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For my tastes, Village of the Pharoahs is much more engaging than Elevation. It's great that we have both, though. Now I just wish I could hear, for once, Live at The East! I have tried to order this from Japan, have tried to trade for it ... all with no luck.

Now there's a good smilie.

Late 2007 batch of RVG reissues Yes, that's right. This batch has been selected and produced by myself. Unfortunately, I didn't consult David Ayers beforehand. A splendid list, his, though he neglected to mention the previously unissued track on the Ornette session. It's a 3:17 "outtake" of studio chatter. Ornette and Dewey are discussing their favorite roast for coffee while waiting for Elvin to set his kit up. With the RVG treatment, Ornette's consonants come through, perhaps for the first time, with amazing clarity.

Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.

I'd forgotten that Kwanza had just been reissued — indeed, a weird choice. And now Verve/Impulse/Universal/Mel Gibson has gone back to jewel cases! Jeebus. Yeah, 2000 was a great year for Coltrane reissues. We even got, for no particularly good reason, Impressions — with all the tracks previously issued, sometimes more than once, on compact disc! I guess for original cover art fetishists, that one. (I love original cover art, and didn't even buy that one.) Maybe Ravi can throw us another bone in '08.

What jazzshrink said. The Taiyo Yudens from RunTech are flippin' sweet. At $27 (for 100 CDRs), and with free shipping, it's hard to beat. I've had zero problems so far. Recommended!

Bumping this one up from when this board first started — kind of interesting to see the enthusiasm for Impulse's reissue campaign, and how it's played out since. Is there still a U.S. jazz reissue program for Impulse? It seems like the last batch was a while ago ... Wasn't Cosmic Music supposed to come out at one time?

I was excited to see this. Then I was bummed that it didn't include my two favorite VSOP (Andex/Mode) sessions: Bill Holman's In A Jazz Orbit and Frank Rosolino's eponymous Mode album. Or at least not yet — or maybe I missed them, and they really are a part? I hope that campaign continues!

Nice photo. A maze indeed!

Good news, though that cover scan you posted is really small. I can barely see it.

The concert comes from this blog. There are six tracks for the Bley, and it looks like a combination of the shows that Niko posted. Make sure to grab the Coxhill when you visit that link. It's the poop.

Thanks, C.

Nope. Now that I listen to the set ... it's definitely alto. The notes I found were sketchy at best. Still, the music's pretty good. Too bad this (one-time?) group couldn't have gone into the studio just once while in Germany. Koller's great on this one.

Yeah, and Lasha on tenor? And bass (rather than alto) clarinet? (Still curious about Lasha's West Coast connection with Coltrane ... )

Not related to the music, but Russell's The Outer View had three covers. Anyone know which was the original? I always assumed it was the OJC cover, but it might be the one with Russell in front of F.L. Wright's famous building ... Anyone here like Trip to Prilaguri? Now there's a Soul Note side that no one seems to mention.

It's weird, but I think I bought this CD something like ... fourteen years ago? Can that be? I haven't listened to it in a long time, but remember liking it a lot when I first bought it. Thanks for the reminder — will spin tomorrow ... maybe before heading to the (not gym but) pool!

Thanks montg! That's exactly what I was looking for. In the booklet, the cover art is right on a crease. I just wanted to back up the session in my iTunes folder, and it's always nice to find the original cover art to accompany the music. I found the other two covers on eBay — the Edison/Clayton was signed by Sweets!

Just listened to In Pursuit of the 27th Man for the very first time this afternoon. Nice. I think Michael Brecker's my favorite part of the album (after one listen, that is). Then I realized he's gone ... . I hope Horace is doing well these days.

Those men look exceptionally calm for being on fire.

Now you have to make your avatar have an even bigger smile.

I guess I don't want to have to defend Flaherty in this thread, but I'll try to make my own position a little clearer. I was impressed with The Hated Music, felt like gushing a bit, and also wanted to share my enthusiasm. If that's romanticizing, I'll take it. I'd rather be a little on the romantic side than on the cynical (?) side, even if my enthusiasm diminishes some over time — which is bound to happen. Assif Tsahar, just like Flaherty, is surely not the next "great" tenor saxophonist to come along — whatever that could possibly be. Listeners' standards, particularly when it comes to this kind of improvised music, are bizarrely different. But Tsahar has made some good records. Check out his trio side with Peter Kowald and Rashied Ali. He gives it all he's got, even though he inevitably comes up short of Brötzmann (who do I admire) and Coltrane — the two tenors that, because of his company on the session, bear the most immediate comparison. It's weird that personality seems to bear a significance, often times commensurate with performance, on a listeners' response in this music.

I'm not so hot on the CIMP/Cadence production ethos either, but, as this thread is expanding some, let me briefly list some discs from the Vast Rusch Vortex that do deserve attention because of their musical value: • Herb Robertson: Falling In Flat Space (trumpet-bass-drums) CJR 1065 • Ken Simon: The Twilight of Time (tenor-bass-drums) CJR 1082 • Steve Swell: Atmospheels (trombone-bass-drums) CIMP 184 • Elliot Levin & Tyrone Hill: A Fine Intensity (tenor-trombone-bass-drums) CIMP 200 I have more Cadence/CIMP discs, but these stand out to me. If a person's into pianoless music with a freeish bent, these are worth looking into. I'd give them all 4 stars. Sound is what you'd expect, though the CJR's sound better overall.

You mean CIMP, no? And I'm assuming your "genius" call is sarcastic? jes tryin to figger out yr tk (Trying to write/type like that ... )

Thanks, Lon. I like "Under Paris Skies" too, so that was my inclination — but wanted to check with others in case there was a killer song that I just "had" to hear.

I want to understand this sentence, but unfortunately don't. Help! (It sounds either like John Ashberry or Clem, though the latter will hate me for making that comparison.)