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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.

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’."