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Yeah yesterday in Utrecht it was an amazing experience. The addition of Anja Lechner works out perfectly. now onto this one: the cover reminds me immediately of the excitement I felt during the Arab spring revolutions. I really had a feeling something was about to change in the Middle East for a while. A year later I visited Egypt under Morsi and I already felt things weren’t turning out good. And if you look at those countries now: Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Libya…. It all turned out the wrong way. Even Brahems Tunisia is off worse now than under Ben Ali. It makes me sad. Brahems music suits excellent for that mood. Great record.

Ah that’s a shame (and probably a missed opportunity). Well there’s a few explanations for that choice though I am not sure any of them make sense… see them as a reflection of my seriously twisted personality 😜 1. when it’s not recorded analog but digital I do not necessarily want it on vinyl. I do know from experience (Vijay Iyer LP) that the ECM vinyl sounds great. 2. The music runs only 60 minutes but that means 2 LPs and standing up after every two songs… this kind of music makes me want to stay in my chair. 3. I own all of his other works on cd which leads to a weird neurotic satisfaction when it looks like this: oh and theirs a fourth reason as well: they didn’t bring enough vinyl copies which I found rather silly. It’s no secret vinyl is popular and I saw tens of potential customers walk away dissapointed.

Thanks for explaining!

Anouar Brahem, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner and Django Bates. It was a magical experience. The addition of Lechner on cello was an excellent choice and the interaction between Brahem and Holland was highly enjoyable. Immediately bought the cd and had it signed by them, standing in a queue like a Belieber for Justin Bieber.

Someone around could probably explain to me what those Braxton math like codes mean? His compositions are also titled in a certain manner. What’s the meaning behind it?

Ah that Noah Howard is a lovely live date. I believe it was reissued on cd lately right? Enjoy!

Everytime I spin this one I am amazed by its fresh and original sound. It sounds way ahead of its time. One of the most memorable jazz groups if you’d ask me.

Yeah I think I know what you mean. It’s hard to describe but the fact that it’s not all exactly balanced and that church feeling gives you the feeling you’re right there seeing them playing live. The multiple basses on some of the recordings also add up to that particular sound. And it all does sound very clear. Great stuff

Don’t know if you’re listening to them chronologically but if you are we’re exactly at the same disc 😇 I fully agree with you: worth every cent. Huge diversity between all the discs. Must say that this very one is probably the one I like a little less than the others from the series.

Yeah it’s the same trio as on Basra by LaRoca which is another favorite of mine. Farmer is such a different player than Henderson but it works with both of them. I am a little more careful with culling records from my collection. At this moment there are only about 5 or 6 on my list but not sure yet so haven’t put them down for sale yet. Repeated listens could really change your feelings about a record or even the artist himself. Now playing:

What a lovely record this is. Some excellent playing my Monterose as well.

So now cd's got pressing errors as well? That's silly.

Great stuff! Still need to pick this one up. Do you also have the Holy La? Same trio, same period, same greatness NP:

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I agree it’s pretty confusing. I always have to check out Discogs when buying a new Steve Lacy record.

I have a pretty modest collection with around 800 cd's and almost 600 LP's. I think I sold around 300 cd's and about 100 LP's in the past 3 years as I became more selective in what to buy and what not to buy. I used to go to a cd/record fair and i took home 30 cd's or even more as they were only 5 euros a piece. But I found that I only listened more than once to two or three cd's. The rest was okay but was mainly taking up space. I now use Spotify, SoulSeek and YouTube to try records out. From there I make a selection what I want to hear again. If it clicks the second and third time, it ends up on my Discogs wantlist. That's what I want to buy. There are now 48 items on that listen, half of them cd and half of them LP. I don't do impulse buys anymore. Dissapointed too many times and selling them is mostly a money losing game. I think I have room for another 100 cd's. That's probably enough for the rest of my life. Unfortunately I am reaching the maximum capacity of my LP shelves. Probably room for ten more or something like that. I am saving up money the coming two years for a beautiful new LP closet. That's going to give space to another 500 and that's probably the maximum I could keep in my music listening room. The ridiculously thick LP sleeves in some of the current series like the Tone Poets and the Verve AS series are pretty annoying. They are beautifilly done of course but take up as much space as 2 and sometimes even 3 regular LP's....

Steve Lacy - Prospectus This was such a strong period and those Hats are absolutely stunning. This one’s with Steve Potts, George Lewis, Bobby Few, Jean Jacques Avanel and Oliver Johnson. Plus Irene Aebi who’s singing I still don’t enjoy where I do dig her cello playing. Essential Lacy: powerful, very energetic and complex music with all those awesome Steve Lacy compositions. Great interaction between all band members too. Plus the sound of these Hats is amazing. This was reissued as Cliches on cd but that misses three tracks the LP version does contain. Weird choice to omit tracks on a reissue. It’s mostly the other way around.

Hearing Tapscott play Equinox is a lovely experience. Not the best one of the series but it’s very good.