The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 29/09/2021 at 7:35 PM, kh1958 said: I can answer those questions. Kanaga System Krush was a U.S. based West Coast label which formerly issued CDs and LPs. It seems to have failed as a business in that regard, and the several Bandcamp downloads are the only partial remnant of the label. It is not a "produced" label. They traveled to Mali and recorded the musicians in their home environment. Most of the CDs I have on this label are quite good, with my favorite releases being by Lobi Traore, Zani Diabate and Madou Diabate (kora). The Zani Diabate is an acoustic guitar duo recording with Moudy Sissoko, and vocals from Oumou Diabate. It was recorded in February of 2005, in Abdoul Doumbia's family compound in Bamako. (Not his last recording, I was mistaken on that point.) Very good one. Moving on to Lobi Traore, Bwati Kono (Raw Electic Blues from Bamako) is a live recording recorded in 2007 and 2008 at two music venues in Bamako. Indoors at Espace Academie and outdoors at "Hotel.' This is with his working band (bass guitar, drums, rhythm guitar, djembe, and balaphon on a few tracks. This is a great album, perhaps not quite as intense as Bamako Nights. This was on CD and then an LP was released with part of the material; I was hoping for a volume 2 with extra tracks but the label failed soon thereafter. Barra Coura is another acoustic guitar duo recording from February 2006, recorded in the same location as the Zani Diabate. Also very good. Lamine Soumano is the second guitarist. One track adds Adama Couloubaly on Bolon. Bamako Nights is on Glitterbeat, recorded live in 1995 by Yves Werner. The band is Alou Dembele, bass, Binke Traore, bass, Yaya Dembele, djembe, and Samba Sissoko, drums. A great record. All of these are in finely recorded sound. Thanks very much. I'll look into getting the two I haven't already got. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Julius Hemphill - Blue Boyé (Mbari, 1977) The Mbari original. Not in the finest condition but plays great and wasn't too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 50 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: Julius Hemphill - Blue Boyé (Mbari, 1977) The Mbari original. Not in the finest condition but plays great and wasn't too expensive. Nice. Did you make it to Columbia Road accidentally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 39 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Nice. Did you make it to Columbia Road accidentally? No. I was unfortunately in the neighborhood of UCLH so popped into HJ East. A much smaller jazz section at the moment, but some good stuff still, including a copy of For Alto in good knick for £30, which I didn't get as I already have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 16 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: No. I was unfortunately in the neighborhood of UCLH so popped into HJ East. A much smaller jazz section at the moment, but some good stuff still, including a copy of For Alto in good knick for £30, which I didn't get as I already have it. I don't have it....hmm. Hope UCLH did their magic, they tend to in my experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: I don't have it....hmm. £30 is cheaper than I'd seen it. I didn't check the vinyl itself but the sleeve was in good condition. Just saying. 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: Hope UCLH did their magic, they tend to in my experience All fine, thanks. The now-not-so-toddler has baby asthma and sometimes things get a bit hairy. He's okay now though. He got an ice cream and I got a Julius Hemphill record. Edited October 9, 2021 by Rabshakeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: £30 is cheaper than I'd seen it. I didn't check the vinyl itself but the sleeve was in good condition. Just saying. All fine, thanks. The now-not-so-toddler has baby asthma and sometimes things get a bit hairy. He's okay now though. He got an ice cream and I got a Julius Hemphill record. Ice cream, Hemphill, all good then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) Mujician: 10 10 10 - last recorded concert from 10/10/2010 Judson Trio with Joelle Leandre, Mat Maneri & Gerald Cleaver 2 CD set “Light and Dance” on Rogue Art. Disc 1 live & Disc 2 recorded in studio / in France January 2020 right before the pandemic changed the world. former sounds good but maybe a bit down from their peak in the mid to late 90’s latter is incredible - lots of mesmerizing subtle abstract improvising care of three of the greatest living improvisors Edited October 14, 2021 by Steve Reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said: Mujician: 10 10 10 - last recorded concert from 10/10/2010 Judson Trio with Joelle Leandre, Mat Maneri & Gerald Cleaver 2 CD set “Light and Dance” on Rogue Art. Disc 1 live & Disc 2 recorded in studio / in France January 2020 right before the pandemic changed the world. former sounds good but maybe a bit down from their peak in the mid to late 90’s latter is incredible - lots of mesmerizing subtle abstract improvising care of three of the greatest living improvisors Thanks for the heads up, I had completely missed that Mujician release, I'd like to give it a shot. Cuneiform's advertising & distribution is miserable. I actually had the Judson Trio studio disc on the night before last for the second time. Lots of absorb on both sessions, but very strong musicianship on display. It's nice having a record like this that's worth returning to and listening to more intently; doesn't happen a lot these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 Found a few more of Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey's albums on sale in Amazon; got five Ara nbada owo oje - Decca (West Africa) 1972 Inter Reformers - Decca (West Africa) 1974 Special release for HRM Oba Michael Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo - Obey 2013 Special Release for Otunba Dr. Alex Adetola Banjo @ 70 - Obey 2020 Special Release for Rev Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi - Obey 2020 I loves me some Ebenezer Obey! Also got two tracks there to complete Tabu Ley Rochereau - Seigneur Ley on tour - Isa 1978 MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 Also got two compilations of material recorded for AMC in the nineties by Sekouba Kandia Kouyate (who is Kouyate Sory Kandia's son). Not cheap at a tenner a go and I've already got most of it on the original K7s, but there's a bit that's new to me. And there's a lot of music there! