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  1. Abdul Wadud - By Myself LP Reissue

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    46 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

    Nice! Pulled an original from the bins in a long-gone East Village record store over 20 years ago and was floored by it. Great record deserving of wider hearing.

    The Abdul-Hannan is cool but is unlikely to see a proper reissue (it's been tried).

    I would imagine that the Carroll will get the Soufflé Continu treatment as part of the Palm catalog. 

    I’ve been wondering this myself but the lack of it so far— or the Khan Jamal & Byard Lancaster titles— had me wondering if these were somehow not in the scope of the series, or if there were rights issues. Would love to see that happen if it’s possible. 

  4. Paul Bley

    in Recommendations

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    36 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

    LMAO!!! Yeah, I had a copy of Life Between The Exit Signs but did not keep it because a) Jarrett and b) I have enough Paul Bley records to listen to and enjoy.

    I keep it filed because I don't feel like I have enough Paul Bley records to listen to and enjoy haha. Two sides of a coin.

    Does this mean you don't have any KJ?

  6. Brew Moore - Special Brew (Steeplechase) - 1961 Recordings

    in New Releases

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    I noticed this interesting release on today's Jazz Messengers email:

    https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/90829/brew-moore/special-brew

    This recordings from a Danish Radio concert in October 1961 and a TV recording in Malmø, Sweden in November 1961, make this album an important addition to American jazz tenor saxophonist Brew Moore's discography and a reminder of a genius whose life ended too prematurely.

    PERSONNEL:

    Brew Moore - (tenor sax)

    Harold Goldberg - (piano alto horn)

    Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - (bass)

    Alex Riel - (drums)

  8. Windham Hill, most beloved

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    Not sure I could endorse anything in the jazz realm (I have not heard the Denny Zeitlin or Richie Beirach albums they released; I don't find the Braxton ones very compelling and the recording is ghastly), but there are some good records in there. Some favorites:

    Daniel Hecht - Willow
    Bola Sete - Ocean
    George Cromarty - Wind In The Heather
    Interiors - Design
    Tim Story - Glass Green
    Ira Stein/Russel Walder - Elements
    Bill Quist - Piano Solos of Erik Satie

    They also reissued some good Cesaria Evora and Hawaiian albums.

    And there is of course, somehow, one of the finest albums ever made by anyone: Robbie Basho's Visions of the Country

  9. BLACK MYSTERY SCHOOL PIANISTS — and who else(!) is similar?

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    6 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said:

    Yeah, I had that same exact thought earlier — because I do think Lennie approaches this ‘sound-world’ somewhat (sometimes), if certainly not always.

    Did Lennie ever cite any influences (by name) that would lend some credence to the theory?

    Of course, the thing this he’s often WAY more ‘metronomic’ than anybody truly in the “Mystery School” category.

    Think that last line answers your question, yeah. 

  10. BLACK MYSTERY SCHOOL PIANISTS — and who else(!) is similar?

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    Yes, he mentions him in the article as existing in this idiom, though in my opinion it's hard to place Ran squarely into any jazz continuum like you might with Hasaan or Herbie Nichols.

    Posing more questions that I'm answering there. That's why you gotta love Ran.

    i.e. is Ran a jazz musician? Sure, but he's also a folk musician. Is Sun Ra a folk musician? Yes. Is jazz folk music? Yes. But is jazz per Blake relatable to jazz per Sun Ra, or Mal Waldron? Not so sure. 

  12. BLACK MYSTERY SCHOOL PIANISTS — and who else(!) is similar?

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    Interesting piece. I admit that since Andrew Hill writes such incredible, entrancing compositions, and largely recorded with ensembles (and some of the very best ensembles, ever) I have never paid an extraordinary amount of attention to the mechanics of his playing (it's also been quite some time since I listened to any of his solo music). I will pull a few things out this week and do this.

    Rodney Kendrick is a new name to me, I'll be sure check him out as well.

