B. Clugston

I wasn´t aware of that. Could you give any reference? CD Columbia COL 4713202 That was a Columbia France reissue IIRC. The same folks who brought us Ornette's Chappaqua Suite and the original CD issue of Such Sweet Thunder.

I'm with you on A Drum is A Woman. That was supposed to be out on Legacy by now, but nothing has happened since the merger. I'd also like to see Miles Davis Live at Fillmore East released unedited, but that's likely a job Sony would keep to itself, good relations with Vince pending.

I also recommend the 1964 Mingus European dates he was featured on. His solo on "Ow (Dedicated to a Genius)" was always a treat. The Amsterdam version is great, if it is still to be found.

Guts of a Virgin and Buried Secrets were the two first EPs. They both have gross out covers, the first as titled, the second of a human skull. I think the extreme bondage covers (not to mention the extreme torture cover from Leng T'che) were from Naked City releases. Buried Secrets has Justin K. Broadrick and G.C. Green of Godflesh on two tracks.

PainKiller picked up where Naked City’s hardcore miniatures left off, only with the added authenticity of Napalm Death’s Mick Harris on drums. Zorn and Harris had some mutual admiration, so they hooked up at Bill Laswell’s studio for two EPs of bad boy hardcore. Gratingly enjoyable in small doses, particularly if you like the glory days of grindcore. As Harris left the shackles of grindcore behind him and Laswell’s dub influence became prominent, the songs went from short blasts to longer pieces that included other non-hardcore elements, such as jazz and improv. This is what you get on Execution Ground. There are also a couple of live dates from 1994: Live in Osaka, which appears with everything else mentioned above on the 4-CD set, and Talisman, which is my favourite. With the latter, it is interesting to hear how far Harris had evolved from the Scum days The group has reconvened a few times over the years, but Harris has moved on to industrial and beats and bass projects such as Scorn and hasn’t played with PainKiller in years. The Zorn/Laswell/Hamid Drake plus Mike Patton edition of PainKiller from the Birthday Series was also surprisingly good. Laswell and Drake really lock into some great grooves under Patton’s screams and Zorn’s squonks. There is also another hard-to-find live CD from Japan (c. 1993) which features Haino Keiji.

I hope this is a classic rather than the Calgary-Tampa Bay snoozefest of two years ago. Edmonton has the momentum and more jump. I'd give the Oilers the edge in terms of coaching. Carolina has more talent, home ice advantage and Cam Ward, who cannot be faulted for the loss the other night. Too close to call, but I'm rooting for the Oilers. The latest I've heard is Doug Weight is not playing, but that could change in an hour.

Mine was Soft Machine's The Peel Sessions, a 2 CD set of BBC performances. The Hendrix at Winterland was another early purchase. First "jazz" discs were Brubeck's The Great Concerts and Getz/Gilberto.

Sad news. In a lot of ways, his music was the "star" in 2001. Lux Aeterna is an incredible work.

I take issue with Lonehill’s sloppy, misleading and unethical reissues. Two bad examples are Eric Dolphy Quartet’s Complete Recordings Featuring Lalo Schifrin (which does not even include Lalo Schifrin!) and Albert Ayler’s Complete Live At Slug’s Saloon Recordings, which is not complete and competes against a legitimate version that is complete. On the other hand, it’s not like a major label would ever reissue John Graas’ records and Lonehill did. But Lonehill crosses the line way too much for me. A shady label.

That's great news about Nonaah.

Thanks for clarifying. I've heard ATTO I and V before and I'd be interested in what the instrumentation/personnel are on the other discs. Cadence still has quite a few of the Sonore discs. I wonder if Leo got involved after Nick Dmitriev's death.

I was at the release party 4-5 months ago (with shy arts student girls who designed the covers for the CDs in the set in attendance). I like Tarasov, one of my favorite drummers, but I am not sure I really need 11 of his solo drum discs. Will I get this set? Surely I will. Eventually. (If the price is no more than USD90.) Did I mention that the set was sponsoired by The Ford Foundation? I find it quite amusing (and admirable). I'm presuming this is mostly previously released material. Not sure if I need 11 CDs of solo percussion either, but I'll buy it anyway, especially if is as well done as past major undertakings by Leo (ie. Document, Conspiracy, Divine Madness).

