John B

I keep imagining a cross between Bitches Brew and Tabla Beat Sound System. I have yet to be disappointed by a disc with Vijay on it.

thanks for the link! I'll give a listen to that rasio show in the next day or so.

no need to be afraid, I figured out the source of my confusion. I'm either fightintg off or about to come down with a cold and am starting to feel really loopy. Listening to Jandek didn't necessarily help with any remaining vestiges of mental clarity I might have possessed. Another two words you'll most likely never see on a Jandek album: SACD remaster. The fidelity of Interstellar is all over the place. Very lo-fi.

I listened to Interstellar Discussion earlier this evening. I don't know what it was, but I had a tougher time getting a handle on this one than the other discsc I've listened to. I'll have to give this one a few more spins before feeling comfortable commenting on it.

I'm sure there are more musicians than tehse but, according to the website: Egyptian turntablist DJ Mutamassik; trumpeter Lewis ‘Flip’ Barnes of William Parker’s lauded O’Neal’s Porch Group; bassist Jared Nickerson who has toured and recorded with The The, Freedy Johnston and Gary Lucas; and pianist Vijay Iyer.

I really dig Chasny's work. I have several Six Organs discs and really enjoy all of them. It is also interesting to hear him with Comets on ire, for a very different take on psych.

yes. I've read some of his work in the Village Voice, not sure where else he is published.

Chaney minus 12.

Thank you for that reply! Based on your comments and the soundclips this one is a no-brainer. I'll be grabbing a copy of this one soon.

immersing himself in Albert Ayler, for the time being. I've got some Jandek "on deck," but really need to get a check out to Corwood sometime soon so I can really dive in along with the two of you. I'll plan on spinning Chair Beside a Window and Telegraph Melts this weekend and try to chim in tomorrow night or Monday, which, although I have to work, should be pretty quiet.

I heard the Water Fondation Maeght disc and Music is the Healing Force of the Universe for the first time tonight. I really enjoyed both, and tend to agree with the comments all of you posted earlier. Music is definitely uneven, but I am very glad to own it. Fondation is, imo, a much more significant album, and I am really looking forward to hearing that ESP release of the additional material much more now. I really got a kick out of the liner notes, where David Keenan savages the track Holy Family. I really dug that track, and think Keenan, whoever he is, is pretty full of sh!t.

It is a shame that this tour will be so limited in the U.S. I would have loved to have seen him... now playing Good News from Africa.. What a beautiful album! This is one of teh few times I've been able to play this album at a reasonable volume and really appreciate Johnny Dyani's contribution. This is a masterpiece.

intense, and very beautiful. One of my favorite of the non-solo Cecils that I have heard.

I've heard a lot about Jackie-O, usually in the same breath as NNCK and/or Sunburned Hand of the Man. Any similarities with those two? I'll probably still end up checking out Burnt Sugar at some point but your comments jibe with one other person I know who has heard a disc. Good music, but nothing earth-shattering.

up for the last time, some prices reduced again.

I'm going to kick this thread up for some air. I've been going through my Ibrahim / Dollar Brand recordings again this week and loving each and every one of them. I don't have too many (Water from an Ancient Well, African Piano and one of the collaborations with Johnny Dyani) so I will be using some of these recommendations to flush out my collection soon.

I love the Hemingway! I think you will really enjoy it. I love this album , it's right up my street. Glad I didn't cancel the order !! Have you heard his album Johnny's Corner Song? The lineup is almost the same, just switch Robin Eubanks for Ray Anderson. The music is very much in the same vein and might be my favorite of the two discs.

This group is playing a free show in Vermont, which I will have to miss. If anyone is in the area and wants the specific info send me a PM.

You are in for a treat! I'm on disc 2 now and the sound quality is wonderful.

I don't think this has been posted here yet...in the wake of Holy Ghost, ESP are releasing Ayler's first Fondation Maeght show, which was previously only available on an obscure Italian bootleg: " hot on the heels of the Revenant set comes another NEW AYLER RECORD! Or, to be precise, a legitimate reissue of an incredibly rare Italian bootleg. As speculated on a few months back, ESP are releasing a CD of the first Fondation Maeght concert - the quartet recording issued as Albert Ayler Quintet 1970 - Live on Blu Jazz (Italy) BJ023CD. According to the ESP site the new CD (available in both traditional stereo CD and 5.1 surround sound DVD-Audio formats) will be released at the end of November under the title Maeght Foundation (ESP 4001/ESP DVD-A 101). If you’re a fan of the original Shandar album, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, then this is great news since this recording of the July 25th set is comparable in sound quality and music. It also contains Ayler’s final recording of his signature tune, ‘Ghosts’."

