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One of the best

Mark Wastell - Vibra Trilogy [Confront Recordings]

Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith - Defiant Life [ECM, Germany 2025]

Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray - Spirit Groove: Golden Sea Duo in Shenzhen [Old Heaven Books]

That's going to be Nordic whispiness @Rabshakeh™ of the highest order, and I can't wait. I've wanted to hear Henriksen with another horn player for a while because it's been a while

Wow!

The Dick Morrissey Quartet - It's Morrissey, Man! [Fontana, UK 1961 mono]

When you looking for influences of the "whispery Nordic stuff" (?!) you can't discount a decidedly European, as in definitely not US, aesthetic perhaps best encapsulated by recordings of Jan Johannson. I always see and hear ECM as a very European label, the most European of all Jazz labels and that's not exclusively because of its geographical location. To miss this is I think to misunderstand the label. Released 1964 but maybe the most ECM of albums

Thanks, I'm not sure I knew that but I did know that its companion piece was released on IAI so should have realised

That's a good album

Cage - Four, Quatuor Bozzini

Clementi - Momento, Quatuor Bozzini

Oh, I asked because I like his vibes playing...

The Redman and Braxton are pretty brutal but I suspect fairly commonly held views at the time

I just think autocorrect hates me, as my earlier post indicates...if/is... I suspect gurdy is preferable

how much vibraphone does Tubbs play?

If your hurdy furry or gurdy? What is this TikTok of which you speak

I've been flirting with the Maeght since RSD, interesting to see your glowing impressions

I did the same...😃

It's actually shrewd marketing. Jazz events need to make money so you highlight the names with the biggest potential audience. Activity for years doesn't necessarily equate to folk through the door. It's a commercial event not a charitable one. And the "Jazz masters" get to expose their undoubted mastery to a potentially new and wider audience which can only be a good thing for them.

I like Tord's albums well enough as they are (just don't listen to more than one at a time) but I can see the attraction of putting a rocket under him I'd never really thought about it like that but as I type I'm listening to Paul Bley's 'Ballads' (an essential ECM for me) and your description is spot on for a lot of Altschul's playing, not all of it as some is carrying the beat if only obliquely. And this album is from 1971.

I think referring to The Roots, Monae, Collier and Spalding as nobodies probably says more about you than you think. One person's nobody is most definitely someone else's somebody. Sweeping dismissals like that really does no one any credit

I seem to remember a similar thread from last year. I also think this is a good lineup, established names alongside newer artists that are taking Jazz into interesting directions

I remember buying that when it was released. I must check the shelves to see if it survived subsequent clear outs

Just catching up with this really sad news, I'm sorry to hear that Fiona will no longer be there to enjoy her listening sessions with you. For some reason the mentions of her in your posts always brought a smile to my face. A great companion departed, but on her own terms, and I hope your memories of all those hours together bring some solace. And what a great musical tribute to her too. An album I only recently discovered (I know) due to your enthusiasm for it here.