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Mitchell, Marsh, Edwards - Improvisations [OtoRoku]

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Interesting, how is it?

Bandcamp day strikes again Purchased the day of release. At the time it had trouble standing up to Swoon which I still prefer

Indeed but not quite post-Snurdy as requested though

Thanks, that one has passed me by. I'll have a listen. I like his work with Charles Lloyd

Yes, encouraging young talent like Billy, they certainly should!

This worked for me and this with some locals Or did you mean solo recordings only? just realised you may have

Got a copy on the way. I couldn't ignore such a strong recommendation as that, thanks John

I'm heartened to see that BN are signing some new talent. I haven't seen them discussed here but then they're not dead or in their 80s Anyone checked any of these out yet? I like the Ndudzo Makhatini a lot, the Ross I'm less convinced about (although very much liked his contributions to the recent Peter Evans) on a couple of listens and I still need to hear the Wilkins' 'Omega' Anyone spotted any more?

A deeper catalogue and a wider appeal than most other labels, in fact probably all other independent labels. It easy to criticise Eicher but what other label can boast recordings on a spectrum from Manu Katche to Schnittke with everything in between?

I feel a new thread coming on...

I'm sorely tempted by the UK set, living without a booklet I would read once in a blue moon doesn't seem too much of a hindrance. Having said that I think I have all the music, apart from the three unreleased ones, already.

I'm not too sure what the definition of "stone cold classic" we're working with but given the number of cover versions of this I'd say it's entered some kind of canon

Wishing Mr Graves strength https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/nyregion/milford-graves-drummer.html

Clare Fischer Big Band - Duality [Discovery Records] and then by way of contrast Moholo/Stabbins/Tippett - Tern [FMP] Larry Stabbins!

Is there another label that creates so much debate ( and no little hot air) as ECM? I certainly seems to divide opinion It must be ten years ago I started a thread specifically to allow such "debate" and deflect it from discussion of the actual music but sadly that's lost to the mysteries of the search function.

Beautiful, and funny too!

With over 300 ECM titles I'm hard pressed to whittle them down but I'd take these three to a desert island definitely Paul Bley - Ballads Charles Lloyd - Canto Edward Vesala - Lumi

After three listens I'm still to be convinced by this, obviously a minority view around here. I agree that 'Emperor March' is the strongest track but find the others a bit undercooked and I wanted more Tolliver, wish it was a piano less quartet. I'm hoping it will reveal its delights in due course. I'll just go and hide in the corner now...

A pleasure. Gardening and 'Clangs' sidelined by a very good Byron Wallen stream from Ronnies, someone who I think is under recorded and possibly underappreciated, at least by me

Excellent livestream from Ronnies by Byron Wallen Quartet, here

Well, I'm never particularly confident in describing music especially when it was only my second listen to 'Together Alone' and my first to 'Moot' and I know there are other board members a lot more qualified to speak about the Delmark and probably the Ictus. I was struck by how apparent it was that both came from different improvising 'traditions' but how there was a connection between them. The Jarman/Braxton is is some ways denser than I'd imagined - they both play a number of different instruments and switch within tracks, there's some electronics on one track too. Lots of musical information to absorb but maybe not as much silence as I'd suspected. Some great flute playing from Jarman, contrabass and piano from AB. It's definitely an album of two distinct musical characters coming together sometimes harmoniously sometimes in a degree of oppostion. The sides are split between one of Jarman compositions and one of Braxton's which may go some way to highlight the contrasts. I think it's going to reveal much more with more listens and can't quite believe it's taken me this long to acquire it, missed along the way of collecting AACM recordings. If you like early AACM I can't see you not enjoying this. Initial impressions of 'Moot' is that it's top notch European improv, carefully chosen contributions from all the players leading to a revealed logic in the interactions. Nothing very loud or raucous, some swingingly unswinging trombone interjections, lovely percussion shades and Coxhill as pin-sharp as ever. I'm looking forward to getting to know this more. In the same batch, i purchased 'Clangs' by Centazzo and Lacy, that's for later after some gardening...or just sitting in the garden thinking about doing it