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Hey, that's about what I spent! Now Hiroshi's retiring (sorry guys), and my wife gave me something called "divorce papers." OK, I exaggerate. Still, I won't be doing any shopping for a while. And Ramen really doesn't taste so bad, right? And ... maybe I'll stop reading all these damn posts that make me want to seek out new music! Time to listen for a while as it is. Digesting the Taylor New World discs recently. As my friend, imitating his aunt from Minnesota, would say (with a positive connotation): Ooch!

Up with reduced price.

Never? Well, I hear you. I was just curious, as Cook & Morton's statement had me conjuring up all sorts of perverse and demented covers. Maybe as a practical joke, someone slipped Bley's LP into a Loni Anderson Sings Wagner jacket. That might be unpleasant.

That makes sense. Curiously enough, even with the $9 extra that PayPal's "exchange" rate charged me, my parcel will still be $30 less than if I purchased the same goods through Dusty Groove! Edit: Missed your post, Golden Arm. That makes sense, too. Still, one wonders ...

Up, to see if anyone new has heard this title. Looks good on paper ...

I just made a payment through PayPal in yen (guess what that was for!), and I was wondering if, for whatever reasons, PayPal uses a conversion rate that is slightly higher (at least for U.S. buyers)? I usually use this Currency Converter to figure out exchange rates, and it doesn't match up with PayPal's exchange rates. Food for thought. Hopefully my question's clear! What experience do you all have with PayPal's exchange rate?

I still don't get it. "One of the most unpleasant covers in the history of recorded music." I thought it would be a picture of a vivisected monkey or something. Or maybe the inside of Nixon's left nostril. The covers that Couw's posted are tame I tell ya! Edit: Ah, they're referring to the Arista/Freedom pressing cover. Couw?

Tom, as you're a "progressive trumpet" fan, you might want to order the new Wadada Leo Smith box on Tzadik. 1971-1979.

What's wrong with that? Hmmm, I wonder if perhaps Cook & Morton got their copy mixed up with a 70's porn stars Sings the Blues and You Do Too compilation.

Here I thought I was going to read about this album: :rsly:

Those covers need captions! Except maybe this one: Priceless. Now, what about worst jazz album covers? I nominate this one: The Penguin Guide refers to the original cover of Paul Bley's Touching as having "one of the most unpleasant covers in the history of recorded music." Who can find this? (Unrelated side note: When will Dusty Groove ever stop referring to albums as "bits"? Maybe they need a taste of Ben Wallace: )

I'll be getting this one eventually, but wanted to hear what you guys thought ... especially about the second set of the Reflectativity concert! Reviews?

Someone should snag the Kowald title. Penguin gives this one a crown, and I think they're spot-on in that assessment. Great, wild solo bass performance.

I know about depletion, or will, right after my Tanno order comes in. Oh so bitter sweet.

I don't own Solodrumming but the sound samples are pretty enticing. Here it is for $8.50. Nyess!

Hi All, I'm looking for a copy of hatART 6003: Any leads much appreciated. Thanks! Late

Sent an e-mail re. Parlan.

Do tapes of Ornette with Dizzy exist? Can't remember the photographer, but there's a relatively famous picture of them together on the bandstand playing.

John, if you already like Tsahar's playing, you'll especially like those two trio recordings. The Hollow World is good too, but takes a little more getting used to. In some ways, it's like a modern (not duplicate, but extension of) Ascension, though notably without bass and piano. _______________________ For some reason, I tend to explore new music by label. Recently, I've been interested in Rastascan, but, apart from Arcana Major, don't know anything from this label's output. Any suggestions, good links? Anyone have Gebbia's People in Motion?

On the Tsahar tip, I'd recommend Ein Sof (trio with Parker and Ibarra), Deals, Ideas, and Ideals (trio with Kowald and Ali), and The Hollow World (7 horns + drums). The trio set with Kowald is probably the most attention-grabbing, but all are worthwhile. The only Tsahar I have that I probably wouldn't recommend is his solo Ayn-le Any. Not a bad disc really, but there are so many other solo horn outings that I'd reach for first.

A heads-up for any fans of Guillermo Gregorio. This hatART title is still available from Cadence ($11), and is considerably more interesting than Background Music. Spun it this morning. Not a disc with a lot of "fire" to it, but engaging nonetheless.

Excellent pick! Would love to hear Shorter with Cyrille behind him. Rollins, Ware & Elvin in the 60's would also truly be a Dream Team. On that font, I'd like to hear Rollins, Albert Mangelsdorff, and Elvin Jones around this time as well, with Albert shifting between "bass lines" and soloing. (Though we know that Newk doesn't let his trombone players solo that much.)

Another vote for this album's version of "Lush Life" — it's how I learned the lyrics to this song. One to spin with a snifter of cognac, when those (snifter, cognac) are available. Along the same lines, check out Hartman on Henry Mancini's "Charade" from I Just Dropped By to Say Hello. Another finely rendered and darkly-tinged ballad, with excellent accompaniment by Kenny Burrell.

Bev, Coe sings on "Good Night Vienna," the last track on An Affair with Strauss. He doesn't embarrass himself, but he's certainly no singer — and I think he's aware of this while he's singing. (I would have liked to have heard a Lotte Lenya-esque singer try this one instead.) Coe arranged the standard for the band, and it's a short, wryly humorous outing. The tune itself is sentimentally sweet (in a good way), and Koglmann, perhaps wisely, placed the track at the disc's end. A few more words about Coe, who has risen dramatically in my list of favorite reed players. He's perhaps the only tenor player I've ever heard who can — as I hear it — combine some of the essential stylistic devices of both Wayne Shorter and Sonny Rollins, two tenor players that, to me, are near opposites. With a tone that is sometimes reminiscent of Newk on Way Out West, Coe reaches the "color" tones of a chord a la Shorter (e.g. on Miles Davis's "Circle"), and the result is (especially for a former horn player) a marvel. In the end, however, Coe is Coe, and I think it's a shame that American listeners probably don't know his work (outside of Pink Panther fame) that well. For better or worse, I'm becoming more and more disillusioned with young American tenor players. As a result, perhaps, Tony Coe and other European players (like Roman Schwaller) are increasingly filling my listening time.

Hi All, I sent off six PM's to board members, and I guess they all went through. And, yes, responses received! Thanks. One thing about those two Koglmann recordings (and this will sound like I'm exaggerating, but I promise that I'm not): they are two of the very best-sounding discs in my entire collection. Amazing sonics. What? Yup. Here's what's strange: I believe (just a guess based on close listening) that they were made on analogue equipment first, and then transferred to digital. (The notes don't mention either DDD or ADD.) The result is a surprisingly warm, LP-like recording with a lot of presence and air between the instruments. To me, these Between the Lines recordings come through on, and bridge the gap between, what labels like CIMP and ECM promise: the realness and spontaneity of CIMP, and the crystalline hear-a-pin-drop sonics of ECM. At any rate, I guess my (originally private) enthusiasm has now become a little public. For anyone whose reading this and thinking what the?, I just wanted to give a heads-up on two particular recordings. Franz Koglmann's: Make Believe and An Affair with Strauss If you like Tony Coe, you might love these recordings. All best, Laton