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Chico Hamilton Quintet - With Strings Attached [Warner Bros] An interesting experiment that is largely successful (more so than the cover art). String arrangements by Fred Katz. Early Eric Dolphy.

Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures [Blue Note, mono] at the moment, my favourite Taylor recording. Certainly one of my favourite LP covers previously Tina Brooks - True Blue [Blue Note, connoisseur] Don Byrd & Gigi Gryce - Jazz Lab [Columbia, six-eye] my very belated introduction to this group. I want to hear a lot more if it's all of this standard

Yes please

He's a big favourite and I honestly seem to like all his output which doesn't make me a very objective judge I'm afraid. He really has been on such a good run that I just buy them regardless now and I've not ever been disappointed.The Monk is a wonderful tribute. TUM have really done him proud (and such beautifully produced packages) The albums on TUM are all highly recommendable - the duets with Lindberg and then Moholo-Moholo particularly. I like to hear WLS's playing uncluttered so probably prefer his duets (and solo) albums. The duet with Blackwell, "The Blue Mountain Sun's drummer" is also very good indeed. For something a little different there's another TUM under Mbira's name which has Min Xiao-Fen playing Pipa which brings a whole new dimension to things. Nearer to home, there's some interesting line-ups on the Treader label although I'm not sure how readily available they are. Highlight of those for me is "Bishopsgate Concert" with John Tilbury which seemed an unlikely pairing but was a concert, and a CD, that was riveting.The ECM with Iyer revealed its delights slowly to me but delights there are. Then there's the critically lauded Ten Freedom Summers to get your teeth into across four CDs of writing for strings and today, this review alerted me to one I'd not realised had been released but which I shall be buying http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/04/tania-chen-henry-kaiser-wadada-leo.html

thanks for posting that as a reminder. I saw that it was coming up a few months ago. I have another CD by this trio, directly from Mwamba (he has lots of music, some free, on his website. He's based in Derby, I think the others may be Leeds based. there's a very good Dave Kane leader date on Editions from years ago. Mwamba makes occasional forays to London and plays with some interesting people - Alex Hawkins and Evan Parker amongst others. I must get to a gig one day

Given its cost I'd hope that Ortofon could play across the Grand Canyon...

Nice haul.The Mats birthday box has some great music and that Parker/Guy/Lytton is as strong a recording as any they've done before. A fitting tribute to the founder of The Vortex

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Simultonality [Tak:til] Dollar Brand - Anatomy Of A South African Village [Fontana, Netherlands]

Here's hoping one of the "underdog" sides can upset the odds this year. Liverpool or Roma or maybe even Sevilla if they can pull off another shock. It's not Real Madrid's quite yet

No Business Records

no, they're not there are they. Maybe they only stocked one of each! I've found their restock email featuie works well (wish they'd post with stiffeners though - my only gripe with them) I have a CD of Hot Lotta somewhere.Now that is fiery, from memory

I happened upon them a month or so ago when hunting for any Juhani Aaltonen and contacted the label as they were pre=issue at that stage. They're Finnish Radio recordings. There's another with Aaltonen and Vesala in a quartet which I also bought. Recording quality is good. My next purchase will be their reissue of Nana by Vesala's trio as I'm not likely to find an original at an affordable price. I got mine from Juno

apologies for the oversized image... fiery stuff from Mr Vesala and cohorts. Just released on the Svart label. Not too sure the three minutes of interview included will mean much outside his homeland audience though.Time for some Finnish lessons perhaps.

I only have this and a couple of others. I get the impression he's ploughed a fairly individual furrow, initially playing with a fairly consistent group of West Coast fellow travellers. His later discography features some very interesting collaborations. He seems to have mastered a wide range of woodwinds and likes to feature a good number on any release. If have a later solo disc which is very impressive. I tend to dip into his discography every now and again and realise that I should do more often. Always adventurous but in a way that has a lightness of touch and space to the ensemble playing. I'm sure there's others on the board who know his work better And, I'd love to hear that Peacock/Bley again. Heard it once at a friends a long time ago today's other arrival Joe Farrell really stands out on initial listening

Vinny Golia - Openhearted [Nine Winds] Alex Cline and Roberto Miranda make for a very tasty rhythm section and with Baikida Carroll onboard too. First listen and very pleased I took the punt.

got me tempted...

Yes, of course it was. One hell of an evening's music and my introduction to Mary Halvorson too whereas I remember how comfy the newly upholstered seats were!

Great minds! Dutch Fontana

what no mention of 4Hero? where it all came together for me and then later on Two Banks Of Four. The sound of not so young London

Wasn't that the RFH as part of the re-opening season after the refurb? I was at the concert and certainly remember it as there but memory's a slippery friend. Recordings of the whole gig are out thre if you know what to search for... He also played with Bill Dixon and Tony Oxley at RFH, don't recall the year. Solos from all three before duets and a final trio. Dixon used lots of effects. Startlingly good My memory is that on both occasions, buet certainly the quartet date, Cecil entered dancing and reciting before sitting at the piano. Magical

Good choices there and the UFO in the other posts It always makes me smile how hackles are immediately raised by any mention of this genre. It's as if "real" Jazzisn't strong or robust enough a genre to take the "threat" of a different genre that happens to have the word Jazz in it. what exactly is "real jazz"? I'm not sure I've ever come across that genre...