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Wow, terrific concert! They skipped the quintet set and played two long sets in the large formation. Nick Butcher wasn't there, no electronics from Reed either, as far as I could tell ... Jason Adasiewicz was laying out the night before at the Bimhuis, not feeling well, I heard. He was very much a presence tonight. I loved the twin-drums of Reed and Fujiwara, infectuous to boot! ... I loved Mary Halvorson's guitar, at times melodic and playful, at times probing and noisy ... I loved the three-horn frontline, muscular tenor from Bauder, whimsical, at time enormously lyrical alto from Ward (what a sound!), and truly Puck-like cornet from Taylor Ho Bynum, running the gamut from digjeridoo-sounds to punching highnote runs ... I loved Tomeka Reid's cello (low in the mix, alas, but in the second set she had a lengthy feature ... I loved the boomy bass of Josh Abrams (who also had a few fine solo spots) ... and I loved the music! Based on some Sun Ra stuff they got on tape or some such ... not that it really matters, but indeed this is Chicago music, funky, earthy, aware, wild, lyrical, hilarious, sublime, stomping, preaching, swinging, singing, whispering, crying, rhapsodizing ... a truly wonderful concert!

and someone should be all over the Capitol box .... sure, it's a rag-bag, but one full of great music!

pm sent on Kenton Holman/Russo!

Well, he was allowed in since Vince did overdub all drum parts for the anniversary box, didn't you know?

Iyer's trio was fine, or rather: first set was a bit tame, kind of like a warm-up in hindsight ... the very long (90-100 minutes, I think) second set was amazing though, including a wonderful solo on "Darn That Dream", a great cover of a Herbie Nichols tune and then also "Time After Time", which kept ringing in my head all night long ... Tomorrow: Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly & Living by Lanterns ++++Loose Assembly:_ Greg Ward altosax_ Tomeka Reid cello_ Jason Adasiewicz vibraphone_ Joshua Abrams bass_ Mike Reed drums/electronics _+US++++ + ++++Living by Lanterns:_ Taylor Ho Bynum cornet_Matt Bauder tenorsax_Greg Ward altosax_Mary Halvorson guitar_Jason Adasiewicz vibraphone_Nick Butcher electronics_Tomeka Reid cello_ Joshua Abrams bass_Tomas Fujiwara drums_ Mike Reed drums/electronics _+US+++++ Looking forward very, very much!

well, show a photo and we might tellya

Sounds good! And not too expensive in the end - and it does seem to be a nice package ... I'm still on the fence myself.

You should be able to go through the moves just as on amazon.com, login also should work, address and all should be there already ... if you need help, drop me a pm, but I'm signing off for the night just now.

thanks - now i'm torn, too ... in addition to the great Barney, btw, this is also Monk's finest solo album, in my humble opinion.

yes indeed! now we're all waiting for Chuck to come through with his stories

thanks brownie - totally forgot to check my disc ... so how is the presentation of the box, ornette?

Vijay Iyer Trio tonight ... only caught him in duo with Rudresh Mahanthappa before. Looking forward a lot!

wasn't it just that hair preferred to stay under the skin to hear less of their weird music?

Happy Birthday, Mike!

If I went to the hairdresser's here, cheapest I could get would be about the equivalent of the Bobby Hackett Mosaic ... but that's really the exception. Went to a hairdresser's about five times since my late teens and bought about 80 or so Mosaics in that same time span. Never had a shave, wouldn't even know where to get one here. But when I shaved a couple of days ago, after about two and half or even three weeks, it took me quite a while (time for Fusion jokes, Mr. Sangrey )

Thanks, hadn't been aware (but as it's from 1962, it can't be out for too long). Will likely get this one, eventually ...

It's a real treat! I'm very enthusiastic about this whole box. There are a few nice photos in the booklet, too (including a great one of Tchicai). I'm quite positiv you're going to love it, too!

I found that the weirdest of all tracks, the one I least connected ... and the Hairy Bones and Caspar Brötzmann tracks rather boring. But other than that, after one listen to it all, I think I'm going to love this box, there's tons of great music on it!

Happy Birthday, John!

very much for Tapscott, Carter/Bradford and Daley ... and I'll definitely have to get the Fischer and the Steig, too!

Totally second the mention of the great James Brown album! And also this one that I just played again whilst commuting to work: Truly a monster! Has it ever been reissued?

Happy birthday and all the best, Hans!

I mentioned them among many others - can't help it, love KB!

Guess I better get that CTI while it's still around!

Huh, thought it was Bird who met that hi-hat!