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  1. John Surman - John Surman / How Many Clouds Can You See? / Tales Of The Algonquin

    in Re-issues

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    1 hour ago, felser said:

    Looks good!  I have the Deram CD's Clouds and Tales and some sort of official gold CD-R of the first album, but glad to pick this up for the remastering and space savings.  What label is this on?  The design  and concept look like BGO, but I don't see this listed on their upcoming releases on their website.

    DG said BGO on their "Coming Soon" page.

    https://www.dustygroove.com/item/219698/John-Surman:John-Surman-How-Many-Clouds-Can-You-See-Tales-Of-The-Algonquin

     

  5. ebay madness re: vinyl

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    I recall a recent discogs writeup on obis:

    https://www.discogs.com/digs/features/the-obi-strip-how-a-japanese-paper-band-became-a-collectors-grail/

    Not that informative...conclusion seems to be more or less "just because"...but there is a good quote:

    To open a Japanese pressing from the 1970s or 80s and find its obi intact is to encounter a pristine, somewhat mythic art object. Because they weren’t glued down, they were easily lost, damaged, or discarded, particularly by overseas buyers that didn’t read Japanese or didn’t know better. These are records that someone cared enough not to throw away and understood might one day matter. They add a layer of aesthetic completeness, and to some, an almost ceremonial sense of care and preservation.

  10. LF - various Mosaics

    in Offering and Looking For...

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    4 hours ago, Stefan Wood said:

    Good grief, I've gone nuts.   Found Gerry Mulligan Concert Band box for $33, Chet Baker and Russ Freeman for $33, JJ Johnson and Stanley Turrentine sets for $69 each

     

    34 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

    Those are ridiculous prices. I might as well just give mine away.

    I think those prices are from a discogs seller I noticed this week. Was reading the thread and did some research. I considered posting a link to his offerings, but the numbers were kind of double-edged so I passed. 😶

    The Turrentine and JJ Mosaics have never traded strongly AFAICT. I've always considered $75 the default price for Turrentine and I'm not surprised to see JJ offered at the same approximate level. I bought JJ (which is very good) at a cheapish price, but forget the number.

  17. Best Box Sets of the Last 10-15 Years, non-Mosaic Division

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    7 hours ago, colinmce said:

    unfortunately in the larger jazz CD world (i.e. major labels) these sort of died out around 2010, but the box sets that started to come out of the free/improv world constitute a small golden age in my book.

    [Italics added]

    This is true. So many good box sets in free/improv sector that I'm not even qualified to rank them.

    This is older material but I like it a lot:

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    There's a boatload of Barry Guy box sets, many of which could qualify. I've only scratched the surface of these.

    No Business has released many good box sets. Won't claim any of these are "best", but I enjoy Jemeel Moondoc Muntu Recordings (although it's a 2009 release and 1 year too old), William Parker Centering, Howard Riley Complete Short Stories and Constant Change, ...

  24. Matthew Shipp solo album on Cantaloupe Music

    in New Releases

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    His first recording for this label (which is associated with Bang on a Can)

     

    The Cosmic Piano | Cantaloupe Music

     

    AVAILABLE NOW
    on CD and all streaming platforms

    Matthew Shipp presents
    The Cosmic Piano

    His first solo recording for Cantaloupe Music!

    Shipp celebrates the summer solstice today with
    two concerts at the Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX

    Avant-jazz pianist and composer Matthew Shipp has been referred to as the "elder statesman" of the art form by DownBeat magazine, but the reach and scope of his music extends much further than mere genre. The Cosmic Piano delivers on that promise — a solo recording that taps into the deeper exploratory potential of the instrument, with Shipp channeling a lifetime of knowledge and a daunting array of influences into nearly an hour of spontaneous, enlightened and joyfully rendered music.

    "The preparation is your life," Shipp explains. "If you're a real improviser — and I mean real by acknowledging that it's a praxis and an art form and a discipline — it's like being a boxer. You do your road work, speed bag, heavy bag and then you spar, and it's an all-day process for you. It's a lifestyle."

    As with all of Shipp's music, this recording goes beyond any simple categorization, and in part informs why he wanted to release the album through Cantaloupe. As Bang on a Can co-founder David Lang writes in the liner notes, "Matthew had the idea that if his music could be heard in the context of Cantaloupe's catalog, it could encourage people to hear a different aspect of what he does. It isn't that he made a different kind of music than he usually makes — this music is clearly his! What has changed is the context in which we are listening to it."

     

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