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it seems all bonus tracks are download only (havn't been added to the CD versions)

Corbett vs Dempsey will be releasing (4CD & Bandcamp download) this various artists compilation of live material from Chicago's "Empty Bottle" I'm definitely in on this one For the first time, a release of select music performed at Chicago's Empty Bottle in the heyday of the creative music boom of the 1990s. From 1996-2005, writer and producer John Corbett and musician and composer Ken Vandermark teamed up to curate a series of concerts, the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series. Together with annual international festivals, the series comprised more than 500 performances over its nine-year span, which was lauded in the international press and helped focus attention on Chicago as a hotspot for improvised music. The majority of the music was dutifully documented by Malachi Ritscher, from whose archives The Bottle Tapes: Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series, 1996-2005 is drawn. Over the course of six CDs, arranged in chronological sequence, the box set revels in the span of the music presented at the Bottle, from the hardest blown free jazz to microscopic free improvisation and other kinds of experimental music. The lineup incorporates nearly 100 international musicians, including Peter Brötzmann (who formed his Chicago Tentet at the Empty Bottle in 1997), Milford Graves (performing solo), a Bobby Bradford quartet with Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake and Wadada Leo Smith, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, the Dutch bands Available Jelly and Clusone 3, Von Freeman in his only performance with Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink, Jim O'Rourke duetting with Cor Fuhler, Mats Gustafsson and Thurston Moore in their first face-off, Chicago Underground Quartet, Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet, and much more. The package comes with a lavishly illustrated 64-page book, loaded with never-published photos and vintage ephemera, including Dan Grzeca's beautiful posters, as well as an in-depth essay by Corbett, with play-by-play notes on the music. https://corbettvsdempsey.com/records/the-bottle-tapes/

RIP Guy (Brownie) - loved your input here over the years & especially your Ayler pics

and Australia!! still looking for a few Rutherfords to plug the gaps

a definite for me - JIB Bandcamp site has this set as sold out (so quickly!!) Looks like it'll be a download for me, being a yearly subscriber but a hard copy of this would have been nice

The Lacy catalogue was probably the crown jewels of the Emanem label - scooped up all of his releases over the years

Anyone know if there has been any movement on recommencing Martin's site - it's almost 2 years since he sadly passed (time flies!!) This web site is no longer accepting new orders. We are sorry to inform you that Martin passed away in early December 2023. We are doing our best to contact anyone with outstanding orders and either post or refund them. We hope to transfer the CD stock so it is available again, but this will take time to organise. If you knew Martin, or the records and CDs he helped put out, please celebrate his life and love of music. He will be missed greatly. — Martin's family (Madelaine and Leo) 11th December, 2023 Emanem compact discs - curated by Martin Davidson psi compact discs - curated by Evan Parker NEWS Other related links: European Free Music Helen Petts video clips Cafe Oto Mopomoso The Vortex

yes it is with a slight order modification

The four titles from the May 19, 1951 Birdland date were released on the double Storyville CD "100 Years - Forever Young" not that long ago (2010) https://www.discogs.com/release/14877906-Lester-Young-100-Years-Forever-Young?srsltid=AfmBOorOKWj8YAP1b4YX6cWQE7RLvfcg7ipRPmiq2OpnxHDPgkgmAk7u

from Jan Evensmo's solography - here's the choice of material from those various dates LESTER YOUNG QUARTET - NYC. Jan. 20, 1951 Personnel as Jan. 6. Neenah As Jan. 6, but 5 choruses. (F) Ghost Of A Chance Solo 48 bars to coda. (S) Lester Leaps Again As Jan. 6, but 4 choruses. (F) Up And At'em As Jan. 6, but incl. start and 7 choruses. (FM) Jumpin' With Symphony Sid In ens 12 bars. (FM) LESTER YOUNG QUARTET - NYC. Feb. 24, 1951 Personnel as Jan. 6 except unknown (p) replaces Lewis on this session only. Up And At'em As Jan. 6. (FM) These Foolish Things Solo 48 bars to long coda. (S) Neenah As Jan. 6, but 6 choruses. (F) Lester Leaps In Solo 4 choruses of 32 bars. Solo 8 bars. Solo 16 bars to coda. (F) Jumpin' With Symphony Sid Solo 4 choruses of 12 bars. (FM) LESTER YOUNG QUINTET - NYC. May 19, 1951 Jesse Drakes (tp), Lester Young (ts), John Lewis (p), Gene Ramey (b), Jo Jones (dm). WNEW broadcast from Birdland. Indiana Solo 5 choruses of 32 bars. 32 bars 4/4 with (dm) to 32 bars 4/4 with (tp) to coda. (FM) Ghost Of A Chance Solo 48 bars to coda. (S) How High The Moon With ens and acc. (tp) to break and solo 3 choruses of 32 bars. 32 bars 4/4 with (tp) to coda. (F) D. B. Blues Solo 2 choruses of 44 bars. (M) LESTER YOUNG QUINTET - NYC. May 2, 1952 Jesse Drakes (tp), Lester Young (ts), Wynton Kelly (p), Aaron Bell (b), Lee Abrams (dm), Jo Jones (dm-guest appearance). NBC broadcast from Birdland Up And At'em As Jan. 6, but 6 choruses. (FM) 'Deed I Do Solo 4 choruses of 32 bars. 32 bars 4/4 with (dm). 32 bars 4/4 with (tp/dm/ens) to coda. (FM) How High The Moon With ens and acc. (tp) to break and solo 3 choruses of 32 bars. With ensemble 32 bars. (F) Pennies From Heaven Solo 3 choruses of 32 bars. (FM) thanks Marcel

IIRC Brownie posted those pics on this site a number of years back - just gone back to the thread you listed & the link to the pictures is there but no images appear unfortunately

He's performed with you on a multitude of sessions

Upcoming Lester Young RSD (Black Friday, November) Birdland 51-52 recordings - looks like a single LP only & a paltry 8 tracks Wonder if the source material will be the 6 LP Boris Rose Ambrosia broadcast recordings (or their original acetates) - pity they didn't attempt a larger more complete set (something I recently recommended as a Mosaic box release) https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/19301

also Bell Sound Studios, Millbrook, NY (Timothy Leary), Judson Hall (Ayler SpiritsRejoice), A-1 Sound (Herb Abramson's Studio) see p61-62 (Ch 😎 of "Always in Trouble" plus p150-159 (section on Richard Alderson) "The studio where I recorded all the ESP stuff was an abandoned warehouse on West 65th Street, which had been condemned" The name was changed from RLA to Impact Studio when Harry Belafonte bought in

looks like all 4 are getting the CD treatment