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Too late, I bought it for grand €5 at bandcamp already, and listening to it now. Sounds great! I love Laswell in jazz context.

Will buy it then!

Sorry to hear this. A true original.

Does not sound like a needle-drop.

These are the ones I like, going chronologically. I don't list any classical stuff, too much of it. Thelonious Monk - Piano Solo (Vogue) Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano Muhal Richard Abrams – Young At Heart / Wise In Time Thelonious Monk - The London Collection Volume 1 Earl Hines - Tour de Force Cecil Taylor - Indent Randy Weston - Blues to Africa Martial Solal - Nothing But the Piano Andrew Hill - Solo (Mosaic) Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors Cecil Taylor - Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Jaki Byard - To Them - To Us Masahiko Satoh - "apostrophe" Johnny Guarnieri - Echoes Of Ellington Sakis Papadimitriou - Piano Cellules Roger Kellaway - Live At Maybeck Recital Hall Bheki Mseleku - Meditations Georg Gräwe - Gedächtnisspuren. San Francisco 1995 John Wolf Brennan - The Well-Prepared Clavier John Law - The Hours Oskar Aichinger - Poemia Matthew Goodheart - Songs From the Time of Great Questioning Stephan Oliva - Jazz 'n (E)Motion. Films Steve Kuhn - Jazz 'n (E)Motion. Films Larry Karush - Art of the Improviser Misha Mengelberg - Solo Irène Schweizer - chicago piano solo Burton Greene - Live at Grasland Antoine Hervé - Inside. Piano Solo. John Taylor - Insight Irène Schweizer - First Choice - Piano Solo Kkl Luzern Rob van den Broeck - Latinesque Paul Bley - About Time Martial Solal - Live At The Village Vanguard Cor Fuhler - MP Renato Sellani - Glad There Is You Enrico Pieranunzi – Autour De Martinu - Live At The Bird's Eye Agustí Fernández – Mnemosyne's Labyrinth (from the River Tiger Fire 4-CD set) Thollem - Obstacle Illusion

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Just released: a new remastered reissue of Togashi - Takahashi - Lacy "Hall Egg Farm 2000": https://www.discogs.com/release/28669684-富樫雅彦-Steve-Lacy-高橋悠治-富樫雅彦-Steve-Lacy-高橋悠治

It's great to see there are young musicians playing this music. It's such a tough way to make a living (not a way at all nowadays, I guess), and still there are a lot of talented musicians in every next generation willing to dedicate themselves to the art form.

This one is just excellent, thanks for the recommendation.

I don't like Sandell's always-on-the-high-notes semi-random plink-plank style (I dislike Van Hove for the same reason). His vocalizing is annoying too. I am sure this clarifies it. I like Gustafsson on tenor, he can play gorgeously - like on this release, for example: https://www.discogs.com/release/2008024-Boots-Brown-Boots-Brown . But his baritone or (God forbid) flutophone ... I mean it surely is entertaining for a couple of minutes (Mats getting all red like he's about to explode adds additional comic value) and even awe-inspiring volume-wise - but becomes annoying very fast (IMHO, of course).

I think I have most of Gush CDs, and the only one I really liked was a somewhat uncharacteristic one - Gushwachs with Phil Wachsmann. I love Strid, but sort of indifferent to Gustafsson and really dislike Sandell. This NotTwo set has some interesting Gushguests - I am particularly intrigued by Christine Abdelnour / Philipp Wachsmann combo, but it's still most likely a pass for me. Talking of Strid (aren't we always?), he has a bandcamp page where he posts some good stuff: https://raymondstrid.bandcamp.com/

Fundacja Sluhaj is releasing some really good stuff.

New release - The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 2

I know only this album: https://www.discogs.com/release/16259122-Hidehiko-Matsumoto-Quartet-Sleepy . I like it. It's with Motohiko Hino on drums, whom I really enjoy.

This gentleman too: Hidehiko Matsumoto . Same age as Miles and Coltrane. I don't know his '50s-'60s recordings but heard his '70s stuff - solid mainstream. Also George Kawaguchi, "Japanese Art Blakey", no less: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1803197-George-Kawaguchi?type=Credits&filter_anv=0 A good drummer.

Would this one count? https://www.discogs.com/release/12919347-Toshiko-Akiyoshi-Toshiko-Meets-Her-Old-Pals-トシコ旧友に会う- Recorded in 1961 with all-Japanese band (yes, with Akira Mizayawa on tenor). It's good stuff.

Ultra-Vybe has a website for this series: http://www.ultra-vybe.co.jp/sugojazz/

Joe, thanks a lot for the BFT and for the insightful write-up here. Unfortunately, I did not find the time for attentive listening last month, and even with cursory listening got as far as track 7 only (Messrs. Jarrett and Motian breaking my will), but will still listen to it soon. Loved that Buddy Terry's solo, never heard (of) him. I actually thought this was Sam Rivers at his less frustrated (to my ears Rivers sounds quite neurotic). I believe Haynes plays cornet on that Blackwell Project track, not trumpet. I love these Blackwell recordings too, and I think it comes down to excellent tunes and simply fantastic playing by Haynes. As you mentioned, Blackwell's playing is solid (in best sense of the word), but not spectacular here.

Going to see these guys live today, so playing some of their stuff in anticipation:

Yeah, me neither. I have a bunch of his CDs, don't think I liked any of them that much. I have this one by Shapiro, "It's in the Twilight": It's quite good with some excellent Peter Apfelbaum solos.

I saw this quartet live with this program. I thought the tunes were cute but formulaic and I am really not a fan of Halvorson's playing. She has her tricks (a trick?) that is exciting the first time you hear it, but gets tiresome when repeated many many times. I thought Okazaki was more interestigng a guitarist.

Another one I really like is Borah Berman Trio: https://www.discogs.com/release/1673899-Borah-Bergman-Trio-Luminescence It's very different to other Bergman works, all restrained and lyrical. Not credited to Zorn on Spotify, even though he actually plays on one track!

Yeah, me too. I am equally excited that I can now get rid of many Tzadik CDs with clear conscience (all Zorn will go).

Yes to both of these.

Yes, absolutely. I remember liking this one a lot: https://www.discogs.com/release/2653364-José-Maceda-Drone-And-Melody This one is mesmerizing: https://www.discogs.com/release/669503-Richard-Crandell-Mbira-Magic It's funny that Spotify lists John Zorn as an "artist" here on many non-Zorn Tzadik releases. He's merely an executive producer. I wonder if there is any particular intent behind this. I doubt that Zorn is after someone else's micro-pennies Spotify pays for streams. Maybe he tries to lure Zornofans to other people's works?