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27 minutes ago, jazzbo said:
Not my experience. (I think I've mentioned it thrice perhaps, and felt it many times over the years). Glad to be wrong and glad it is not felt that way by others.
There’s nothing wrong with trying to get the best sound possible out of you’re speakers. In that extent I might be an audiophile too. I think the disdain is more directed at those more concerned with the sq than the actual music. And I don’t see you as one where that might be the case jazzbo 👍
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I saw him with Anouar Brahem this year and it was magic. Same goes for his attributions to Brahems new album.
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1 hour ago, mjazzg said:
It always bothered me, too much probably (I sold it on), that the Disques Transversales releases featured edited performances on some tunes. If this set is legit and rectified that I could be interested
Yeah I definitely agree. In my memory at least the tracks were complete where with the Shepp release they even cut them off. That really prevented me from getting it because that’s also a very interesting session.
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12 hours ago, Holy Ghost said:
Love Pharoah, but just LP only still. Mid-seventies Pharoah may be a strange, hit-or-miss-sounding bag, mixed with post-Trane, and easier listening. Weird, how bol. seems to be using Impulse! era photos (front side of the gatefold looks like it's from Tauhid '65 and the backside looks like Karma era '68 or '70).
Be curious what others think when you listen to this record.
That’s not bol.com using those photographs this is the actual artwork used by the label…. I’ve got a part of this session on the Disques Transversales label which was legitimate and from the tapes. It’s one of my favorite Pharoah Sanders sessions so curious to hear the rest but if this is a bootleg I”ll pass.
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So is up for pre order on a Dutch website
Doesn’t look legit to me. Any idea if it could be?
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such a great band. I especially find the combination of Davis/Waldron/Woode a very strong one. Part from the Benedictine Monastery record they must have recorded more those days. Still hoping for new records to be issued….Probably the only music for today. It’s gonna be a lovely 30/86 degree day here
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9 hours ago, Holy Ghost said:
LOLs. I may be homeless by the end of the week, but I will have the most kick-ass cd collection around!
A note about Reckless Records, it's not quite the same as it was when I was in Chicago 15 years ago. Far more care was given to CD's then now. For example, I'm sure we CD/LP collectors know that sunlight fades/ruins the colors on CD spines/covers, but Reckless is kinda', well, reckless. They put the jazz CD's right by the window, right in front of the sunshine, and the Impulse and Atlantic spines suffered the most, because of the orange and red colors. I probably would've bought more, but the damage to the CD art was already done. A shame.
In the city of Gent I saw boxes with LP’s outside in full bright sunlight at 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit)….
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28 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said:
I've been in Chicago since Monday, and my wallet is ready to shoot me, but after Signal Records and Reckless down the street on Milwaukee, I don't know how I am going to get through Dusty Groove without refinancing my home.
So far:
Stanley Cowell. Brilliant Circles. Freedom Japan mini LP.
Albert Ayler. Spirits, Debut Japan mini LP (upgrade from some mid-level label I have).
Cecil Taylor. Live at the Cafe Montmartre. Freedom Japan mini LP (original cover art!)
Paul Bley. Touching. Japan mini LP ( Röling art).
Dewey Redman. Look for the Black Star. Japan mini LP (Röling art).
Gabor Szabo. Spellbinder (Verve digi pak).
Lee Konitz. At Storyville. Storyville Japan mini LP 2 CD set.
Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer. Tonight's Music Today. Storyville Japan mini LP 2 CD set.
Bobby Hutcherson. Total Eclipse. BN Japan Budget (upgrade from the original CD issue).
Milt Jackson. Bag's Opus. UA/BN, not a club edition!
Jimmy Smith. At Club Baby Grand, vols I & II, BN Japan Budget
Dizzy Reece. Blues in Trinity. BN Connoisseur. Long story short, when my first daughter was 2, she spilled milk on the R's and this was one of the casualties. Bought the TOCJ because the Connie went OPP but it was missing the last three tracks. Nearly 25 years later...got it back!)
Kai Winding. The Incredible Trombones... impulse! Japan. Have the LP sleeve framed on the wall, now I can listen to the music! (I do not have a operating turntable)
Larry Young. Young Blues. OJC. 'Nuff said.
Great haul!!! Now spend the rest of your salary at DG
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Rest in peace.
