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Beautiful words Karl. Thanks, and thanks for the music you were able to make with him. A special shout-out as well to Alexander; Keep Your Heart Straight is one of my favorite of Louis’ recordings, and that is saying a LOT.

Knew his health had been on the decline, but this is still a gut punch. An incredible human being, and one of the greats in this music. I am glad he is at peace and reunited with his brothers.

George Braith posted on Facebook that the bassist Don Moore has passed away. He performed memorably with Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon, Don Cherry, the New York Contemporary Five, the NYAQ, on Jackie McLean’s High Frequency session, and on Clifford Thornton’s Freedom & Unity, among others. A pioneering bassist early in the evolution of free jazz. RIP. https://www.boulevardfuneralhome.com/obituary/Donald-Moore

Very psyched to grab the Frank Wright. I have the LP but about 1/4th of it is unplayable.

The Ayler ones at least are official releases, and definitely the best of what he's put out in that vein. The rest is widely available elsewhere. Releasing stuff as commonplace as the Miles Prestige and Monk Five Spot recordings is laughable to me, and seems like a waste of both time and resources.

From what I've seen, a lot of the sets from the early/mid-90s that are in the 4-6 CD range are the ones that sell for the least, with some exceptions. The 7xCD sets that became pretty much standardized in the early 2000s go for a bit more. In the last few years I've picked up several of these 4-6 disc'ers in the $25-50 range.

Wish we knew what the status of the Emanem stock was. I really hope somebody can take it on and make the catalog available again.

I second Oliv & Familie aka John Stevens Spontaneous Music Ensemble (Marmalade). Desert island music. Transitions on Emanem with Caroline Kraabel and Charlotte Hug is fantastic. Live At The Bastille with Joelle Leandre & Lindsay Cooper Alfred Harth's This Earth on ECM Two with Irene Schweizer: Live At Taktlos (two tracks) and Storming Of The Winter Palace Iskra 1912 - Sequences 72 & 73 (two long pieces) a piece on LJCO's Three Pieces For Orchestra (one piece) I have long been intrigued by this 1994 tape from a group with Marcio Mattos, Roland Ramanan, and Michael Garcia but have never been able to track down a trace of it: https://www.discogs.com/release/11718184-Wooden-Taps-Wooden-Taps

Fully delivers. An incredible disc, easily one of the most exciting and unexpected archive releases in years. Per Peter Margarask: "On the horizon in the series is a late 1980s solo performance and recordings from the Feminist Improvising Group—the radical ensemble formed by Maggie Nicols and Lindsay Cooper, which included the pianist for most of its history—the first officially released document of the ensemble’s work."

Just don't let those auction house ghouls ever get ahold of your collection!

Listening now to this excellent new release out today: https://sunnysiderecords.bandcamp.com/album/this-time

Intrigued!

Really looking forward to this one, big fan of those Shipp String Trio albums.

Yeah, you tend to have to look at the fine print.

Nope, wholly different unreleased studio session from 1979. Maybe not as transcendent as the Emanem material, but well worth having.

He was essentially the house drummer for CIMP and graces many of those discs. All that I've heard have been elevated by him. He also led a few dates -- Canticles For the New Millennium with Vinny Golia, Paul Smoker, and Mark Whitecage is especially good. He also played on the Joseph Scianni dates. Another that I'd call out beyond what's been mentioned here is CutItOut, an awesome 2006 Leo disc with Gebhard Ullman & Chris Dahlgren. edit: one more that just came to mind, from CIMP: Slaves of Job alongside Dominic Duval to make a trio with Ivo Perelman. One of IP's strongest recordings from the days before he was firehosing them.

I was really looking forward to those ones, but stopped holding out much hope after awhile. Hopefully they can still get them out.

A bit about his daughter from the great documentary Denis A. Charles: An Interrupted Conversation: (also some invaluable footage of the BMC trio)

WXU sold the Hat catalogue to outnow before he was able to reissue the live portion of Willisau. I believe he may still be in possession of at least one quartet concert that he could reissue as First Visit if he so chooses.

I haven't felt compelled to pick any of these up since I already have most of the BYG catalog, but I saw a couple of the CD titles in person recently and they do look like very nice packages.

The missing tracks were damaged on the master tape.

Very sad news. One of the best.

Sounds great. I will have to look up the livestream of that one.

You will definitely want that one.

Likewise, a few titles here I've wanted to pick up over the years but haven't had the chance stateside.