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Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 1 & 2 is amazing.

I followed the link then clicked to the home page. It told me 'You are visitor number 1 to this page'. Man, sure is quiet in here. Strange, I'm 'No. 1' too.. Me too! Hey - I'M NUMBER 1!! Me too...or maybe me one? Everybody is their #1 customer!

Where are there spelling problems? Here, have some diapers!

it works for me!

eating my underware!

Yeah, my thoughts exactly, he looks alot older than me....but then again, if I ate my underwear, I probably would look much older today. Try it!

I think that's it.

Yeah, but do you start with the crotch. I keep a supply of waist bands in the glove compartment. Just in case....

Always works for me!

The students are complaining? WTF?

You might want to try the CIMP discs doing the music of Andrew Hill and Wayne Shorter, which also feature O'Neil. Of the two, my favorite is Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000. I think those two are similar to Braxton's renditions of standards on the 4 CD Leo box. I think I'll go by Downtown Music Gallery and have them play me some cuts. Thanks. A friend is going to loan me a copy. Yeah baby!

missed that one!

I'm on a big Anthony Braxton kick this week.

not too big on quotes....yek!

Many of the Ghost Trance discs are all-horn groups. Missed them!

Can't go wrong with any Braxton recording that has Holland on bass.

Was it reviewed in the Wire?

I'm in the ending sections of Anthony Braxton and the Rova Saxophone Qt. - The Aggregate (Sound Aspects). The third piece, Composition 129+ clocks in at 46:13 and I really wish there was more Braxton with a sax qt. Seems like the perfect enviroment. I don't think there are any other disks like this with Braxton and a sax qt. The first two pieces are also quite nice and written by two of the Rova guys.

Really now... Can I buy it at Downtown Music Gallery? Is it bigger than a bread box?

I've got to laugh at that one! Yes, I know a lot of people who don't dig anything that is straight ahead because it isn't raw enough. I dig it all...

You might want to try the CIMP discs doing the music of Andrew Hill and Wayne Shorter, which also feature O'Neil. Of the two, my favorite is Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000. I think those two are similar to Braxton's renditions of standards on the 4 CD Leo box. I think I'll go by Downtown Music Gallery and have them play me some cuts. Thanks.

Then this rumor will be bad news: Braxton is supposed to be very happy with the music on the "23 Standards" set and is planning another four cd set to come out soon, the stuff that didn't make it. Don't know what label though. I don't know if I'm getting this. I've been avoiding the Braxton plays Standards disks, but I'm intertested in hearing him with a guitar player. I think I'll have to hear some tracks first.

Quite possibly my favorite ECM of all time. I believe it's on Oceanus where they arrive at this beautiful major tonality at the end after a long period of modal/minor harmony. Always gives me a rush. Great album. I'm pretty sure it was one of my 1st ECMs! As for Yellow Fields, I'd really like to find a copy on CD. It was never released on CD in the states.

This one is very nice ideed - in general, I prefer Braxton in duo/trio settings, solo also (don't care too much for his quartet (any quartet) or larger group performances - they are too cluttered and dense, IMO) and in more blowing (as opposed to "composed") mood. Thus, the discs that Gary listed are among my favorite Braxton works. Interesting points. Maybe that's why it took me so long to get into his work with Marilyn Crispell, I love it, but it's pretty dense material.