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B. Clugston

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  1. How do all these people know about Sonny Greenwich? 

    He's pretty well-known among jazz fans north of the border.

    I put a Greenwich track on my first BFT from a year or so ago.  Both Bhreandain and I are Canadian too which maybe helps our awareness of him?

    I liked that track from your last BFT so much that I bought the album (Sun Song).

  2. Contemporary Hungarian Music, Zoltan Jeney and Laszlo Sary (Hungaraton). Early 1970s works from two Hungarian composers--very nice and adventurous.

    Excellent choice. Many treasures to be found on the Hungaraton label in the 1970s and 1980s, especially by composers of the Budapest New Music Studio (Jeney and Sary were both founding members).

    I've yet to find a dud on that label. Zsolt Durko is another favourite. Do you have any other recommendations? Hungaraton also did that amazing edition of Bartok's works.

  3. Dusty Groove adds the illuminating comment:

    "... Irene Aebi sings her usual wordless kind of things ... "

    I guess they've never heard of French. Aebiphobes should be reassured that her singing is brief, limited to 15 short texts. It's a good album.

  4. From NPR :

    In an email to NPR late Wednesday afternoon, Ziv wrote, "New Vocabulary is a collaborative, joint work by professional musicians Jordan McLean, Amir Ziv, and Ornette Coleman, made with the willing involvement of each artist. The album is the end result of multiple deliberate and dedicated recording sessions done with the willing participation and consent of Mr. Coleman and the other performers. Any suggestion to the contrary is unfounded and we deny any allegations of wrongdoing. For any further comment, we refer you to our attorney Justin S. Stern at Frigon Maher & Stern LLP."

    Another story, from the Fort Worth Star Telegram: http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article21712986.html

  5. There were some red flags: the under-the-radar release, the delay between recording and release, lack of publishing and other info, the fact some tracks sounded like Ornette's sax had been pasted on to a backing track. I heard third-hand gossip that Ornette's camp didn't want this released, but when others were told there was an album of new Ornette, the response was "hell yeah--release it." That being said, it's a highly enjoyable release.

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