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Yes, The Root of Things is a very strong album. I don't buy/have many Shipp albums but I think you might also enjoy the following ones: - Art of the Improvisor. This is a 2 CD, live album. CD one has the same trio as on The Root of Things, and CD two is a solo performance - Harmonic Disorder. Also a trio album (I tend to like Matthew Shipp best in this format), but this time with Joe Morris on bass instead of Bisio.

Congrats!

@Colinmce and Steve Reynolds, I have to say that lately I just feel like a kid in a candy store music wise. Since a year or so, my horizon has expanded to so much more (to me) new music, that in the coming times/years I can spend my budget purely to "essential" albums on my wish list I think. And I have to be honest, this expansion has to be largely credited to this forum. There's so much knowledge and recommendations shared in current topics, but also in the "vaults" of the forum, that my wishlist is just excessively growing with every month.

And today I ordered my September "online" batch. Nice mixture of some old and some new I think: The Convergence Quartet - Slow and Steady (2013, NoBusiness) Craig Taborn Trio - Chants (2013, ECM) Fred Anderson - Blue Winter (2005, Eremite) Fred Anderson - Timeless (2006, Delmark) Darius Jones - Man-ish Boy (A Raw and Beautifull Thing) (2008, AUM Fidelity) Mal Waldron - The Quest (1961, New Jazz)

I truly love the Tamarindo album! Definately not something I put on for background music, but this really delivers when listening to it with close attention. Probably my favorite 2014 release after Love and Ghosts from Farmers by Nature.

Went to a brick and mortar shop since ages yesterday. Seem to have a love/hate relationship with them, as they never have something that's on my actual wishlist (which is very big), but you can stumble across some great albums you didn't even know you really wanted before entering the store. Ornette Coleman - To Whon Who Keeps a Record [Atlantic] Paul Bley - Ramblin' [Actuel] Charles Mingus Sextet (with Eric Dolphy) - Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)

Thanks!

Finaly got myself a very nice looking cocktail chair (I'm a sucker for this kind of furniture) last weekend, so I can sit comfortably near my turntable and listen to records with a headphone on in the evenings. Wasn't able to do that for way too long! Got the following stacked up for this evening: Dave Holland - Conference of The Birds (ECM) Grachen Moncur III - Some Other Stuff (Blue Note) Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Solid State) Paul Bley - Open to Love ( ECM)

Okay, this just looks seriously disgusting to me, and I'n not even a vegitarian.

I found if you can commit to 100 pages a day (or more), the reading experience is better, and the impact of the work is not diffused. Are you reading in original, Dutch or English? Is there an acclaimed Dutch translation? I only know the English ones. I studied Russian for a year in college, and my wife is a native speaker of Russian, but I'm not able to read in the original, alas. I have enough Russian to help me assess phrasing and idiomatic expression for their "Russian-ess." Various translations evoke some hot partisanship; they all have pluses and minuses. I prefer Rosemary Edmonds 2nd translation, in the one volume Penguin edition, if for no other reason that it is a convenient edition to hold and read. Plus I think her translation best splits the difference between English and Russian prose styles. I'm reading a Dutch version (my knowledge of the Russian language is non-existent). The 2006 translation of Yolanda Bloemen and Marja Wiebes, which was awarded with the Martinus Nijhoffprijs (the most prestigious translation award in the Netherlands). My general rule is that I only read novels in English, if original text is in English. Otherwise I usually get a dutch translation. Luckily we have a few very good publishers regarding classic literature, who almost always offer very decent translations.

Just finished Louis Couperus - De Boeken der Kleine Zielen (Small Souls), and I thought it was nothing short of a masterpiece. I don't know how well known Couperus is outside of the Netherlands, but if you like classic literature his books are always a delight to read. And for now, I will finaly dedicate myself for the next coming weeks/months to Leo Tolstoj - Oorlog en Vrede (War and Piece). For some reason I read almost everything of Tolstoj, but I never could get myself to start with War and Piece. The book has such a monumental status ofcourse that I always wanted to make sure I started with this book in the right time (some weeks/months were I'm not too busy in the evenings, so I can dedicate substantial time to reading). These kind of books just aren't for short and fragmented reading sessions IMO, but are best valued when you can completely immerse in them.

Yes, this is some very nice footage and it definately got me interested in the playing of Tyshawn Sorey.

Nice, really like that one! I went for a German beer this evening.

Got the new Farmers by Nature album a few days ago and gave it a few spins since. While I doubt this album will convince the people who were not feeling their previous release, I think this is again an amazing album. Their sound is just so organic and in control, it seems to me they really can just play whatever they want in that right moment, without losing each other. They almost seem like a sort of telepathic unity which give them the ability to improvise as if being one (if that makes any sense ).

Good to hear, this one's going on my wish list!

The Farmers by Nature will be a shure shot for me. Really loved their previous album! I'm on the fence at the moment. Touching on what Steve said i think they are an oddly hard group to warm to. I dug them at the time but pretty much never revisit the two previous albums on Aum... have been trying to revisit them recently and just find them strangely hard to get through. There's definitely something there, but it's definitely 'have to be in the right mood' type stuff for me. Wishlisted for now, i need for something to come out on Aum that i can't live without and then i might add Love and Ghosts to my order. Funny how those things can differ so immensly. There's still tons of free/avantgarde stuff that (for now at least) I find hard to digest, but Farmers by Nature imediately hit me in the right spot when I first heard them. For some reason their interplay and use of rhythm conects with me on a very basic and instinctive level.

Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio & Peter Evans - The Freedom Principle [2014, NoBusiness] Kidd Jordan, Alvin Fielder, Peter Kowald - Trio and Duo in New Orleans [ 2013, NoBusiness] Farmers by Nature - Love and Ghosts [2014, AUM Fidelity] Jemeel Moondoc - The Zookeeper's House [2014, Relative Pitch]

Congrats!

The Farmers by Nature will be a shure shot for me. Really loved their previous album!

Packing my bags for vacation Valerie Wilmer - As Serious As Your Life I.S. Toergenjew - First Love Louis Couperus - Old People and the Things that Pass

I noticed on the NoBusiness FB page, that we can expect a fresh batch of vinyl this august:

What is your opinion on this one? I'm planning on doing an order from NoBusiness after my vacation in august, and this one is on the "maybe" list (as I'm definitely going for "The Freedom Principle" album with the same line up) As for myself, now playing: Andrew Hill - Black Fire (Blue Note, Heavenly Sweetness pressing)

Damn, that one sounds interesting as well! Really loved the one with Jason Moran last year.

I have to say that I still like the old Adam Lane album for what it is to me; a fun album. Not something I play late at night, or for intense listening, but a nice l album if I'm in a positive mood. I don't know if I will pull the trigger on this one though as there are so many albums that are higher on my wish list. From this batch I think the Kullhammar/Aalberg/Zetterberg/Mathisen appeals to me the most, but first I want to pick up the Cene Resnik album from their previous batch (already picked up the great Tamarindo album) together with The Freedom Principle from the Rodrigo Amodo Motion Trio & Peter Evans (on Nobusiness) and The Zoo Keepers House from Jemeel Moondoc.

What can I say that hasn't already been mentioned. His records with the Ornette Coleman quartet and his Montreal Tapes sessions are among my very favorite records. RIP Charlie Haden, another master gone.