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Corbett vs Dempsey will be releasing (4CD & Bandcamp download) this various artists compilation of live material from Chicago's "Empty Bottle" I'm definitely in on this one For the first time, a release of select music performed at Chicago's Empty Bottle in the heyday of the creative music boom of the 1990s. From 1996-2005, writer and producer John Corbett and musician and composer Ken Vandermark teamed up to curate a series of concerts, the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series. Together with annual international festivals, the series comprised more than 500 performances over its nine-year span, which was lauded in the international press and helped focus attention on Chicago as a hotspot for improvised music. The majority of the music was dutifully documented by Malachi Ritscher, from whose archives The Bottle Tapes: Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series, 1996-2005 is drawn. Over the course of six CDs, arranged in chronological sequence, the box set revels in the span of the music presented at the Bottle, from the hardest blown free jazz to microscopic free improvisation and other kinds of experimental music. The lineup incorporates nearly 100 international musicians, including Peter Brötzmann (who formed his Chicago Tentet at the Empty Bottle in 1997), Milford Graves (performing solo), a Bobby Bradford quartet with Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake and Wadada Leo Smith, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, the Dutch bands Available Jelly and Clusone 3, Von Freeman in his only performance with Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink, Jim O'Rourke duetting with Cor Fuhler, Mats Gustafsson and Thurston Moore in their first face-off, Chicago Underground Quartet, Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet, and much more. The package comes with a lavishly illustrated 64-page book, loaded with never-published photos and vintage ephemera, including Dan Grzeca's beautiful posters, as well as an in-depth essay by Corbett, with play-by-play notes on the music. https://corbettvsdempsey.com/records/the-bottle-tapes/

I have a Japanese cd of "is" and the Groove Merchant "Sundance", so I have all but the alts.

Glad to be social medialess their reissues are excellent.

Bump (this week).

Live performance at this Ann Arbor radio station releases tomorrow on Bandcamp. https://griotgalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/live-on-wuom-1979

your understanding is indeed correct. the Jazz Dispensary instagram account was one of the most irritating uses of social media by a major record label that I have seen in a while.

Chick Corea's "Is" sessions were the first time I heard him in such a context - still very much worth hearing: IMHO his playing was a little too busy to be one of my favourites. But I love the Directions and Special Edition albums. Saw him live twice with these groups. and it was great. Unfortunately the last time I saw him, in a trio with Foday Musa Suso and Jerome Harris, he seemed kinda uninspired, playing routine grooves instead of trying to sound a little more "African". Foday Musa Suso was great, really leaning into the music, but Jack played like he was watching the performance from his favourite tv sofa.

If my understanding is correct, Craft is a division of Concord, and Concord currently owns the Muse catalog (which they've criminally neglected, in typical Concord manner).

Did you get a bill for the tariff after delivery?

It's in San Antonio not Austin, so 250 miles away.

This second disc sounds as good as the first and I love the music and vibe! Francisco Mora Catlett “Afro Horn MX” Aace 2 cd set, disc 2

Have successfully received two shipments from CD Japan without delays since the imposition of tariffs.

Fourth Generation (Whilrwind) Leader is drummer Juan Chiavassa and it possibly can be streamed on Amazon Music Jazz Album Reviews: A Round-up of Recent Recordings - The Arts Fuse

I love this woman. Flora Purim “Perpetual Emotion” Narada Jazz cd Acoustic Bass – Trey Henry Acoustic Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute – Gary Meek Drums, Percussion – Airto Moreira Piano – Christian Jacob Vocals – Flora Purim 500×500 43.3 KB

The first three issues in this series were LP only. I'd assume this will be the same.

Since Buster Williams is featured so extensively in this duo setting, this album is a "must-hear" for anyone who enjoys his sound, his playing. I can't get enough of it. And Kenny Barron is wonderful too, of course.

LP only?

Agreed. Love Dance is one of my desert-island discs.

Love Dance probably my favorite Shaw 😍 already have the original so I”ll pass but great to see this music gets a reissue.

This is a really good album. Bill Holman's arrangements fit perfectly with Zoot. The arrangement of the tune "Main Stem" is simply outstanding. As to be expected, Zoot's solos are terrific, and we also get a few very nice solos from Frank Rosolino.

Next two are: Joe Chambers - Double Exposure Woody Shaw - Love dance This is from an ad in the digital version of the next issue of Downbeat. Great choices!

I only now realize that Catalysts Perception isn’t part of these series but is coming out in the excellent Jazz Dispensary series by Craft. So apparently the Muse catalogue is open to more parties. Great news

Given the lack of action we’ve seen from them on constitutional issues I don’t hold my breath.

Disc 2 Yes!