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Here's an upcoming gig schedule. AB is going to be racking up some frequent flyer miles. I'm sure the first-ever performance of Composition #19 for 100 tubas is going to be a trip! April: 29 - Anthony Braxton Trio - Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music - Dublin (Irland) http://www.sonorities.org.uk May: 12 - Anthony Braxton - Richard Teitelbaum - Angelica Festival - Bologna (Italy) http://www.aaa-angelica.com 13 - Anthony Braxton Trio - Fabbrica Europa - Firenze (Italy) option http://www.fabbricaeuropa.com June: 4 - Anthony Braxton' 100 Tuba Piece - Bang-on-a-Can Marathon - New York City (USA) Composition # 19 for 100 Tubas - World Financial Center Wintergarden Hall - World Premiere http://www.bangonacan.org 10 - Anthony Braxton' Ensemble Braxtonia - Kerava Jazz Festival (Finland) http://personal.inet.fi/yhdistys/keravajazz 18 - Anthony Braxton Sextet - Equator Festival - Singapore (Singapore) http://www.lasallesia.edu.sg July: 15 - Anthony Braxton - Gyorgy Szabados - Vladimir Tarasov - Bang-on- a-Can Marathon - Avignon (France) http://www.festival-avignon.com August: 12 - Anthony Braxton Twelvetet - Gulbenkian Foundation - Jezz em Agosto - Lisboa (Portugal) http://www.gulbenkian.pt December: 1 - Anthony Braxton Trio - Audio Culture - Rotterdam (Holland) http://www.lantaren-venster.nl

From the Tzadik website... Joseph Holbrooke Trio : The Moat Recordings Released Mar 2006 cd 1 time - 68:36 cd 2 time - 72:54 US Price $25.00 Tzadik is proud to present a legendary reunion of 'Joseph Holbrooke' comprised of three master musicians - Derek Bailey, Gavin Bryars, and Tony Oxley - from the first generation of British improvisers. Originally produced by Gary Todd in 1999, the release of this exciting and historic music was delayed for years under tragic circumstances. These are the first and only studio recordings by this all-star trio whose brief existence in the mid Sixties has been a whispered rumor for decades. Produced in cooperation with the Cortical Foundation, this is astonishing, revelatory musical communication of the highest order. This release slipped my radar. Does anyone have it? Opinions?

Good luck with the Pukwana disc. I'd love to buy a copy for myself, but there is no way that seller will be supplying either of you with an actual copy. That is the worst seller feedback rating I think I have ever seen on either Amazon or Ebay. 31% negative, 6% neutral, and many comments that he lists items he does not have in stock. Hmmm...interesting. He was listed as a "new seller" when I bought - no feedback. Looking at the feedback now (all recent), I'd say you are most likely right. We'll see. If it goes bad I'm not worried about getting a refund from Amazon. Sure do want that disc though.

Sounds like we had the same experience with Brandon Evans. Brandon also told me he was going to submit my name to DMG to have them send the discs but they never arrived. DMG told me Brandon didn't give them my name/address. And I never heard back from Brandon after that. That's the one and only time I've ever been burned on a music purchase.

I ordered mine a couple of days ago. Like you, the listing stayed active so I assumed they seller had multiple copies. Amazon just charged my account - I take that as a sign the disc has been shipped. Never had any past problems with Amazon sellers.

So has anyone picked up the solo CD-R? I have only his solo on Parallactic, released a couple of years back. Haven't spent much time with it yet. It is here in the "to listen-to" pile - but so far it's been pushed back by this little sucker: Parallactic...pisses me off every time I hear mention of the label. When that Simmons solo disc came out I ordered it, the Braxton solo disc and a couple others from Brandon Evans. I paid. He never sent the discs. Funny, I was in a used CD shop yesterday in Chicago and had that Fela disc in my hand but didn't pull the trigger - bought a remastered copy of Eno's Music For Aiports instead. How is it? Should I go back for it on my next trip?

