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  1. Free jazz that swings

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    Lots of dutch jazz: ICP Orchestra, Clusone 3, Available Jelly, Eric Boeren 4tet, Tobias Delius 4tet, Sean Bergin's Mob, Ab Baars Trio

    From Chicago: Jason Adasiewicz's Sunrooms, Mike Reed's People Places & Things and Loose Assembly, Jason Stein Quartet, Rempis Daisy Duo, Nick Mazzarella Trio, Josh Berman's Gang

    Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory

    Mal Waldron Quartet/Quintet, both the 70s iteration with Lacy & Schoof, and the 80s groups with Rouse & Shaw or Jim Pepper

    Max Roach groups with Bridgewater & Harper

    Myra Melford's Trio, Extended Ensemble, Crush, The Same River Twice

    Gerry Hemingway Quintet

    Steve Lacy Trio & Quartet

    Jemeel Moondoc small groups & Jus Grew Orchestra

    Nu Band

    Thomas Borgmann Trio

    Thomas Chapin Trio

    Jim Hobbs' Fully Celebrated Orchestra

    Roy Campbell Pyramid

    David Murray Octet & Quartets

    Marty Ehrlich's Rites Quartet

    Nate Wooley Quintet

    So many more. I hasten to label this music "free jazz" AFAIC anyone who appreciates any kind of modern jazz could enjoy this music-- it holds all the same properties.

  2. Mosaic Box Sale

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    Wow, are they that valuable? I bought this set less the box from eBay a couple of years ago and then bought the booklet from Mosaic. I am a rich man it seems.Good luck with this sale. I will follow it with interest./Magnus

    These prices are very fair and at market rate.

  21. Blindfold Test #131 Reveal

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    Thanks very much for your efforts.

    I've been playing to the Hawkins/Moholo-Moholo album several times the last week because I apparently don't listen to it enough. Terrific album.

    Question; is this the Shippenbach album you would recommend? All I really know is Pakistani Pomade.

    THE Schlippenbach? No. 50th Birthday Concert, Hunting The Snake, or Elf Bagatellen are probably most essential, but this is a wonderful record indeed. Their studio albums have a certain calm to them that I enjoy sometimes as a contrast to their (awesomely) pummeling live performances.

  22. bass clarinet

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    And didn't Buddy DeFranco do an album under L. Feather's auspecies on Bass clarinet with the then current Jazz Messengers? I think I own this...or maybe it was a dream?

    Pretty much. He played it on Blues Bag (Vee-Jay, 1964) with Blakey, Victor Sproles, Freddie Hill or Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller & Victor Feldman. It was part of the Feather Encyclopedia of Jazz. Very, very weird one, as you can tell. They do Ornette's "Blues Connotation"!

  23. Blindfold Test #131 Reveal

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    No surprises here. Thanks all for listening; I very much enjoyed hearing your impressions.

    1. Joe McPhee - "Astral Spirits" from Oleo + A Future Retrospective (Hat Hut, 1982)

    Joe McPhee (ts), Andre Jaume (bcl), Raymond Boni (g)

    What can I say? My favorite jazz record of all time, about which I once wrote: A tribute to possibility, inspiration, improvisation; to Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Donald & Albert Ayler, Jimmy Guiffre, Neruda, Picasso, Casals, Clifford Thornton, Eric Dolphy. Uplifting and life-affirming music of poetic beauty. Once, I had a thought: how great would it be to play the music of Albert Ayler in the style of Jimmy Giuffre. Joe McPhee had the same idea, apparently.

    2. Alexander Hawkins & Louis Moholo-Moholo - "Amaxesha Ozi (Times of Sorrow)" from Keep Your Heart Straight (Ogun, 2012)

    Alexander Hawkins (p), Louis Moholo-Moholo (d)

    Obviously if you don't have the album, you should. I love this version, but not much can hold a candle to the version of this song from 1978's Spirits Rejoice.

    3. Clusone Trio - "El Condor Pasa" from Rara Avis (hatOLOGY, 1997)

    Michael Moore (as), Ernst Reijseger (clo), Han Bennink (d)

    So combustible! What can't this group do?

    4. Bill Dixon - "Requiem For Booker Little (1975/76)" from Collection (Cadence, 1985)

    Bill Dixon (t)

    No one nailed this down for sure, but some picked out Dixon. A moving piece. FWIW the dreadful needledrop is not my doing-- that's how the Cadence CD sounds.

    5. Ed Blackwell Trio - "Take the 'A' Train" from Walls-Bridges (Soul Note, 1996)

    Dewey Redman (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Ed Blackwell (d)

    Hard to do a bad version of this tune. Ed Blackwell literally never played a single note I wouldn't deem worth hearing.

    6. Kidd Jordan - "Resolution" from Palm of Soul (Aum Fidelity, 2006)

    Kidd Jordan (ts), William Parker (b), Hamid Drake (d)

    Not many fans of Kidd's style around I guess. More for me to enjoy!

    7. Paul Motian Trio - "Abacus" from Le Voyage (ECM, 1979)

    Charles Brackeen (ts), JF Jenny-Clark (b), Paul Motian (d)

    I just love this tune. A perfect example of the Motian compositional style. The version with Chris Potter & Jason Moran is a joy as well.

    8. Urs Leimgruber/Joelle Leandre/Fritz Hauser - "Third" from No Try, No Fail (hatOLOGY, 1997)

    Urs Leimgruber (ts), Joelle Leandre (b, vcl), Fritz Hauser (d)

    Not for everyone, I know. But to echo a well-worn sentiment here: this is one of the finest examples of free improvisation I know. All-in.

    9. Nate Wooley - "Shanda Lea 1" from (Put Your) Hands Together (Clean Feed, 2010)

    Nate Wooley (t)

    The rest of the LP, of course, is by Wooley's quintet with Josh Sinton on bass clarinet, Mat Moran on vibes, Enid Opvisk on bass, and Harris Eisenstadt on drums. But this poignant opener is just so amazing. I revel in the beautiful melody and am awed by the way he turns it up & over, in & out, up & down, and resolves back into the tune. A perfect performance.

    10. Fred Anderson - "Wandering" from Black Horn Long Gone (Southport, 1993)

    Fred Anderson (ts), Malachai Favors, (b), Ajaramu (d)

    This is probably my favorite Fred Anderson record. Some say he sounds meandering to them, but I never feel less than locked-in when listening to Fred play. I think it's this "wandering" sensibility is what draws me most to his music.

    11. Dennis Gonzalez New Dallasorleanssippi - "Hymn To Julius Hemphill" from The Desert Wind (Silkheart, 1991)

    Dennis Gonzalez (t), Charles Brackeen (ts), Michael Session (as), Kim Corbet (tb), Michael Kruge (clo), Henry Franklin (b), Alvin Fielder (d)

    I'm glad everyone liked this so much. What a great tune, huh? I could listen to it for hours.

    12. Schlippenbach Trio - "Gold Is Where You Find It" from Gold Is Where You Find It (Intakt, 2007)

    Evan Parker (ts), Alexander Von Schlippenbach (p), Paul Lovens (d)

    Kind of a down note to end on. Admittedly not the most engaging performance they've done, but I really like the quiet insularity of this record and thought the title made for a fine conclusion.

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