Jason Drake

all arrived ok , thank you john

PM sent on the Hyman's.

PM sent (i think !)

Anybody got any rec's on these upcoming reissues ? Judging by what I can glean from the covers on HMV Japan they sound interesting ; BVCJ 35103 Greenlee, Charles(tb) / Genius Of* 2310 BVCJ 35104 Harris, Beaver(ds) / From Ragtime To No Time* 2310 BVCJ 35105 Whitaker, Harry(p) / Black Renaissance* 2310 BVCJ 35106 Ruff, Robert(b) / Shaza-Ra* 2310 BVCJ 35107 Murray, Sunny(ds) / Apple Cores* 2310 BVCJ 35108 Matthews, Art(p) / Easy To Remember* 2310 BVCJ 35109 Kalaparusha(sax) / Kwanzaa* 2310 BVCJ 35110 Brooks, Roy(ds) / Live At Town Hall* 2310

Aplogies if someone has already posted. This might be of interest - BBC Radio 3 did a feature on Braxton on Friday 11th January. here is the link - available to listen for 7 days from broadcast and here is the playlist and details etc. I havent had a chance to listen yet - will prob leave until the last minuate as usual http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzlibrary/pip/848tx/ Critic Brian Morton joins Alyn Shipton to explore the recordings of saxophonist, improviser and composer Anthony Braxton Duration: 1 hour Playlist DISC 1 Title To Composer John Cage Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Braxton Album For Alto Label Delmark Number 420/421 Track 2 Personnel: AB, as; autumn 1968/summer 1969. DISC 2 Title Composition No 96 Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Braxton Album 4 (Ensemble) Compositions - 1992 Label Leo Number 120124-2 Track 2 DISC 3 Title Composition 40 (b) Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Braxton Album Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 Label Hatology Number 557 Track 4 DISC 4 Title I Love You Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Porter Album Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994 Vol 2 Label Leo Number 297/298 CD1 Track 1 DISC 5 Title The Bell Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Leo Smith Album Three Compositions of the New Jazz Label Delmark Number 415 Track 3 Personnel: Leo Smith, t, perc; AB, ss, cl, fl; Muhal Richard Abrams, p, as, cello; Leroy Jenkins, vn, vla, recorder, perc. 10 April 1968. DISC 6 Title Donna Lee Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Davis Album Donna Lee Label America Number AM 6122 Track 1 Personnel: AB, as, cl, fl, contra- bcl; Michael Smith, p; Peter Warren, b; Oliver Johnson, d. Paris, 18 Feb 1972. DISC 7 Title Composition 23 J Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Braxton Album Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 Label Hatology Number 557 Track 1 (part 2) Personnel: AB, bass sax, ss, as, cl, Eb cl; contrabsss cl; George Lewis, tb; Dave Holland b; Barry Altschul, d. Dortmund 31 Oct 1976 DISC 8 Title Composition 94 Section A (excerpt) Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Braxton Album Composition 94 for Three Instrumentalists 1980 Label Leo / Golden Years of New Jazz Number GY3 Track 1 Personnel: AB, sopranino, ss, as, ts, contrabcl; Ray Anderson, alto