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Thanks for posting that 2013 video. Great to see those woman play together! Definitely something I would like to have seen live.

Oh yes I could see the comparison with that. That’s a great record.

It could definitely have worked out with some more preparation. I think Rivers’ more aggressive free approach would work pretty well with Mals dark clusters

Just streamed it trough Spotify and it’s just as dissapointing as I expected. That starts with the bad audio quality. For an 80’s recording this sound really bad. Than it’s the repertoire played here: if they had chosen originals this could have been fire. With these standards they just play nicely. But it’s nothing more than standards played nicely.

Amazing! now playing:

I thinks it’s without them. It’s a duet.

Apparently there is more to come: https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/play-monk-ellington-strayhorn/9300000257813768/?cid=1772975931611-8312730531550&bltgh=1cf11f93-df7c-43e8-8e37-2f254f80b871.wishlist_details_page_products.WishlistDetailProductCardItem_0.ProductTitle I’m very, very in!

Wow that must sound amazing all together. Enjoy! I really dig that portrait. Brotzmanns expressive face lends itself perfect for such a photograph.

That looks very cool! 3 questions: which amp, which deck and which beer?

Flaga = Craig Taborn, Christian McBride and Tyshawn Sorey

Oh yes she’s great. When I first heard her play I thought I heard one of the more well known trumpeters. When I looked on the sleeve of my Simmons records I was surprised I never heard of her before.

I think you made the right analysis @Rabshakeh: I see the same things. The so called spiritual jazz movement seems to do well with a younger generation and especially artists like Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane are popular. When I attended an Evan Parker gig in Gent there we're also quite some younger people that seamed to be there mostly because they wanted to drink a beer and hear what this guy was all about. I don't think they actually had any of his records or something like that but they we're interested in some way. In my experience the Scandinavian jazz scene seems to attract younger people also: when I saw groups like Atomic and The Thing there we're more people of my generation (born in the '90's) then let's say the times I saw Bennie Golson or Sonny Rollins. I have mixed feelings about it. I think a part of them is sincerely interested in the music and another part is mostly doing it because they feel hip/part of a cultural minority/misplaced intellectual feelings etc. I'm skeptic about peoples behaviour trough social media as well. Before you know it some hipster publishes a list of 30 must hear freejazz records without including Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy, Sam Rivers, Cecil Taylor or as you mentioned the great John Coltrane. When their interest is sincere: I feel so happy the music gets more interest. When their interest is shallow: please stay away.

Both excellent Muse LP's. Is this the 32 jazz cd reissue?