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I thought 'Blues For Memo' from 2016 was really good. I'm not generally a fan of piano/sax duos so passed on the Takase. He was impressive on a more recent Kahil El 'Zabar album. Yeah, with Jaimie Branch too. Intriguing pairing that I can't wait to hear

Now that's a question. Not knowing HutchFan's suggestion (and I'm always very happy to take note of those) , would say 'Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle'. Packed with great playing maybe not with a live intensity but certainly with consummate facility. My absolute favourite RRK is 'I Talk With Spirits' but that disqualifies itself for many as a flute album. Essence of Kirk to my ears. So that's two single albums

Selene Saint-Aime - Mare Undarum [Komos Records, France 2020] Startlingly good. At last a vocal album to play after Jeanne Lee's 'Conspiracy', different but with a resonance

I'd be interested to hear the thoughts of his sister Gabrielle who has done so much to preserve his legacy and that of their mother, Molly

Absolutely agree about those trio albums. I saw them perform the first one at Ronnies

I'm certainly appreciating it more listening now.

Here's a contributor comment posted on the Discogs page for the album. Interesting... " I love this album. Though I have heard it described as a "rare, critical miscue" and not "wild" enough for some tastes, its polish and atmosphere are quite wonderful to me and neither make the music any less complex. Gavin Bryars has written about Carla Bley as his favorite composer and he explains it much more eloquently than I. With credit to Mr. Bryars, here are his words, "Many people were dismayed - and Manfred Eicher was one of them - when this band evolved into the sextet (electric guitar, bass guitar, organ, piano, drums and percussion) via a couple of transitional albums: Heavy Heart 1983 and Night-glo of 1985, which had the magical yet prosaically-named track Rut. Ironically, some record stores, especially those with eccentric classification systems such as the FNAC chain in France, started to place her work at this time in the "fusion" section because of the music's mellifluous façade and its superficial resemblance to that genre. But this is a similar mistake to that which was made in the early 1960's when some writers almost dismissed the Bill Evans trio as "cocktail music". Beneath the deceptively smooth surface, in both cases, is a music of great toughness and rhythmic subtlety (even at very slow tempi)." So there you have it. Randos on Amazon, "serious" jazz folks, and merchandisers trying to package music for easy sale...just digest Mr. Bryars words a bit and you will begin to appreciate this album more. "

I walked out of a gig by that band. Not something I'm overly proud of and I don't think I'd do so now but back then I wanted "real" Carla Bley music and didn't appreciate that's what I was getting...ho hum

Grant Green - Grantstand [Blue Note, Japan 1992] Doug Watkins - Soulnik [Prestige, Japan 1974] Julius Hemphil Quartet - Flat-Out Jump Suite [Black Saint, Italy 1980] and beforehand, this new acquisition. With thanks to @Rabshakeh showing the way Buddy Collette - Man Of Many Parts [Contemporary/Vogue, UK 1958]

That's a good one, mind you aren't they all when it comes to Wadada

More than one, a chain, The Partridge Family

Tumi Mogorosi - Project Elo [Jazzman, UK 2014] New one of the way imminently but this is another example of the great music coming out of SA in the past few years

I read it fine too on my phone and just checked on this laptop, open access. It's an interesting read that will send me back to the albums mentioned, always a good sign

Nightports with Tom Herbert

Saw a copy in a Norwich record shop, £500. Needless to say I'm waiting on the reissue too The Sirone album is an all time favourite, I have two copies of the original. I hope they do the corrugated cover on the reissue

David Trimble Jason Orange Dr No

Likewise, when it hits the UK

I'll look after it for you

"A contemporary Iliad" apparently

That's good to know as I've just ordered a copy of Many Parts, whilst on a roll....

Ironically, 'Good Days' is the only CU album I don't own. Exploding Star are great, all the albums are worth a listen. If you can find Mazurek's 'Calma Gente' you'll be in for a treat, his best among many very good recordings, to my ears

You have a better memory than me I have been having a really nice day with Buddy, very much enjoying it. Wish he played a touch more flute on it. So which one do I listen to next?

Buddy Colette - Nice Day With [Disque Vogue/Contemporary, France 1957] and next, by way of some contrast Peter Brotzmann/Milford Graves/William Parker - Historic Music Past Tense Future [Black Editions Archive, 2022]