and tenor tb; c; slide t; James Emery, g, elg, electronics. Bologna 20 April 1980. DISC 9 Title Composition 94 Section A (excerpt - second set) Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Braxton Album Composition 94 for Three Instrumentalists 1980 Label Leo / Golden Years of New Jazz Number GY3 Track 2 Personnel: as above. DISC 10 Title Composition 96 Artist Anthony Braxton with Composers and Improvisers Orchestra Composer Braxton Album Composition 96 Label Leo Number CD 169 Track 1 Personnel: AB, cond; Dave Scott, James Knapp, t; Richard Reid, flh; Julian Priester, Scott Reeves, tb; Bob Davies, eng horn; Rick Byrnes, tu; Denise Pool, Rebecca Morgan, Nancy Hergerud, fl; Aileen Munger, Laurri Whig, ob; Marlene Weaver, bn; Ray Downey, bcl; Bill Smith, Eb cl; Paul Pearce bbcl; Denny Goodhew, as; Julian Smedley, Metheze Pedersen, Jeannine Davis, Libby Poole, Jereon Van Tyn, Sandra Guy, Backy Liversey, Mary Jacobsen, v; Betty Agent, Jean Ward, Sam Williams, Beatrice Dolf, vla; Page Smith-Weaver, Scott Threadgold, Marjorie Partington, cello; Motter Dean, harp; Scott Weaver, Deborah De Loria, b; Ed Hartman, Matt Komieriowsky, perc. Seattle, 30 May 1981. DISC 11 Title Composition 40 (O) Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Braxton Album Quartet (London) Label Leo Number 200/201 CD 1 Track 3 Personnel: AB, as, sopranino, C-Mel; Marilyn Crispell, p; Mark Dresser, b; Gerry Hemingway, d. Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 13 Nov 1985 DISC 12 Title The Honker Artist Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford Composer Braxton, Parker, Rutherford Album Trio (London) 1993 Label Leo Number 197 Track 1 Personnel: Rutherford, tb; Parker, ss, ts; Braxton as, cl. 22 May 1993 (Bloomsbury Theatre). DISC 13 Title Encore Artist Anthony Braxton, Richard Teitelbaum Composer Braxton / Teitelbaum Album Live at Merkin Hall Label Music and Arts Number 949 Track 3 Personnel: Anthony Braxton, fl, sopranino, ss, sop cl, cl,contra bcl; Richard Teitelbaum, kb, electronics. 28 April 1994. DISC 14 Title Black Monday Artist Anthony Braxton Composer HIll Album Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000 Label CIMP Number 225 Track 4 Personnel: Braxton as, fl; Kevin O'Neil, g; Andy Eulau, b; Kevin Norton, d. 19 May 2000 Middletown CT. DISC 15 Title Composition 351 Part 2 Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Braxton Album At Iridium Label Firehouse Number FH 12-04-03-001 CD 2 Track 2 Personnel: Anthony Braxton, as, ss,s sopranino, cl, Eb cl;Taylor Ho Bynum, c, fl, trumpbone, piccolo t, bass t, mutes, and shell; Andrew Raffo Dewar, sop, c-mel, cl; James Fei, as ss, bcl; Mary Halvorson, g; Steve Lehman, as, ss; Nicole Mitchell, fl, alto fl, bass fl, p, v; Jessica Pavone, vla, vn; Reut Regev, tb, flugelbone; Jay Rozen, tu, euphonium, mutes, toys; Sara Schoenbeck, bn, suona; Aaron Siegel, perc; Carl Testa, b,cl. Sprinh 2006. DISC 16 Title All The Things You Are Artist Anthony Braxton Composer Kern Album Live at Willisau Label Intakt Number 126 Track 4 Personnel: AB, as.

