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Thanks. Enjoyed this despite not guessing anything. I always suspect a theme, and "Detroit jazz" would be close to one here. Agreed on Gene Harris CDs, I've picked up some real burners for practically nothing.

I still think the Dončić trade was inexplicable from Dallas's point of view, but the Lakers just crashed out of the playoffs in 5 games.

I can't make any intelligent guesses so will give opinions... #1: Spoken voice doesn't always work for me, but I liked this. Enjoyed the bluesiness of the music, especially piano. Not sure how it would hold up to repeated listenings, so maybe not a purchase. #2: When this was on Felser's BFT I thought it lacking in the kind of soaring modal energy I expect from Trane covers, but on this go-round I got more into the approach. Would like to see the band live. #3: Rahsaan's version imprinted itself on my mind, so I expected to find fault with this performance, but it's good. Had no luck sleuthing the performers: only cover with a horn I found was a John David Simon, but that included organ. Would consider purchase, although I'm cutting down. #4: Classical-type piece with strings, sounds like it could be film music. Well done but not my bag. #5: Recognized the tune (ID'd above) but not performers. Live, sounds like a (possibly local) all-start ensemble at a festival. Agreed on some Gene Harris similarity with piano, but some other soloists not as strong. Fun listen but not the kind of thing I go for on recordings. #6: Obvious Santana influence, maybe even a cover for all I know. Interesting instrumentation that fits together well. Too overtly Santana-like to be a purchase. #7: Very much like piano, percussion, soprano. Lyrics OK, but not knocked out by the delivery. Would like to hear more of the group, might purchase a relatively vocal-free recording. #8: Nice tune, agree with chillout and GG comments above, but the intro was too bossa-like to be fully in my wheelhouse. #9: Overall like this, but not digging the tenor. Surprised it's a fairly big name. Got the Dead quotes, which are funny and unusual in jazz context. Something I'd enjoy in a club but not in purchase territory. #10: Love everything about this save some misgivings about the male speaker. Liked the speaker more on 2nd and 3d listens. Disappointed that I had no guess despite owning a couple of recordings with this leader. In the "consider purchase" column. Thanks for the BFT. Listened straight through last night and enjoyed the program. No time for much sleuthing, but curious about #3. Lots to like and explore, no outright misses.

Price seems high for CD-R, but IMO it could be something like Presto Music's "Presto CDs", which are pressed on demand and presumably CD-R. That would actually square with the Sony Classical page perpetually showing "today" as release date. OTOH, "Presto CDs" seem to be offered at all kinds of prices, see for instance .

Fully agreed (italics added). It seems like that type of programming "feature". But some detective work: Discogs showed a release page for a 2010 CD-R reissue, with a link to ArkivMusic. The ArkivMusic link was dead, but a search of ArkivMusic yields a 2-CD set for $29.99 (edit: "3 CD set") I leave it to more intrepid searchers to determine whether those are in stock, CD-R or CD, etc.

Weirdly, the Sony Classical website seems to show it with a release date of today (??!!) The pic here shows the orig. cover, at least: Juilliard String Quartet - Bartok: The 6 String Quartets | CD Not sure that page is accurate...it doesn't look very professional.

Looking forward to this! Plus the food... 😁...Dorjee Momo isn't there on the Sunday nights.

I went to an improv/jazz concert today by Creative Improvisers Ensemble Strings (+ percussion) ensemble. Some passages reminded me of Scelsi. So:

Having listened to the 12-CD box of Monteverdi madrigals (La Venexiana) over the course of a few days, starting on another project. (Being a fan of Renaissance polyphony and the Huelgas Ensemble)

I have Glass Bead Games on CD as part of the Strata-East Mosaic, along with the Cecil Payne, Charles Brackeen and Pharoah Sanders from this batch. Hey, with a few more DLs I could duplicate the Mosaic and sell off the unwieldy box!

Billy Harper's Capra Black is practically the Holy Grail of oop CDs, so a physical release would be killer. Might be too much to hope for, so the DL route beckons.

I have a recording of one of Braxton's operas, Trillium R. It is very good, much better than I expected. The plot and libretto are (at minimum) highly interesting, although there is much I cannot claim to understand. Regrettably, I don't have the budget or time to keep up with all the installments.

The little I've read of Braxton's writings I found rather impenetrable (likely my bad), so I didn't pursue more. I just located some discussion of his compositional diagrams here but on a quick reading I'm not sure how the "composition #", e.g. "Composition #19 for 100 tubas" relates to the "composition diagram-title", e.g. Maybe the former is something like an opus number.

Agreed, this is truly excellent.

Yeah. I mentioned the reissue in another (Noah Howard iirc) thread and you recommended it! I then listened to a lot on bandcamp before ordering.

Ra, Noah Howard and assorted MPS. Happy to have found the John Taylor.

I hope so, weighing in at 95 lb. empty. But if not, at the price one couldn't complain! +1

Controversial ensemble, but playing it straight here.

Maybe "jazz festival" is more upscale marketing than "rock festival"? The latter carries some baggage. 🤪

It [Tristan Honsinger, From the Broken World] is, but a little "difficult" and it took me a few listens to appreciate.

The controversial (OMG! 😓 but then we're talking classical music here) recording with OVPP and extremely fast tempi.