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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

Think that last line answers your question, yeah.

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.

Interesting thought. I can see it, though I should spend some time with the recordings and see where the split falls on original vs. inherited/codified language. No doubt a fascinating musician.

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.

And that max is much less than what it tends to be listed for. I couldn't afford it when it came out, but I was extremely lucky to find one pretty close to the original price a couple years ago. Very vital set, and exactly what I wish they would (or could) do more of.

Another round of FMP CD reissues from CvsD coming shortly: -Hans Reichel - Bonobo Beach -Steve Lacy/Evan Parker - Chirps -Georg Graewe - New Movements -Georg Graewe - Pink Pong The first two were already issued on CD by FMP back in the day, but glad to see the Graewe albums finally re-emerge.

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.

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/

Seems like a good place to put this. Part One of an extensive 1977 interview with Ajaramu which touches on the 50s in Chicago into the creation of the AACM: https://threefoldpress.org/ajaramu

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.

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.

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.

Yes, interesting but maybe a bit too early. I would still very much welcome a standalone reissue of Nuovi Sentimenti.

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

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?

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.

New CvsD CD. According to the label they will not be selling direct anymore, so Dusty Groove is the only place to get it for now. Joe McPhee & Evan Parker - Sweet Nothings (For Milford Graves) – Live In Chicago 2003 https://www.dustygroove.com/item/120121?label=124838&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&sort_order=artist

Tandem, on Emanem. Released initially as two volumes, and then together as a double CD several years ago. It’s extraordinary music.

Recent release pickups from Squidco that I have been listening to this week: Francois Houle & Marco Von Orelli - Make That Flight (ezz-thetics): a conscious extrapolation on the Carter/Bradford duet recordings, very well done, no easy paths taken gabby fluke-mogul - Love Songs (Relative Pitch): I've read some rather overheated assessments of their music that ignore the long history of work on stringed instruments in the history of free improvisation, but they make a valid and passionate intervention in the continuum. I'm enjoying this one more than the debut CD Cecil Taylor - Respiration (Fundacja Słuchaj!): I don't need to put the hard sell on this. A massively important release Dave Rempis/Joshua Abrams/Avreeyal Ra + Jim Baker - Scylla (Aerophonic): I have a lot of backfilling to do on the Aerophonic catalogue after having dropped out after the first few years of releases, but I figured this was a good place to start, and is very much inspiring me towards getting more. Captivating. Dan Clucas/Kyle Motl/Nathan Hubbard - Daydream & Halting (FMR) - Dan Clucas is one of the far too few improvisors on trumpet & coronet on the scene. He plays the latter on this, as well as violin and moxeno. This is very much in the sweet spot for this music and I can't recommend it enough.

Yep. He said Bobby comes in from time to time to shoot the breeze and tell stories.

I purchased this a couple weeks ago in Pasadena. The shopowner said Bobby dropped them off himself a couple days before. One spin so far and it's very excellent.

I was just there last week and made the rounds to a number of stores. For jazz vinyl, I found Atomic and Freakbeat to be the best (as I was leaving Atomic I saw someone had just dropped off a majorly heavy free jazz collection, but they yelled at me not to flip through it haha). Amoeba's jazz vinyl selection was nice too, but it's a much bigger store and was a bit diluted. Though you didn't ask, for the record in terms of jazz CDs, Amoeba was just incredible. Freakbeat had a much smaller section but the quality was high and prices were low. I found Pooh Bah and Canterbury (both in Pasadena) to be very poor for jazz in both formats. Jacknife was also not good at all imo.

Most distinctive, perhaps, but those Third Stream-ish Contemporary sides are fascinating too. IMO you just can't beat the Blackhawk sides in terms of his best. Also a big fan of The Gambit, which has some peak first wave Charlie Mariano playing.

Absolutely incredible archival release on the horizon https://us.mrbongo.com/products/the-quintet-vinyl-lp-cd