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You know, there is one big fan of Sade (well, at least her looks) around here (not me, though). (Oh, I sure don't think she looks bad or something...) I started buying jazz whilst at highschool, around 16 or 17 years old, and I stopped counting my CDs a year or two ago. It's in the four digit range, much more than 1000, but I really don't know it more exactly... and I'm NOT A COLLECTOR - maybe that I am an addict or a freak or whatever though Geoff, thanks for the Rzewski recommendations. I'll look for a recording as soon as I can afford. Terry Riley anyone? ubu

Mine's bigger but you are a bit older than 19 right? Hell, how did you find out B) ubu

How's that? I always wanted to get this! Is this OOP or not? What recordings do exist? Are there several? Hell, as we are discussing Satie here, and you list such stuff, why not add some minimal music recommendations? Anyone has some particular favorites? Any one heard Rzewski's "Moutons du.." (shit, what's it called again?) Another piece I love is the Reich Marimba one - five, I guess it is. ubu edited (only wanted to have the Rzewski in the quote)

Crispell/Jarman duo is excellent. Lyrical and bluesy. Get it! John, I'll listen to VAO one more time and elaborate. On the first (not very attentive) listen it sounded mechanistic and over-arranged. Thanks, I'll look for it this evening, hope it's still around! Hey, I'd be interested in hearing more of your opinion on the VAO, too! "Mechanical" I do think it is, but that's Satie to blame. Rüegg tries to stay in tune/in mood with the compositions, I think. How do you like the soloists? I'm thinking particularly of Roman Schwaller and Wolfgang Puschnig. (One of my favorite VAO moments is Puschnig playing the Donau waltz as an encore of the All That Strauss programme - I love it! Is that on the CD, too? I have it recorded from radio, so did not get the CD) ubu

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Anyone knows the Music & Arts duo CD by Jarman/Crispell? I think I could still pick it up for a good price, but have bought so much stuff now (and still not all x-mas presents...) and thus need some The steamboats are on their way. I hope at least our dear russian friend receives his in time for x-mas, maybe the europeans, too, but I guess John B, Geoff and Chaney will have to be patient... (Where's Hans, btw? Hope nothing bad happened! I would have another copy for him, of course...) ubu

Thanks for this review! Sounds good! ubu

Sad news! I don't know much of his records, but I will certainly look out for the Prestiges! I have this one: And it is good. Young's contribution maybe the highlight. I don't know if it's still available from Freshsound (it's temporarily out of stock right now). ubu

I like that one! And of course her contributions to the Getz/Gilberto and Getz/Gilberto #2 albums. She may be an acquired taste, I guess (but one I did acquire). ubu

Don't you tell me you never saw that picture before!?! Sure she is, what else... (Wouldn't you be, too?) ubu B)

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Thanks brownie, I'll put them on my ever-growing list! ubu

Photography by David Seymour, Loren at home, Rome, Italy 1955. ubu (anybody seen de Sica's "Ieri, oggi, domani"?

I was not able to revisit this one (neither when actually AOTW nor ever since) - however I remember there was discussion (maybe at the beginning of this thread?) that the sound of the new Connoisseur edition of this one (copy controlled when you pick it up in europe) was a major step forward in comparison to the Mosaic (which I have). The Spanish edition might use the Mosaic of simply the old McMaster remasterings (if these are not one and the same), so this might explain the problem. ubu

John, we could do some exchanges, however I'm usually pretty slow in doing these. I got that concert I heard from radio. Better quality mix than on location sound (which I experience quite often, and which really sucks! I mean, you see a bass player there, and maybe he's playing some interesting stuff, but you just can't hear him. Then a couple of months later the same concert's broadcasted and suddenly you hear what the guys did play... sure, you don't have the live experience and all, but sound is a rather important part of that, too, no? --- end of rant -_- ) ubu

I have never heard of Maja Ratkje...how would you describe the album? The only albums I have ever heard on Rune Grammofon are by Supersilent. If you have never heard them you really should get a copy of Supersilent 6. Amazing album. I just found that for around 7 bucks! I saw Supersilent live (wait until next x-mas to get some supersilent surprise...) two years ago. Great set, great music. The same night, The Necks played. Know them, Geoff? They're from OZ, right? They were blowing the place up! Really great music, and it works on CD, too, which I find quite remarkable. I did not know ECM was involved with Rune Grammofon. I think I read a feature about Rune in some swiss paper this or last year, but cannot remember many things. Can you give us a little bit more information on this Maja Ratkje? I never heard her name! ubu edited some typos

This is the album I forgot the title of, no chance to listen: Spring Heel Jack, Amassed (Thirsty Ear) Line up looks good, listening to the first couple of minutes sounded interesting. It's got Kenny Wheeler, Paul Rutherford, Evan Parker and Han Bennink, among others. ubu

You know, brownie, there are several things I LOVE about France - the most recent being that Giscard got elected to the Académie... HELL! THAT MADE ME BURST WITH LAUGHING! (and a day later the EU constitution goes to hell...) seriously, I like: french cheese, french wine, french ladies, french movie actresses (and some actors, too), french film directors, french intellectuals (exclude Mons. Glucksmann, in case you consider that creep an intellectual...), the guillotine, Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, some other of those funny guys, the "philosophes"... you know, I might be some sort of a frenchophile... MERDRE! ubu (de par ma chandelle verte!)

Mike, so you might like the last box set available, the Warner one. I think Evans gained some momentum there again, before his death. I did not yet find the time to explore it in its entirety, but I loved the parts of it I heard so far. ubu

Yes, Geoff, this might be one of the best records ever done on ECM! I love it very much! Very true what Д.Д. said about DeJohnette and Wheeler (well, and about Holland, too ) Grab this one when you see it! A beautiful album in all accounts! And it seems this was the last sideman gig Jarrett did. ubu

Very cool, couw! (Please PM me your postal address - just in case you missed my plea for it a couple of posts above!) ubu

Thanks for this info, brownie! Seems Ortega is a musician worthy to explore! And I know about the ECM/HatOLOGY business, but there are days I like some ECM stuff... ubu

Lon, thanks! Can you provide a link to the Ellington discs? I think the only way to get them in stores here is to buy the Definitive edition, which I do not intend to do (they're far overpriced here anyway, 3CDs would be around 45$) Thanks, ubu

oh, c'mon! it's slowly but surely time to get them solutions anyway, no? can't wait to know what some of the tracks really are... ubu

What jazzbo (lonson) said. I listened to it this morning after reading your inquiry, ubu. Maybe not side 1(first two tracks are weird, to me), but side 2 is definitely a spiritual offering, Alice Coltrane style. I loved it again! Especially with the subwoofer on! I can feel COSMIC vibrations! Yeah, COSMIC MUSIC!... I got to listen to it sometimes around x-mas again... ubu