Just spotted (and ordered) this one for a reasonable price on Amazon. I've been looking for it for ages - it's way, way out of print. The seller appears to have multiple copies. I figured others here might also be looking for it. Dudu Pukwana - In The Townships The band is Dudu Pukwana (alto), Mongezi Feza (trumpet), Harry Miller (bass) and Louis Moholo (drums). AMG Review

So has anyone picked up the solo CD-R?

I've always admired this one too. Nice work, as usual, Mark.

I'm a big fan of Dan Grzeca's work... Dan Grzeca gig posters Also Noel Waggener... Noel Waggener gig posters I have more of their posters by far then I could ever display in my home...at least tastefully.

Family Vineyard PO Box 12243 Raleigh, NC 27605-2243 USA I'm listening to samples right now. The label seems to have a nicely varied sound to it. Jason Bivins of Unstable Ensemble is a contributor to Signal To Noise. I enjoy his perspective and it led me to pick up the first couple UE discs. It's been a while since I listened to them but I recall liking both - the 2nd release moreso than the 1st I think. I'd have to dig them out and listen again to add any lucid commentary.

It looks good and sounds very good. Rivers challenged Don Pullen much more than Pullen's usual tenor associates at the time (George Adams and Chico Freeman in particular). A thoroughly 'out' session which reaches just shade of the Rivers-Cecil Taylor duets. This was one of the very first releases from Black Saint! Well, I'd beg to differ. I thought it was pretty weak (listening to it now - to re-confirm). It is a very simplistic work with first track having a lot of extremely predictable tenor wailing, and then a couple of tracks with Rivers doing these up-and-down nasal soprano runs (and a bit of unspectacular flute) - one of the tracks being silly rock-ish tune. Pullen is doing his regular thing which sound spectacular when you hear it for the first time (I was thrilled first timee I heard Pullen), but gets extremely predictable very soon. Drummer (Bobby Battle) is nothing special either. I do not really hear anybody challenging each other (or themselves)here - very lazy music, IMO. Tony, as Jon mentioned, Bhob Rainey's music is highly recommended. I enjoy immensely those few discs of his I have, pareticularly "Crawlspace / Universal Noir" on now-defunct Tautology label (should be still possible to find), and his solo "Inc." on Sachimay. I think trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum is also from Boston. Paul Flaherty occupies the fire-breathing spectrum of the Boston (and world) music, I guess, and he is very effective (and sincere, IMO) in this. He has a good, even admirable for stamina and determination, but somewhat limited in approach solo CD called "Voices" (on Wet Paint label), and a really excellent recently-released scream-fest Cold Bleak Heat: "It's magnificent, but it isn't war" (on Family Wineyard - also Boston-based label?) with Greg Kelley (!), excellent drummer Chris Corsano and Matt Heyner on bass. ------------------------ Meanwhile, Pullen/Rivers is over, and goes directly to the exile bin. If somebody wants to receive it one day, let me know. I'll actually listen to some Paul Flaherty now. ------------------------ Looks like Lotte Anker's "Six Row Barley" (Utech; edition of 100) is not available anymore - I would urge you to get this one - Anker is an excellent and original alto-saxophonist, and on this disc her partner is non other than Paal Nilssen-Love, and they do some miracles together (there is actually also some electronics guy who is providing some occasional unnecessery, but not too annoying, humming noisy fan background. Thanks for your recommendations and for the real-time review...I think I'll order "Duets & Solos" rather than "Capricorn Rising". (Witness here my attempt at curbing my music expeditures by selecting one or the other rather than just getting both.) Besides I can always trade you for it later if need be. And by the way, for you US board members the BS/SN sale at The Woods works out to about $9.60 a disc with shipping and VAT deducted.

If you do a search quite a few of these have been discussed here and in a Roscoe Mitchell thread in the Recommendations forum. Staying in the 80's I highly recommend 3x4 Eye, Duets and Solos (with Muhal Richard Abrams)Snurdy McGurdy(on Nessa), More Cutouts (on Cecma) and (stretching things to the early 90's) This Dance is For Steve McCall. Thanks again, John. I'm compiling what is turning into a rather large BS/SN order to take advantage of the sale and was curious about the Mitchell's - all of which (or nearly all) seem to have been released during the 80s. I forgot about that recommendations thread, I'll check it out. Pullen/Rivers "Capricorn Rising" is another one that looks good. Anyone have an opinion?