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 Got a big bunch over the last 24 hours. Tam Tam 2000 - Tchico Branco - Syllart 1983 Tam Tam 2000 - Symbiose - Syllart 1987 Sam Mangwana - Megamix - Syllart 1988 Kade Diawara - Djinan Mousso - DDU 1995 Mama Kouyate (La Biche du Mandingue) - Dabanko - AMC Mid 90's I think More to follow Solo Cissokho - Alal - PCS 1995 Bamba Dembele & Djoliba Percussion vols 1 & 2 - Syllart c 1986 Un moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 On 09/10/2021 at 6:28 PM, mjazzg said: Nice. Did you make it to Columbia Road accidentally? Unforeseeably, I found myself there today, with a record bag. A great shop. Some good fresh stock that you don't always see in England and lots of Japanese stuff (although a little too Watanabe heavy for me). I plugged some fairly basic holes in my collection that I've wanted to fill for a while. Apparently they have a turnover of stock in November some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 Ibro Diabate - Allah Nana - Gris Gris 1994 Les Soeurs Sidibe - Ni la kani - Maikano 1992 That's it! Nope - forgot the jazz Leo Parker - 1947-50 - Chrono Classics MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Larry Kart Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 Lot of CDs at a library sale for $1 each: Dinah Washington's "Dinah Jams" Mark Turner's "In this World" Scott Hamilton's "Back in New York" (surprisingly -- to me that is -- good, from 2005.) Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay" (have had the LP for years but there's an added track on the CD) Mel Torme/Marty Paich Dektette "Reunion" Mel Torme with the Meltones "Back in Town" (solos from Art Pepper) Jim Hall "Dialogues" Ella Fitzgerald "The Intimate Ella" w. Paul Smith Village Vanguard Live Sessions 1,2 & 3 (Sonny Lester stuff, w/ Dizzy, P. Adams, Jones-Lewis band, Ray Nance, etc.) Sonny Stitt w/ Oscar Peterson Trio Rachmaninov Concerti 2&3 -- Horacio Gutierrez/ Lorin Maazel Satie piano music -- Mari Tsuda "Anthony Adverse" film score -- Korngold Schoenberg "Pelleas und Melisande", Strauss "Tod und Verklarung" -- Bohm., Vienna Phil. Beethoven 9 -- Furtwangler, Vienna Phil. 1953 Brahms 2, Beethoven, Leonore III, Grosse Fuge -- Furtwangler Vienna Phil. Mozart Prague, Mahler 4, Bruno Walter, Vienna Phil. Schubert 9; Franz Schmidt, Variations on a Hussar's Song, Knappertsbusch, Vienna Phil. The Vienna Phil stuff, all live, looks very interesting. Listened to the Walter Mahler 4, which is superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 This morning, first thing Papa Wemba & Viva la Musica - Beau goss ya Paris - Veve International 1986 (as part of a Nyangarto compilation) Here's the original sleeve MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 Don Cherry - Mu pt.1& pt.2. BYG Japan 2LP About time I had a nice copy of this rather than an old CD version of dubious provenance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) Earlier today, I stumbled across a bunch of inexpensive Bud Freeman LPs on a favorite Discogs seller's site. Couldn't resist. The Compleat Bud Freeman (Monmouth Evergreen) Bud Freeman - The Joy of Sax (Chiaroscuro) That's an ODD cover illustration, but I've heard that the music is good. Bud Freeman - Satin Doll (All Life, France) with Georges Arvanitas (on organ!) and Pierre Michelot The Bud Freeman All-Stars featuring Shorty Baker (Prestige-Swingville/OJC) An upgrade from emusic MP3s to vinyl On 10/16/2021 at 5:31 PM, EKE BBB said: Would love to hear what you think of this Solal release, EKE. Edited October 21, 2021 by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 hours ago, HutchFan said: Would love to hear what you think of this Solal release, EKE. In my listening list for the next few days... stay tuned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile: Snarkhorse 6 CD set with various wonderful musicians such as Ben Gerstein, Brandon Seabrook, Kim Cass & Mat Maneri I saw a version of this group in 2019 and they were incredible said to be all “1 bar” compositions / I’ve listened to the first 2 discs and if you like Mitchell’s previous group recordings you will love this stuff. Lots of grist on the mill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) Finally opted for Pure Pleasure’s LP reissue of Charles Tolliver Music Inc. ‘Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival’. Retribution for having sold my Black Lion copy to Mole Jazz for a pittance all those years ago ! Also threw in a ‘Live at Slugs Vol 2’. Edited October 27, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 hour ago, sidewinder said: Finally opted for Pure Pleasure’s LP reissue of Charles Tolliver Music Inc. ‘Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival’. Retribution for having sold my Black Lion copy to Mole Jazz for a pittance all those years ago ! I've been eyeing that one too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, HutchFan said: I've been eyeing that one too! Once it arrives, I’ll post some comments about it. The Pure Pleasure Tolliver reissues I’ve heard so far, mastered by Ray Staff, sound great. I’ll bet the originals never sounded so good. Edited October 27, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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