Hoppy T. Frog

Your comments were cryptic to say the least. Who's Dookie? Denardo? For the record, I placed an order with DMG for the CD but never got it, so I guess I'm on the moral high ground by default. Never like Antibalas anyway, thought it was borderline-minstrelsy for (mostly) honkies to play Fela-inspired Afrobeat, not matter their "right-on" politics.

It's an odd one, I don't think it captures the spirit of Parker. Speaking of contemporary Parker tributes, am I crazy, but in "Functional Arrhythmias" by Steve Coleman are those closing unison passages by Coleman and Jonathan Finlayson direct Parker quotes?

I think I took a whiz next to him at iridium about 10 years ago.

PM sent for Andrew Hill "Passing Ships" (Connoisseur)

There's a nice long article about Coleman and the new album by Harvey Mandel in the March issue of the Wire.

I want to buy a million copies of this album so it goes platinum.

I think the Piano Quintet is one that is generally considered his "masterpiece". The last movement is delightfully bleak. Other stuff by Schnittke hasn't grabbed me though.

IIRC, I think Braxton has said he prefers "Mr." I think we should call him 'Fess.

For those inclined to check this out, the whole boxset shebang is available on emusic for $5.99 (for subscribers).

Thanks! I love Monorails, so It's great to see so many bonus tracks! ***End Communication*** (beaming back to Saturn)

I see in the Itunes reissue series are the Horo records... Does anyone have a complete list? I count 32 albums just by searching "sun ra 2014".

Last night, Muhal Richard Abrams at the Kennedy Center with Jonathan Finlayson, Reggie Nicholson, Bryan Carrot, and Sam Jones(?) (misplaced my program). An hour long composed piece (title not announced) with solos for all. Just stunning, and Muhal's hands are huge! As emotionally moving and as monumental, albeit with a smaller group, as the Cecil Taylor big band several years ago at Iridium.

NPR, ironically, is less enthusiastic: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=350633603 In my view, Moran did his best work with Greg Osby, and Osby did his best work with Moran. I don't know if they accentuated each other's positives, or nullified each other's negatives. Moran has always had a habit of "cultivating" older, even legendary jazz figures, from Sam Rivers (almost always cited when Moran is mentioned) through Cecil Taylor (Moran tried to play duet with Cecil (!!) at a Kennedy Center concert, which fortunately was cancelled), Anthony Braxton (Moran inserted himself in the ensemble at a Kennedy Center performance, with ugly results), and now Fats Waller. Fans might say he is working "in the tradition." Non-fans (me for one) might say he is latching on to true musical visionaries in an attempt to make up for his own deficit of musical vision. Moran took over Billy Taylor's spot as Jazz Director at the KC, and it seems quite apt to me, since Moran strikes me as a Billy Taylor for our age. I won't be picking up this new album (I'm allergic to crossover), but I've enjoyed Moran's work in the past. I saw that Anthony Braxton concert in DC as well, and didn't think Moran embarrassed himself. He seemed a bit superfluous, but that may be due at least in part to Braxton's current direction, where the piano does not have much place (it seems, and based on his recent discography and performances).

Anyone carrying it in the US?

What's the first?

Was it seller "avatarmusic"? I just ordered from them. Does anyone have the Strayhorn box set and is it worth getting?

How can anyone not mention Ayler's Wings?

Thanks!

I used to get my Storyville items from Worlds Records, their prices were great and they would reliably get all the Ellington releases. I got Volume 17 from Amazon US, but a search for Volume 18 and the other items does not even come up for pre-order. Amazon UK is pretty pricey when you factor in shipping to the US. Is there any US-based mail order that gets Storyville?

Would like these,please... Derek Bailey -- Concert in Milwaukee (Incus) $7 Derek Bailey/Joelle Leandre -- No Waiting (Potlatch) $8

I've thought that the live concerts I had seen since about 2006 showed a decline with flashes of the old brilliance, glad to be proven wrong.

It's an Uli Blobel production, so I think he has access to original recordings?

I guess germane to this conversation, when Anthony Braxton took off his Cardigan partway through Act I of Trillium, I realized I don't think I've ever seen him without it, and I've seen a bunch of gigs over the years, including totally accidentally being seated next to him and his band having dinner in a brewpub in Philadelphia.

Seeing the opera live was very special, I don't think they come off on record very well as you miss the theatrical elements. I would have liked to have a libretto with a glossary to read (I don't begrudge them not printing one as I am sure it would have been expensive to do--maybe supertitles could have worked?), as Braxton's terminology gets arcane (and as a fan I've tried to familiarize myself with his jargon) and from where I was sitting sometimes the orchestra drowned out the singers. I was pleasantly surprised at the humor in the opera too. This was definitely an "occasion" as I recognized Tim Berne, Wadada Leo Smith, Andrew Cyrille, and Steve Lehman in the audience. I felt like I may have been the only person there who hadn't played with Braxton! On Friday night I went to Ibeam and saw Travis LaPlante (a new name to me) playing with Mary Halvorson, Trevor Dunn, and Ches Smith. It was pretty good, to be honest a little too samey with the almost uniformaly muted dynamics. But I just love the sound of Halvorson's guitar . Oh man, how could I have forgotten to mention the Double Dutch Team in Act IV????????????? Totally unexpected.

The Washington Performing Arts Society will bring to town Chailly with the Gewandhaus and John Eliot Gardiner with EBS, ORR and the Monteverdi Choir coming to DC to do Monteverdi's Orfeo. However, their jazz programming still sucks. Now that Sonny Rollins has apparently retired they will only engage Marsalises--Wynton twice in the same season. http://www.wpas.org/subscribe/genre/index.aspx