My pleasure. I'm just happy no one beat you to it. Of the 25 or so Bailey discs I've heard I think Aida is my favorite.

Fennesz' solo work (which I believe you are referencing) differs quite a bit from his collaborative work. I saw a live show of Rowe solo / Fennesz solo / Rowe and Fennesz duo not too long after Live at the LU was released. I prefered the live show and still don't love Live at the LU, although I enjoy listening to it on occasion. For melodic collaboration check out Polwechsel / Fennesz - Wrapped Islands. My recommendations for best places to start for Fennesz collaborations are Four Gentleman of the Guitar, with Keith Rowe, Toshimaru Nakamura and Oren Ambarchi, ErstLive 004 with Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide and Peter Rehberg and the orange disc on Charizma, with Werner Dafeldecker,Christof Kurzmann, Jim O'Rourke and Kevin Drumm. Your right the Fennesz I've heard is "Endless Summer", "Plus Forty Seven..." and "Live At Revolver". Thanks for the suggestions.

Thanks for posting this, Jon. Putting it together must have time consuming. There are some interesting selections and certainly lots of territory for me to explore. On a completely unrelated note, I picked up a copy of "Live At The LU" the other day. A couple of listens in I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. My (admittedly limited) experience with Fennesz led me to expect his playing on this would be sort of melodic or delicate (?) and that's certainly not the case - I don't mean that as a negative in any way.

RE: Black Saint / Soul Note Don't the forget the 3 Cecil Taylors - "For Olim", "Olu Iwa" and "Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)". Of the 3 my preference is "For Olim" but my bias is towards his solo performances. Others I enjoy include George Lewis "Homage To Charles Parker" and Frank Lowe "The Flam". Can anyone commment on the Roscoe Mitchells? Outside of the AEC I'm not at all familiar with his work during the 80s.

NPR covered this briefly this morning: History Museum to Chronicle Roots of Hip-Hop

Thanks for the link. Just noticed there's a new tribute out called "To: Elliott Smith From: Portland". Anyone heard it?

Apple announced today that they've lowered the price on the Shuffle players and introduced a new 1 gig Nano. Here's a bit of the press release... "512-megabyte Shuffle will now sell for $69, down from $99 previously. The 1-gigabyte model will sell for $99, down from $129. The 512-megabyte version holds about 120 songs. The new 1-gigabyte Nano, the sleek iPod model that won rave reviews from critics and consumers when it was introduced last September, was priced at $149. The 2-gigabyte Nano sells for $199 and holds about 500 songs; a 4-gigabyte model sells for $249."

I'll be in SF that weekend and was contemplating checking out Potter as well. I'll let you know if I decide to attend.

The Howard is oop, but still listed as available at JazzLoft. I wrote up the Feza a few times here. It is a fairly rough jam session, but I really like it. The Gahnold Trio (Flowers for Johnny) is excellent. It should probably be your next choice, out of the ones you listed. I have the new Drake / Tsahar on order. People at JC who have heard it all give it a thumbs up. The Dynamic Duo is good, but not essential. It is important as there was very little recorded Arthur Rhames prior to its release. I don't know the Bayashi. I hope that helps. Thanks, John. It does. And thanks for the tip - I just ordered the Howard from JazzLoft. Do you (or anyone else) have an opinion on the Michael Marcus?

I also received a sale notice from Jon Abbey over the weekend. I don't have it handy but I believe all Ersts are on sale for the month of February - single discs are $10 and doubles are $17 (I think).

SPOTTED: Clusone 3 - Rara Avis Joe Maneri - Coming Down The Mountain Listed as in-stock at Jazzloft.com for $19.99 each.

I also received a confirmation e-mail (very quickly) from Jan that factored the sale price into the order.