Hey, i just picked up the Oliva disc at Paris Jazz Corner last week - they had a bundle in stock so could prob supply via their internet site...only one quick sample listen so far but it sounded promising.. the brooding piano thing can be a bit tricky to sustain over a whole album so I need to see if it stands up to a couple of repeats

Jazzloft.com sometimes stocks them...i just checked and they've got vol2 in stock for 16 usd

its been on e-bay from japan 3-4 times this year, keep looking, i'm sure it'll come round again soon

I'd like to get place an order from their online shop - has anyone here any experience of dealing with them via the online route ? www.creativeworks.ch

Yesterday I found stuff coming off even as I was reducing an initial basket down to a manageable (affordable) qty...and even after ordering, I'm told the final four are now down to two in stock items....

Going, going.....

I'm surprised and shocked how much the neighbourhood looks to have changed..I stayed at a friends place on Norfolk Street around 15 years ago...I remember it being a pretty rough area, nothing like the photo's posted above. Has all of the lower east side gone this way ?

seems too good to be true that they'll be new K2 remasters and at 1000Y....but I live in hope, until tomorrow at least.

I have an elderly relative who has asked me if I can sell this..but I'm thinking if its not too expensive I'll just give them the cash and take it for myself. Any one got a rough value ? E- Bay has a mint copy going for $50..the copy I have is probably arounf VG (i am not an expert grader, but it plays very well but the cover has lost some of its gloss/shine). I dont want to short change my aunt so would like to pay what its worth. Any suggestions gratefully received. I've tried to paste the cover shot below but not confident that it was successful.

cheerio Brazil. thanks for your interest but I think on this occasion I think that we'll stick with a European Final. Ha bloody Ha ! Football is coming home after all. I'm so pleased to see the smug, arrogant, bloated Brazilians on the way home. Its about time someone realised they were there for the taking. well done les bleues..

Cheerio Argentina ! see you again in four years time....

I checked with the buying public, and Chuck is correct, if released in the US my scientific survey shows it will only sell 579 copies. Of the 579 ; 530 would be bought by people curious about the date 32 would be bought by Flanagan nutcases (completists ?) who already had the TOCJ version 13 copies would be bought Bernstein completists (nutcases ?) 1 copy would be bought by a Rodgers & Hammerstein fan who got confused in the excitement 1 copy would be bought by an elderly gent in Indiana who was trying out the internet for the first time, and got confused and thought he was getting a copy of Sinatra's "This Town" and a further 2 import copies will get lost in the back office of HMV on Oxford Street (the one by Bond Street station). 100% accurate and documented.

my calculations show that 72% of people like music that could (make that should) be defined as "dead".

I was there too...I agree that the music comes across so much better live, especially the stuff from the latest release...I was listening to that cd on the way home and it sounded much thinner. I thought the band were a little mixed, with some highs and lows, but one thing that made my Wife and I really laugh was the look on the (young) guitarists face whenever he wasn't soloing..he looked so bored, like a petulant teenager ! BTW, I sat behind Gerald's wife and daughter for the secondhalf of the show, and found myself clapping harder than normal to compensate for the lowish turnout. And re. the turnout I agree, what a shame .. whenever is there going to be another chance ....?

I sure that I haven't seen a relatively up to date broadcast of this show in a long time on British TV...i think it ran out of steam a few years back (but I'm ready to be corrected)

I read the original post with dismay after having an order for this on back order at Amazon UK for about 2 months..and then wonder of wonders they just sent me a note saying they had shipped it to me...so not sure what this means... Their current lead time is quoted at 4-5 days....Last time I checked Rhino was still quoting OOP.

Just got the following news concerning Frog Records. I wasn't aware that David French had died and was therefore a little shocked when I read it. "Following the recent deaths of David and my sister, FROG RECORDS is now out of hibernation, though perhaps not quite hopping yet! Please bear with us. If you have urgent requests outstanding, please now send me an e-mail at the same e-mail address. DGF55 Earl Hines is now available. Meantime, I hope to hear from you in the New Year and I wish you all the peace of Christmas and for me, better luck in 2005. Dawn Leppard" frogrecords@rich-art.co.uk

Alphaville is in a slightly different vein than Breathless/A Bout de Souffle (more sci-fi than gangster on the run), but still uses a "classical" narrative format. In the early run of films Le Mepris/Contempt is my favourite. Soon after Godard abandoned narrative cinema for a more polemic style - these may/may not be up your street. After about 1980 he returned to narratives again and a couple of years ago released Eloge de l'amour, which is also highly rated....

Just got notification from David French at Frog of the following ; I have just issued DGF55, Earl Hines. The bulk of the CD covers the 1929 Victor band recordings plus nine alternate takes of the Decca/Brunswick sides that were not included on the recent Hep issue.

$12 for shipping by surface mail, $23 for airmail. I'd guess you could mail a select at a US Post office for $12 via airmail, to get to Europe in around 5 days. I still think that 23usd for orders the size of a select is ridiculous - and its replicated by True Blue as well.