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t’s going to be a bit warmer today–quite welcome. At least we made it above freezing yesterday and last night. Starting the day off with some Big Band Jack Teagarden. This Jaxx cd doesn’t sound great but a few adjustments and it’s an enjoyable listen. “IT’s Time for T!” Jass cd

Sony Japan https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SICJ-10018 https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SICJ-10020 Universal Japan https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCGQ-9101 https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCGQ-9102 https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCGQ-9103

More or less my impressions. I am not finished with it but did read it piecemeal too so far. So IMO it can be put aside safely for a while to tackle another one that might require a read in one go.

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I found the siter and was able to download a few issues. Is it still possible to bulk download?

I wasn't familiar with his work until I got this, and it opened my eyes. One of my favorite Mosaic boxes!

For some undiscovered reason, I've been thinking about my old friend Phillip Wilson

Nicole Mitchell and Ballake Sissoko, Bamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)

I have a prior CD reissue of that.

Johnathan Blake - Homeward Bound

I heard Jaws so often here in Vienna at Jazzland. I have this, but with another cover. It is Jaws with the Tommy Flanagan Trio. I got it signed from Jaws. He asked me for my name and wrote a nice dedication.

Thanks for the heads up

Now listening to Jolivet's Second Cello Concerto with Rostropovich:

Saw Coleman with the remains of the Bad Plus a few weeks back, playing Jarrett's music from his American Quartet days. Overall, an enjoyable concert. This may be the first time I've seen Coleman live. I'll be heading over to the Rex to catch Allison Au play on Friday and probably the set afterwards, depending on how tired I am. The following week it's Kirk MacDonald and Pat LaBarbera doing their annual Coltrane tribute at the Jazz Bistro with Neil Swainson on bass and Terry Clarke on drums. Terry actually sat in once with Coltrane, though he was hardly a regular...

Just watched Steve Coleman, with Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Rich Brown on electric bass, and Sean Rickman on drums. The gig was at Ronnie Scott's. Some very good tunes, which really made me realise how much Coleman in practice owes to his elder namesake Ornette Coleman (even if he himself maybe prefers comparisons to Charlie Parker). But the band lost the audience quite badly in the last quarter of the show with some ill judged audience participation. It was quite a harsh turn.

Now listening to selected works from this set:

Yelena Eckemoff ABBA Museum IMPACTING NOW! Format: Jazz, Rock “With Rosendals Garden, Eckemoff ventures into particularly fertile terrain: a refined form of symphonic jazz that is as intricate as it is welcoming. The compositions are sophisticated in construction, the arrangements layered and harmonically adventurous, yet nothing feels hermetic. “Accessibility, in her hands, is not compromise but strategy. In an era when jazz often competes for attention through volume or technical spectacle, Eckemoff opts instead for narrative patience and emotional architecture. “Within the broader contemporary jazz landscape, Eckemoff occupies a distinctive space. While American jazz often leans into rhythmic assertiveness and European jazz sometimes drifts toward abstraction, she forges a synthesis: structurally rigorous yet narratively intimate, classically grounded yet improvisationally fluid. As a composer in a field still disproportionately defined by male bandleaders, her authority feels neither declarative nor defensive, it is simply assumed.” — Thierry de Clemensat @ Paris Move Original French: “Avec Rosendals Garden, Eckemoff explore un territoire particulièrement fécond: une forme raffinée de jazz symphonique, à la fois complexe et accueillante. Les compositions sont sophistiquées dans leur construction, les arrangements riches et harmoniquement audacieux, sans jamais devenir hermétiques. “Chez elle, l’accessibilité n’est pas une concession, mais une stratégie. À une époque où le jazz rivalise souvent d’intensité sonore ou de démonstration technique, Eckemoff choisit au contraire la patience narrative et l’architecture émotionnelle. “Dans le paysage du jazz contemporain, Eckemoff occupe une place singulière. Là où le jazz américain privilégie souvent l’affirmation rythmique et où le jazz européen tend parfois vers l’abstraction, elle forge une synthèse: structure rigoureuse, intimité narrative, ancrage classique et fluidité improvisée. Dans un milieu encore largement dominé par des figures masculines, son autorité ne s’affiche pas; elle s’impose naturellement.” For interviews, review copies, or media inquiries, contact: Harry Eckemoff info@yelenamusic.com www.yelenamusic.com www.landhproduction.com Follow Yelena Eckemoff: https://hypeddit.com/eckemoff/rosendalsgarden  

Yep, yep! I know there's been a revival of interest in his work somewhat recently, but this LP (hir first, IIRC) remains overlooked even so. Also, Dennis Sandole alumni represent!

I am OK with paying ahead as long as I get the book at some point!