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Resonance will be releasing a 4xLP and 3xCD set of the '59 tour. This appears to be essentially a track for track redux of the existing grey market 3-disc set that has been on the around for the last several years on different "labels". But I'll certainly pick it up to check out the sound and read the notes; the package for the '67 set was very well done. Tracklist can be found here for now: https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/sonny-rollins-(2)/release/freedom-weaver-the-1959-european-tour-recordings-live-37098170

Can't speak to downloads, but no CDs. They still do new releases and first-release archival items (i.e. Blakey, Elvin Jones) on CD but catalog reissues are vinyl only.

Glad they're doing a CD this go around. I suppose I get why they don't mirror the other Tone Poet releases with CDs but it sure would be nice since they've done a few titles that never got a domestic CD release. And it does just seem such a shame that the BN catalogue is now fully out of print on the medium.

I hope they do do an official release of the Berkeley concert, it's fantastic.

Khan Jamal's Give The Vibes Some is now being reissued, but not by Souffle Continu. This reissue was licensed from his family. Unfortunately unlike with SC this one is limited to 500 copies only and is priced much higher. Also no CD. Unfortunate. https://www.strandedrecords.com/collections/newsletter/products/khan-jamal-give-the-vibes-some-lp

FWIW it seems like the operations of Cadence/CadNor have been handed over for awhile, so especially now I don't think that one would have to feel like they're lining his pockets by purchasing from there. Still a one of a kind resource.

PM on the following: Dickerson ,Walt A Sense of Direction 10 Doyle Arthur/Sonny Murray Live at Glenn Miller Café 12 Dresser ,Mark Force Green 3 Dyani ,Johnny Detail - Day Two 6 Burrell ,Dave After Love 12 Dan ,Lao/Deng Boyu Tutu Duo 2

Still looking through & will PM you later, but please hold the Doyle/Murray disc for me.

Great read, but hoping there could be a Part 2 that goes into all the other fantastic releases outside the AEC axis.

I would agree with everyone here, it's pretty straightforward. A LOT of Harriott has been scraped up for release over the last 10-20 years and while it's all nice to have, imo there's still nothing that tops the studio albums, especially Abstract and Free Form.

Corbett vs. Dempsey will be releasing an ESO "small unit" CD in the next couple weeks. I assume this is drawn from a CvsD gallery performance last spring that featured Mazurek with Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, Tomeka Reid, Damon Locks, Chad Taylor, and Angelica Sanchez: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/167526/Rob-Mazurek-Exploding-Star-Orchestra-Small-Unit:Spectral-Fiction

Upping this thread to note that there is a recent unofficial 2xCD out of Japan that features performances from March 19 and April 2 called Creation: The Lost Half Note Tapes (note that the Impulse! CD is from March 26 and May 7). It can be purchased from Music Lover Japan for $55 (not cheap) or heard for free on YouTube. It's extraordinary stuff in bracing, upfront sound quality.

This is also an excellent album. RIP. https://www.discogs.com/release/3228940-Quartett-No-Secrets

I can agree with that. The music with Corsano has been pretty rote to my ears. The stuff I've liked best is when she's playing with her peers-- sets with gabby fluke-mogul/Lesley Mok and gfm/Luke Stewart/Tcheser Holmes are the best I've heard so far.

My familiarity with these musicians is largely limited to YouTube obviously but definitely some very strong players here; not necessarily convinced by all yet. Some other younger improvisors I’d add are Kelly Bray, Caroline Morton, DoYeon Kim, and Lemuel Marc. There’s a lot of promise out there right now. I’m cautiously optimistic that a new paradigm is on the rise. Regarding Zoh Amba: I’ve listened to her recordings and watched a number of sets online; some were great, some less so. Meaning some had great clarity of intention and some did not. So it goes. But seeing her duet in person with Joe McPhee a few weeks ago was a revelation. It was truly extraordinary. She largely let Joe take the lead and colored his lines, echoed, pondered, and responded in perfect harmony. At times she was playing precisely his unique register on the horn. It was easily one of the best sax duos I’ve ever heard, and I know Joe was awed. Time will tell how she chooses to use her gifts, but she very much has them to use. Anyways, hopefully she & Joe will meet again, ideally on record.

