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The best thing apart from the selection about Tower in Piccadilly Circus is that it was open until midnight. That meant post gig, and more dangerously, post pub shopping trips - bound to loosen the wallet and expand the 'I can afford this many' criterion.

Jamael Dean - Black Space Tapes [Stone Throws Records]

Music Inc - Impact [Enja] Alvin Queen! I was thinking that Tolliver must be one of the artists with the highest % of live recordings in his leader dates

I find it extraordinary that iro Haarla doesn't appear on the list, for her own work and the mostly uncredited work she did with Vesala's Sound & Fury. I can listen to Vesala, Jone Takamaki and Juhani Aaltonen any day. Bjorkenheim (solo and in Krakatau), Hauta-Aho, Donner, Tapio, Lahti on most days. And from a younger generation Verneri Pohjola and Mikko Innanen are worth a listen too

David Murray's album 'Spirituals' on DIW

You were correct. I did and now I have. Super sound quality on Duo Exchange I had exactly the same issue. When I spoke with PayPal they danced round the issue but said something like we have to be aware of people using code names and the algorithms pick up these up. Honest Jon's were a bit more forthright in their assessment of PayPal's security algorithm. The issue was definitely with either of the names 'Rashied' or 'Ali' because when I sent a direct payment to HJ without mention of names it went straight through. And I'm still waiting for the refund of the refused payment!

Rashied Ali/Frank Lowe - Duo Exchange [Survival Records, 2LP] starting with the additional material...on fire!

and they make those prices...

When you find original, good condition Strata Easts at that low $ let me know Just listening to 'Pop Wine' for the first time. Whoa!!

Such a great drummer. On so many good albums. RIP

I say, belatedly, that any selection with the Collier, Elvin, McGregor and best of all the Chambers is one hell of a selection. This project is fascinating, revealing and potentially quite costly!

Review of the Clark book here https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/13/dave-brubeck-life-in-time-philip-clark-review

That's too young. I only know his recordings with Methenywhich I really enjoy on the occasional outing. Seemed essential to the whole sound of that band.

Steve Lacy - Outings [Ismez] I'm a bit of a Lacy agnostic (I know, I know...) but this is superb. Great cover too.

Yes, it's very annoying. I very nearly purchased that last month from a certain Leicester based supplier. I have 'Bura Bura' and was intrigued by the rest of the concert.

No Love in HJ's either so you didn't miss anything

Honest Jon's, Kings X

Zollar, Mangelsdorff, Konitz - ZoKoMa [MPS]. LP. From my visit to a record shop today

I think I'm going to also. I often prefer the later Impulse albums, which I appreciate is a minority opinion, and the India Navigation so this set is right in my timeline

Nice to have a post about the music. I agree it's a transitional stage. Interesting that it's just a quartet whilst the contemporaneous albums, or at least from the year previously, were with more musicians. Track listing is linked here https://transversales.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-paris-1975 I don't know the piano player Mixon, also on organ which is intriguing. Other players are Pharaoh regulars. I think this could be a very nice issue

Enjoyed it very much in London

Nam June Paik at Tate Modern. Fascinating

Never got rid of mine. I'm pleased about that. Today I've streamed, listened to an LP and a couple of CDs. I may even listen to a download later. I think I just like newly-released music too much to allow the delivery method to hamper my choice.i remember holding out against CDs for a good while - too expensive, required new kit, enjoyed LPs until there was a Tim Berne release I really wanted but on CD only, 'Fractured Fairy Tales' iirc. It's all personal choice after all but it does make me smile when a thread like this once again, and there's been many recently, ends up being all about formats rather than music. Still looking forward to hearing the Pharaoh...

Looking forward to getting this after sampling online. Sounds like a good one.

The Tubby Hayes Orchestra - Tubbs' Tours [Fontana] from 'The Fontana Albums' box set. I don't have an original to make a comparison but the sound on this is just fabulous.