Gary

You old fuddy duddy I'll let you off with the office though

I've listened to this just the once (your right it is a bit too much to listen to in one session ). Initial impressions are its money well spent - I thought my speakers were going to melt at some points of the solo soprano tracks ! The DMG review seems to sum it up nicely. I really enjoy AEC's work & its the percussion disc that reminds me most of the AEC sound , plus its quite a unique disc to my ears.

Thats the magnificent Father Ted. Nice one Jazzdog. All this Young ones / Comic strip chat is bringing back some good memories.

It took me a while for my ears to get used to the first work of Chicks I heard - the live Miles electric period , but I did grow to enjoy his work with Miles but not enough to buy any of his solo title until this came out which i only really bought because i had all the other titles in the batch of Conns that were released at the same time , but I'm really glad i did - disc one is excellent.

Thanks for the info. It's great that one forgets what has already been acquired. Can anyone provide a link or any info on where i can get a hold of a copy of the tree please ?

This months update from the KV website , eith some VERY interesting release news NOTES FROM THE FIELD: March After a month of work at home without concerts, February was full of performances in Chicago. The primary work was with the Vandermark 5, Tuesdays at the Empty Bottle and a weekend at the Green Mill, the audiences were exceptional and listening. The quintet worked hard on developing arrangements I had organized for compositions by the great Roland Kirk (“From Bechet, Byas And Fats”, “Rip, Rig And Panic”, “No Tonic Press” from Rip, Rig and Panic; “The Black And Crazy Blues”, “The Inflated Tear”, “A Handful of Fives” from The Inflated Tear; “Meeting On Termini's Corner” from Domino; “Three For The Festival” from We Free Kings; “Silverlization”, “Blue Rol” from Now Please Don't You Cry, “Beautiful Edith”; and “Volunteered Slavery” from the album of the same name. The music was recorded live at the gigs in Chicago and the best versions will be released as the bonus disk for the next studio album by the VANDERMARK 5, Elements Of Style/Exercises In Surprise (Atavistic), which comes out in the beginning of June. Also in February were a string of performances organized by Joe Morris on the East Coast: in Boston and New Haven with a quintet (Joe on bass, Joe McPhee on horns, Nate McBride on bass, Luther Gray on drums). Though it was the first time we had played together in this combination, the music was clear and strong. These gigs were followed by a quartet that played in NY at Tonic with Mark Dresser on bass, Gerry Hemingway on drums, and Joe on guitar. Like the quintet performances from the previous two days, all the music was completely improvised, and the second half of the concert took off into some rhythmically driving ensemble work. Getting a chance to work with Joe again and in these new contexts was fantastic, many discussions about music and film, my head was spinning with ideas and inspiration by the time I left Connecticut. The month also contained shows by the free improvisation unit, CAFFEINE (Jim Baker on keyboards, Steve Hunt on drums); the large band, CRISIS ENSEMBLE (Jason Ajemian and Kent Kessler on bass, Tim Daisy and Frank Rosaly on drums, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Josh Berman on cornet, Jeb Bishop on trombone, Dave Rempis and Aram Shelton on reeds), which performed as part of the 2nd "Elastic Festival Of Improvised Music" organized by Dave Rempis; and the first concert by the DKV Trio (Hamid Drake on drums, Kent Kessler on bass) in more than a year and a half which took place in Milwaukee. This was the second concert in a new series of improvised music performances taking place in that city, coordinated with the help of Jon Mueller and Tom Crawford. During February the next SOUND IN ACTION (Robert Barry and Tim Daisy on drums) album was mixed, it will be released by Atavistic sometime this summer. With all the concerts and rehearsals it was hard to see enough live music, but I was fortunate to catch standout concerts by DRAGONS 1976 (Aram Shelton on reeds, Tim Daisy on drums, Jason Ajemian on bass) on their cd release concert for the album On Cortez (on Locust Music) at the Hungry Brain, and a performance by the visiting drummer Paul Hession with Jeb Bishop and Fred Lonberg-Holm: one of the best concerts of free improvised music I've listened to in quite a while. March breaks wide open with tours and cd releases. Hereís the tour schedule, all of which happens in Europe- TRIPLEPLAY (Nate McBride on bass, Curt Newton on drums) has its first concert in years in Lisbon to celebrate the release of the new album, Gambit (on Clean Feed). Hereís the concert info: Wednesday, March 3 in Lisbon, Portugal at the Teatro Maria Matos. After that I travel to meet the VANDERMARK 5 in Belgium to start our European tour. Dates and locations are as follows: -March 5 in Antwerp, Belgium at the Cultureel Centrum Luchtbal -March 6 in Syke (Bremen), Germany at the Kreissparkasse -March 7 in Leer, Germany at the Kulturspeciher -March 8 in Eindhoven, Netherlands at the Cafe Wihelmina -March 10 in Paris, France at the Banlieues Bleues Festival -March 11 in Geneve, Switzerland at the Sud des Alpes -March 12 in Padova, Italy at the Sala dei Giganti -March 15-19 in Cracow, Poland at the Alchemia Club -March 20 in Vienna, Austria at the Blue Tomato -March 21 in Zell a.d. Braam, Austria at the Landesbildungszentrum -March 22 in Jena, Germany at the Cafe Wagner Really looking forward to returning to the clubs we've played before and playing for new audiences in new places, particularly the 5 night stand in Cracow. We'll be recording there for an upcoming live release on the Polish label, Not Two Records. At the end of the VANDERMARK 5 tour I return to Chicago to take care of final preparations for the ACME Festival in Athens, GA.Check out the website www.acmefestival.com for more specific details and information, but here is the confirmed lineup: THURSDAY, APRIL 1 8pm Atomic 9:30pm Peter Brötzmann/Nasheet Waits Duo 11pm ad hoc group organized by Joe Morris FRIDAY, APRIL 2 8pm Joe Morris Solo 9:30pm The Thing & Joe McPhee 11pm ad hoc group organized by Peter Brötzmann 12:30am Atomic/School Days SATURDAY, APRIL 3 3pm Free Fall 4:30pm Triage 6pm Joe McPhee Solo 8pm Vandermark 5 9:30pm Joe Maneri Trio 11pm ad hoc group organized by Kent Kessler 12:30am Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet SUNDAY, APRIL 4 3pm School Days 4:30pm Joe Maneri/Mat Maneri Duo 6pm Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet In connection to the festival, there will be two brand new releases on Okka Disk: Signs and Images by the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet; and the double cd, Nuclear Assembly Hall, by the ATOMIC/SCHOOL DAYS octet. In addition to these and the TRIPLEPLAY album, Gambit, look for a double cd by the Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark duo (on smalltownsupersound) and the ZU/SPACEWAYS collaboration, Radiale (on Atavistic); all to come out during the month of March. Hope to see you at the shows, enjoy the sounds! -Ken Vandermark.

