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Hi to all. Maybe someone could enlight me about a - seemingly - download only release of Mal Waldron. https://www.qobuz.com/de-de/album/the-search-mal-waldron/0660652803024 I only know the tune "The Search". It's on the ENJA album "A Touch of Blues" and has 8 minutes and a bit. But the one on Qobuz has more than 18". And "Entrance" is unknown to me. Searched the web and also all my Tom Lord Jazz discography CDr plus the Walter Bruyninckx discography. But nothing came up. Anyone?

The source for the No Business' LP/CD is an audience recording. The MAMAstudios managed to improve the rather muddy sound of the source considerably. So they did a very good job IMO.

The line-up is as follows. Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, flugelhorn Manfred Schoof, trumpet, flugelhorn, bach-trumpet Tomasz Stanko, trumpet Bernard Vitet, trumpet Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone Malcolm Griffiths, trombone Paul Rutherford, trombone, tenor horn Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone, flute Michel Pilz, bass clarinet, flute, soprano saxophone Heinz Sauer, baritone, tenor & alto saxophone Peter Brötzmann, tenor & baritone saxophone, bassetthorn Derek Bailey, guitar Alexander Von Schlippenbach, piano, percussion J.B. "Buschi" Niebergall, bass, bass trombone Peter Kowald, bass, tuba Arjen Gorter , bass,electric-bass Han Bennink, drums, shell-horn, dhung, gachi Paul Lovens, drums, percussion Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement At the concert at least three titles were recorded and filmed. 1. Globe Unity 70 (A. von Schlippenbach) 17:51 2. Ode (M. Schoof) 12:54 3. Drunken in the Morning Sunrise (P. Brötzmann) 9:53 Recorded on November 7, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Berlin. (track 1 was released on Atavistic [UMS/ALP 223CD]) Kowald is playing his tuba on "Drunken in the morning sunrise". The title of Brötzmann's tune "Drunken in the Morning Sunrise" reminds me about the circumstances for the recording sessions of "Machine Gun". Brötzmann and Buschi Niebergall went - after the first part of the session - for some beers. Eventually they took shelter for a nap at a building lot. Next morning Niebergall and Brötzmann woke up, had a mouthful of beer and went back to the "Lila Eule" for the second part of their recording session. But maybe the title is a general allusion to such a situation which should have happened quite frequently during those times. A truncated version of Ode is also available at youtube. Don't know how to add a video/link here so if interested please follow: Ode by M.Schoof

Looking forward to the CD. In Germany it will be released on March 25. BTW: the title "Lathe of Heaven" probably refers to a SF book as well. The Lathe of Heaven is a book written by Ursula K. Le Guin from 1971. Seems Mark Turner likes some SF similar to Wayne Shorter.

Terry Pollard

...pavement pub? Does it mean that you're literally on the pub's outside enjoying a pint?

Yes I would prefer a CD as well. But if the music is on vinyl I take a vinyl (or even a cassette if necessary or whatever). ... Black Editions aquired the rights for the Japanese label PFS, which had only CDs. But not much has happened insofar.

Interesting, never saw a CD jukebox. But The Three Crowns sounds nice: great pub and jukebox. My main interactions with a jukebox was at an old bavarian pub with a beer garden in summer. Plus they had (and still have) a bowling alley and on the other side of the buildings a shooting range for - I suppose - air riffles. And not at least there's an old big cannon from the German / French war 1870/71 on the right side of the area's entrance. All this a few hundreds meter away from the local peak from there one had a great view to the local lake (Starnberger See) and the mountains in the background. Now the trees are cutting any view into the distance.... seems my memory got a flash...

Did you actually see jukeboxes in the 1990s? If memory serves me right I saw the last (ruined) jukebox sometime in 1987/88.

Yep I agree. Unfortunately the jukeboxes I experienced during the 1970s here in Bavaria didn't include such music....

Don't know wether this upcoming release was already mentioned here. Peter Brötzmann / William Parker / Milford Graves double LP is due for the end of January 2022 through Black Editions. Pre-order is available as of now (already ordered a copy).

I have the LP and the sound and production is really good. Also did some research, after I've aquired the vinyl, wether the music is really previously unreleased and came to a positive result. Track B3 is not music but Koller telling some stories. All in all I'm happy with the edition although - if asked - I would rather recommend the Black Lion release. But for all those who enjoy the music of Pettiford/Koller/Zoller it's a no-brainer.

I would like to add two observations. One I've made a few years ago and the other one only recently. 1. According the new book about Anthony Braxton (by Tim Hoyer; released this November in Germany / 700pp - ISBN 978-3-95593-000-4) Arista sold 20.000 copies of their Braxton LPs as of 1977. "For Trio", "For Four Orchestras" and "Alto Saxophone Improvisation 1979" weren't even released by then. 2. There's a jukebox version of John Coltrane's "Ascencion". Seems unbelieveable but take a look at Mats Gustafsson website.

The artist of these pictures is definitely not Jutta Hipp but a German graphic designer, painter and film maker named Tony Munzlinger (*1934). The picture refering to Monk was used already for the British Band Spectrum (with a.o. Kenny Wheeler and Bobby Wellins). And there is a Woody Hermann compilation on Verve with another picture by this artist. These pictures are from his 1965 book titled "Jazz". Take a look at some of his pictures here.

He had still so many plans - he wanted to be 96 years old. But his heart thwarted his plans. Maybe one day his two autobiographies (kind of - actually he didn't like autobiographies) will be translated into English. A friend and mentor - R.I.P.

