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I agree. As I tell my wife, if these endeavors go unsupported, we will not see them in the future. Just because I got the William Parker set and two large orders of Japanese releases in the last 6 weeks I have to hold off for a little bit. This will be purchased though.

This pandemic is a very sobering time. My wife has lost a couple more family members and my job has released emails informing of a half a dozen passings in the last week.

Downtown Music Gallery also has it listed in their newsletter

placed a large order from Cedric at https://japanarchives-mailorder.com. This is my favorite site to peruse from Japanese artists and Cedric is super reliable. Highly recommend anyone looking for this music to start here. I have bought every Makoto Kawashima release from him and they always arrive fast. Really excited for the Masayoshi Urabe 3 LP set he released on his label in Dec. Beautiful packaging. Makoto Kawashima - 2020-11-13 Makoto Kawashima - 2020-10-01 Masabumi Kikuchi/Masayuni Takayagagi - Live at Jazz Inn Lovely 1990 Masayoshi Urabe - Mobilis in Mobili Harutaka Mochizuki - Flageolet Ni Tokeru Chocolate Tomoyuki Aoki & Harutaka Mochizuki - 2 Tori Kudo - Live at Shichi Shitsu 3

Poo with Hino isn’t my favorite setting for Poo. It stays contained even in a Poo composition. Still a good date and recommended if you can find it for a good price. It’s SACD and Japan only so it can be pricey.

I don’t think it’s those sets either but they definitely are original given the test pressing date is from 2000

Peter Brotzmann - I Surrender Dear (Solo Tenor Saxophone) A departure from the typical Brotzmann solo as he plays (his) version of standards here. Quite enjoyable.

It is excellent. I picked it up on a whim from Squidco as part of their "at cost" sale. Each musician composed a side of the LP. I'm a bigger fan of Wooley than Vandermark but this is a really good duo set.

Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley - Deeply Discounted II/Sequence of Snow

I hope your shipping is as quick as mine was. Mine shipped out Monday and arrived Wednesday via DHL. Insanely fast.

This set is magic. With as much as I love Tethered Moon (Kikuchi/Peacock/Motian) the Great 3 with Togashi in place of Motain is a different animal that works in a very transcendent way IMO. The interplay is more interesting.

I think Second Floor Music is Don Sickler’s publishing company. I admittedly don’t understand publishing all that well but maybe he bought the publishing rights to Cliffords catalog or controls them for a fee for the Brown family. It would make sense a publishing company could collect better than a family.

Arrived today!

Pretty terrible sound quality. I would steer clear.

That sucks. Brexit was going to be a difficult transition without a pandemic.

I think the cost in shipping plus sheer effort required to fill out the customs form now make it prohibitive for some to ship. My self included. I would have to charge too much for my time and effort to ship abroad it’s not worth it to myself or the buyer. Especially if you’re selling as a hobby. I mean I shipped one record from the US to Canada last summer and it cost over $25. And the was the cheapest option.

That’s an incredibly long list. I have seen a few new restaurants open in my area and every time I see it, it shocks me that someone makes that move right now.

I think the Milestone All Stars were one of the groups mentioned that sparked my curiosity in this. Ahhh, I'm there with you. One of the few features of Alan Shorter and it left me wanting something more. I haven't heard this one, I should check it out.... or I guess not. haha ------- Sharp Nine Class of 2001 - On The Loose Julius Tarantino - Alto Saxophone Marcus Strickland - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone Jeremy Pelt - Trumpet Jeb Patton - Piano Brandon Owens - Bass EJ Strickland - Drums ------ Okay, I pulled this out again based on this thread. This is not a bad album. This is a good straight ahead jazz album. If I had friends over and this was in the background, they would approve. I honestly feel the problem with this album is the lack of more original compositions. 4 originals and 4 standards. The originals clearly stand out. Jeremy and EJ are the standouts to my ears. Marcus the strongest composition on the album. And this is probably a bit of an outlier since this was probably the first recording any of them released. The concept is really cool, but no one really seems to have established their voice yet so its just a bunch of cats playing good music. Reminds me of the New Composers Octet.....hmmmm...i should go back to the shelf for another listen of them soon.

I know this has been discussed in the "What are you listening to?" thread at various times but I find it interesting when it comes up. It tends to be groups whom don't have a designated leader. I wish I could remember those mentioned before but I'm sure others will chime in. I have two that always come to mind when I think of these types of albums, the first being: Noah Preminger Group - Zigsaw Noah Preminger - Tenor Saxophone John O'Gallagher - Alto Saxophone Jason Palmer - Trumpet Kris Davis - Piano Kim Cass - Bass Rudy Royston - Drums Rob Schwimmer - Haken Continuum/Clavinet ------ Kim and Jason regularly play with Noah but I was expecting the addition of John, Kris and Rudy to take this music to another plane. I can't say I dislike it, but I feel with this specific group, it was going to be something that was much more moving and I would listen to more. I've only listened 3 times over the year its been out and every time I am left wanting more. I know this goes against the norm of a group without a leader but it is the one I think of most in this context. ------ The next release doesn't have as many big names but when I got it I was expecting more: Continuum - Act One Gary Bartz - Alto Saxophone Jean Toussaint - Soprano and Tenor Saxophone Bill Mobley - Trumpet and Flugelhorn Donald Brown - Piano Essiet Essiet - Bass Billy Kilson - Drums Anga Diaz - Percussion ------- Honestly I don't remember how I heard about this release, I think I was looking into Donald Brown. Either way I pounced on it. After repeated listens nothing sticks. Every time I listening to it again, I'm always surprised how unmemorable it is. I can't remember a time where I wanted to re-listen to a solo or composition. What other albums do you hear that you think, with this lineup, i was expecting more?

Received as a gift to myself. Kondo bring so much to this set and really bring the most out of Fred in my opinion.

So I got an email from cdjapan that the Great Trio set is back ordered. My guess is they are waiting for the shipment from the pressing plant. At least that is my hope.

I’ve been spinning this regularly since I got it on New Years day.

Wear them home.