If anyone has any interest, these are my 11 favorite jazz/improv releases from this year: Jason Adasiewicsz - Roscoe Village: The Music Of Roscoe Mitchell (Corbett vs. Dempsey) AGNEL LANZ VATCHER - Animals (Klanggalerie) Beeferman/Evans/Foster/Hirsch - GLOW (Tripticks Tapes) Jaap Blonk/Damon Smith/Ra Kalam Bob Moses - Rune Kitchen (Balance Point Acoustics) Seppe Gebruers - Playing With Standards (El Negocito) Georg Graewe - Nothing Personal (Random Acoustics) Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band - all this this here (Fundacja Słuchaj!) Dave Liebman - Live At Small's (Cellar Music) Lesley Mok - The Living Collection (American Dreams) Pascal Niggenkemper - blòc (Subran Musiques Aventureuses) Various - Live At Plus-Etage (A New Wave of Jazz)

Bill Crow has shared news of Dave Bailey’s passing at age 97. A wonderful drummer and bandleader who can be heard on a murderer’s row of classic dates from the 50s and 60s, perhaps most notably those of Gerry Mulligan. A blessing that he was able to have such a long and full life.

Joe's duet with Zoh was otherworldly. I knew she would do a good job but I was in awe. As good as, if not better than, any saxophone duet I've ever heard him do.

Taking in the second annual Molten Plains festival tonight and tomorrow in Denton, TX. 12/8 lineup: -Wendy Eisenberg/Damon Smith/Stefan Gonzalez -Louise Fristensky/Kory Reeder/Ernesto Montiel -Joe McPhee/Zoh Amba -Tamarisk (Christina Carter/David Menestres/Andrew Weathers) -Spirit Plate 12/9 lineup: -Mattie/Melanie Little Smith -Colin Andrew Sheffield -Patrick Shiroishi/Aaron Gonzalez/Damon Smith -Sandy Ewen/Rebecca Novak/Sarah Ruth Alexander/Wendy Eisenberg -Sean Meehan -Joe McPhee/Carmina Escobar/Dave Dove -Trio Glossia -Water Damage Should be a great weekend!

Really agree. I didn't feel compelled to rush out & get this, but a quick used copy turned up at my shop so I grabbed it and have had it spinning on repeat. Very strong stuff.

That was my thought, pretty underwhelming if so.

Does anyone have any information on the track “All”? Barring any additional information it seems that this is otherwise all previously released despite the slightly weasely PR copy. https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/16363 In fact, with the exception of “Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams” this is just the Reincarnation of a Love Bird album, the “fourth” Mingus Candid album that the new one claims to be.

New release from Triple Point Records. Vinyl only as usual, but affordable for once: Previously unissued 1964 studio demo featuring Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, and Denis Charles Archie Shepp’s world has always been filled with fire music, and eventually Fire Music. Before that landmark LP, Shepp made Four for Trane—his August 1964 beachhead with Impulse. And even before that, as it turns out, came this one blip—the earliest Shepp leader project yet on record. Under supervision of the artist, this previously unissued demo recording is now available from Triple Point Records. As the cover of Derailleur suggests, Shepp tries out some surprising combinations for the session. The playlist includes two of Archie’s earliest documented compositions—the jagged 5/4 statement “Viva Jomo” and a shuffling blues named for his Florida homeland. And an homage to Maestro Ellington of course. Archie had already defined his voice while a sideman and co-leader; now he was looking for his team. Shepp momentarily adopted the quartet that Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd led in the Village. This assemblage delivered a spontaneous demo, and engineer Art Crist captured it in a mono studio session. Buried in Archie’s tape archive was this batch of music that was all but forgotten; now Triple Point has polished it into crisp perfection. Archie Shepp (tenor saxophone) Roswell Rudd (trombone) Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone) Arthur Harper (bass) Denis Charles (drums) https://triplepointrecords.com Tracklist: side A 1. Dunbar Days & Miami Joys (Archie Shepp) take –4 (6:53) 2. Viva Jomo (Archie Shepp) take –4 (10:05) 3. Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington) take –1 (8:53) side B Viva Jomo 1. take –1 [breakdown] (1:04) 2. take –2 [complete] (6:42) 3. take –3 [complete] (7:43) Dunbar Days & Miami Joys 4. take –3 [complete] (5:46) 5. take –1 [false start] and take –2 [breakdown] (1:28) Archie Shepp (tenor saxophone); Roswell Rudd (trombone); Arthur Harper (bass); Denis Charles (drums) Recorded probably spring 1964 Bell Sound Studios, New York City

Excellent player, a job well done. RIP.

These are Vogue recordings so there is probably mostly overlap with the OP, but I have this one & it’s excellent: https://www.discogs.com/release/15801844-Don-Byas-Tenderly