The 11 CD/1 DVD set of percussionist Vladimir Tarasov's ATTO pieces appears to be nearing release: http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_817/828

The pressure got to me. I just took the plunge and ordered through Verge.

There's some confusion as to whether Gaumont plays on Disc 1 on Dark Magus. If I recall correctly, Dave Liebman states in his liner notes to the U.S. Dark Magus that Gaumont takes the first solo. However, I read somewhere (in Jack Chambers book, IIRC) that Gaumont himself said he came on stage with Azar Lawrence mid-concert (ie. Disc 2). I don't hear a third guitarist on Disc 1.

Albert Ayler is getting the Impulse Story treatment. Tracks are: Holy Ghost Truth Is Marching In Angels Love Cry Bells New Grass / Message From Albert Free At Last Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe Water Music Untitled Duet Where's "For John Coltrane"? In fact, other than the first two tracks, it's like an Ayler for Lovers. There's more info and cover art at: http://www.ayler.org/albert/html/what_s_new.html

I've seen references to a June 1970 date for My Goal's Beyond as well as the February date for Devotion. Devotion was released first. Don't own either, so I have no way of confirming.

Labrynth is worth a listen--performances of Harrison's early works by a percussion ensemble.

maybe you should ask the question: who's making all the money off these endless re-celebrations of the music of Satchmo, Bird, Miles, Monk, Mingus, Trane, etc. it isn't the artists, they're long gone. if it's live, like Mingus Big Band, then cool, musicians who need the money get paid for the gig. if it's just more reannotated recompilations of multiple existing compilations of remastered digital masters of vinyl ... you gotta ask the question: how come the average jazz musician can't pay the bills ? part of the answer is that this deification of a few great artists puts much of the jazz buying public into an obsessive-compulsive mode. they don't want to take risks. what's the risk in another Miles or Trane session ? none. it's all great. but how does that help cats who are alive today trying to survive making music ? Anyone interested in On the Corner and Beyond is going to take risks. It's the Miles/Coltrane/Armstrong for Lovers crowd who aren't. And they probably aren't interested anyway.

Bobby Previte will likely be one of those people upset by On the Corner and Beyond's apparent delay. He wrote the liner notes for On the Corner's live follow-up, Miles Davis In Concert at Philharmonic Hall.

Well, anything prior to 1950 or so would almost have to be comps. They didn't have "albums" back then (at least not in the way you're apparently suggesting). Unless you'd have them replace Pops' "Hot Fives" with "Hello Dolly." And if you watched Ken Burns' Jazz, you might get the impression "Hello Dolly" was one of the greatest jazz albums ever.

That would be Third Stone from the Sun, where he performs with the Soldier String Quartet.

He's an interesting player who has performed in a lot of avant-garde contexts and plays a wide gamut of flutes. The only disc I have of his as a leader is Worlds of If on Leo, which may in fact be OOP. It's mostly solo, with some overdubbed pieces and a duet with Ned Rothenberg. I recommend it, particularly the rumbling bass flute he plays on the opening track.

Because we are fans of Miles Davis. And if the BMG cheapo routine prevails, it won't just be Miles Davis fans that are unhappy.

Further update from Miles Beyond. Bad news, considering BMG's history of back catalogue neglect. http://www.miles-beyond.com/news.htm "OK, here's the current SonyBMG insider story, inasfar as it can be known. Reports suggest that there's a war going on within the company between the Sony side and the BMG side, which the latter is winning. This apparently means that the accountants having taken over, one of whom has stipulated that all jazz titles are now subject to draconian accounting rules that leave only compilations un-affected. This far-reaching measure led an informant to complain that the accountants were in effect "wiping out an entire music genre... the jazz album." "With regards to Miles releases this means that as things stand, only the below-mentioned 80th anniversary album is still definitely on the cards. The release of the Evolution Of The Groove album is uncertain, as is the release of the 1967 Stockholm live DVD. Work on the On The Corner & Beyond boxed set has been halted... "