I ordered it when i saw your post - I'll update you Funny Rat guys as soon as....

Thanks Chaney

If you think that's depressing dont start looking on Ebay for them!

It might be wise to go for the Blue Mitchell set its just about to sell out plus it contains some GREAT music.

Hank Mobley (worth every penny)

The Elvin Jones was the last one I've received , just ordered the Tristano/Konitz & Marsh.

http://www.dirtytrain.com/dmx/pingu/ a somewhat different version !

Well, I see my Marsh cd (at 78:14) ties for 97th place. I also see my lp version of "People In Sorrow" makes the list of 150. Why am I broke? Well if you can supply one , I'd gladly send the cash.

Yes - I ordered that one when it appeared on the running low . You are quite right - its great (even my 3 year old son was dancing around to it the other night!)

Thanks Alfred, I've just ordered the Tristano, Konitz & Marsh .

I enjoyed that too Clunky , I'll also be interested in any replies.

I really enjoy this disc especially the guitar playing of A . Spencer Barefield , it seems to somehow add something unique to the session.

This Evening Bits of & Now Next disc 1

Yep - but i've just given up I'm afraid - my wife HATES jazz , I only play it at home when she's not in the same room . I've mentioned this here somewhere before but this sums up her attitude towards Jazz- I was playing some electric period Miles in the kitchen one day when she bellowed 'HAVE YOU GOT AN ELEPHANT OUT THERE WITH YOU????' We dont actually sit down together for large periods of time in the same room in the evenings , the PCs in the bedroom so one of us is normally on there while the other is downstairs watching TV or listening to music - it sounds a bit strange but it works perfectly well for us.

True ! But i think I'll stick to the vocals on OM!!

I've not had this title long & admitedly not played it thosands of times - but i just can't get into it at all. Fire away ...gulp...

Funnily enough I ordered the Nessa box & the JJ Johnson box after the Hamilton set & they arrived first!But Mosaic were very helpful at the time. I ordered the Elvin Jones set yesterday (with the exchange rate being what it is at the moment I couldnt resist it), via surface mail so it will be interesting to see when it turns up.

Had a bit of a scoop on Ebay this week - these arrived on vinyl today (some of the covers are different to my ones)

Clunky is spot on. I waited 8 weeks for my Chico Hamilton set via suface mail where as my Blue Mitchell set took a week via surface mail.