John B

I just heard this disc for the first time and it is fantastic! Highly recommended. The sound quality varies between tracks, as some are audience recordings, but the music is great.

No, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this "king ubu" character is really Susie Ibarra.

For anyone interested in AMM, I just bought a copy of their three cd set Laminal and the second disc, from 1982, just might be my favorite AMM so far. Eddie Prevost is in a really "jazzy" (almost "rock" in places) mood, Rowe's use of radio samples is fantastic, especially the numbers station clip at the end of the second track. The whole piece is, relative to AMM or "eai" or whatever, very accesible and very gripping. Highly recommended, if quite expensive for those in the U.S. right now.

I'm using Mozilla Firefox and haven't been able to pull up a single album yet. Nigeria - no matches Pakistan - no matches etc, etc.....

I had thought my CD player gone wrong, but it seems to be like this. Strange indeed! I love this CD, though! (But I'm a Braxton newbie, so don't fire away... the disc got some pretty bad write ups in the rat...) ubu I disagree with The Rat on this one. I also really enjoy this disc. I'll check my copy to see if it ends abruptly.

Nothing. I don't find anything "wrong" with his playing. That being said, he is definitely not to everyone's taste. Let us know what you think once you have a chance to listen to Brothers Together. I pulled that one out last night and will listen to it in the next day or so.

actually, I probably listen to as much extreme metal as David does. It would be easier to list what I don't listen to. I'm happy that my tastes are so eclectic, but it is tough on my wallet.

I'm pretty certain I've posted lists in the "What are You Listening To thread that have included both Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens as well as an album featuring sine waves and/or no input mixing board. It can be done! (just not when my wife is around. She is most definitely not a fan of the eai aesthetic. (edited twice because I can't spell to save my life right now.)

John B, what's the over/under on Tony becoming a no-input mixing board aficionado? 2 years? GIVE ME ELECTRONICS OR GIVE ME DEATH! (that's the Tony of mid-2007, not me) I'd guess closer to "never" than two years, but one can always hope. I think it would be safe to say that Bar Sachiko will never make an appropriate gift for him. I'm listening to Wadada Leo Smith & Anthony Braxton - Organic Resonance on Pi right now. On first listen I find it to be a very nice disc. Nothing essential, but I'm really enjoying the dialog between these two. (although there is quite a bit of soloing here as well.) Recommended.

I'm not sure if this is complete, but Walt posted this fuller version in the discussion section for this album at Bagatellen: " One wonders what Mateen and Bruno could have done with the opportunities available to [Javon] Jackson. (2), while not terrific, is solid music-making, full of skill and passion, two qualities only rarely evident on "Good People." The single cut on (2), recorded live one early afternoon at Grand Central Station, is in the Sonny Rollins/Archie Shepp heritage, and both of the duo here exhibit the stamina and fire needed to be included in that powerful, if sometimes longwinded, tradition. Mateen’s playing contains a slight over-abundance of repeated arpeggios, as if he were taking occasional breaks from his generally interesting solo to master a few fingering exercises; and Bruno suffers from a too-small kit and the exclusive use of brushes. Nevertheless, the album is admirable - both exhilarating and thoughtful."

yod has a copy for the low, low price of $30. I like this disc quite a bit. I know that many others disagree on Mateen's playing. Have you read the recent review and discussion of this disc over at Bagatellen? Walter Horn's review, quoted above, is heavily edited from an original, not-so-postive review.

Not seeing anything with your link, Mr. K. You wouldn't be lying to us, would you? The auctions all ended early with "Buy it now."

I went to high school in Westwood, MA. I'm still trying to figure out where the studio is in that town ever since noticing it on Sabir Mateen / Hamid Drake's Brothers Together on Eremite. Interesting lineup. I'd like to hear this disc one fo these days.

I've heard this disc and really enjoyed it. I agree that most of the Silkheart catalog looks like it would be very, very good, if not better. I ordered a few through DMG and will post my thoughts once they get around to filling the order.

added to "the list."

I just saw that DMG is listing a lot of the back catalog Silkheart discs as available again. $19 each but, with no current U.S. distribution, that might not be unreasonable. Cadence seems to have the same discs for $20. Some very interesting titles. I'm really interested in the Charles Brackeen's, the Dennis Gonzalez discs and the Kidd Jordan, although quite a few of them look really, really good. Any recommendations for essential Silkhearts?

Same instruments, different ragas. excellent! I'll add them to "the list."

I've got the Folkways disc. Are all three of these the same?

That's too bad. I'll look around for a copy on vinyl as this is the album I always hear hyped as his greatest.

I'm listening to Broetzmann / Van Hove / Bennink - FMP130 for the first time and I am amazed by what an eclectic, bizarre album this is. Light years removed from Machine Gun, this one has elements of children's music, stride, boogie woogie and all out sonic assault, all mixed into one. Great sound quality, too. As each track is relatively short, and composed by one of the three players, there is a much stronger sense of Bennink and Van Hove's sensibilities than I would normally expect to hear from sidemen on an earlier Broetzmann disc. On track five it sounds like Beavis from Beavis and Butthead is doing backing vocals while on a caffeine binge.

this didn't work with the first two players, but the third time was the charm. Thanks!

listening right now! ok, stupid question: Windows isn't allowing me to rename these files to remove the .sit tag at the end. How did you all get these to play?

thanks for posting this! I'll give it a listen when I get home from work tonight.

I've been listening to Julius Hemphill's 'Coon Bid'ness and really loving it. Hemphill with Arthur Blythe, Hamiet Bluiett, Abdul Wadud, Barry Altschul and Daniel Ben Zebulon. Baikida Carroll appears on the last 20 minute track. Do any of you have recommendations for essential recordings of his I should check out? Dogon A.D. was never released on cd, correct? I just placed an order for Screwgun's reissue of Blue Boye, so that will be next, but I am still interested in exploring more of his work.

I've heard great things about the Bik Bent Braam disc Growing Pains, and the Michael Moore Trio's Jewels and Binoculars but have yet to hear either myself. Out of the discs on that page I have heard March of Dimes by BassDrumBone (Ray Anderson, Mark Helias and Gerry Hemingway) is good, Astronotes by Joost Buis is really good, Guus Janssen's SoundLee! Plays the Music of Lee Konitz is very enjoyable