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I just love this album but only own the original 6-eye stereo in mint condition. How's the sound on this one?

Yay! I had a suspicion it was Wheeler when I played it and Hot Ptah put his foot forward for me and put the idea out there! As to which particular album, well I'd have to dig through all my Emanem CDs to figure that out..it's a nice piece.

It reminded me of the spontaneous music ensemble...?

Hmm..mines a first pressing and it sounds totally amazing... Rypdal's "descendre" is one of my favorites and I love Rypdal's records.

Dexter Gordon "one flight up" (blue note, stereo NY ear) Gunter Hampel & Jeanne Lee "s/t" (Wergo, Germany) Two extremely well recorded records! Amazing sound (and great music too of course)

I'd recommend any of the label bleu CDs that Portal released; if you are receptive to more "free jazz" style then check out the 70s output. For Nagl I think "strichcode" is one of his best..there's a good CD on the November label too by pretty much the same band!

You are welcome; thanks for the kind words!

Track 1: Steve Potts "Colonel Buster And Chinese Pede" from the CD "Pearl" (CC, France, 1990) with Richard Galliano, Jean Jacques Avenel, and Bertrand Renaudin. Many people did not really like this one which surprised me...it's a great and little known CD...I almost picked a different track from this CD written by JJ Avenel but it had too much of a Steve Lacy feel that I thought might give away the players too easily! Track 2: Carsten Dahl "Space is the place" from the CD "Space is the place" (Storyville, 2012) with Jon Christensen and Arild Andersen. This was identified...a great disc with a top notch rhythm section. Track 3: Lee Konitz "Five , four, and three" from the LP "StereoKonitz" (RCA, 1968) with Enrico Rava, Giovanni Tomasso, Franco D'Andrea, and Gege Munari. A beautiful track...chosen just because I really dig it! Track 4: Sam Rivers "Beatrice" from the CD "Configuration" (Nato, 1996) with Noel Akchote, Tony Hymas, and Paul Rogers. Again just a beautiful tune and performance... Track 5: Charlie Mariano "Yagi-Bushi" from the LP "Folk Soul" (Victor, 1967 Japan) with Masabumi Kikuchi, Masahiko Togashi, Sadanori Nakamure, and Masanaga Harada. An obscure album featuring Mariano with some key Japanese jazz musicians...an oddity..surprised nobody recognized Mariano's tone which I find pretty distinct... Track 6: Jeff Clyne/Ian Carr quartet "Helen's Clown" from the LP "Springboard" (polydor, 1969 - recorded 1966) with John Stevens and Trevor Watts. This was identified as well...a fantastic session that needs to be reissued! Track 7: Akira Miyazawa "Ayu" from the LP "Bulltrout" (Victor, Japan 1969) with Masahiko Sato, Masahiko Togashi, and Yasuo Arakawa Nobody got this one...this is an incredible album...chosen as a plug to hopefully turn more people onto his music. Two other albums released by him around the same era are also well worth hearing - "Four Units" and "Kiso". Track 8: Masabumi Kikuchi "Admire, but detest" from the LP "End for the beginning" (Phillips, Japan 1973) with Yoshio Suzuki, Hiroshi Murakami, Kohsuke Mine, and Hideo Miyata. I'm a huge fan of Kikuchi's early albums...this was identified... Track 9: Max Nagl "Mercedes" from the CD "Strichcode" (Rude Noises, 2001) with Patrice Heral, Achim Tang, Josef Novotny, and Joanna Lewis. An obscure CD from this player I used to(and still do) enjoy..interesting variety of sounds on this disc...I believe nobody identified this. Track 10: Annette Peacock & Paul Bley "Gargantuan encounter" from the LP "Dual Unity" (Freedom, 1972 - recorded 1970) with Han Bennink. Chosen just to shake things up a bit and get out some of my avant garde-ness into the BFT Bennink plays acoustic drums..so not completely electronic! Track 11: Michel Portal "En el campo" from the LP "Dejarme Solo" (Cy, France 1979) A beautiful solo album by one of my favorite European players...I like the energy Track 12: Kiyoshi Sugimoto "D-51" from the LP "Country Dream" (Takt, Japan 1970) with Yoshio Ikeda, Motohiko Hino, and Hiromasa Suzuki. Nobody got this one...a killer track from a very solid debut album...worth seeking out! As some people may know I'm a big fan of Japanese jazz for many years now... Track 13: Sun Ra "New Horizons" from the LP "We Travel the spaceways" (Saturn, 1966) with Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, Ronnie Boykins, John Gilmore, Julian Priester, Phil Cohran, Edward Skinner, Robert Barry, Arthur Hoyle, and Walter Strickland. One of my favorite early Ra tunes...and I love this performance of it..especially the bass line near the end..great atmosphere! Track 14: Dave Douglas/Louis Sclavis 4tet "Blinks" from the CD "Bow River Falls" (Premonition, 2004) with Peggy Lee and Dylan Van Der Schyff. I didn't include any Steve Lacy on this BFT and he is one of my favorites..so I put one of his compositions performed by other people instead! This was identified... Track 15: Tony Scott "Burungkaka Tua" from the LP "Djanger Bali" (Saba, Germany 1967) with Yopi Chen, Bubi Chen, Marjono, Benny Mustafa, and Jack Lesmana aka the Indonesion All Stars. I really love this album and this track is one of many highlights...a special vibe here. Track 16: George Otsuka "jumpin cats" from the LP "Sea Breeze" (Union, Japan 1971) with Takao Uematsu, Shunzo Ohno, Hideo Ichikawa, and Takashi Mizuhashi. Nobody got this one either...an obscure but fantastic album by this key Japanese jazz drummer...I love the rhodes on this track! All the players involved have released albums under their own names as well so it's a bit of an all star band as far as Japanese jazz goes...it's been reissued on CD I believe. Anyway thanks for checking it out!

