Jason Bivins

I always thought the classic Coltrane Quartet would do a bang-up version of "We Three Kings."

Great news, Kevin. Just send me a PM re. payment info when you get a chance, and I'll send you my buddy's address.

PM sent! Hoping to get this music for a friend.

Bump with a big, post-Thanksgiving update.

Wow, someone should jump on this.

Not sure if this has been mentioned on some other thread, but No Business have just reissued Echoes from Rudolph, too. Great times for Carter devotees.

Been a long time, but I'm bumping this with a big new list.

The Halvorson tracks I've heard so far confirm Leeway's opinion, for sure.

RIP.

Been enjoying the solo Eskelin on Hat, the new Melford on Enja, and the latest Schlippenbach/Parker/Lovens on Intakt.

RIP, Mr. Coleman.

RIP.

Paul beat me to it. First thing I thought of was Let My Children Hear Music. But Scott, I bet you'd dig the Either/Orchestra. Check out More Beautiful Than Death.

Man, I'm sorry to hear the health news too, but gratified that DG seems to be on the mend. One of the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure to meet, and I've also been lucky enough to play with him. As both a trumpeter and composer, he deserves far, far more attention than he's gotten. And yes, tons of great stuff recently. I, too, would single out the beautiful Hymn Project.

Thank you so much, David. I'm gratified by that praise. And Cliff, you are too right. In fact, I make such a plea/petition in the introduction! Hopefully many more books will be written on this subject, which deserves the widest possible attention.

Thanks again to all for the interest. Jim, don't think it affects anything in that area. David, I think I'm going to be speaking at OSU sometime in the upcoming year. Would be great to meet at last if that shapes up.

Thanks all for the interest.

Allen, I largely don't deal with those particular intersections. On the good advice of my editor, I resisted the urge to try for complete coverage and so consequently had to make some decisions as to what could be pared. As there's already lots of good scholarship on the kinds of topics (and the period) you mention, I wanted to focus thematically on not just religious traditions, but ritual, communitarianism, cosmology, etc. My goal was twofold: to argue for the seriousness of jazz as a subject of reflection in Religious Studies (my discipline) and to complicate/broaden the discussion of "religion" or "spirituality" in Jazz Studies. Jim, cool anecdote. Thanks for the interest, all!

Hi all, Several of you know about this already, and my friend Ghost of Miles was kind enough to feature me on his Nightlights show last month, but I would like to announce the publication of my new book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/spirits-rejoice-9780190230913?cc=us&lang=en&# This one has been a labor of love for a long time (and a refreshing change from writing about religion and politics).

A favorite here as well. Not many people seem to get into those two discs. (You have to like Irène.) Yeah, agreed. But in addition to the awesome instrumentation (Barry Wedgle!), there's something about the distant quality of her vocals that really accentuates the Creeley poems.

I've been listening through all my Lacy lately, going chronologically, and the breadth of his work and his development across different formats/instrumentations continues to blow me away. I maintain my soft spot for Futurities (I'm in the 1980s now) but you simply cannot argue with Blinks, Cliches, or Morning Joy.

Damn. RIP.

Thanks for the music, Mr. Wheeler. RIP.

First bump of 2014, loads of new stuff!

Thanks for the music, Mr. Haden. RIP.