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Claude, I have to confess that with your current avatar I have trouble reading what you're posting...

Taylor did other short stuff... for instance on his MPS/Pausa album "Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!" from 1980. Also tday he doesn't always play long pieces... or he follows one long piece by several short ones that you may or may not consider "encores" (see the fabulous "Willisau Concert" released on Intakt Records).

Plainly an attempt to get into Jazzbo's "loveliest avatar" thread! Liking the new look. I might just put some posts up just to try stuff out Security reasons? What, you mean we're being hacked? Well, I've figured this new stuff out just fine... don't you like this guy? see, so it goes?

Oh, back in the old times there were some who cared about forward:

Just started playing this - need to i-d #1 right ahead: these are them Vienna Art guys led by that swiss man in Vienna... prob. the great unsung Matthieu Michel on trumpet (or flugel?). Can't pin a name to that track, but it coulde be that "Back to the Blue Notes" tune? Or something from the "art&fun.25" programme... he's certainly providing a lot of highlights these days (I think the VAO has gone a bit drab over the course of the years, sorry to say... but Michel, Gansch, Mears, Sokal, Scherrer, and a few others still provide great solos, with Breinschmid and Gonzi being a very very nice rhythm section... it's more the arrangements of Rüegg's that got a bit boring in my humble opinion... need to play the hatO "Minimalism or Satie" again soon - now that was what VAO/Rüegg were about!)

Have you checked the manual, Flurin? I sent you the Fantasy catalog download link. Thanks, in already! I don't think Universal owns Concord http://new.umusic.com/history.aspx Thanks for that - makes more sense... but then I guess Universal/Vivendi can own whatever they want in a blink...

Claude, can I get that link for the Fantasy catalogue as well, please? Will send you an email about it! Here's the info-page on Ben Webster's "Soulmates" (source: http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/album/?id=1394) Ain't that cool, huh? Is it correct that Concord belongs to Universal/Vivendi now? Guy at a shop told me so last week, and the website's sucking design and unlogical organisation is pretty similar, too...

Oiiii! Quite a trip! I'm just now digging into the weird strings track #5... after some early to mid-fifties bop/hardbop and some guitaristics... quite a trip! Uh, here comes the barisax - great stuff! Is this from Harry Carney's strings album? Have to play that one again soon!

I like Claude's avatar

Oh, but wait, that's colour, so it's not what you were looking for, sorry!

Too bad it's not available in vivid colors! ← purrty vivid I'd say, but that's just one man's opinion, of course

Margitza can play indeed! Here's an earlier thread about him.

Ordered that Tchicai, and added this one: No idea if that was a stupid or a smart move... Also i think I did order the "New Dance" disc in the latest discplus.ch hat-sale (I think not that great a deal for foreign orders, due to shipping costs? Not sure... David, you're aware they're having another sale, I assume?) Played the Copland solo hatO, "Time Within Time", and I liked it a lot - quite in spite of what I expected... found it as moody as some of the better parts of that "jazz n (e)motion" box, really! That was one of the freebies we got from WXU at our interview

tjobbe, got mine yesterday or before (wasn't home for a couple of days so can't tell) - thanks a lot! I'll try to participate again, for a change!

Playing this one again: Still like this a whole lot! The mix of folsky touches (as often pulled by Guyvoronsky as by Petrova) with free (? is it free or does it just make that impession?) parts, the mingling of abstract passages with almost grooving ones (or both of that happening at the same time) makes this a very enjoyable set for me. Also, it's a disc that's pretty easy on the ears, yet never gets boring or dull... not just your run of the mill chamber jazz!

