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Joy of joys! Very well played and well deserved.

Charlie Haden - Ballad of the fallen

Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales in 1989. Like others I stuck with vinyl for a while and this was the first release I really "needed" but couldn't find on vinyl.

Not many clunkers in that list! i'm more partial to the rereleases, not the least of which are air and dameronia. some kind of testament to Moran's release that it appeared on every critic's list whilst only two others appeared on more than half.

Spotify user too. Certainly noticed the ECM 'withdrawals' and also some of the Intakts. But for a free service I'm not about to argue with them. There's still plenty to discover - recently found Aurora by Augusti Fernandez et al. I also use it for pre-purchase checks if possible and have had fun checking out non-jazz albums from various end-of-year polls - about the only way I keep in touch with dance/indie scenes these days. There was an interesting piece in the Guardian, i think, recently about Spotify's operating loss this year - can't remember the figure but it was whopping - conclusion seemd to be calling into question their viability for opertaing as is for much longer

approx 2200 (1600 Jazz) CDs and about 500 (400 Jazz) LPs

If that boxset leaks I'd send it right back from where it came

I, too, thought of the earlier Quartet West. Zorn's Spillane is a defnite. I seem to remember that Bob Belden's Black Dahlia on Blue Note walked those lonely streets too. for a different and perhaps more modern take on 'noir' I'd say Cinematic Orchestra's Man with a Movie Camera (imaginary soundtrack to a definitely non-noir film) and also Dolores by Bohren und der club of Gore (yes, ridiculous name but interesting music, on Spotify I think). Both influenced by electronica but also, I feel, by jazz. Both providing a noirish, 'dark' atmosphere.

definite thaw in London this evening. Rain not snow. I thought they'd put the "How's the weather" thread up FOR the Brits, no?

Vandermark landed safely in UK today. thanks for swift service, Chuck.

Michael Naura - Vanessa [ECM]

The vocals are very sparse on this one. There's only one real 'vocal' track with any lyrics. Anything else is vocalese improv but, predominantly, this is an instrumental album. So nothing like "Deep Down Heavy"! Thanks. It was the 'real vocal' that made we wonder. I'm happy with the whoops and hollers

my ten from about 30 new releases I've heard over the year

was about to 'add to basket' on the basis of the samples until the vocal kicked in. How many vocal tracks are there?

In no particular order Carter/Jorgensmann/Maurer/Rolin - Riviere Composers' Pool [Emanem] Food - Quiet Inlet [ECM] Evan Parker/Sten Sandell - Psalms [Psi] Steve Coleman & Five Elements - Harvesting semblances and affinities [Pi] Sum [Prevost/Lambert/Wright] - Invenio Ergo [Matchless] Sei Miguel - Esfingico [Clean Feed] Jason Adasiewicz - Sun Rooms [Delmark] Bill Dixon/Aaron Siegel/Ben Hall Weight/Counterweight [broken Research] Ounaskari/Mikkonen/Jorgesen - Kuara [ECM] Stefano Battaglia - Pastorale [ECM] with a very honourable mention to Kris Davis/Ingrid Laubrock/Tyshawn Sorey - Paradoxical frog [Clean Feed]

email sent on 12080

listened to "symphony for improvisors" yesterday and thought it was about time for "...brooklyn"

Why insert November?

Thanks for posting. Look forward to the full length interview. Yes, so do i but can't see them broadcasting the full 3 hours, great as that would be I'll post again if I spot any of the rest is broadcast

Introvert. As others have said can be extrovert in a job that requires interacting with groups in training situations - as long as i'm the trainer!

short interview with HT conducted by Ethan Iverson here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhxp2#synopsis hit the Robert Glasper link and fwd to about 1.20.00 to find HT up for four more days

... at British taxpayers' expense. ...but only because neither family's got enough funds themselves...

Woodblock Prints - Harris Eisenstadt [No Business] some very lovely writing for brass/woodwinds on this one

No escape, not even here - help!

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Thesis [Verve]