John B

I think I did a little better guessing on disc #2. Fantastic tune selection! I enjoyed this one even more than disc #1. Disc 2 1. Very nice tango / hard bop number. This sounds like something an Italian group like the Instabile guys would come up with. A fairly recent recording, I'm guessing. I’d love to hear the rest of this album! 2. The first thing that jumps out at me is the drummer. He is on fire! The pianist is very influenced by Herbie Hancock. I don’t recognize this track, but would love to hear the album it is taken from. Very nice. 3. Interesting, based on how the two tenors started out I wasn’t expecting the latin percussion. Not a bad tune. The electric bass doesn’t work for me here. I wish they had gone with an acoustic instead. 4. Nice tune. No clue who this is. Fairly straight-ahead track with nothing too crazy going on. I’d like to hear a little more fire from the soloists. 5. This tune sounds very familiar. The band is cooking, but the track sounds too clean and safe to my ears. Technically they are very proficient, but I’m not feeling any soul here. 6. The tenors aren’t bad, but the guitar really doesn’t work for me. The track as a whole seems disjointed, as if the guitar and horns are not hearing each other at all. 7. Very nice piano trio track. I’ll guess Mehldau, but I have no idea which tune this is. 8. Kind of latin, kind of African, I’m not sure where this track is coming from. I alternate between really enjoying it and finding it a bit over the top and cheesy. Right now I’m digging it. I’m looking forward to finding out who this is. 9. I’m not familiar with jazz violin apart from Billy Bang, and this doesn’t really sound like him. Ok, now some harmonica. Really odd instrumentation. I did a quick search based on the violin/harmonica combination and came up with track 8 on this. I’ve never heard this album, but will be tracking down a copy now. 10. A raucous tune that verges on going out of control at times. The song goes by too quickly for me to really get a handle on it. 11. The percussion initially reminds me of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, but the track quickly veers away from that territory. No clue who this is. I would have liked to hear a little more fire and stretching out from the soloists. The percussion is great. 12. The tenor sounds like David Murray. I’m not aware of that many albums he did with an organist and this guy isn’t usually thought of as an organist, if I am guessing correctly. I don't know if he recorded any other all organ albums. Track #2 off of this one. A fantastic band. It’s a shame this disc is oop. 13. Very nice track. A melancholy vibe permeates this one. I’m unable to identify anyone, but like this quite a bit.

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This was one of my worst efforts at guessing in a few tests. I really enjoyed listening to this disc! Great selections. Disc 1 1. I'm not familiar with this era at all. Great track, I really enjoy this one and would like to hear more from this band. 2. This sounds like something Ellington would write, but I couldn’t tell you what album this track is from. Nice. Another one I’d like to hear. 3. This one is driving me crazy. I swear I’ve heard this, or something very similar, before. I’m not coming up with an identification, though. Another nice one. 4. This sounds a lot like Django, but the track seems too modern to actually be him. Very nice! 5. This sounds like a Horace Silver group to me. I like the baritone here a lot. No clue who this is, but I’m really enjoying this track. Another one to add to the “to buy” list. 6. No clue. 7. Again, no clue, but this one sounds somewhat familiar. Very nice. 8. Not an era I am very familiar with. The second(?) trumpet player’s high tone isn’t something I’d want to hear too often. Not my cup of tea. 9. Very nice track! No clue who this is. I’m not too familiar with vibists, and whoever this is doesn’t sound like anyone I have heard before. I’d like to hear the rest of this album. 10. A nice enough tune, but I’ve got nothing to go with here. 11. I’m going to kick myself when I read who this is. Great tune, and I know I have heard the trumpet before. 12. After reading about this album for years I finally bought a copy not too long ago. Not as fiery as I had expected, given the title, but this track, especially, bring the Bird home to roost. 13. No clue. 14. Someone very Monk influenced. I don’t have enough to go on to guess any names. This track is nice enough that I’d like to hear more by the band, but not so captivating that I’d go out of my way to do so. It feels a little too derivative. 15. No clue who this is, but a very, very nice track. The playing sounds more modern than the fidelity would indicate, so I’ll guess this is something from the late ‘40’s / early ‘50’s. 16. Nice tune, but the cornet(?) is played so shrill and high that I find it grating and a bit distracting. Other than that, I like the tune. No clue who it is, however. 17. Much better! And another baritone…perhaps a mini theme? I’m not able to name anyone, however. Another disc to add to the “must buy” list. 18. One of my favorite tracks so far! Great energy. This track almost sounds like something the ICP would come up with. A very Dutch sense of humor comes through, but this doesn’t sound Dutch to my ears. Great track!

