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Even more of a reason to check out Sortie. Aëbi's not on it! I like her singing, but can understand why others don't.

Sortie 1. Sortie 12:00 2. Black Elk 10:00 3. Helmy 2:20 4. Fork New York 14:00 5. Living T. Blues 3:40 6. 2-Fou 0:03 Steve Lacy: soprano saxophone Enrico Rava: trumpet Kent Carter: bass Aldo Romano: drums recorded February 7, 1966 Milan, Italy For my money, this record is stronger than both Disposability and The Forest and The Zoo. Excellent playing all around.

Finally found a copy! Some discs on Black Lion you still see regularly as cut-outs and in the used bins. Others are excruciatingly rare — e.g. Frank Lowe's Fresh, Mal Waldron's Blues for Lady Day, Dave Burrell's High Won, High Two, even Kenny Dorham's Osmosis.

I'm with you there. That whole record is a bitch. Coltrane seems to have brought out a little more fire in Red's playing. I like Garland's trio work, but I prefer the quintet work overall. I'm looking forward to Concord's next Coltrane boxes — there're supposed to be at least two more, I think, after Intrepid Warrior: the sideman dates, and the co-leader dates. The leader dates in the new box have great sound, and it will be nice to hear the Garland/Coltrane sessions improved sonically. I think Donald Byrd acquits himself fairly well in the Garland/Coltrane quintets, but wouldn't it have been nice to hear a young Lee Morgan instead?

Hi All, I have been trying to track down this set for years. It's out-of-print, but a copy is probably lying in a classical store, somewhere, just waiting for a home. I have the early 80's version of The Arditti performing Scelsi's Four String Quartets, but would very much like to hear this new (2000) package with Scelsi's final string quartet added. The music is phenomenal. I'm looking for a new or used-in-good-condition copy. I will cover cost and shipping. Any help much appreciated. Thank you! Late ------------------ The Arditti series on Disques Montaigne all come in paper sleeves. A few were reissued in jewel cases, but I'll take either format as long as the discs are in good shape.

Personally, I'm waiting for the Mosaic Select. The news is on the down-low, but I hear there's all kinds of bonus tracks. First things first, though — by that I mean the RVG of Lawrence Millman's A Kayak Full of Ghosts.

I knew we were something. Now I know. Congrats on 20 years!

Whenever you read about Booker Ervin, you inevitably bump into a phrase that reads something like this: "Booker Ervin's Texas Tenor with its distinct cry ..." Well, I start to get after reading the word "cry" in association with Booker too many times, but ... damn! Listen to the track "African Cookbook" from the album of the same name. That "cry" finally amounts to something meaningful. One of Booker's best, and simplest, solos ever, I'd say. The whole track is a bitch. Get the album if you're a Weston fan and don't have it. And, yeah, the Black Lion ... it's harder to find these days, but worth the hunt.

Well, Ornette is partial to French Roast, while Dewey usually drinks Italian Roast. Ornette says something about Italian Roast being too thin, and then (off-mike but still audible) Dewey mumbles "Like your reeds?"

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!