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No time to read through the whole thread, but in my opinion Thirsty Ear is no way as great as ESP or Hat or whatever... What I've heard and what I think of it: The GoodAndEvil Sessions Boring, a total let-down (even more so since one of the very few good Swiss jazz critics wrote an orgasmic review about it...) Roy Campbell - It's Krunch Time Ok, but not great. As someone said above: some beautiful moments. Wilber Morris... I only recently got familiar with him - a plus for this disc. Khan Jamal too, is pretty interesting. DJ Spooky - Optometry Boring stuff. A friend of mine is a big fan of this disc - I can't see why... Spring Heel Jack - Amassed A great one! I definitely want to check out the other SHJ discs! Craig Taborn - Junk Magic Just got this a few weeks ago, gave it one listen and it didn't really grab me. Will give another listen soon. I do realize that I don't know a lot of Thirsty Ear releases, but given waht I think about these, I don't feel the need to explore the whole label. Certainly I want to check out more Spring Heel Jack, and maybe some of those Hunter/Prevites. Not sure I need more Shipp than I have (three or four Hat releases and a couple of live dates). For me it all is a bit too pretentious - it comes accross as trying very hard to achieve something. Would be better to go the understatement way and then surprise with some real achievements, instead of blurting out how great they are and then offer some old stuff, packed as if it was the future of the whole music. An aside: anyone knows the Albert King live disc?

Certainly not the greatest, but this one deserves mention, too, I think: Arrangements are by Ivan Jullien, main soloist is Eddy Louiss.

No Martini for a long time, but my preferred way of drinking it would be with Bombay Sapphire (the Gin of choice, too, if I want just a Gin), not much more than a shot of Vermouth (Noilly Prat, obviously), and an Olive. Stirred (I grew up with no TV, so Bond couldn't spoil that... and about Bond: a Martini is done with Gin, indeed! Check out Paul Newman sipping a Martini at the beginning of "Exodus", the Preminger film... that's for style!)

Hey Ronald! Late as usual (not on the Big-O that often, of late) - all the best! And many happy returns! And indeed, let me join in: thanks for the great stuff you keep sharing!

How is this? I've heard it's quite good ... ← Pamuk is an excellent writer. Istanbul is well written. I also like his novel, Snow. ← Haven't read the book, but it's on "the list"... Not sure you are aware, but Pamuk is facing a trial for putting down his country (in an interview - or rather a series of four weekly interviews, I think - done with a swiss weekend magazine... pretty tough that this happens in a country that wants to become part of EU - but it may end up being a good thing, since it hopefully forces the Turkey to finally discuss its own past and history... (not to speak of the present...)

Just finished J.M. Rymkiewicz's book "Umschlagplatz". Now reading Aaron Appelfeld's childhood memories (published in German translation a couple of months ago - no idea what the english title would be).

Belated best wishes!

Belated best wishes, Dan!

You'se talking of Jägermeister, Mister? Have the Helens arrived yet?

and Gebbia:

Hello everybody... I've been serving again in Swiss army for two weeks (with one more week to come), doing that by blowing stupid marches and other stupid music (not stoopid, mind me).... So this explains my absence here (and elsewhere). A ridiculous photo here: (of course there are only half a dozen of women - and they look and behave more like men than any other woman - among hundreds of "musicians"....) Anyway. What made me post here is Gebbia. Reading the above comments by Gokhan... well, when I talked to Gebbia after having heard the Zen Window trio (great concert, and great CD, too), he was very positive about that new band with that Zu fellow... (I hadn't even heard the name of Pupato before). Now funny enough when I came home tonight (usually we only get to go home saturday morning, but we drank too much beer, so they sent us home on friday evening, for a change ), I had a mail from Gebbia, asking if I knew of any venue where he could play in Zurich, in duo with "Cave of the Tigers", his duo with cellist/vocalist Audrey Chen. Here's the italian blurb he sent me in his mail, plus photos:

Happy birthday!

Happy brithday! And it seems no one mentioned it yet, but the backroom is much more fun!

Got the discs, too! Thanks Bill!

Similar here, I guess (I didn't go counting, and to measure, my CDs are in a way too chaotic disorder)... Prob. 10 or 15 or even 20% of my CDs are Fantasy ones, and I know there would be three or four times as many still to buy, so please keep them coming! (And stop those German ZYX folks from doing their own lousy remasterings, instead of just distributing the US discs, please!)

LOL! ← Why not use this one for a change?

Not so sure about that! This: better than that:

Yes, that's true! I think the Jazztet was my first exposure to the group (neither to Farmer nor Golson on their own, though), same for the Quinichette and Edison and Ellis. The Schifrin I love! And another highlight was that Modern Jazz Societey presents disc! And then those by artists who made very few recordings on their own were cool too, such as the Billy Bauer and the Laurence Brown! Big fan of that series!

now Tony, Tony,... if only I knew you're a groupie or if you may turn into a real dangerous stalker? Maybe it was wise of us not to meet, after all...

Pirate version: "Fubar" Walt Scabb Gangsta version: Cold Pee Hands Mormon version: Aaro Goddamn Rock Solid Ghetto Shiznit version: Ass Machine Wack Very British version: Terrance Chamberlain Fluffy Kitty version (boy kitty, that is): Knucklehead Merryweather In short, what your name means: You Are Gay, but cover it by acting like a playboy in front of the ladies (can someone tell I'm at work and bored? )

The fact that this series continued into 1999 (or were the last four releases even from 2000?) was like a strange leftover from the earlier days when Verve did the reissue thing as it should be done... So it was only right they discontinued the series. It may have added to their credibility, and that's not what they care about.

Yes, well, I had seen a friend from Sweden there who takes and took lots of pictures in each concert, with a tripod and was going wait for a week or so so that he could sift through and send me the better pictures. Anyway, I guess I can always post those later along with (even) more comments on the concerts. I will get to work tonight. Meanwhile, for those who have heard the band's earlier output, I've been listening to disc 1 of Atomic's The Bikini Tapes (3 disc set of live material on Jazzland, recorded mostly last year, iirc, and quite a part of which comes from a concert I attended in last year's Kongsberg Jazz Festival) and overall, I enjoy it more than either of their earlier (studio) albums. Ljungkvist, in particular, and Broo - neither of whom I'd really been fond of in this context - acquit themselves very well. ← I had that Atomic set in my hands a few days ago... I only have "Feet Music" and think it's good, but nothing earth shattering. Will check the box out some day!

I'd rather have some of this:

The British empire taking its toll?

We all are aware you islanders are a particular kind... I'm not sure I'd eat it, though...