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i use ChatGPT mainly to alleviate the annoying and boring aspects of my work. in education we have to justify a lot of things in writing. the mountain of policy documents keeps growing and although you are obliged to have it all on paper, there is not a soul who reads it... it is mind-numbing and demotivating. because I am half in front of the class and half in management as a department head, it takes up an even larger part of my work. in this area AI is real and a godsend. it produces high-quality documents, can critically review and test them and gives good instructions in areas that I know less about. it really saves me hours of work that I can now put into my lessons and students. in addition, I notice that ChatGPT can search much more efficiently and specifically than a search engine.
another way I use it is to clear up difficult passages in philosophy books I read. For exception now with Hegels book, it provides excellent explanations and summary’s which make me able to check if I actually understood what I’ve read.
it could also be very useful with jazz music. You could ask for 10 albums where Evan Parker plays solo saxophone or on which albums a specific jazz musician played with another. of course I realize that ChatGPT makes mistakes. when I asked as a trick question whether Charlie Parker and Coltrane had ever made a recording together, he replied that they had indeed 🫣
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17 minutes ago, mjazzg said:
Oh yes! And what a suit
Yeah cant get much cooler than this… well there’s always Superfly of course 😇
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2 hours ago, Niko said:
It probably already helps to read a translation... I heard that with Kant (who is easier to read than Hegel I guess) some educational programs in Germany give their students English translations to read because those are smoother ...
Kant could be tough but Hegel is definitely more complicated. I read in Dutch and I think reading it in another language than my first will make it even more complicated 😉 but I don’t mind. Just means I will get slower trough it and leave it aside on those evenings when I am tired or unfocused. Got his biography for those evenings which is very fun to read and gives his other book more context.
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The biography is an easy and enjoyable read. The Phenomology of the Spirit is also enjoyable but in parts almost unreadable. But I like a challenge and I’ve got ChatGPT on my side to get me trough it 😇🤣
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On 6/8/2025 at 9:05 PM, felser said:
And that label tends to do a really bad job at it, so often lopping tracks from classic albums, and reissuing parts of two classic albums together on one CD (their "Revisited: from.... t..." series. There is value when they include two full albums, and I like their design, but I wish the label would think.
I avoided those ezz-thetics releases up till now for several reasons. I always enjoyed the released by Hatology but came to find out they made the silly decision to omit essential tracks for cds there as well. The latest cd reissues of Steve Lacy’s Prospectus and Blinks for example should have been two cd sets but they decided to omit tracks and make it 1 cd. I bought the vinyl instead for that reason.
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22 hours ago, HutchFan said:
My favorite Charlie Rouse album from the 1970s:
Yes that’s a great one. The Strata East is cool but nothing spectacular. I think on this record he comes more into his own. Very solid band. I’d say @Dan Gould will like that one.
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On 6/8/2025 at 2:47 PM, Rabshakeh said:
Some favourites:
Maarten van Regteren Altena - Handicaps
Mark Dresser - Unveil
Peter Kowald - Was Da Ist
Barry Guy - Irvin's Comet
Domenico Sciajno - Broken Bridge
Joelle Leandre - Contrebassiste (Taxi)
Hard to pull off a solo bass record in my view. I have listened to many. Lots are excellent but few are really top tier. Given how important the *sound* of the instrument is, a lot comes down to sound quality in my opinion.
If you're willing to broaden to cello:
Abdul Wadud - By Myself
Erik Friedlander - Volac: The Book of Angels Volume 8
Thanks ! Been awhile since I’ve listened to the Kowald. I do know both the Wadud and Friedlander and like them a lot. Thanks for the tips
3 hours ago, mjazzg said:Pim, these two substacks might be of interest. One about Phillips, the other about Francois Rabbath and his solo bass playing
https://open.substack.com/pub/sunra/p/francois-rabbath?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1tklsf
https://open.substack.com/pub/sunra/p/barre-phillips?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1tklsf
Thanks Mark. I’m not familiar with him (yet)
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Never been there physically (well when I was 2). I’ve ordered lots of music from Black Monk who is specialized in jazz.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KuYze4tDVrQK174q8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
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Ah Rhodesian Ridgebacks are beautiful dogs, congrats Dan! It’s only going to take a few days before he puts his teeth in that cd/dvd/book collection 😋
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so glad this one was selected for the TP series. I just love Andrew Hill. I could definitely see why Matthew Shipp mentioned him in his ‘Black Mystery School Pianists.’
A true original on the instrument.
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As I was listening to the Sankt Gerold Tapes by Evan Parker, Barre Philips and Paul Bley I really enjoyed the parts where Phillps was soloing. Well I enjoyed every single part of the album but it made me realize i havent got a solo bass record. So my question: what are your favorite bass solo albums? Thy may only name five
Monnette Sudler - In My Own Way
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I was streaming this on Spotify and though I was enjoying the music a lot I was really annoyed by the bad sq. Was this recorded so badly or is this one of those Spotify mistakes? Anyone with the cd here to check?