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This evening, just because it is so tasty, this Alsacian Crémant: JEAN GEILER Crémant brut Bio

Note about the lo-fi on the albums (found on discogs):

Yeah - I mean, those many albums with bass players and Scott obviously holding back on request by her producers do not prepare for the sheer power and swinging force she projects on these live recordings.

Holy sh......!

Got my copy today. They are smokin'!

Monday evening I witnessed the closing ball of a workshop for baroque dance at the Frankfurt Music Academy. A six piece student ensemble excellently played a long suite composed by Jean-Marie Leclair to the baroque dance exercises and choreography taught by Niels Badenhop after the methods at the court of Louis XIV at Versailles. Every lover - and player! - of baroque music should at least once see and or practice this - most may have noticed terms like "Forlane" and "Passepied" as denotions of parts in Bach's orchestral suites, but never seen the respective dances. They will make you understand the music much better and show that they are an essential part of the performances of this music in baroque times. 90% of the music is related to dance rhythms and structures! For the closing Chaconne Badenhop called the audience on stage and had us all dance it à rondeau. A revelatory experience.

What a life. He really deserves to rest in peace.

Geez - I grew up less than a mile from that church. That's the oldest in Frankfurt. Somehow that concert series ecaped me. Had no idea they had concerts like that in that venue.

Not an album cover, but a real nice one, and perhaps it was used for one, or another from that session? Abbey Lincoln, of course.

😅

Rhino and Craft are album fetishists now, not completists any more.

How do you like it? My copy has not yet arrived ....

Today's listening pile:

Excellent CD. Chombo Silva was supposed to perform on these sessions but suffered a stroke shortly before. So it became a heartfelt tribute. This was, btw, the last copy available on discogs.