John B

I tried to buy a disc from the label a year ago and the order was finally cancelled as they never followed up on it.

106 live shows by KDTU available for download here, all with Karl's permission. Enjoy!

I've been hearing good things about this disc for a while. I'll have to grab a copy soon. in other news, according to Lois, the admin over at JC, Anthony Braxton has agreed to sign up and start an "Ask Anthony Braxton" thread. Should be interesting, to say the least...

according to Lois, the admin over at JC, Anthony Braxton has agreed to sign up and start an "Ask Anthony Braxton" thread. Should be interesting, to say the least...

hosted with Charlie's permission, 57 live shows available here.

Thanks for posting this! I've wanted to hear this album for quite a while. I'll give that auction a shot.

I have yet to hear it but there is a record review thread for this disc over at JC. Everyone is universally praising it, so far.

chronologically he is. If we talk in terms of maturity most of us would probably fall into that range.

ubu - Mego puts mp3s of all of their releases up on their website, so you can listen to this album here before you decide if you want to purchase the disc. Mego has six of the tracks available in full mp3 versions. They are fantastic! I will be buying a "real" copy of this one asap! Mego albums also are now available as $9.99 mp3 downloads, but I prefer to have a real copy in hand. I might buy Pita's Get Down album as a download at some point. It was previously only available in vinyl.

I was positive that I had asked about her here before, but I can't find the thread when I search. Check out this review over at One Final Note for some more info.

Bright Moments - I think a lot of people here would be very interested in hearing this disc. If you get a copy from Steve would you be willing to start a tree to distribute it within Organissimo? I'd be willing to make copies and help share it. edit - as long as Steve doesn't mind it being redistributed, that is.

Brotzmann with Wertmüller

I don't know anything about Pliakas, but I've heard some nice music by Wertmüller, in a group called Steamboat Switzerland and on Brotz' album Nothung. If you do a search for "Wertmüller", by post, you'll find some comments in the Funny Rat thread. Board member D.D. is a big fan of his. Let us know how the show is! Also, does anyone know of an online resource that lists all of these tourdates?

I was readying myself to type up a reply to your first Ayler vs. Brotz quote but, once I read this, I see where you are coming from. I still feel that the "pothole" language is unnecessarily denigrating, but, for the most point, I agree with your point. I think you could say the same thing about the Trane on Interstellar Space (for example) vs. any number of other sax players operating within the same palette of sound.

I don't know this disc but Nakatani is fantastic on his duo w/ Assif Tsahar Come Sunday. This disc looks really interesting. Nice packaging, too.

Of course! And I'm always the first to say "Yeah" after song ends but before the applause begins. I usually spend that time calling the musicians "crazy cats" and hollering out a vulgarity and the musicians nickname(s), followed by "baby."

Man, the La Cave recordings are beautiful....

two discs of Las Vegas added....

Mingus - Antibes Miles - Agharta / Pangea Brotzmann - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts 1 & 2 Brotzmann - WELS concert Brotzmann - Empty Bottle DKV Trio - WELS / Chicago Ayler - Fondation Maeght Dave Holland - Extended Play Braxton - Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 Braxton - Quintet (Basel) 1977 Cecil Taylor - Silent Tongues Cecil - Willisau Jimmy Smith - Club Baby Grand 1 & 2 Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues

right on, Daddy-O!

Someone who hasn't been mentioned so far whose work I am really enjoying is Rudresh Mahanthappa. Both on his own Black Water and on Vijay Iyer's discs.

So that's why I wear a black turtleneck sweater, shades, and a beret to all my jazz concerts (and talk loudly throughout the performances). do you snap your fingers repeatedly and say "cool, man...dig?"

I like Dijkstra a lot--he's on that Bite the Gnatze disc which I excerpted on BFT14. I think he's resident in the States now. Great review of the disc! To a degree I agree with the "longwinded" comment. The disc probably could have been edited down a bit and not suffered. On the other hand, Janssen's technique never annoyed me, so there you go. Do you recommend any of his other albums or do you have the same opinion of his playing in general?

What are the labels? Buis is on DATArecords, Janssen is on geestgronden.

Two more discs to highly recommend to my Funny rat friends: Joost Buis - Astronotes and Guus Janssen - Sound-Lee! plays the music of Lee Konitz. Both are absolutely wonderful discs! Very playful, but with none of the ICP-esque "wackiness" that seems to characterize a lot of recent Dutch improv. These are both right at the top of my list of best recent releases I have heard.