My info on the Berlin "Au Privave" (assuming there's not another version of it from the 24th, too): Kirk, Rahsaan Roland 1964-09-27 Berlin-Schöneberg (DE), Jazztage, Prälaten Roland Kirk (ts,whistle), Sonny Stitt (as), Walter Bishop Jr. or Tete Montoliu (p), Tommy Potter or Peter Trunk (b), Kenny Clarke (d), add J.J. Johnson (tb-#2) Sound: B+ TT: 24:20 Source: radio broadcast 1. Au Privave (15:03) 2. Steeplechase (8:00) I also have: Kirk, Roland - Quartet Berlin (DE), Philharmonie, Jazztage 1964-09-26 Roland Kirk - flute, manzello, stritch, tenor sax, vocals; Tete Montoliu - piano; Jimmy Woode - bass; Kenny Clarke - drums Sound: A-/B+ Source: radio broadcast 1. So Long Note, Baby 6:45 I wonder why Lonehill is sure about it being Tete on "Au Privave" - can you check the timings to see if this is indeed the same recording? The Montmartre recordings are a badly documented mess, it seems! I have this, but I would not bet anything on correctness of the date! Roland Rahsaan Kirk Club Montmartre Copenhagen, Denmark Oct 10, 1963 FM Broadcast -> Tapes -> Philips CDR765 -> dBpowerAMP Music Converter Roland Rahsaan Kirk (ts, fl, mzo, strich, nose flute, siren, et al..) Tete Montoliu (p) Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b) J.C. Moses (d) Alex Riel* (d) 1. Three for the festival 3:36 2. Every things happens to me 5:53 3. Moon river 5:22 4. Body and soul 8:26 5. Domino 7:04 6. You did it, you did it 5:24 7. 3 - in - 1 without the oil 7:24 8. A cabin in the sky 7:14 9. Medley* - The theme 6:30 TT 56:58 (That's not what I got from you, btw! Playlist is the very same for #1-7, but timings are different...)

Sad news

clem, I think you may be right about the EAI thing - I have some stuff on small labels, and indeed hat's usual run of 3000 discs (that's cheaper to do than doing smaller runs, he realized, after having done a few smaller ones early in the hatOLOGY series) may be way too much. Also I remain sceptic about the whole EAI stuff to some extent. I have two erstwhile releases and a couple of other discs, but never got fully into EAI. However, as you said, if WXU digs it, he digs it... As it seems for now he will not have any pure EAI releases on his label, but rather releases combining traditional instruments with some electronics. As for Frank Martin, I remain clueless... I just had a look at the Martin website - any recommendation(s)?

Couldn't put it better! And me too, I haven't digested all of it yet. Definitely fascinating music!

Yes. My asking if Hat was heading more in the direction of EAI was less for my interests (as I'm not greatly interested in EAI) but more out of curiousity; I'm just wondering if EAI sells better than what Hat is traditionally known for offering. (I doubt that it does.) ← I would doubt that, too. But Uehlinger is still selling what he likes and thinks he can sell. Very refreshing! The only thing he would do if the financial situation gets difficult, as I understand, would be to have more reissues vs. new releases.

So brownie should learn reading catalan in braille, I guess! Some others have read these posts, too, EKE! I'd love to lay hands on this book, I must say, even though I may have trouble understanding more than some bits... (ok, some years ago I was able to read some... García Marquez or Lorca or whatever, of course with some dictionary, but... I may just have to get into it again!)

Late as usual, but all the best, Matt!

Yes, Tony, it's Hat Hat, exactly He explained it that way: in those days, everything had to have some name implying a tangible/concrete thing (like "Table Records" or "Fork Records", those, albeit in German, were his examples). They went with Hat Records, but a friend of his (I think the guy who designed the very first sleeves) thought since WXU was of german language, "Hut" should be in there, too, thus they ended up "Hat Hut". Braxton... he didn't want to talk about what he does reissue why and when... but as I said, if he had the money he'd reissue all there is... I assume that Braxton *is* a selling point (that's why on his recent release hatO 614, a Roland Dahinden release, the name of Braxton, who only is composer of the music, but does not actually play, is mentioned on the front cover...) He gave us copies of hatO 613-17, 619 and 621 and will pass us on a copy of 627, too, plus he gave us two hatNOWs - will be interesting to listen to all of these! Not much electronics there yet, but as he said, more will come. Tony: you are aware of the eRikm/Fennesz release, are you?

Thanks Claude! So I must not be afraid that if I buy a usual-looking Sony/Legacy disc I end up having this programme on it? Why then is Switzerland being mentioned, too? The jazz releases did not have any of the info printed on their covers, as shown above! Still confused and waiting a bit, I assume...

No, I am not! But I would like someone to confirm if and how they're marked, before I pick any of them up!