I'll file this one under "an embarrassment of riches." The Ayler discography site is listing an upcoming ESP records release of additional live Ayler, previously only available on an Italian bootleg: " hot on the heels of the Revenant set comes another NEW AYLER RECORD! Or, to be precise, a legitimate reissue of an incredibly rare Italian bootleg. As speculated on a few months back, ESP are releasing a CD of the first Fondation Maeght concert - the quartet recording issued as Albert Ayler Quintet 1970 - Live on Blu Jazz (Italy) BJ023CD. According to the ESP site the new CD (available in both traditional stereo CD and 5.1 surround sound DVD-Audio formats) will be released at the end of November under the title Maeght Foundation (ESP 4001/ESP DVD-A 101). If you’re a fan of the original Shandar album, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, then this is great news since this recording of the July 25th set is comparable in sound quality and music. It also contains Ayler’s final recording of his signature tune, ‘Ghosts’."

I believe so, but I have no idea if they archive all of their shows or not. I'm guessing "Ralph" is Raphe Malik in this review I just got in my email. I've never heard of this label, or of a few of the musicians, but this sounds like it mighht give the Brotz / Eneidi disc a run for it's money in terms of sheer sonic assault: "Daniel Carter / Randall Colbourne / Paul Flaherty / Ralph Malik / Sabir Mateen - Resonance CD $12.99 (Zaabway Music) "’Truth’ is a concept I lost touch with long ago, but ‘truths’ I've still got a handful of; two that've seemed particularly durable are that the three greatest collective improv recs ever are Free Jazz, Ascension, and New York Eye & Ear Control, and that I won't live to hear a fourth. Not that the number of superior free-playing individuals isn't currently at an all-time high; but as most of today's worthwhile recs are inhabited by at most four people, the saintly mix of mutual leadership and all-star collectivism uncannily shared by the Holy Trinity seems unlikely to re-arise. And while I haven't yet burned that last scrap of personal Bible, Resonance has me considering it. That these six individuals actually inhabited one building simultaneously (Amherst Unitarian Meeting House, Amherst, MA, May 16 1997) is history enough; that they proceeded to turn their flaming insides fully outward next to a fire-proof tape recorder is the kind of ulti-moment civilizations build archives for. Of the 10 or so climaxes spread out among the 70 raging minutes of what may be jazz's Fourth World War, the eye-stretching outburst of gut-yelps, throat-calls, and heart-hacks that arises about 2/3rds into 'Piece II' is the candidate most likely to reintroduce you to every millimeter of your skull. Tempting to isolate individuals for appraisal (particularly Flaherty and his virus-carrying tenor coughs), but, much like three other albums I've heard, Resonance's group weight wipes out the concept of sound-separation. Nothing here exists in and of itself; everything is defined by that which it surrounds (and is surrounded by). The only work left is to figure how we're going to wrestle the remaining 37 minutes that Flaherty couldn't fit on this CD from his endlessly strong hands.” - Marc Masters, Opprobrium"

Cecil Taylor to Star in NYU Jazz Masterclass Series Webcast NEW YORK - The New York University Jazz Masterclass Series live webcast premiers 4 p.m., October 10 and will feature pianist Cecil Taylor at the Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., New York City. Taylor will be in a solo performance setting as he critiques a variety of student performers. The students will be asked to research Taylor and will be assembled for questioning prior to the masterclass in a round table discussion. They will also be interviewed after the masterclass to share any insights they may have learned. Log on to www.artistshousemusic.com or www.cjh.org to view the webcast on Sunday.

I'm continuing my crawl through albums I haven't listened to in quite a while and, after finishing with Dollar Brand's African Piano, which all of you should check out at some point (it is a beautiful solo piano album) I am now listening to this one: Gregg Bendian's Interzone - Requiem for Jack Kirby Bendian on vibes, Nels Cline on guitar, Alex Cline on drums and Joel Hamilton on bass. It took me a while to get into this disc, perhaps due to its length, but, once I did, I found this album to be fascinating! Excellent writing, great music and wonderful playing by all involved. I can't say that Joel Hamilton really stands out in any way, but he supports the others ably.

Is anyone here familiar with any of Burnt Sugar's discs? I've been hearing praises of them for a while now and finally want to get around to exploring some of their work. Dustygroove has, go figure, heaps of praise for them: "A mesmerizing set of jazzy space funk from the ever-evolving Burnt Sugar collective -- captured live at Banlieus Bleues in France, in March of '04! The Arkestra tag in the group's moniker couldn't be more appropriate for these cats -- as the vibe indeed runs through the cestial groove of Sun Ra and electric Miles, but the crew also dips heatily into the play book of prime Art Ensemble and the lowdown funky drive of Funkadelic. " and "Arranger/producer Greg Tate and his titanic Burnt Sugar collective continues to ascend into its own intergalactic space station of heavy cosmic jamming, instrumental funky jazz, and wildly spacious trippiness with this double disc -- by far the most unique and individualistic indie funk album we've heard in a long, long time! As on their previous sets, Burnt Sugar takes the past three or more decades worth of avant funk and jazz, from the celestial influence of Sun Ra projects, to the bass thumping righteousness of Blacksploitation soundtracks, to the dancefloor oriented 70s fusion funk of Larry Mizell's productions -- but the loose collective looks as much inward and forward with their approach, giving the recordings as much of a profound newness as anything in the latter day avant garde" Of course, these reviews make these discs sound essential. Anyone have a suggestion for which disc(s) to start with?