J.A.W.

BMG (RCA) will release remastered and expanded reissues of Volunteers and Bless Its Pointed Little Head on June 22, 2004.

There's no hostility towards Kirk on my part; he doesn't give me the creeps, his playing does (like I said in my post). Reading can be difficult...

Nice one! It's all about perspective, you know... yeah, but I'm not talking to you any longer since you sold all your Kirk. There! Peace and quiet at last!

Nice one! It's all about perspective, you know...

I can't stand Kirk's playing either; there's something about it that gives me the creeps. Sold all my Kirk CDs, including the Mercury box. I love most of Rollins' mid-1950s to mid-1960s output.

I think you will...

Same here...

I believe Gokhan is referring to the Jazz Corner as his "other hangout". I'm guessing he'll post his review here.

I listened to discs 2 and 3 again and you know what - I hate to admit it - KV and MG don't bother me at all here. It's a great set (listened to disc 1 a few times a couple of weeks ago) and one of the cornerstones of avant / free / whatever in my opinion; it should actually be listened to in one sitting to fully get the musical picture. It's a shame it's OOP.

Yesterday and today, I've been listening to Peter Brötzmann - Chicago Octet / Tentet - 3CD, Okkadisk I'm not sure yet what to think of this set, it has some great music but also KV and MG - though I find them not as obtrusive and annoying here as on other albums. I'll have to listen to it again. Opinions?

No problems here either.

I have a feeling that your sale list might soon expand. Come on people, some things are sacred. Not for me - except for freedom and democracy, that is, but that's another subject that doesn't belong here

Love is great, but I am not a particulalry big fan of Vandermark. I've bean meaning to chaeck Atomic for some time now, so I'll probably start with the stuff they did without Vandermark... Hmm, I think it's time for me to reassess my Octet / Tentet discs; haven't listened to them for ages. The presence of both Vandermark and Gustafsson might be a bigger problem for me than before...

I've listened to another Jimmy Lyons album tonight, but not very attentively due to circumstances beyond my control: Wee Sneezawee (Black Saint), with Raphe Malik, Karen Borca, William Parker and Paul Murphy. I couldn't stand Malik (no news here), but I loved Borca's playing. Lyons sounded pretty convincing, but again, I wasn't able to listen very attentively. Will have to spin it again.

Funny you should say that, I've also "developed" a big problem with Malik; I didn't like his playing very much at first, but it got worse: I can't listen to him anymore... I'll listen to the set again soon.

The CD number is FMP CD 64 and I got it from Cadence (finally managed to have them charge me a "normal" overseas shipping fee...)

Talking about human emotion: Fantastic album!

What kind of tunes??

That's how I understood your post.

For me it does.

Thanks for the tips, John, but right now (having read Jon's post) I've had enough.

Excellent post, Gökhan. I was going to post a more heated reply, but yours is better.

Please note that I didn't say highly recommended It's definitely not in my (highly virtual and very volatile) personal Top-5. Edit: perhaps I should have said: recommended because of Ellery Eskelin , though that wouldn't be fair to Dennis.

Recommended, with an excellent Ellery Eskelin (though a few tracks are a bit long): Dennis González - NY Midnight Suite - Clean Feed Also recommended, but sadly OOP: Evan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton - Imaginary Values - Maya

The board's been running slow again the last few days, and very much so today. Lost a post that way earlier today. Storm problems again?