J.A.W.

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?

I wouldn't go that far, but I agree that Vintage Duets is the better album. I have a few problems with Back Together Again. To my ears Steve McCall is not only a more interesting player on the former than Hamid Drake on the latter, but, like I said before, Drake's also way too prominent in the mix. Anderson is great on both albums, but on Back... he sometimes sounds a bit tired (for want of a better description), as if he's running around in circles - 'round Drake, that is . I wouldn't want to be without Back..., though.

And also thanks to Д.Д.

It is very hard for me to explain. I have a lot of trouble explaining what it is about music such as La Voyelle Liquide that I enjoy so much. It has something to do with mood and atmosphere, something to do with variety within a limited palette of sounds, perhaps something to do with the novelty of the sounds and music created - it is radically different from any other music in my collection and, when in the right mood, I really love listening to this. It is definitely not for everybody and is probably not to most people's tastes, which is fine. I'd advise holding onto the disc for a few months or so and coming back to it. I had a lot of trouble with my first eai disc, The Hands of Caravaggio, but, eventually, everything started to click. Conversely, this music may just not be for you, in which case wait until it if "officially" oop and get the best deal you can for it on ebay. Thanks John.

The West Coast of Belgium, I presume...

This is a great album: Fred Anderson & Steve McCall - Vintage Duets - Okkadisk

I found this one not very convincing, but I've only listened to it once and will have to play it again: Georg Graewe / Ernst Reijsiger / Gerry Hemingway - The View from Points West - Music & Arts

It is the variety and structure. It reminded me of solo Cecil a bit, actually. I can understand what you mean by structure, but variety?? I found it one of the most boring and tedious albums I've heard in a long time... I must be missing something, or my ears aren't suited to this kind of improv.

I'd rather not comment on this one - yet: Thomas Lehn & Gerry Hemingway - Tom & Gerry - 2CD, Erstwhile; disc 1

OK guys, I've listened to this one again: Günter Müller & Lê Quan Ninh - La Voyelle Liquide - Erstwhile and I don't like it. What's so good or special about it, or is it just a feeling that's hard to explain? You seem to like it all very much.

Highly recommended: Peter Brötzmann / Joe McPhee / Kent Kessler / Michael Zerang - Tales out of Time - hatOLOGY (latest version)

I was also referring to Larry Kart's post, where he stated that "Almost certainly, Brooks' drug use (if, as seems likely, there was some) had nothing to do with Blue Note not releasing anything under his own name after "True Blue." Drug use would have been a problem with Blue Note only if it prevented a musician from showing up at rehearsals and in the studio in shape to play." I'm merely saying that the quote from the article doesn't explicitly say that Brooks' problem and his limited number of recordings as a leader are related, as hardbopjazz seems to suggest.

His drug problems kept him off the scene and out of the studio. Maybe I feel his health problems were brought about do to his drug problems. "Tina was also one of many who had a chronic drug habit. The inevitable short hospital and prison stays would keep him off the music scene intermittently. Tina Brooks died on August 13, 1974 of kidney failure or, as Beener put it, 'general dissipation.' He had been very ill and unable to play the saxophone for several years." Tina Brooks That doesn't imply that Brooks' problem had something to do with his limited amount of sessions as a leader, as Larry Kart has already pointed out in his last post.

yes, I read that and obviously his "...had something to do with..." is hinting at a causal relation, I am wondering which is the cause and which the effect, as both interpretations seem to be possible. You're right.

Where did you read / hear that? Did I miss something? I have book on jazz history. Off the top of my head I can't recall the title. It is mentioned in there. I will check tonight and post the name. It is also mentioned here. tina brooks Perhaps I'm misreading the article, but it doesn't actually say that Brooks' drug problem had something to do with his limited amount of sessions as a leader.

Hardbopjazz clearly stated in his post above that he thought that "... his drug problem had something to do with his limited amount of sessions as a leader", which is why I asked him where he'd heard or read that.

It is available from HMV Japan - beware, their overseas shipping rates are insanely high.

Thanks for the info Larry. I was aware of Brooks' problem, but I was just wondering if there might be any truth in the suggestion that Brooks' limited amount of sessions as a leader caused his problem.