Thanks for listening and the kind words! 1 is not Paquito and Ricky Ford is not on 16! Stay tuned for the reveal!

I used to have finds all the time in the early to mid 90s...in the last 15 years it's seems everything's dried up for the most part..anyway that's a fantastic score!

Yuji Takahashi "John cage sonatas and interludes for prepared piano" (denon, Japan) Ike Quebec "blue and sentimental" (blue note, New York mono)

I enjoy it; it's jazzy.

Ok thanks...

Hmm..I'll have to dig up some more info on that.. Do you have track titles for the Mine side?

never heard of this one..year? Is it a compilation or reissue or is the material unique to this album?? any more info appreciated!

An old friend came out to visit and brought along a bunch of beer: RNA organism "meets POPO" (vanity, Japan) Guru Guru "kanguru" (brain metronome, Germany) Masahiko Sato/Jean Luc Ponty "astrorama" (Liberty, Japan) Shankar/Jon Christensen "MRCS" (ECM, Germany) Knut Risnaes "Flukt" (Odin, Norway) Jackie McLean "new soil" (Blue note, 47 w 63rd stereo ear) MC5 "kick out the jams" (Elektra, USA uncensored) Strange "Translucent world" (private, USA) needless to say it was a fun night ;)

You are correct sir!

Sad news; another giant has passed. 89 is a good full age though...

Is Kikuchi on "s'posin"? I thought Sato was the pianist on that date but I have not played it in 10 years; a good reminder to pull from the shelves..it's a nice album for sure. "Voices" is a great session too along with "paysages". I used to have an ugly reissue of "matrix" on catalyst but got rid of it years ago because it was such a cheap pressing with an ugly cover. I now have a burn of it from an original Victor and will definitely buy the forthcoming vinyl reissue with original cover art. It's a hard one to describe..it's definitely similiar to the records that came after but to my ears it sounds a bit more relaxed and spare/economical. Worth checking out for sure.

In the early 90s I was routinely buying ECM Lps for $1-3...a local shop owner offered me the "sun bear concerts" box set for $10 (I refused) and used to give me any Keith Jarrett 70s title for free. Now these common ECMs have dried up and when you do see them in the racks they're priced at something stupid like $15-20..at least in my area, and they're not even German pressings.

They were on Philips as well. Some particularly good sideman appearances from Kikuchi on "Takeru" (Philips) and the debut Kosuke Mine album called "first"..also on Philips. I believe next month there will be a Japanese vinyl reissue of Kikuchi's debut album "matrix"...no CD as far as I can tell.

I've owned "silver world" for over 20 years and it is indeed a special album. I would buy all these reissues in a heartbeat if I didn't already have the vinyl already. Wonder why they skipped "collaboration", "all about dancing mist" and "hairpin circus"?

Akira Miyazawa "Kiso" (Victor, Japan original)

Interesting topic...I might add more later but in general I find Blue Notes have gone up considerably and most free jazz stuff has gone down in price save for super rare or particularly heavy titles. I'll add that I did most of my accumulation in the early 90s...a golden era for sure but imagine being able to dig in the early 80s! I look at old cadence catalogs and see the whole FMP catalog for like $7 each..

Red label copies should be free of this defect. It's common among later pressings of this title. uh oh... Collector nerd out paranoia triggered... Must check out my copy when I get home tonight haha.. have not played it in literally 20 years or more but it's certainly a top drawer lineup on that record...