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Last month I watched a stream of a performance of his Josephine Baker piece 'Perle Noire', astonishing and moving. I hope it gets recorded. I've only ever seen him live once with the Steve Lehman Octet. The Vortex nearly didn't have any walls left at the end of the evening. One of a very few artists whose albums I buy without much thought. Never not interesting and more often than not very good indeed. As always Steve, I envy you that experience.

Because charlieboy enjoys it and can afford to? I don't see anyone being forced to join in... I don't understand it, way above my paygrade but each to their own.

They are trustworthy and it's very unusual for their listings to be out of date. Happened once in over 15 years to me so that really is bad luck. They can be slower than others on shipping sometimes but hey always get there in the end. I hope you find a copy Pim

Can't ignore such recommendations from you and soulpope. Copy just ordered.

I haven't followed the blog as assiduously as others or as I should have but I've dipped in most months and have found it a fascinating read. Thanks for all your hard work even if it is a labour of love. This thread has been great too for other recommendations that have merged out of the discussion.

No extras, straight repro of the original sleeve with Charles Fox's notes.

Arman Ratip - The Spy From Istanbul [Mad About Music, 2020] Nicely done reissue. Great music, completely new to me but I tend to regard Charig as a guarantor of quality.

Yesterday, Roland Kirk's Verve/Limelight Recordings on Mosaic

That's a great one

Don't know how I forgot Dino Saluzzi whose recent 'Albores' is a quiet masterpiece

I agree about Stanko, definitely. Also, everything by Anouar Brahem is of a consistently high standard. Louis Sclavis has hit a rich seam too. Other artists that have released strong albums are Misha Alperin, John Surman, Stefano Battaglia, Enrico Rava, Christian Wallumrod, Markku Ounaskari, Francois Couturier, Tim Berne, Michael Formanek, Giovanni Guidi and I could easily go on. Any drop off for me has been in the last five years or so

Great shame but what a legacy

Happy New Year to everyone! May music be the healing force for you all in 2021

Joe Chapman 'I'll be your everything'. Such a super compilation. Thanks ever so much for bringing to my attention

My first time listening to this following this post. Billy Cee and Ruby Wilson 'Bluer than blue'!!!

When I ordered this from them at the time of release I had issues with PayPal. HJ informed me it's because of Ali's name (some discussion of this elsewhere at the time). They have a very easy solution but I can't quite remember what it is - probably asking you to PayPal funds to them directly, I think. As Rabshakeh suggestions an email should do it. At least the lorry backlog us cleared now 🙄

RBM sells on Discogs but I can't find anything to suggest they're the same entity. And as I see it Discogs is a marketplace rather than seller and I can see no reason why they would hold financial details. All transactions are carried out with individual sellers not Discogs per se. Happy to be proved wrong by someone more knowledgeable.

@CJ Shearn, apologies for deleting my original quoted post, I just wanted to word it better. Why do you think "just kiddin;" makes it any better? It doesn't undo the undertones of the statement, one iota

I really wish I didn't have to read this when I'm reading a thread about a pretty serious issue. Actually, i really wish I didn't have to read stuff like this at all. Emoji doesn't make it right in my book.

Max Porter - Lanny James Ellroy - The Storm Fiona McCarthy - Walter Gropius; Visionary Founder Of The Bauhaus Philip Clark - Dave Brubeck: A Life In Time

I'm really looking forward to this, Pim. Unlike most here I'm not a great Waldron fan but I'm very open to being educated. I'm a bit worried it could prove expensive 😃

That Lowry suite was issued here https://www.discogs.com/Graham-Collier-The-Day-Of-The-Dead-October-Ferry-Symphony-Of-Scorpions-Forest-Path-To-The-Spring/release/6475492

The top five would be in my top ten with the exception of the Frisell which I enjoyed but not as much as a lot of others. New albums by Irreversible Entanglements, Angles 10/9, the Thumbscrew Ours/Theirs, Charles Lloyds birthday concert, Anteloper and Denis Gonsalez all hit the spot for me

Yes, he was a bit of a prodigy. I stopped paying much attention after 'The Knife' which I also thought was terrific. I've not heard that single in decades! Thanks for posting it

Only discoverd that in the last couple of weeks. Fascinating listening especially given how much I enjoyed the Brubeck bio this year