John B

No, he does not appear on this BFT.

After months of talk I finally mailed my check to Corwood this morning. Nice cd player Chaney!

I finally watched Jandek on Corwood last night. I definitely have mixed feelings about it. I enjoyed watching it, to a degree, but couldn't help feeling that there was way too much padding, too many "Jandek is Psychotic" comments and images and too many unnecessary comments from "talking heads." I know there isn't a lot to work with, but the film seems fairly pointless to me. The bonus feature where they comment on the album covers was a hoot. "ok, his shirt is off here...he looks upset, he still has flip-flops on..." If all goesaccording to plan I'll finally be ordering a box of 20 this weekend. Now to decide if I want to grab the first 20 or pick and choose. The new live one is tempting, although I've already heard the set.

Oops, I missed that one. Yes, that is Fresu. He is not the leader on the album, however.

Send me a PM and I'll see if one of the two people in the U.K. who already have a copy can send one to you. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

tooter, I didn't mean to give the impression that I wasn't interested in guesses. I just expect that there will be some people who won't have heard any of these before, and I don't want them to be discouraged from giving their thoughts, even if they aren't able to guess.

from a Coltrane discography, it would most likely these tunes: Comblain-La-Tour, Belgium Date: 8/1/65 a. "Untitled Original" (J. Coltrane) 9:09 Private Tape; Landscape LS2-922 b. "Naima" (J.Coltrane) 7:29 Private tape; Landscape LS2-922 c. "My Favorite Things" (R. Rodgers-O.Hammerstein) 21:10 Private tape; Landscape (B) LS2-922

Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the disc and I'm looking forward to reading your comments.

No need for apologies. I knew that this test would not appeal to everybody. I had a strong hunch that you, in particular, would not care for many of the tracks given your taste in jazz. I appreciate your taking the time to listen to the entire disc and give your impression, however harsh, on each of the eleven tracks. I'm glad you enjoyed tracks 2 and 10.

Then I highly recommend you grab a copy of this one, too: AMG review here. Quite different than the one you mentioned, which I also really enjoy, but a great live performance by a smaller unit of his. Supposedly one of these groups (I'm not sure if it the quintet or the big band) has recorded a cover version of Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch. I'd love to hear that when it is released.

As quite a few people have already received their copy of my BFT and the rest of the discs should be received in the next day or so, I'm going to go ahead and open discussions now. I'm not so interested in people being able to identify each and every track. I'm more curious to hear what people think of the eleven songs. Are there tracks you love? hate? are completely bored by? If so, why? As I said earlier, there is a theme linking these tracks, but knowledge of the theme is not essential to (hopefully) enjoy the disc. With that said, I hope you all enjoy listening, and I'm really looking forward to reading your comments!

If people wouldn't mind checking in and letting me know when they have received their disc I would appreciate it. I know of around seven people who already have a copy. The rest of you should have yours either tomorrow or Wednesday. As soon as I have a sense that most people have received their disc I will open up discussions. Thanks!

← If you have not already done so I highly recommend giving this disc a listen. Very, very strong material. I'm going to have to track down more of their recordings.

I've never listened to many recordings by Marion Brown as a leader, but I will have to make sure I do. I'm listening to Marion Brown Quartet (ESP) right now and I am very impressed. The track "Capricorn Moon," in particular, is fantastic! Highly recommended.

When I saw Keith Rowe and Fennesz live last year the stage was quite dark, with only minimal lighting to allow each musician to see his instruments. The venue was intimate enough to allow us to see, fairly easily, what Rowe was doing to create the sounds emanating from his guitar. When Fennesz was using his laptop there was almost no movement from him. I'm not so interested in seeing what the performers are physically doing in a performance such as this. I prefer to lose myself in the total sound being created without worrying about who is doing what on stage. This is the opposite reaction than I have to a rock concert or traditional jazz concert.

That sounds like a reasonable plan to me.

As of yesterday, discs have been mailed to everyone who has signed up so far. There is still time to sign up, so please feel free to send me a PM if you are interested in joining in and have not yet contacted me. I figure I'll open discussions on Wednesday, as most people should have received their discs by then.

I've listened to this one once so far and enjoyed it. It didn't connect with me as quickly as Aftermath did, but I would recommend it to fans of the first disc.

Tetuzi Akiyama and Günter Müller during the recording of Points and Slashes:

According to Jon, on another board, the homage is to Lucio Fontana.

This one sounds good, I'll add it to my list for the next time I place an order.