The artist (the leader that is) for the proposed reissue on Blue Note never had a leader date on BN. I'm even quite sure that he was never on a Blue Note release at all. The pianist had leader dates on CD but not on LP, although he could have had it because of his age. Sorry but I won't reveal the name in public at this stage. As far as I recall it Matthias told me that the idea for this release came from a kind of poll Blue Note did some time ago. Is there something like a BN club or appreciation society related to Blue Note?

He did not say anything about a release outside of Japan. But during the last few years I've already asked him several times about the prospect of ENJA reissues for the European and/or US market. Or at least to re-import some to Germany. But reimport doesn't make sense financially. And at least in Germany there's seemingly not so much interest in these re-editions. So in short: no. - For my part I shall do order it in Japan. He has the CD already but only one copy. He never cared that much about an archive of his own productions. This sometimes leads to challenging situations. Some weeks ago he mentioned that he was asked by Blue Note about a vinyl reissue of an ENJA title on Blue Note Records. But it seems that the master tapes are gone.

Had a short telephone call with Matthias this afternoon. He said that the remastering is done in Munich, Germany by an old companion (won't add his name here). So Ultra-Vybe / Solid Records is not responsible. Apart from that I've asked him about the upcoming Cecil Taylor CD on Solid Records and he confirmed that the recording is a solo recording from Ruvo 2000 and not from 2009! It's actually the recording I've mentioned above.

CT with the Italian Instabile Orchestra was on September 10, 2000 (not 2002) and it was released by ENJA in 2003. A google translation shows that this new CD is a solo performance and previously unreleased. Here's what google does reveal from the Japanese: "Free jazz icon Cecil Taylor arrives in Luvo (sic!), Southern Italy in 2009! A completely unreleased sound source work that contains the pattern of a fierce solo performance live that repeatedly hit the piano with overwhelming concentration." Related: Matthias Winckelmann from ENJA told me (again) last week that he is pondering about a DVD of the solo performance by CT which was recorded during the Talos festival where "The Owner of the River Bank" was recorded as well. I advised against this project and recommended a CD instead (maybe with a DVD included). The producer of the ENJA reissues in Japan has a similar opinion about a DVD release (sorry but I've forgot his name). Plus the above mentioned CD (with the Italian Instabile Orch.) from 2003 was recently reissued by Solid Records in May this year. Seems a bit unlikely that they do this re-release twice the same year.

Better a bit wet than too dry: But we could try wet 'n' dry - cheers!

It sounds good! But Martin Davidson is not Manfred Eicher - so it sounds not so wet as an ECM release. But it is IMHO a set to get.

I've the book too - and I would argue it is a reliable source. And not at least my old boss Manfred Scheffner, one of the co-founders of ECM, was at the concert. So I was always quite sure that this recording had really happened at the Domicile and not in a studio. Wether they added reverb or whatever during the mixing and mastering process I do not know. Plus I would like to add some informations about an unreleased studio session in my collection Mal Waldron has recorded in Munich on November 10, 1967 at the Trixi Studio. The line-up is Olaf Kübler (ts); Mal Waldron (p); George Mraz (b); Hartwig Bartz (d) The program: 1 Fire Waltz (M. Waldron) 3:37 2 Frustration (M. Waldron) 3:33 3 Soul Eyes (M. Waldron) 2:56 4 Misterioso (T. Monk) 3:12 5 Misterioso (T. Monk) 3:40 6 Rhythm-a-ning (T. Monk) 2:46 7 Doxy (S. Rollins) 3:02 8 Oleo (S. Rollins) 2:50 9 Four (M. Davis) 3:32 10 Four (M. Davis) 3:53 11 St. Thomas (S. Rollins) 2:43 12 Let's Call This (T. Monk) 4:08 13 Oleo (S. Rollins) 2:47 Kübler plays only on tracks 7 - 13. Got this when I've bought the remaining stock of a Munich company which had produced this session. I've aquired several CDr with the complete session but also with some titles only. The music on the CDr was culled directly from the master tapes. All in all I would say that this session was a more traditional affair but enjoyable, IMHO. The line-up is: EORGE MRAZ(b), HARTWIG BARTZ(dr)UBLER(ts tracks 7 - 13)

Maybe it's old news here but Martin Davidson has reissued "Used To Be" (plus an alternate take of "Trudgin'") on Emanem in 2016. The double CD also includes a.o. more music from the 1961 Bremen concert.

Me too - bought the CD and got the download immediately after payment - and it's great. IMO this was a safe bet. And the Victo I've ordered yesterday from Squidco. I have Mars Song and maybe some energies from the duo will have leaked to the ensemble's playing. The duo was recorded four days before the EAE was playing.

This is a new Electro-Acoustic Ensemble CD recorded in 1996. This time with Sainkho Namtchylak plus Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Phil Wachsmann, Marco Vecchi, Walter Prati and Evan Parker. And another EAE is due for release on Fundacja Sluchaj. Not only that they offer a bigger picture of the cover but they do reply to questions and requests. This was recorded in Poland 2019. The line-up is as follows: Evan Parker - soprano Matt Wright - laptop and turntable Paul Lytton - percussion and analogue electronics Richard Barrett - sampling keyboard Paul Obermayer - sampling keyboard Percy Pursglove - trumpet Peter van Bergen - bass and Ab clarinets Mark Nauseef - percussion Sten Sandell - piano and synthesiser Adam Linson - bass and electronics