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Even if comped on the cover, I dunno if I could afford even the coat check there. 🤪 Not to mention food/drinks. Maybe parking as well...I wouldn't be surprised if that joint charged big bucks for something like valet parking in their own lot. For "smooth jazz"ers, tickets to the Yellowjackets on 27 April can be booked for a very reasonable $22.50-$82.50!

Small local events. Last Sunday: Jason Kao Hwang, Michael Bisio, Juan Pablo Caretti This Saturday: Steve Beck, classical solo piano Sunday: Abhisek Mallick (sitar), Pt. Subrata Bhattacharya (tabla)

Legit. Jazz in Britain bandcamp you can audition the whole thing. https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-spontaneous-event-live-1967-1969 "Coming Soon" to Dusty Groove for another physical CD (twofer) option...might be cheaper w. shipping.

OK, #3 is the tune Black Diamond written by Milton Sealey, which I know only in the RRK version from Rip, Rig and Panic. The BFT selection is of course another recording. Too early in the month to sleuth...I'll try to reason something out.

Yeah. I misposted earlier. I have the free Adblock Plus. Periodically, including every time the software updates, I get messages touting the upgrade to paid. All Free features, plus: Block floating videos, site notifications, and more Block cookie consent pop-ups Keep your ad blocker on If I click on the ABP symbol in the upper right hand corner of the browser, a mini-screen appears, including a button to upgrade.

The Teal (S. Africa) release which includes the Chris Schilder Quintet's Spring album

I use the free Adblock and (as mentioned above) saw zero popups.

Tonight, Indian music. Sahana Banerjee (sitar) / Aditya Phatak (tabla)

I think the Lyons might have been re-pressed in both reissue "batches". Cdjapan had a 1400 yen release in the first batch for quite a while. By the time I got around to ordering that was gone, but the album then reappeared as a 2000 yen release with the second batch and I included it in my order.

That image (from cover of album released in 1961) is of interest to geeks! It looks somewhat fractal, and the term "fractal" was not coined until 1975. 🤔

I'm also nearing satiation point, but one of these releases features Frank Wright. 🤔

[Can't edit post] I also suspect an internal ECM pecking order: some higher-profile or better-selling artists are allotted more cover/design resources than the rest.

I always fall back on "Follow the money", so I figure that the design budget went down. I just visited the ECM website and clicked through a number of new releases, Shop - ECM Records . Looks like roughly 75% of the catalog has bland cookie-cutter covers, but there are a few more attractive and eye-catching ones. For instance a Paul Bley release scheduled for July: By way of comparison, I sometimes buy contemporary classical CDs from Another Timbre in the UK, another timbre home page . Their covers have distinctive typeface and aesthetic, but are generally far more attractive than ECM's IMO. [There are exceptions, but the pale/greyish ones seem to be artistic choices that reflect the music in some way.]

Apologies for the belated notice. I just read about it tonight on discogs. Passed on November 16, 2024. I learned about Aketagawa on this forum and have accumulated more than a few recordings. I enjoy his music, and he seemed like a real character one would enjoy meeting.

I'm going to stop being particular about the CD-R trend. With the sharp decline in CD issuance, seems like one has no choice but to accept it. However, I won't pay premium (e.g. Japanese import CD) prices for CD-R.

Thanks. I knew I'd seen that article on the forum before, and some time ago. Beyone that, no comment. I abandoned vinyl around 2001, but have no issue with those who like it.

More new arrival BYG free jazz blowouts:

The Lyons (repressing?) and a bunch of the "2nd batch" just arrived. Listening to Joachim Kühn's Sounds of Feelings, which is a very good album, I had to chuckle at the Morricone quote in the tune El Dorado. 😆

Long-awaited shipment of mostly BYGs came in.

Sorry for possible false alarm. A couple of the restocked titles have been on my want list, and Ogun's (via bandcamp) CD shipping rates are too high for me.

#3 is a tune I strongly associate with Rahsaan, though (a) it's surely not him on this selection; (b) I can't recall the name of the piece, or the recording I (possibly wrongly) have in mind. 🥴

DG is showing a significant batch of Ogun CD reissues expected May 1. They all seem to be available on bandcamp (download or CD), but CDs ship from UK (orders denominated in quid) with high rates to USA. DG seems like the way to go for Stateside CD buyers.

Based on a preliminary quick scan conducted at work, this BFT will be most enjoyable!