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Andrew Cyrille/Peter Brotzmann - In Berlin [FMP, West Germany 1983] Been too long since Brotzmann has been on the turntable. Cyrille is masterful. That's one of my favourite JiB releases. I should buy the LP version.

Sheila Jordan - Portrait Of Sheila [Blue Note, NY Mono 1962]

Omicron cases doubling every two days or less in London. Still too early to assess hospitalisations and severity over time of symptoms. Main concern at the moment is the sheer number of ill staff off work affecting services - health care, transport, logistics, food retail etc

That was my first thought too

It's like the House Of Lords but less anachronistic Always been a favourite so i guess I must be amongst that "certain set" although do I detect a hint of disapproval of them? I have a slightly noisy copy of this pressing

Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds [Moodsville/Craft, 2021] Christmas came early...

Now you're testing my memory but the one that does come immediately to my mind is this http://nicksmart.co.uk/?page_id=39 l must dig it out again. Other than that it's just a memory that Drake became coverable once Mehldau did 'River Man' Are you saying that, Moran discounted, you think Bad Plus and Mehldau have the links with ECM and European trends? If so, which recordings on both sides of that link are you thinking about? I'm still struggling to see the link really or even the Very Serious trend in US recordings, with the exception perhaps of Mehldau. 'Largo' aside I hear Mehldau as very American with a dose of his Beethoven seriousness and wouldn't immediately place him in the ECM sphere. I think there's a strong European piano trio trend that runs through ECM and as Niko points out through ACT too.

Oh sorry, I misunderstood you. I hear Stenson coming from a more European tradition, Jan Johannson for instance, and possibly Evans than Jarrett. None of that bouncy country-tinged Jarrettism. Stenson's choice of covers are always very interesting. But I haven't given it that much thought to be honest

I don't hear Moran belonging to this trend. Listening to his output as they were released they came from a different source than Mehldau and Bad Plus and I suspect Rooster Ties nails that difference with the Hill and Byard influences. I saw Bandwagon and the Mehldau trio a good few times and they were very different to my ears Also agree about EST who created a whole slew of, especially European, trios at the time and I also think influenced Mehldau to record 'Largo'. Mehldau was always so serious and I think ended up disappearing up that seriousness. That early solo disc 'Elegaic' I found almost comically self-aware. I say this as someone who has twelve Mehldau Trio CDs (just counted them) that I haven't listened to in easily five years. They were good live. I think the whole Radiohead and rock covers thing, especially Bad Plus, was probably more of a record company crossover impetus. I am a Radiohead atheist and quite happy to add their influence on Jazz piano trios to the list of crimes against music they have been guilty of.. - I know this is not a popular stance. I wouldn't put Stenson anywhere near the other guys, different class, different heritage and his trio recordings all stand the test of time to my ears. My conclusions, Bad Plus chancers; Brad Mehldau, frustrated academic; Moran, had and still has something to say - a talent. EST, ok for one album. Helge Lein and all the others, forgotten... And then there was the sub genre of Nick Drake covers, couldn't seem to move for them. Maybe because I love the originals so much but I found them no more than mildly diverting

Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor - Time No Changes

I haven't found a way to do so yet...

Graham Collier - British Conversations [My Only Desire, UK 2021] Eddy Louiss - Our Kind Of Sabi [MPF/BASF Germany, 1971] finally an LP to replace my dodgy MP3 version. Surman in the 70s, guaranteed fireworks It's that need word that gives it away. My partner still doesn't understand and laughs every time I say it

She's a real talent. I came late to her given all the coverage she gets over here. heir to Kenny Wheeler perhaps

I missed out the on my original post. I was obscurely suggesting, in jest, that Salsa and Reggae albums are a lot more fun That depends on the parties...I always take my Brotzmann LPs to parties, don't other folk? Meanwhile Tubby Hayes Quartet - For Members Only, '67 Live [Miles Music, UK 1990] Top notch Tubbs worth entry for the flute feature 'Finky Minky' alone, not on any other album, I'm led to believe

That looks very interesting indeed. Nowhere to be seen this side of the Atlantic sadly. Amazon Music seems to have a live album with some of the tunes.

Which just goes to suggest that the Salsa and Reggae albums get played a lot more...

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Evan Parker Quartet - All Knavery And Collusion {Cadillac, 2021]

A morning catching up with some new arrivals whilst getting work admin sorted Jamire Williams - But Only After You Have Suffered [International Anthem, 2021] Oiro Pena - Ima [Jazzaggression Records, Finland 2021] Matthew Halsall - Salute To The Sun (Live At Halle St.Peter's MCN) [Gondwana Records UK, 2021] V.Ganelinas, V. Tarasovs, V.Cekasinas - Con Anima [Melodiya, USSR 1976] Ganelin, Cekasin, Tarasov - Poi Segue [Melodiya, USSR 1982]

the Todd Haynes Velvet Underground documentary

Fats Sadi's Combo - s/t {Vogue, Japan 1997 RP] purchase from earlier in the year inspired by the European modernism thread