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That is such a great session. Hayes made some excellent records in those years. I have a feeling those get overlooked a lot because he’s credited as the leader and probably less well known as some of his band mates. The Real Thing is another gem. And great to see Hayes is still alive and active on the scene!

Well everybody should know for themselves what to spend their hard earned money on of course but this is among the most silly things I have ever seen. I haven’t been interested in any music merchandise anyway thought in my teenage metal years I used to own a few band shirts of course. I like Scotch and for me ice is like blasphemy but that’s my personal opinion.

Could not comment on the quality of the reissue but only affirm Felsers statements about First Encounter. Essential and unmissable for every fan of both Waldron and Peacock.

That’s a beautiful one.

Equinox is a Coltrane favorite of mine. The Arkestra version sounds pretty cool. The alto sax solo (that ain’t no tenor is it?) sounds awful like the dude doesn’t know how to play. It reminds of how I tried to solo when I was a kid. Will have to wait for more samples I guess.

I’ve got a lot of Pan African stuff now but not from this period. Interesting song selections too. Not an instant buy but definitely a maybe.

Hat Hut is another label with a very recognizable ‘house style’. Also matter of taste but I like them! I am talking mostly about their cd reissues. The original LPs also had their own style but can’t say I am a fan of them

Yeah definitely and that’s the most important of course. I always seen it as a missed opportunity as some good cover art could sparkles one’s interest.

Well they have a house style, just like Blue Note for example. I like their cover art but that's a matter of taste. I must say I like the Intakts as well. I have more problems with the SteepleChase cover art to be honest. I'm not really fond of most of ECM's output. I tried quite some different albums lately trough Spotify that got high RYM ratings but not a lot of them actually sticked with me. A little too smooth and sometimes just a little boring for my tastes. On the other hand: they have put out some amazing music. AEOC, Roscoe Mitchell, Tomasz Stanko and Evan Parker come to mind. Mal's Free at Last and Jarrett's Survivor's Suite. Brahem is someone I always really regarded highly and there is more I just can't remember at the moment. I'd say they have attributed a very valuable ammount of music to the whole jazz culture. Definitely understand if it's not your cup of tea, but I don't like the easy ECM bashing some people tend to do.

Great, looking forward to that. I am going to see this group in Utrecht coming month with my wife. Anja Lechner is an excellent violin player so very curious how that blends with Brahem's sound. And Dave Holland, well..... we all know him

Ah yeah that’s the one. Most of de posts are deleted I see now.

I can’t seem to find that whole thread anymore. Has it been removed?

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the sound is not so good but the music is amazing. I wish there was more of this group.

disc 1: Conversations

Hearing unfortunately not fully recovered but this arrived today in the mail and I don’t want do spend another day without music. Energy level is getting way better, did a CrossFit training this morning, and this awesome record makes it even better:

That’s a great record

Well @mjazzg we just recently discussed the fact that I still needed to see Mr Parker perform live. I think I just found an opportunity he’s coming to the Belgian city of Ghent which is 3 hours driving for me but I decided to make the best of it so I’ll take my wife and we’ll stay for two nights there. Great to have some together time in one of Belgiums most beautiful cities. He’s going to perform at a small jazz festival with no less than Barry Guy and Paul Lovens. Really looking forward to it. Don’t know yet if he’s going to perform in the afternoon or in the evening. I hope the latter as my wife isn’t going to join me and when she has time for herself in the afternoon she’s going shopping and destroy our bank account…

Hope he's okay and will show up soon again. I miss his enthuiastic responses.