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27 minutes ago, Clunky said:
Thanks for this tip. My copy just arrived. What a group. Pat Thomas is a master..but then the whole thing swings and heaves. It's like being hit by a heavy object and yet enjoying the experience.
looking forward to hearing this in due course.
'Musho' is outstanding
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45 minutes ago, optatio said:
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Saw them live, very good indeed
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2 minutes ago, felser said:
Sound quality is fine for a live recording, does not detract at all though it's not audiophile, and the music is fabulous. I had not known about it either, which is why I was so late to the game on it. Simmons and Donald both in great form on it.
Definitely interesting
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1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:
This really made me chuckle
Only thanks to your original post which made me splutter my coffee
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34 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:
I agree.
"Church influence" is funny in this case, since presumably it comes from records. I'm not sure of how substantial the pentecostal saxophone scene was in East Sussex in the mid- to late-1960s, but I'd guess that the answer is 'not very'. Where did he first come across this stuff, and what other records are there that influenced him? Vernard Johnson is not exactly a house name of here. One thing that I don't hear much with Butcher is an Ayler influence, which is where you would have assumed he would have started from.
It's a good record by the way. Very enjoyable as breakfast music, even if my wife is a bit less tolerant of outwardly churchy music.
Yes, sounds like he skipped Ayler and went to the source. I do remember reading about a small, very local pentecostalism that developed from some of the post Civil Wars sects and had survived in the Downs certainly into the 50s, documentation suggests. I wonder if a young Butcher came across them whilst seeking out local cisterns in which to practice.
Also, just remembered Prevost's mention of the Diggers and Muggletonians and their influence on the early structural identities of improvisation in East Anglia. Possible cross-pollination?
Have to say, I agree with your wife
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46 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:
Vernard Johnson - I'm a Witness Too
I forget who on this board recommended this gospel saxophonist. Apparently a big influence on John Butcher.
$2 purchase from Zia Thunderbird from a recent trip to Phoenix, Arizona.
I find Butcher's church influence increasingly apparent in his solo work. Funny how that can happen with age.
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Keiji Haino & Peter Brötzmann - 'The Beginning Or The End, Which Will Be The First To Admit It's Opponent' from the Black Editions box set
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If anyone's going to get more copies it's likely to be Oto, the set's producer is ex Oto staff
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The Bear, series 2 'Fishes' episode aka Xmas with the Berzattos. Just great television
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45 minutes ago, sidewinder said:
Yeah, it's nice - and very varied stylistically too, something for everyone for the audience who were there. Originally wasn't going to get this one on LP but succumbed. Sonically it isn't audiophile but is very acceptable. I'm not a fan overall of the Yusef Atlantics and this one is very much in his acoustic/non-fusion bag. Lots of solo space for Kenny Barron, not surprisingly.
Thanks
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2 hours ago, jazzbo said:
Stefon Harris and Blackout present “Urbanus” cd
Quite a presentation.
RIP Casey Benjamin. It was a fine band with him, hopefully they'll find a way to continue without him
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17 minutes ago, sidewinder said:
Yusef Lateef 'Atlantis Lullaby - The Concert From Avignon' (Elemental 2LP)
Thoughts?
On my list to try and snag this evening
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3 minutes ago, Pim said:
Coltrane's Village Vanguard Box set is my favorite probably. There's not a single bad note at that set. It's one of the few sets where I really don't mind the fact that there are four takes of the same track on it.
That's a good call
I'd also add a vote for Peter Brötzmann's two sets '3 Nights In Oslo' and 'Long Story Short'
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18 minutes ago, Pim said:
Fascinating record from a Hungarian group recording with John Tchicai. I hear influences by Albert Ayler, Abdullah Ibrahim and Pharoah Sanders. Some free passages, spiritual jazz, free improvisation and compositional music. Pretty adventurous stuff. I’d call this my 2024 discovery for now.
Perhaps some prejudice of me but I did not expect a 1983 record from Hungary to sound so good!
Maybe they already know it but I am pretty sure this is the league of @mjazzg@Rabshakeh@soulpope and perhaps also @HutchFan
Nice one. Yes, I have it and was equally pleased when I bought mine. Haven't listened to it for a while but shall dig it out
Whilst talking about Tchicai, have you got this one @Pim? Not to be missed
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His most recent release
https://www.discogs.com/master/3409174-John-Blum-David-Murray-Chad-Taylor-The-Recursive-Tree
His Discogs shows at least 4 releases since 2020. Definitely still active
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Played London last year with the quartet featured on Intakt
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2 hours ago, kh1958 said:
Kayhan Kalhor and Toumai Diabate, The Sky is the Same Colour Everywhere (Real World)
Lovely music
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Billy Harper - Capra Black [Strata East, 1973]
I really should play this more often
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13 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:
United Front - Live In Berlin
Terrific band
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22 minutes ago, T.D. said:
Sorry, I was referring to my Belgian classical purchase.
I checked (my most likely suspects: DMG, Squidco, DG and Forced Exposure) yesterday and did not find any US dealers stocking the Ahmed box. Although Dusty Groove showed an upcoming 2-LP set on Astral Spirits (iirc) that might be a subset of the box.
The Astral Spirits is not a subset. Different concert, from Glasgow.
I bought my copy from Seymour Wright in person the other day and had a very pleasant short chat with him. He was very pleased with how both the box set and the AS double LP have come out.
I haven't listened to the LP release yet.
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9 hours ago, T.D. said:
Based on the bandcamp site quoting price in Swedish Krona (SEK), I assume Sweden.
I initially stopped there, BUT on review the shipping fee is actually quite reasonable, although I expect the effective exchange rate (net of credit card or Paypal surcharge) to be less favorable than quoted:
"that’s $45.69 USD, plus $9.59 shipping for United States."
That's less than I paid and I collected it from Café Oto!
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I used to look at Burning Ambulance a fair bit before it went to Substack, not sure why not since. It covered a breadth of music, not just Jazz but predominantly so. It was always very readable.
I'm hoping this will be good. CT deserves that at the very least, lots to get in.
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On 4/15/2024 at 7:10 PM, jazzbo said:
I ordered that yesterday, looking forward to it.
1 hour ago, Steve Reynolds said:Ordered
The box set is very good indeed. I wasn't able to get to the Oto residency they did last week, bet that was blistering
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11 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:
Saw James Brandon Lewis last night at the Vortex, with his touring Quartet of Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones and Chad Taylor.
Not a group that I like that much on record but I found them very absorbing live, particularly Jones and Taylor. As is often the case, music that can seem a little wandering on record makes sense when you can see the players in action.
Chad Taylor's always good
I can't seem to get Brandon Lewis, all a bit blustery
What vinyl are you spinning right now??
in The Vinyl Frontier
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Got my copy after you posted about it a while back, playing here now too