B. Clugston

Finally got around to buying this and it is fantastic music. His compositions are endlessly fascinating. A few rough spots for sure, but nothing to scare off anyone interested in Hill's music. It's almost a year ago that Andrew left us.

I'm a big fan of the latter. A few years ago, Wobble did a pretty good album with Evan Parker called Passage to Hades.

Somone at the Braxton Yahoo group mentioned they contacted Mosaic and For Four Orchestras will be part of the set.

Basel and Dortmund were both 3,000 copies.

Why would it bankrupt Mosaic? A lot of people have been dying to see this music get reissued.

Knock off Time Zones, which is a Teitelbaum date, had no involvement by Cuscuna and is not considered part of the core Arista Braxton recordings, Mosaic may be able to jam this into seven discs. It would be disrepectful not to include For Four Orchestras and For Two Pianos. Braxton's music of this period goes far beyond the quartet stuff.

The Arista material should fit on 8 discs, depending on extra material. There are two versions of 23G that were recorded but rejected for the Berlin/Montreux Concerts. As for the "Freedom" material, the Complete Braxton was a 2 LP set and Silence was 1 LP. Time Zones with Teitelbaum was 1 LP with Braxton on both sides. Silence and Time Zones were reissued on 1 disc by Black Lion.

I just received The Complete United Artists Sessions after ordering it through the Makanda website http://www.mkmjazz.com/ There's some samples on the site. It's a cheaper alternative to the sharks at Amazon marketplace.

That was the best way to approach her in the 1980s. I found her a breath of fresh air back in the 1980s compared to most of the synth-drenched dreck of the time. She was either good at getting attention or the attention just followed her—whatever the case, it's the kind of trait that holds her in high esteem by New York Times music critics and deep suspicion by Organissimo board members in roughly the same measure. For an avant-garde musician, a lot of her stuff has date horribly.

Black Africa on Horo with Joe Daley and Sydney Smart.

Is there anything left? (OJC wise, that is)

Looks like Jymie is playing his Ampeg five-string upright bass. Get the Fresh Sound. Also has a nice date with Jimmy Heath on it.

All depends where you are departing from. If you're American, Montreal will have a more appealing alien wallop, if that's what you are looking for. One of my favourite cities.

Then there's the Havel incident: NEW YORK - The Knitting Factory in New York City is always ready for >anything when John Zorn plays. But Zorn's Chamber Masada found some most >unusual guests in the audience for the second set on Thursday night, May >15. Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson played host to Czech Republic president >Vaclav Havel and his new wife and U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright >and their entourage. > >Havel, in town for talks that may bring the Eastern Block into NATO, >contacted Lou Reed prior to his visit to arrange a bit of sightseeing and >clubhopping during his New York sojourn. Reed, who has been seen numerous >times recently at the Knitting Factory as both performer and spectator, >contacted Knitting Factory founder Michael Dorf to arrange a special >reception for Havel. Dorf let John Zorn know what would be happening in >advance, and plans were made. The Knitting Factory was crawling with >secret service before long, and the best was yet to come... > >Little did anyone know that Havel and his wife, escorted by Reed and Laurie >Anderson, would also invite Secretary of State Madeline Albright, holder of >the third highest office in the country. Ms. Albright and Havel >immediately engaged in animated conversation, whereupon Zorn, from the >stage, peered up to the balcony and said, "You up there, shut the f**k up, >listen to the music!" whereupon conversation did in fact cease. >Needless to say an international incident did not occur. Everyone reported having a terrific time and enjoyed the music greatly. Even Zorn knew it had been an historic occasion, and gave Dorf a wink on his way out the door. -30- I've seen Zorn perform twice and he was a perfect gentleman both times. Mind you, audiences out here are mellow to the point of being comatose.

Perfectly reasonable behaviour if you know about Schwartz's. Nothing else compares. Kind of like asking for a Mosaic and getting a Lonehill.

Freddie Hubbard: "Fuck you, white motherfuckers! Well, OK, I'll go home. If you don't like me, kiss my ass! That's right, 'cause you jive, you jive, you jive! You white motherfuckers! You the ones who started this shit! Lemme show you--you the ones--fuck you! Fuck you, you white motherfuckers!"

In addition to the aforementioned meetings with Bailey & Shiurba, there's a recording with Fred Frith, Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 (Victo). Also, as I recall, there's a duo album with James Emery that has never been released (not sure why); you can otherwise hear some terrific Emery with Braxton on the 1980 trio recording, Composition No. 94 (Leo/Golden Years of New Jazz). There's a photo of Emery playing with Braxton here (scroll down half way). The disc with Emery was to be called Articulations (Duo) 1992 and was supposed to be released by Diapason. Tried contacting the label a few years ago, but no reply. Too bad, because Braxton and Emery are magical whenever they get together.

I like this one.

I prefer the 6000 series looks wise, but even those started to challenge the limits of graphic common sense with their chop ped u p hel vetic a type

I like Charles Gayle. He’s the real deal in terms of this kind of music, but listening to him is wearying in larger doses. Touchin’ on Trane is very good. I quite like the Knitting Factory blowouts Repent and More Live, the former in particular is exhilarating stuff. Solo in Japan is recommended, especially for his treatment of a couple of traditional hymns. And then there’s the infamous rant on Victo (“They got a fancy word for killing people these days—they call it abortion!”). I found diminished returns on Cecil Taylor’s Always A Pleasure after a few listens. It would be interesting to hear music from Gayle's recording pre-history.

Unless Werner has a secret stash and has discovered eBay.

Onzy Matthews Mosaic Select Andrew Hill Mosaic Select Anthony Braxton Quartet (GTM) 2006 Ken McIntyre Complete United Artists Sessions Sinikka Langeland Starflowers (ECM) Teddy Charles' 1950s Prestige dates Morton Feldman String Quartet (hathut)

Werner lost a funding partner in 1990s and it's no easy business putting out the kind of music he does. However, keeping the label's most representative works out-of-print for such long stretches is never a great idea.

Correct. Ulli Blobel also released an unauthorized, butchered 1-CD version of Coventry.