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gym? wtf?!? are funny rats allowed there? post some impressions, John! wow, green with envy!

ghost, I don't really know her, but judging from her reputation, I'd go see her with such a band, for sure! ubu

essential listening, in my opinion: Irene Schweizer, Chicago Piano Solo (Intakt) ubu

Oh well, you already see and/or have the box, and I finally get notice from CDUniverse that they shipped it... will take another week I assume, if not longer. ubu

I am also not a fan of jazz with vocals, but the disc Nuba, with Lee, Andrew Cyrille and Jimmy Lyons is wonderful! As I posted elsewhere, this might be some of the most lyrical playing I have heard from Lyons and Cyrille spends most of his time playing some fantastic percussion, very influenced by African tribal music, imo. Jeanne Lee really fits in well. I enjoyed her vocals a lot more than I expected to. Very highly recommended That's on "the list"...

John, the Taylor is great! You won't regret getting it!

When may we get it? Have no experience with pre-ordered CDUniverse items... hope it arrives soon!

ok, whining king got his fair punishment for whining before clicking the link... some interesting stuff, for sure! i wonder will it be worth to update the Taylor? The Lacy looks good, the Braxton? Not sure about the Eskelin, either, Hans! ubu

oh that copy-crap (here comes the king whining again...) really: since they started the cc shit I have bought only around 10 BN CDs, all in sales (three cc ones, others all older RVGs or a few Rare Grooves). before that I used to pick up the RVGs, several times I picked up the whole batch in one go... well no one at EMI cares about customers, right? They just care about illegal downloaders and copiers... ubu

Having just heard a fantastic concert given by Hancock-Shorter-Holland-Blade (I think the same one that was on TV, JazzBaltica 2004) in stellar quality on radio, I have to say that this group is one that's as adventurous as I'd wish Holland's own to be. I don't really want to say his latest quintet was bad, Kilson is a great drummer, I love Chris Potter, and slowly start liking Eubanks quite much, as well, but the whole band is just a bit too tame, not free and open enough, I think. I'll have to revisit the 2CD live album, as I remember loving it when i first heard it last year. ubu

I just found out. The above thing is a bit less than half of the two CD set, it seems. So go buy the CD!

Hey wait, I didn't follow this thread lately, is the thing I linked to from that CD? Or is it more of the same gig(s)? ubu

Won't be up for too long (until Oct. 12, I suppose): There are around three or four minutes of talking before it actually starts, so don't give up too fast. Listening right now, looks interesting enough on Paper, Presencer, Parker and Watts, all in one band! ubu

A fantastic site! I just joined the group a few days ago, after exchanging a few mails with the person who maintains this site (as well as some more, among them a huuuuuuge Sam Rivers gig-ography). ubu

Türkoz belongs to the Zurich free/improv scene, I never heard her live so far, but she's all over the few places and festivals dedicated to this music (such as Taktlos and the new and great Unerhört). Enjoy! I never had a chance here to see her in such fast company, but with this band, I'd definitely give it a try! ubu

Those Jazz Views usually are. Hey, stop that discussion and get the Water! What a nice reissue! Really, that's one of the best and most lovingly done reissues I've seen of late (ok, I still don't have the Uptown Eager, and nothing beats the Uptown Mingus...), and all you Ayler fans should go that way! Jazz Views are cheap, but they have the advantage of giving us recordings usually not out on decent CD releases, but as this is not the case anymore with the Ayler, go and buy the Water reissue! ubu

Uh, Bently, my complicated sentences might have done it again... I have that one ("After Hours") and rank it easily among the five top modern jazz vocal discs I've heard! Don't have the Ran Blake disc, though, nor any of the others mentioned here. And I do agree on one account: I'm a vocal fan (or rather: turning into one more and more, an ongoing process), but this album seems to be appealing to people who *hate* jazz vocals! ubu

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6342 Find some discussion there. As you'll see I got a single DVD with the Jammin' the Blues film, the Miles, and some more. ubu

Still haven't come around to check out any of the discs mentioned here except for the two Owls. Have had the Waldron duos for some time and love it immensely. Recently I got "Natural Affinities", and I'm not really sure how much I like it. I see the creativity, the ideas and all, but somehow that disc doesn't just "click". Maybe that's not what it's about, though. I love the Mingus thing, for sure, and I'll listen to it again. ubu

big for all the Ibrahims, as well as for Tapscott and Weston! Here's one by Bley (one of the very few discs of his I have so far): Originally on Owl, it has recently been reissued by Universal, as has the Weston Owl album, which is great indeed! ubu

Oh, sorry! I think I made a few comments in the rat. In short: I haven't been overwhelmed, but it's a good one, all in all. As there are Hannibal, Adams, and Sco, there ain't that much solo space for Burton, but the marvellous duo he and Adams play is great even if it's all for Adams, solo-wise. Will have to listen to it a couple of times... ubu

Ah, ok, that could be - Frutiger and all that stuff's swiss... didn't see but crappy small pics of it online, but I guess that could be it.

I read somewhere online that the graphics where "swiss style" - anyone knows what that is supposed to mean?

I highly recommend all of the Last Exit albums I have heard but they can be difficult to track down for reasonable prices. I'm guessing they are all OOP now, correct? I only have this one, never crossed paths with any of the others yet. Heavy stuff, but good.

back home! nice to have such a nice home to come back to after a stormy and tiring day... ubu B-)