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The late sonatas, Opp. 109 - 111

My reaction as well. I have lots of respect for Springsteen's music. But I find I that just don't groove to it.

One I've been playing a lot lately:

The John Abercrombie Quartet with Richie Beirach, George Mraz and Peter Donald at the '79 Antibes Jazz Festival: Fantastic! I would love to have a high-quality recording this entire concert.

I just ordered these CDs from a seller on Discogs: JAZZ **************************************************** The Bad Plus - Never Stop (eOne/EmArcy) Baseline [Hein van de Geyn, John Abercrombie, Joe LaBarbera] - Standards (Challenge) Lee Konitz with Alan Broadbent - More Live-Lee (Milestone) Enrico Pieranunzi - Autour De Martinu: Live at The Bird's Eye (TCB) Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live! (Verve) Cal Tjader - Primo (Fantasy/OJC) OTHER STUFF **************************************************** Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 / Fleisher, Szell, Cleveland O (Sony) David Oistrakh - The Complete EMI Recordings (EMI Classics, 17 CDs) Rachmaninov - Symphonies & Orchestral Works / Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw O (Decca, 3 CDs) Schoenberg - Gurrelieder / Sinopoli, Staatskapelle Dresden (Teldec, 2 CDs) Elvis Presley - Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (RCA) This order was a great bargain. A total of 30 discs for less than $40 (plus shipping). The 17-disc Oistrakh EMI set was only $10.50!

Dave Douglas - Leap of Faith (Arabesque) with Chris Potter, James Genus and Ben Perowsky Very Ornette-ish.

So far today, it's been Charlie Haden duo recordings with two different pianists:

About a decade ago, I finally got around to reading my first Roth novel -- American Pastoral. It blew me away, and I immediately went on a Roth bender, reading a dozen or so of his books. What a voyage! Mention Roth's name, and people inevitably bring up his focus on sex, his enormous scabrous streak. But the scope of Roth's writing was so much broader than that! He was a heavyweight, a GIANT. I'm sorry that he's gone, but I'm thankful for the legacy he's left behind. R.I.P.

Now this:

Brahms: Piano Works / Peter Rösel (Edel Classics) Disc 5: - Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 - 7 Fantasies, Op. 116 - 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79

Listening to this now via Spotify. Wow. I'm going to have to get this CD!

Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 / New Budapest String Quartet Lovely.

I'm now listening to Hermann Scherchen & the London SO perform Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique:

Yes. I agree. It's a desert-island disc for me as well.

Now spinning this LP, prompted by soulpope's Géza Anda records earlier in this thread: I love the absolute directness of Anda's Chopin playing. No perfume, no fussiness. "Manly" Chopin. Not that other approaches to this music are off-track. It's just that Anda draws out aspects of this music that others sometimes overlook -- a sort of pithy strength.

That looks interesting! NP: Brahms: Lieder / Margaret Price, James Lockhart (Orfeo) Exquisite in every way.

NP: with a Cadillac rhythm section -- Jimmy Rowles, George Mraz & Billy Hart

Prompted by the David Murray-talk:

Thanks for the heads-up on Izlaz, mjazzg! I wasn't familiar with that one. I do have several of Texier's other recordings on Label Bleu with his European bands. . . . I'm probably in the minority here, but I gotta admit that I prefer Colonel Skopje to some of Texier's more well-known records like Mosaic Man. NP: We all hear things differently. Often one person's dross is another person's gold -- and vice versa.

Henri Texier - Colonel Skopje (Evidence/Label Bleu) I discovered this CD, recorded in 1988, just last year. It's wonderful. Joe Lovano & John Abercrombie fans take note!