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If the music is in the genre of electronica, however, it does qualify as electronics — no discount. I actually used the 30% coupon to purchase Tomasz Stanko's Lontano. An over-priced $17.99 became a reasonable $12.59. (Funny how math works that way.)

Following that logic, wouldn't the West Coast Classics series be easy to find? Every rant I've ever read about that series makes them out to be the worst selling line of all time. Of course, the music is great ...

Marcin Wasilewski Hard to pin his style down (from an American perspective, at least) — somewhat like Marilyn Crispell with touches of Paul Bley?

Listening to Lontano right now. Superbly recorded — in France this time, rather than Norway — with very fine playing. For me, the pianist Marcin Wasilewski is the centerpiece of this band. Stanko's playing is very atmospheric, but without Wasilewski behind him, the record wouldn't be the same. Wasilewski is a pianist to look out for in the future. I wish this group were making it up to Oregon. They did for the tour for Suspended Night, and they were great then.

Robin Kenyatta's actual name is Robert Prince Haynes. He was originally from South Carolina. I believe he passed away in 2004.

You guys are missing out. Go to page 5 and the hot stuff really begins — namely, Lyubov:

Apparently Until has made it to cd (but is likely out-of-print): Ekaterina gives it a thumbs-up:

The biggest revelation of the Andrew Hill Mosaic Select for me is Robin Kenyatta — some blistering alto playing there. Prior to hearing this set, I'd only heard Kenyatta on Roswell Rudd's Everywhere. Other recommendations? What (if anything) is readily available?

Was this title ever released in Japan (not as a JRVG)? I'm thinking I'd like to track down a copy. The Connoisseur's sound is so-so.

Is February '07 still the release month for the Tolliver Big Band date on Blue Note? Any projected titles or recent news? Also — the Japanese market is reissuing Impact (in mini-LP format) this November. I wonder how the remastering engineer will handle that album's wonky sound. Great music, but kind of hard to listen to ...

Phew. That's good news. Before I opened this thread again, I feared I'd be reading that other kind of news.

That's at the San Francisco Conservatory, no?

While some titles on Blue Note are discontinued after only being available for roughly two years, Hutcherson's Components, from the innaugral Blue Note Connoisseur batch, is now in its eleventh year of being in-print. Any guesses as to why? Well, for one, the music is excellent ... but does this title sell that well? I always forget that Herbie Hancock plays organ (on "Air" only) on this one. The liner notes don't make any mention at all of this — was this Hancock's first documented recording on the instrument? Another plus to this session — those Joe Chambers compositions are wicked. I wonder if Hall Overton, Chambers' recent mentor at the time, heard this album. Apparently, there was another composer in the Chambers family: Steve Chambers, Joe's older brother. Anyone know anything about this guy?

OREGON: 34 - OKLAHOMA: 33

Man, and all these years I thought Chuck had worked for NASA.

Just saw Why We Fight last night, thanks to recommendations here. A grim, sobering film — and likely more full of truth than fancy.

Wait a minute ... Chuck's a producer?

I wish Evidence would pair these two Ra recordings on one cd — it could be their first cd issue!

Date: April 4, 1957 Location: New York City Label: Atlantic J. R. Monterose (ts), Jerry Lloyd (t), George Wallington (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Nick Stabulas (d) a. 2461 Promised Land - 05:40 (Mose Allison) b. 2462 Composin' At The Composer - 05:37 (George Wallington) c. 2463 Rural Route - 04:25 (Mose Allison) All titles on: East-West LP 12": 4004 - The Prestidigitator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: April 5, 1957 Location: New York City Label: Atlantic J. R. Monterose (ts), George Wallington (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Nick Stabulas (d) a. 2464 Rural Route (Mose Allison) b. 2465 In Salah - 04:55 (Mose Allison) East-West LP 12": 4004 - The Prestidigitator c. 2466 Nuna d. 2467 Jouons - 05:58 (J.R. Monterose) East-West LP 12": 4004 - The Prestidigitator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: April 6, 1957 Location: New York City Label: Atlantic J. R. Monterose (ts), Jerry Lloyd (t), George Wallington (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Nick Stabulas (d) a. 2468 August Moon - 04:48 (Jerry Lloyd) b. 2469 The Prestidigitator - 06:32 (J.R. Monterose) Both titles on: East-West LP 12": 4004 - The Prestidigitator Omit Monterose (ts) on a. One additional unissued selection with Lloyd: 2470 listed as "Blues - Tell Me The Truth" - composer unknown. Yes, oh yes ...

The last time the Japanese market reissued titles on Atlantic was 1998 — those had the AMCY prefix, and they sounded terrific ... much, much better than the "deluxe" American editions. I'm actually pretty excited about this new WPCR batch. It includes some new titles for reissue (Ornette's Change ... yeah!) but also omits some titles (Warne Marsh's eponymous album ... damn). Still, I'll be picking up probably too many. How are the Roland Hannas?

News from Atavistic regarding a series of unissued Lacy concerts: Steve Lacy Quintet, 1975: Esteem The first in a series of recordings from Steve Lacy's cassette archive — authorized by Irene Aebi. "When Steve Lacy passed away in June, 2004, he left behind an archive of more than 300 private recordings – mostly cassette tapes of concerts dating from the 1970s up until his final months. Many feature his longtime quintet and subsequent sextet, as well as trio, duo and solo performances; some revisit old friendships, some present unique collaborations, while others document special projects that never quite found their way to the recording studio. In all of these, the same adventurous spirit prevails, the same calm integrity. This series, The Leap: Steve Lacy Cassette Archives, aims to make available significant performances in a remarkably fertile career. It will showcase Lacy with his regular associates as well as others, playing music heard elsewhere in different contexts and also music only heard just once. By so doing, may it deepen the listener’s sense of a singular body of work." -Jason Weiss, editor, STEVE LACY: CONVERSATIONS Esteem features Lacy’s working quintet one lively night at La Cour des Miracles, a Paris club the group frequented at the time. The musicians were in residence there for most of February, 1975, and again through much of December- featuring Lacy (soprano sax), Steve Potts (alto/soprano saxes), Aebi (cello/violin), Kent Carter (bass), and Kenneth Tyler (percussion). 300 recordings? I don't know whether to use or . As for further recommendations — I'd say (to anyone) keep plugging away at Lacy's Hat Art catalog. That group puts forth a consistent high quality of work, live or studio. I'm still hoping a cd issue of Ballets can come out while Werner X. has subsidies. Right now, strangely enough, I have everything that saw cd issue on Hat except Flim Flam.

Figgers. Now I'm on the hunt for those ...

Thanks, Florin. I'd forgotten all about that one. (Reads thread.) Damn, your AOTW ended with the dreaded "ho-ho" comment. Always a thread killer.

Now I wonder if a legit issue will ever show up ... Probably not, I suppose. (It would be great if that Savoy session could be paired with Cherry's Atlantic trio session.)