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I wasn't aware of Averty but he really seemed like an interesting person. Was there really a time when French TV was inspired and inspiring?

Went to Louis Malle's Le Souffle au coeur (Murmur of the Heart, 1970) at French Cinematheque last night in presence of main actor, then 15 year old, Benoît Ferreux. Great great movie and Charlie Parker soundtrack!

Very sad the whole day. A genius as mentioned. Never had the chance to see him live, and hoping some ICP records will become available again. I have tickets to see Han Bennink in a Noël Akchoté formation next tuesday and I can imagine there will be a kind of homage given there. A 1996 interview: http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/mengelberg.html

Very sad to have another great member of this generation going away. On this documentary, is it there were Archie Shepp gives a call from Paris to his friend during the interview? I will listen. Now listening to Turrentine's Look Out!

Strong connection for Brahms who played the instrument and also Richard Strauss (the two horn concertos), son of a horn player. For reference there is a Wikipedia list of classical compositions for the instrument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_for_horn For XXth century, I would try Ligeti's trio for Violin, horn and piano -- it is given here in Paris soon and I would like to see it if I can get a ticket.

Was told that the James P. Johnson was on backorder.

Just received from the last sale, only listened to CD1 and read the notes yet but very happy to have this set!

Ordered the Classic James P. Johnson sessions and Boogie Woogie and Blues piano Select.

The title which mentions an "ending of his recording career" is largely exaggerated if one reads the text but Shipp still talks about slowing down... http://observer.com/2017/02/jazz-pianist-matthew-shipp-interview-piano-song/ Very admirative of his playing and hoping this is only a temporary phase.

Disc one

Yes, "L'étau - Choses clandestines", great one! With Keith Tippett and Paul Rogers.

This was great!!! Recorded live and to be released along with some studio sessions recorded in the last couple of days, most probably on Jean-Noël Cognard's own label Bloc Thyristors. So this was trumpet and alto tuba (Mark Charig), bass clarinet, alto and soprano sax, double bass, drums. One englishman, luxembourgeois, brazilian and two frenchmen. Marcio Mattos was new to me and particularly powerful, I'm wanting to check his solo release on Emanem last year. Cognard was great at 'waking up' Michel Pilz who then responded with great energy and lyricism. Jean-Noel Cognard dedicated the concert to Johannes Bauer and gave a hommage to Jaki Liebezeit also. Not so young critic Philippe Carles was in the audience as well as many from Impro Jazz.

Every now and then I need to watch those Little Richard live sessions, they are so incredible! I wish some of the rarer records of Mats' collection were more widely available. On a saturday I will track some in the vinyl archives of the Musical Mediatheque of Paris (public library), I've been meaning to do this for a while. One can listen to them on location.

Thursday: Mark Charig, Michel Pilz, Quentin Rollet, Marcio Mattos, Jean-Noël Cognard at Instants Chavirés Should be good!

Concert page has disappeared on Sunset website, and checked a few other venues which have cancelled or changed to Vinny Golia trio. I suppose we won't be seeing Bobby Bradford, I hope he will be back soon!

Thanks! It was very powerful music, presented as Roscoe Mitchell "with strings" (two double-basses, cello and violin, plus drums). They played Coltrane's Countdown and a short, very solemn rendition of Alabama, but most of the concert was Roscoe's own compositions interspersed by large improvised, intense, sections. Great connivance between the three women on the left part of the scene, Mazz Swift is a very charismatic violinist whom I had seen once in a Rob Mazurek large ensemble (also next to Tomeka Reid) and with a stunning voice (she sang only for the last tune), Silvia Bolognesi stroke the bass beautifully mostly archo and with very interesting timing, I should check more of her work. And an audience of a few hundred people in a nice theatre stage in the outskirts of Paris. A very enjoyable evening!

Tonight!! Roscoe Mitchell Sextet: Tribute to John Coltrane RM, Mazz Swift, Tomeka Reid, Silvia Bolognesi, Junius Paul, Vincent Davis My crossover concert for the Chinese New Year! Wishing the best to all of you.

I'm going on Feb 1! (and also seeing Roscoe Mitchell sextet Flurin, have a good trip in Italy)

Thanks for posting and for the article. Sad news, respect and peace to the artist.

Thanks, I did recognize I few tracks and was wondering about that.

It seems that the new "Singles" compiled by Strut has 16 tracks that the Evidence 2 CD didn't hold, I will have to get it since the Singles are a great bunch!

Ed Ricart had to send another copy to me since my first order never came, you should contact him again, he was very friendly and helpful. Apparently their distributor handled things strangely in the midst of bankruptcy.

Great piece! Just listened to Hemphill's Flat-Out Jump Suite this morning which is amazing. The interview seems silent on what he has done in the 20 years since he stopped playing, did he still teach?

I read on French online magazine Citizen Jazz that François Tusques' seminal "Free Jazz" is going to be reissued on LP by Finders Keepers with a bonus CD of live tracks taken from 1965 and 1966 concerts of the then "Bernard Vitet sextet". Apparently INA did not accept or respond to Tusques' asking them the tapes of the concert given on the eve or recording "Free Jazz". So instead Tusques drew these undated tapes from his stuff. Somehow the people from Resonance records seem to collaborate more successfully with the people at INA...

Just listened to this one during the week-end, and also highly recommend it. Preference also goes for the three tracks of the 1978 session but everything is highly enjoyable. Tippett is really special here (for Moholo-Moholo, it was already noted). Very well presented album, very good sound, and pretty cover art!