  15. Small Batch from Craft Records

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    23 minutes ago, mjzee said:

    The Hoffman Forum is reporting that Craft will issue "a 60th-anniversary edition of The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra."  Does this mean that Fantasy/Craft owns the rights to the Savoy catalog?

    Just put this on to revisit. In my recollection, it's among the less interesting Ra albums from the early period. And certainly not holding my breath for any rare Savoy titles coming out of this arrangement. 

  16. Raphe Malik

    in Artists

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    One of my favorite musicians. His eremite discs are never far out of rotation. 

    Also— and this maybe deserves a cross post in a Marco Eneidi thread— you can currently purchase the Boticelli catalog, it is being looked after by Marco’s son. Takes a bit of digging through some oddly-priced archival effects, but they’re there. Very difficult to find most of these discs otherwise. 

    https://www.botticellirecords.com/

  18. Han Bennink

    in Artists

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    8 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

    I wasn't overly impressed by the description of PB as a "sax scrawler" and FvH as a "piano pumeler", pretty reductive and not very respectful.

    That aside, a decent enough read

    I can agree with that. I'm mostly just pleased the author took time to place the music historically and not ascribe anything too extra-textual to it, which is very much in vogue now to the detriment of everyone. 

  19. Mosaic to release 1960s Freddie Hubbard set

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

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    Like the Hank Mobley and Joe Henderson sets, I have all of this so it poses little to no interest. It seems like this approach is working more or less, so if it helps to fund other projects like Black & White then I suppose no harm. But definitely a bit of a bore in my opinion. 

    Speaking of however, I would always welcome a complete Shepp Impulse set, even though I have all of that too. With all the jumble, it would be great to have everything in session order for those. 

  20. Han Bennink

    in Artists

    Posted

    These bandcamp articles are usually dreadful. This one is excellent. Frankly just all too rare to see this music treated accurately and squarely in these pseudo-mainstream outlets these days. I pulled out some from the piece and a few others to spin today. 

  21. Don Cherry corner

    in Artists

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    11 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    curious. That's not what I was referring to but could be interesting to hear.

    Yes, interesting but maybe a bit too early.

    19 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

    the stuff with Gaslini and Tonani is around/available. 

    I would still very much welcome a standalone reissue of Nuovi Sentimenti. 

  22. Mal Waldron

    in Artists

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    On 7/10/2022 at 3:36 AM, romualdo said:

    The Dudu Pukwana "Black Horse" download (no previous CD or LP issue) has been released in Japan only as disc 2 from the 2021 double CD of "Diamond Express" (Freedom Paper Sleeve Series)

    https://1201music.com/js_albums/dudu-pukwana-black-horse/

    https://www.discogs.com/release/19729930-Dudu-Pukwana-Diamond-Express

    Pity they didn't do the same with the Dewey Redman "Look For The Other Black Star" download ie add it to the "Look For The Black Star" Freedom Paper Sleeve Series

    https://1201music.com/js_albums/dewey-redman-look-for-the-other-black-star/

    https://www.discogs.com/release/18706018-Dewey-Redman-Look-For-The-Black-Star

    Interesting, I will give the extra Pukwana music a listen. I admit I'm not a huge fan of Diamond Express however.

  23. Mal Waldron

    in Artists

    Posted

    I've listened to several of those, some interesting things in there. It would be great to have a CD with the complete Look For The Black Star session.

    Speaking of, does anyone know more about how these Jym Young and Dewey Redman tapes made their way to Europe in the first place?

  24. The Ascension Name Game

    in Discography

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    12 hours ago, mjazzg said:

    Of course, should have thought that. I've never heard that expanded release

    It's also on the UMS CD Fuck De Boere, which is also an essential purchase imo. 

    And in fact, the UMS Complete Machine Gun Sessions 2xCD is just the standard FMP CD release with the live version added. So if by chance you have that already, you could just get Boere.

     

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