David Ayers

There is this one and one other James Joyce project, I haven't heard either. I'm sure the JJ lot will have this stuff I'll mail them...

I struggle with the concept, not only because the world is not short of recorded music, but mainly because the money goes for studio time, engineers, sessional musicians, etc. It would take a lot to make me feel a project was really necessary.

Maybe they could also abolish the Canadian dollar?

HB2U Time still crawling by?

I just got the pre-release of volume one of the booklet. Further volumes at bi-monthly intervals.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.6 in E minor Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 in B flat Russian National Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski conductor 4 October 2012

I love most of the standards, what I hate are all the perfunctory 'compositions' on standard or near-standard changes. I understand the reasons for this, but it's a practice that really dilutes a lot of 50s/60s studio records for me - the tunes are just so boring. Digression over - speak on.

The Roscoe's kind of classic, isn't it?

Well, I know that. But it is the article that talks about 'scandalous neglect' by the record companies, which is just exaggerated. Well, as far as the boxed sets go, in each case it took the care of a singular mind to re-release those albums. I'm not sure that qualifies as NON-neglect by the companies that originally issued these. Why so angry? You must know that many (if not most) of these types of articles contain a fair amount of hyperbole. No I am not angry. Hype like this looks dumb, and it looks bad on the artists if dumb folks are backing their work.

It's probably a straight reissue of the Koch. Orignal vinyl is fine but I fancy a CD 'supplement'.

seen at amazon uk

Based on what you said above it seems the only one neglecting him is you!

Well, I know that. But it is the article that talks about 'scandalous neglect' by the record companies, which is just exaggerated.

is "too much sugar for a dime" currently in print? Article and Discogs/Amazon prices suggests not and I don't recall it being on the Mosaic (not a Columbia release). I stand ready to be corrected though... Enjoyed the article and the prospect of a new release is always welcome. London concert by Zooid last year was a masterclass in composition and group empathy "Too Much Sugar for a Dime" is NOT currently in print, and most of his discs are not either (except in the Mosaic and Black Saint boxes). It is a killer disc (one of the first ones I bought, and a sentimental favorite). I believe it was on Bill Laswell's label (Axiom?), and is well worth seeking out, IMHO. Not in print except in box sets? That's in print in my book. Before the inexpensive Black Saint box was released the individual CDs were mainly available. The Sony's too had a long run. Can anybody who is even half-interested claim that they have not managed to acquire most of this stuff quite cheaply over recent years? The story can't always be that every jazz musician is a martyr to record companies.

OK apart from that one. I don't buy 'scandalous neglect'. Basically it has always been possible for people to access his work and he's had more big-label exposure than most.

I think he had a fairly serious lip problem.

Despie the tone of the piece, he is one of the few artists whose discs are all currently in print.

The current list of upcoming releases shows quite a few things that weren't listed when this thread started - as well as some things that have been listed for a long time. hat(now)ART: 152 John Cage · Sonates & Interludes · James Tenney 4-154 Morton Feldman · For Philip Guston [reissue of hatART 4-6104] 155 Morton Feldman · Trio [re-release of 6195] 156 Morton Feldman · Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello [reissue of hatART 6158] 159 Naive? · Ustvolskaya, Zagny, Skempton, Garland & Messiaen · Steffen Schleiermacher 2-160 Morton Feldman · Triadic Memories & Piano · John Snijders 171 David Tudor · Piano Avant-Garde · Cage... [reissue of hatART 6181] 172 Karlheinz Stockhausen · Klavierstücke · David Tudor [reissue of hatART 6142] 173 John Cage · Music Of Changes · David Tudor [reissue of hat(now)ART 133] 176 John Cage · Prelude For Meditation · H. Kleeb + R. Dahinden [reissue of hatART 6129] 181 Makrokosmos · Round Midnight 183 Charles Ives Songbook · Ensemble Für Neue Musik Zürich hatOLOGY: 664 Lucien Johnson, Alan Silva & Makoto Sato · Pieces Of Eight 665 Joe Maneri, Tyson Rogers & Jacob Braverman · In The Shadow 676 Michael Adkins Quartet · Flaneur 2-678 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 [reissue of hatART 2-6190] 2-680 Cecil Taylor · Garden [reissue of hatART 6050 & 6051] 694 Joe McPhee Po Music · Topology [reissue of hatART 6027] 4-700 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Willisau) 1991 [reissue of hatART 4-6100 701 Steve Lacy Four · Morning Joy...Paris Live [reissue of hatOLOGY 556] 702 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Dortmund ) 1976 [reissue of hatOLOGY 557] 703 Albert Ayler Quintet · Lörrach, Paris 1966 [reissue of hatOLOGY 573] 704 Joe McPhee · As Serious As Your Life [reissue of hatOLOGY 514] 705 Franz Koglmann · A White Line [reissue of hatART 6048] 707 Ran Blake · George Russell Project 708 Uwe Oberg · Work 711 Oles Brothers & Theo Jörgensmann · Transgression 712 Polwechsel · Traces Of Wood 713 Arnold Dreyblatt · Orchestra Of Excited Strings [reissue of hatART 6011] 714 Matthew Shipp Trio · Prism [reissue of hatOLOGY 549] 715 Anthony Braxton · Tristano Compositions 1989 [reissue of hatART 6052] 716 Christy Doran and Phoenix Band [reissue parts of hatART 6074 & 6105]

I'm running out of space. My shelves ae falling down...

The quality is high since it is selected from so much material. But you might not like the actual musicians and style - I can't help you with that. If the customer comments at Mosaic tend to put you off I'd say go with that instinct. I'd also say that this isn't music I love, good as it is, and after a couple of listens I am not minded to spend much more time with it.

Have you got one of the notorious copy-protected discs? Take a closer look...

Thought I had this but no - went to check on account of this thread. Damn - I was so sure I had it. Found Tenor and Fallen Angels which I am having with my breakfast.

Same here. Jazz. Jazz. Classical - no, wait, that one was jazz too. Oh now that's a hard one...

See Peter van der Merwe, Origins of the Popular Style, for a more strictly musicological approach to this question.

Off topic but thanks for mentioning that. When I said in a recent thread that Miles attended too much to audience no-one took me seriously. Allen, stop cutting and pasting your books into the thread -it's poor form!!