ what it was

    Congratulations. But the hunt goes on for an affordable copy of the Pathé original :P.

    Discogs lists an incredible total of 10 (ten!) pressing variations of the Nessa. I wonder if this was such a big seller.

  13. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    15 hours ago, JSngry said:

    Thanks!

    What else besides the Mingus & Gillespie things did they give to Fantasy to release on Prestige, anything?

    There are a couple of Art Ensemble sessions for the America label that were reissued on Prestige.

    Actually, "America" was the jazz label of the French Musidisc company (distributor of Fantasy/Prestige in France), so it would have been more like a two way traffic in the 1970's.

  14. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    On 20-9-2018 at 10:18 PM, erwbol said:

    You all need to hear the Platinum SHM-CD of A Love Supreme with a flat transfer of the master tape. A thing of great beauty. 

    Intrigued by this post, I spent a small fortune (for a CD, that is) and bought a copy.  It sounds awesome, so thank you for pointing me there.

    Quite coincidentally, the next CD I played (another recent purchase: the 2017 Emanem reissue of Spontaneous Music Ensemble's "Karyobin") was also a revelation, soundwise. Although completely different (Karyobin is not a flat transfer, but a remix and remastering from the original tapes), both CD's put to shame 99 out of 100 CD reissues I ever heard.

  15. BFT 174--access and discussion

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    Other members did the hard work for me, but track 4 is "Lifetime" from Randy Weston's "With These Hands" album with Cecil Payne. Nice track.

    As for track 2, the Dylan clue made it very easy to identify Michael Moore's Jewels and Binoculars trio (with Lindsay Horner and Michael Vatcher). That was a full-time Dylan cover band (and a very good one too).

    I listened to track 3 for Kenny Wheeler, but would have like it a lot more without the guitar and the organ. Google helped me out here: it's "Speak Easy" from John Abercrombie's "Open Land" album.

  16. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    15 hours ago, mjazzg said:

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    Niels Viggo Bentzon - Third Stream Music [Centrifuga]

    another excellent reissue from this label

     

    15 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    haha, just put that on deck as well! Beautiful record, been after the original for ages but it's pretty damn tough to find.

    My copy of the reissue has also arrived. It seems they made only 150 copies of this one (it's numbered). It's a pity, really; because this music deserves a new and wider audience.

    I haven't found time yet to compare the sound with the original (kickstarter updates mentioned problems with test pressings), but the looks and the feel of this reissue are okay.

  17. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

    That looks like a very intriguing combination of musicians. How well does it work?

    For me, it didn't work. This kind of fusion project (backed by a big budget festival) is rarely, if ever, more than the sum of its parts, particularly on record. But I'm probably biased and I'd also like to hear Paul's opinion.

    Anyway, it might be useful to know that the original LP is still available (Cam Jazz).


     

  19. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    16 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    Ulrich Gumpert, Raud Malfatti, Tony Oxley -- Ach Was?! -- (FMP, Ger)

    pretty great example of this kind of thing if you are into this kind of thing.

    Give me this kind of thing any day. Above almost any other kind of thing.:)

    5 hours ago, mjazzg said:

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    Marzette Watts - Marzette And Company [ESP]

     

    3 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    That's one of the strongest jazz albums ESP released.

     

    1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

    I agree. Those bass clarinets...the vibes and Sharrock amongst all the other great playing and the writing. 

     

    His Savoy album ("The Marzette Watts Ensemble") is equally great, but unfortunately very hard to find and still not reissued.

    How about a deluxe Now-Again-Reserve edition with an extra LP of unreleased music, Clifford?

  20. John "Jabo" Starks, RIP

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    "Now tell you what I want you to do
    Now when I say hit it
    I want you to hit it
    You hear me, Jabo

    But when I say quit it
    I want you to quit it
    You ready, hit it, hit it
    Quit it

    Well, it looks like you
    Got a bad night tonight
    But you gonna be mellow
    I know you're all right
    Have another, nah, be cool

    All right, you ready
    Now hit it, come on
    Quit it

    Bud got tired and quit on us
    All right, you still got the groove
    You still got the groove
    Bring it up, bring it up, come on
    Bring it up, bring it up now
    Bring it up

    Antoinette
    Can you cut the thing down
    Fade me on outta here
    Cause I got to leave anyway
    Fade it on out, I'm gone"

    James Brown "Get It Together" (1968)

  22. BFT 169 Discussion Thread: Enjoyable and Zorn Free

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    Posted · Edited by corto maltese

    I really like track 4 (too bad about the fade-out). Is it Ethiopian by any chance?

    It could also be a track from one of Jazzman's "Spiritual Jazz" compilations.

     

    Track 5: those are Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Chili Dogs". Here's a link to an entertaining live version of this track ("Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs"):

    https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/05/rahsaan-roland-kirk-and-the-vibration-society-echoes-of-primitive-ohio-and-chili-dogs.html

     

  25. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

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    19 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    International Harvester -- Remains (live record 2) -- (Silence, SWE)

    really nice boxed set that collects the two original LPs and three albums of previously unreleased live recordings.

    Yes, that box sure looks tempting, especially if those unreleased recordings would be closer to Pärson Sound's more "outside" stuff. Are they? 

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