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CDJapan have a seemingly good and reasonably priced selection. I ordered three recently as I'm in the midst of the same process of discovery

Thanks for this really intriguing selection. I'm going to use it as a primer to investigate some more Japanese jazz

Loved it and drunk copious amounts since discovering it in Paris 20 years or so ago. You should find the blonde and, less so, the brun easily in Notts' supermarkets

Great. There can never be too much Raining On The Moon music or David S. Ware for that matter

What I'm confused about in this discussion is that it appears to have developed with very few examples/names of players of the type of playing that Allen Lowe criticized initially. As far as I read David Murray has been put forward as one example, and defended to a degree, Laubrock initially and subsequently (and equally defended/rebutted) but who else? Brotzmann, Howard, Wright, Sanders and Berne all seem acquitted of the charge. Evan P, Roscoe Mitchell and Braxton I think self-evidently don't play like that Let's hear who these players that fit the initial observation "why do contemporary free improvisers think that increasing speed and quicker, more frequent punctuations of altissimo squeal and other sonic manipulation involving increased volume indicate and/or mean a build up of ideas and tensions?" One player that comes to my mind is Ibragon but my experience of his playing is limited and recorded only

Uschi Bruning & Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky - Das Neue Usel [FMP]

I'm another who has always heard Laubrock as a patient constructor of solos who rarely feels the need to go full bore or play 'for effect'. Also, Uba Tuba has Tim Berne who also, as far as I can hear over many hours studio and live listening, doesn't play in the manner characterised by Mr Lowe's post.

Karl Berger - From Now On [ESP] new arrival. Strong session from all concerned

Heard them last night - astonishing! really incredible gig Wasn't it? Just the most amazing experience. Nothing had prepared me for the intensity of Mitchell's playing. That drone-like solo he blew on the soprano in the second set was otherworldly. The hometown rhythm section were on top form too

I guess you'll have to ask them that

Manfred Schoof - The Early Quintet [FMP]

Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra - When The World Was One [Gondwana] Leo Smith - Human Rights [Kabell/Gramm]

Interesting sounding new release from Laubrock here http://firehouse12records.com/album/ubatuba

Hope to make it to Roscoe Mitchell, John Edwards, Mark Sanders at Oto tomorrow evening. It will be the first time I've seen Mitchell live.

Steve, have you bought the new Lytton CD on Wooley's label? I'm tempted but would be interested to your impressions if you have it

anyone know how this works? Are Jazzwerkstatt licensing FMP for the 77 solo disc? http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0159DRI5W/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me= details from elsewhere. seemingly no rhyme nor reason to the compilation of sessions FMP Box VARIOUS ARTISTS Three titles from the catalogue of the iconic German free jazz label. CD1 : ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH - Piano Solo '77 Solo piano improvisations recorded at the FMP studio in Berlin CD2 : STEFAN KEUNE / HANS SCHNEIDER / ACHIM KRAMER - No Comment Free jazz sax/bass/drums trio, recorded on 3 August 2008 in Duisburg CD3 : PETER BRÖTZMANN - Lost & Found Solo recording by the mighty saxophonist, live in concert from Nickelsdorf, Austria, July 2006 and at the risk of diverting the thread there are a number of these Jazzwerkstatt boxes imminent in the UK, including Jazzwerkstatt Peitz Box Vol.1 VARIOUS ARTISTS A new series of boxed sets featuring albums from the catalogue of the Jazzwerkstatt label. This box contains three albums featuring recordings made in 1981 at the concert series organised by Ulli Blobel (now boss of the Jazzwerkstatt label) and Peter Metag - skillfully bypassing officialdom - in the small East German town of Peitz. CD1 : STEVE LACY - Live at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz Solo recordings of Monk and Lacy repertoire, recorded in February 1981 CD2 : ERNST-LUDWIG PETROWSKY - Ein Nachtmittag in Peitz Solo, duo (with Harry Miller) and quintet (including Tony Oxley) recordings from the German reeds player, made in April 1981 CD3 : GUNTER BABY SOMMER / BARRE PHILLIPS / MANFRED SCHOOF / GIANLUIGI TROVESI - Peitzer Grand Mit Vieren A powerful summit meeting between musicians from East and West Germany, Italy and the USA, from September 1981 and this with an ECM which can't be legit New York Box Vol.1 VARIOUS ARTISTS CD1 : DAVID MURRAY - Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club New Year's Eve 1977 gig with Lester Bowie, Fred Hopkins and Phillip Wilson, originally released on India Navigation. CD2 : JOHN LINDBERG'S TRIPOLAR - (A)Live at Roulette, NYC String Trio of New York bassist Lindberg, with Don Davis (sax) and Kevin Norton (drums), recorded in sparkling form in New York, 2010 CD3 : LESTER BOWIE - The Great Pretender Gospel-drenched outing with Fontella Bass, Martha Bass and David Peaston on vocals. CD4 : LESTER BOWIE with WILLIAM PARKER & PHILLIP WILSON - Steel & Breath Trumpet, bass and drums trio, studio recording from NYC, 1991

Karl & Ingrid Berger - Changing The Time [Horo] some beautiful music on this

Binker & Moses - Dem Ones [Gearbox]

possibly even better than very good......I must give it another spin

The Talkin' Loud connection's no surprise. He was big in London's Jazz dance/Acid Jazz club scene. It's how I first heard him and then bought Rah

LondonJazzNews is reporting the death of Mark Murphy.Source is Sheila Jordan's Facebook http://www.londonjazznews.com/2015/10/rip-mark-murphy-1932-2015.html a great voice falls silent

LondonJazzNews reporting his death too http://www.londonjazznews.com/2015/10/rip-don-rendell-1926-2015.html also that of Mark Murphy

and I've only just heard it, thanks to Steve's advocacy on this board. Live will be explosive

James Newton - Flute Music [Flute Music Productions] arrived today. Been after this for some time. Sounding good and minty

I think it very much depends on what you're buying and to a lesser extent where you're buying. I started re-buying vinyl about 5 years ago predominantly to get the ECM titles that had never been CD released. Except for particular titles, often the the first ten or so releases, I could buy most for £10. However I got the bug and in no small part to the "what vinyl are spinning now" thread started buying FMP. Po Torch, Ogun, Incus and other improv/free jazz titles. Buying these I'm spending upwards of £20 on most NM titles and I will consider £40 and above for something I really want that's in good condition. However an 80s Stanley Cowell LP cost less than £10 inc postage from Italy recently Analysis of Discogs pricing history does suggest a steady price increase, not many sellers will list below the highest historical price (no surprise there). Ebay is always more costly (unless you're lucky with a no-one else bids listing = £9 for Gil Evans' Parabola felt lucky) and it never fails to amaze me why folk make higher bids that the current Discogs price for equivalent grade LPs, London shops are Discogs and Popsike savvy and prices reflect that fact Interestingly it would appear anecdotally from posts elsewhere on the board that the prices I'm paying are often higher than US boardees have paid for these titles. Wherever you are they do take up the room, I agree