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the power of the board! I've just paid a 'little' more than that for a nice copy and it's sounding good

Stanley Cowell - Blues for the Viet Cong [Polydor]

My first Craig Taborn - Light made lighter Taborn, Chris Lightcap, Gerald Cleaver

Landscapes - Rena Rama (JAPO, 1977)

would love to pick this up but for some reason it doesn't seem to have had a UK release yet so it's currently £18.70 on Amazon UK or a 8 week delivery time from Amazon.com. I've checked it out on Spotify and it does sound rather special. The Monk tune and Gangsterism over 10 years are killer tracks

it's The Daddy. .....subtitled 'revenge of the modernist architect'

made my day, thanks

yes and when I first read it I thought it had to be unintentional slip and that maybe 'unfamous' was more accurate and less disrepectful especially if preceded by 'unjustly'.

Many of us on this board enjoyed the earlier Decoy releases I seem to remember. The playing of Mr Hawkins, of this parish, garnering much deserved recognition Just spotted that their new release with Joe McPhee is now available here http://www.boweavilrecordings.com/Mcpheedecoy.html I was lucky enough to be at Cafe Oto the night of this recording and it was an evening of exceptional music which will stay in the memory for a long time even without this recorded document. Joe McPhee was magnificent and the interraction between him and the trio was seamless. Not too sure why Bo Weavil have chosen to describe Mr McPhee as 'infamous' on their News page though - a touch disrepectful methinks

Well played Germany. Thoroughly deserved for a well executed team performance. The important word being 'team'. England's collection of individuals looked like they'd only met eachother 5 minutes ago let alone spent 5 weeks preparing for this match. For that reason I think Fabio will have to go - he was given everything he needed to meld a team to progress in this competition and was unable to do so. Maybe the players just aren't good enough - I think the much lauded Premier league flatters to deceive on a wider world stage. We can all look forward to some good footballing sides - Mexico, Argentina, Germany, Spain et al - providing us with a further two weeks of great football No flag-clad celebrants visible in London right now

I saw The Necks last night and I'm confident that that will be the only time they play the two pieces of music they performed. Not quite Haydn but the excitement of the one-off experience was certainly an integral if perhaps subconscious element of the overall appreciation. Interestingly, I'd enjoyed the live performance for what it was so much that I didn't purchase the CDs I'd looked at prior to the concert - somehow the 'record' of previous one-offs seemed superfluous Those World Cup figurines were great though, weren't they? How much petrol could Dad afford?!

My first Elvin Jones - Poly-currents George Coleman Joe Farrell Fred Tompkins Pepper Adams Wilbur Little Candido Camera

I recall seeing the 70s albums emerge though I had little jazz interest then - 'On the Corner' I do remember seeing. By the time I got interested (1976+) Miles was in his hiatus. Things like 'Kind of Blue', 'Sketches' etc were around but most of the 60s stuff had vanished as domnestic UK releases. I bought things like 'Miles Smiles', 'My Funny Valentine' and 'Someday My Prince Will Come' on import copies from Mole. The Blackhawk records I bought in Belgium! There always seemed to be far more jazz available on the continent. One series I do recall having a big impact were those Prestige/Riverside twofers (pre-Fantasyland!). I had the ones that put together most of the first Quintet and some of the early/mid 50s records at a modest price. Loved those - lots of music, detailed liner notes etc. I too remember that series with affection. They were still about in the early 80s when I started investigating the Jazz section of my local public library. Loved that one you posted, Bev. As for format? Well I still by both LP and CD so that I can get hold of the music. recently I've been buying a lot of early ECM vinyl that's not been released on CD. If I weren't open to both formats I'd not have discovered the music of Tom Van Der Geld. Now that discovery has set off the 'collector' gene as I'm now gradually tracking down releases of his from a certain time period. But i'm no completist so I'm not trying to find everything he's recorded - yet. I'll probably stop when I'm disappointed by one And then the 22 year old who awaits the release of a contemporary jazz artist with excitemnet and buys it on the day of release, well I still do that with Steve Coleman and I'm old enough to be that kid's father - do i need help?. But Steve Coleman's the only one still generating that response although Steve Lehman and Daniel Levin might be ones for the future.

I second that, thanks very much for highlighting this

Isn't the other-way-round? Since USA topped the group, they'll play either Serbia or Ghana? Not too sure that group D's really decided yet. All depends on tonight's games, I think. If Germany lose they may not top the group this from BBC site "Group D: Ghana and Germany will advance if they draw and Serbia draw with Australia. If Germany, Ghana or Serbia win, they go through. Serbia will qualify with a draw if Germany beat Ghana by more than one goal or if Ghana wins. Australia need to beat Serbia heavily and hope the other game ends in a draw or a big defeat or else they are out."

Well done US for grabbing the top slot in the group. England played a lot better today but will still struggle against better teams unless they continue to improve. I'm hoping that US get Germany and England have Serbia or Ghana in the next round.

Children at play - Tom Van Der Geld [Japo]

Damn - that was news to me. Very sorry to hear it - RIP. Yes, very sad indeed. Sorry to break it to you. Weight/Counterweight is I think his last release and is the music of a fascinatingly enquiring and rigorous musical mind - trumpet and two percussionists. Some interesting appreciation over in the Artists thread.

Bill Dixon - Weight/Counterweight R.I.P.

England were appalling. They lacked the slightest inkling of skill and huffed and puffed to no effect. Rooney looks out of sorts and our midfield non-existent. Unless Capello is strong enough to shake things up for Slovenia (who are better than Algeria) by bringing in Joe Cole, repositioning Gerrard, leaving Lennon on the pitch for 90 minutes then they will deservedly be heading home. At which point we may need to import some guillotine's for domestic use. perhaps best summed up here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/matt/

definite echoes of Giuffre and Bley on this, for me. It's one of Crispell's more "considered" and "quiet" albums and the bass clarinet gives some beautifully lyrical counterpoint to the piano. Crispell makes very effective and subtle use of playing inside the piano. If you've enjoyed her run of ECM albums I suspect you'll find this a treat.

released in Europe. Very nice indeed

For me it has to be Sonny Rollins. I only really enjoy The Bridge and that's a lot to do with Jim Hall. I own a fair number but somehow they just never 'click' for me. Perhaps Way Out West and East Broadway would survive the cull on a generous day. I have persevered over many years occasionally buying another because he is Sonny Rollins! But this thread has really brought it home to me how little I listen/enjoy him.

fabulous clip, thanks I've been recently researching the individual Lps with a view to buying some of them - still reasonably priced. Are there any sessions from the box that you'd particularly recommend? I have and enjoy Poly-currents . Off to cultivate the sideburns as well

I agree. I think Howard did play well and that although England created good chances they didn't make the most of them at all. Both Heskey and Wright-Phillips managed to shoot directly at Howard when there was more empty goal than not to hit - but Howard's positioning and speed off his line certainly intimidated them into their mistakes. England do have a tendency to forget the finer elements of the game as they get more desperate (unlike Spain et al) and resort to long distance shooting. Green's save from Altidore was very impressive too. Some compensation for his earlier mistake