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I have that one too, one of the few Latin Jazz albums in my collection. I know nothing about the two musicians though, sorry. Good album.

It's in my list above, stands out for the number of female artists represented I think

My problem is I DO trust you on this. Oddly not many copies for sale over here unlike other titles I splurged on last month.

Ooh, sounds like another I'll have to track down...stop it with the Moodys!!

I'm pleased I'm not the only one. I'm always disappointed by that album when I play it, ever since I bought it in the 80s. Never seems to hang together in any way and as you say Byrd/Shorter doesn't seem to gel. I played it again a few weeks ago in the hope that I would get a different impression, I didn't. On the "to offload" list.

Michel Pilz Quartet - Jamabiko [M.P., Germany 1984]

Significant coverage on BBC radio lunchtime news

Well they certainly ploughed the furrow for all its worth but I never quite got overwhelmed. But I also really like Electric Masada. Relationship breakdown - all the Masada CDs and just one John Surman CD somehow went missing in the general smoke and fire - always thought since it was an odd combination...not as if my ex actually enjoyed hearing them. Maybe they were the fire

I agree with you but I think you're setting the bar too low at "labels which have rarely or never given opportunities to women" as I can think of several that do just off the top of my head - Leo, Rogue Art, Relative Pitch, Clean Feed, ECM. I agree about Intakt. I think a more realistic expectation would be to ask which labels have a significant representation of women as leaders in their catalogue - "significant", I'll leave to others to debate. Somewhere near 50/50 would be nice as an aspiration, wouldn't it? And no, I'm not suggesting quotas.

Yeah, hope he's OK. The two ECM albums I listened to yesterday are both excellent. Now playing Masada - Sanhedrin, 1994-1997 [Tzadik, 2019] I thought Masada were one of the most exciting bands at the time. This is reminding me why having not listened to them since my almost complete CD collection of their recordings went AWOL.

Thanks for the report, sounds great. I love his "dancing", he did a fair amount of that at Ronnie's the last time he was here. I haven't heard the band with Brown so I'll look forward to that if he comes over I envy you seeing the Marvel's with Lucinda, a lot!

Thanks. Appears from Stalling's Discogs entry to have been a one-off on the Jazz front. He certainly didn't fool around and fall in love with it...

Julian Priester And Marine Intrusion - Polarization [ECM, Germany 1977] Revisiting this and I was prompted, maybe for the first time, to check who was playing saxophone - Ron Stallings, now I need to find out more about him. So how did someone more used to playing with Elvin Bishop, Southern Comfort and later Huey Lewis get this gig I wonder?

On Our Own Clock - s/t [Mushroom Half Hour/Total Refreshment Centre, SA/UK, 2021]

How was it, which band? At Lobrero Theatre? I watched a stream from there during lockdown, looks a lovely venue. He seems to regard it as his home venue. I have tickets for his London performance in a month, just need to resolve some health issues and I'll be there. Can't miss a visit from Charles I haven't had a booster, another 6 weeks, so I'm not risking it, sadly.

Don Cherry - Mu pt.1& pt.2. BYG Japan 2LP About time I had a nice copy of this rather than an old CD version of dubious provenance

Thanks for mentioning all of them from two very different 'scenes', I think Jennifer Allum could be added to the second group of names. My straightahead tip, I'm really enjoying Josephine Davies' Satori albums https://josephinedavies-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-corners-of-clouds I've enjoyed listening to Tori Freestone and Trish Clowes from Sidewinder's list. To which we could add Alcyona Mick

It's quite a range but amongst those I have and enjoy these should give you an idea (and you get a Lotte Anker bonus too) https://www.discogs.com/master/1325006-Sylvie-Courvoisier-Abaton https://www.discogs.com/release/1748364-Lotte-Anker-Sylvie-Courvoisier-Ikue-Mori-Alien-Huddle https://www.discogs.com/release/9531356-Sylvie-Courvoisier-Mary-Halvorson-Crop-Circles Ikue Mori too

Anyone mentioned Sylvie Courvousier? Impressive catalogue, ECM to Relative Pitch via Intakt

My only surprise really was that I couldn't believe that anyone who has followed jazz/improv at all closely in the last ten years wasn't aware of so many female artists that have had high profiles in that time. I'm absolutely all for highlighting them and redressing the balance but I just feel there must have been some blinkers in place to have missed them all in the first place. I think Nicole Mitchell speaks a lot of sense and walks that talk. All power to her.

I'll admit to thinking similarly when it appeared but folk seem to be getting something from it

More Tubby imminent by the looks of things

I know you didn't ask me but if I may, for Anker I enjoy. This band also have a very good Leo release called 'Triptych' I think I've only heard Rasmussen with the Fire! Orchestra and possibly PN-L's Large Orchestra

Bad Bad Not Good - Talk Memory [XL Recordings, 2021]

I saw her a couple of years ago, fantastic. I wasn't aware of the January date. I know what you mean about the cost of her recordings Or Satoko Fuji edit to add: Schneider ticket duly booked, thanks for the reminder