Nor me. I've added it to the top of "the list."

No, I ordered it from Verge. (after curency conversion) it was $15.64 versus $22.84 plus shipping from the shop you linked.

Guus Janssen / Han Bennink - Groet (Data) Highly, highly recommended. This is a live recording of Janssen and Bennink recorded at the BIMhuis on November 29, 2004. Excellent sound quality and fantastic playing by two masters. This is some of the best Bennink I have heard in a long time. Nothing too "wacky" or outlandish. Janssen is in top form, too. This would easily be at the top of my list if I had a "best of" list for the past year.

Then you haven't heard Iskra^3 or The Grass Is Greener...... ← Correct! I have read enough abour Iskra^3 to have intentionally avoided it so far.

We saw him live in Boston five years ago, with Ruben Gonzalez, and he put on a fantastic show. He will be missed. At least he finally had a measure of recognition during his last years.

The new disc on Eremite is fantastic. The first disc starts off a bit slowly, no real fireworks, but the second disc really takes off. Fred, Hamid and William all brought the funk and proceed to tear the roof off the place. Very highly recommended.

No, I've never heard that one either.

Not having heard any of the vinyl I'd have a hard time believing that.

Done. I ordered a copy as well as Everything Falls Apart and more, which I have also never heard. I can't believe only one person has mentioned Metal Circus so far. It has a soft spot in my heart as it was the first Husker Du album I ever bought. Diane (such a harrowing and sorrowful song) and It's Not Funny Anymore still rank as two of my favorite songs by them

Yes. Very, very good. I haven't heard much Bailey but I will have to start after listening to this one. There is a nice review of it over on Bagatellen. So far I've been very impressed with every disc on Psi that I have heard.

Sunny is definitely not modest, that's for sure.

Very solid. The liner notes mention that he is no longer able to "sustain the intense high energy of previous decades" but I never even noticed. His playing is nuanced, interesting, and appropriate for the musicians he is playing with. Very impressive.

The name is taken from a children's board game:

I always blamed Spot for that horrendous SST sound. I love many, many albums on SST but would love to see all of them remixed by someone with different sensibilities. Off the top of my head I think that The Living End might get my vote for best sound quality, over any of their studio albums I've heard. I've still never heard Flip Your Wig and will have to remedy that very soon.

Thanks for the initial post and the recommendation from the list. I've now sent two emails to Gino. After a second, closer listen, the Sunny Murray disc has risen in my estimation. I like it quite a bit. I'm not sure I would recommend it to someone who really does not care for Sabir Mateen (no names) but, for everyone else, highly recommended. I'll be buying volume 1 soon.

The Oluyemi tracks w/ Sunny are good. Not up to the level of the Alan Silva disc, but solid nonetheless. The final three tracks on the disc, recorded in studio with Sabir and a pianist who is heavily influenced by Cecil Taylor named John Blum, work better and are more immediately exciting. Before this I'd never heard of John Blum. Is anyone here familiar with him?

Blue Winter is fantastic, on first listen. The first disc is very good, taking things slowly and never getting too heated. The second disc is where things really take off. The first track on disc two is 38 minutes long and, if you enjoy Hamid bringing the funk, is nirvana. Hamid, William and Fred bring the funk and get a massive groove going. My opinion is probably colored by having been in attendance at the show, but I would still highly recommend this album. I wouldn't rate it as highly as Live at the Velvet Lounge, with Kowald and Drake, but this one is really very good. I haven't listened to the Sunny Murray disc yet, but noticed that Oluyemi Thomas appears on almost 50 minutes. Four tracks, all recorded live in a trio w/ Thomas, Murray and Sabir Mateen.

they are here.

They have changed. This procedure is very similar to dialysis. The blood is filtered to remove the stem cells an is then reintroduced.

If I had to guess it's probably nothing more than his finally retiring / semi-retiring from whatever job paid the bills and funded all of these albums and deciding to get out a bit more in his spare time.

Also, I agree with Kevin. It would be a good idea to edit your initail post and remove everyone's email addresses so they don't get spammed.

Having spent all day Monday in the hospital with a relative who was having stem cells harvested from bone marrow I can attest that this is correct. The procedure was almost completely painless and was very, very easy for the donor. My thoughts go out to Michael and his family. I hope a match is found soon.