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Yeah, it's been a remarkable period for Ra reissues. Plus, I find that the reissues done "under license from Sun Ra LLC" [Edit: that's the Irwin Chusid entity mentioned below] have super sound quality, kind of the gold standard in that respect. I now buy only releases with that imprimatur.

Build an Ark, Peace With Every Step

I'm listening to some solo music from his Youtube page. Sounds like it (generally and likely not as score-based/composed) fits into what Kyle Gann used to (and probably still does) call "Postminimalism", though that admittedly covers vast amounts of ground. Very strong pulse / rhythm, definite ambientness. Agreed that it's by no means bad. Pass for now on the duo you just mentioned. I used to listen to a lot of avant-garde classical that relied heavily on extended techniques. Got my fill of key-clicks from Salvatore Sciarrino 🧐; still have not-so-pleasant memories of Ferneyhough. Not to badmouth the compositions, but I don't have big appetite for that sound world these days. Perhaps my listening will swing back in that direction some time.

Thanks! This is rather cool. Kenny Wheeler plays on side A. Jeff Clyne on bass.

There's not enough time to keep up with everything, I don't feel bad about being unaware. Not inclined to investigate after reading the foregoing discussion.

I agree with this.

Pleasant surprise to see Henry Lowther on this.

RIP. Interesting guy. I always assumed he was Italian, never bothered to research. As an actor he had pretty much one routine, but did it very well.

Off-topic, but I also admire Rob Schneiderman because he's about my age (b. 1957) and became a mathematician as a nearly middle-aged man (B.A. 1994, Ph. D. 2001). He now has an academic career. 👍

And widespread online per Google.

Thanks, I very likely would enjoy it. I discovered Schneiderman through his Reservoir releases. First one was Dark Blue, an old-fashioned straight-ahead hard bop quintet (incl. Ralph Moore and Brian Lynch) but I was stunned by how good it sounded. I also have and can vouch for the Reservoir releases Back in Town (trio), Glass Enclosure (quartet w. Chas. McPherson) and Radio Waves (hard bop sextet also w. Moore and Lynch). I've long intended to get more of his recordings, but like many other things I haven't gotten around to it. Last month's BFT renewed the idea of trio sessions.

I've also seen that in several places. Not at home, else I'd check Szwed. Gotta be online too, but I'll leave it for the OP to google.

This does look good. I like Schneiderman and didn't know of the recording (Concord is a label I rarely think about, so no wonder).

I posted this a couple of times in recent years: https://thequietus.com/articles/29717-carla-bley-interview Most recent (2020) informative interview I've been able to find; she seems to have been rather private. Had been ill for quite a while, brain surgery (cancer) c. 2018. RIP.

I saw "Reddit" and stopped paying attention. Signal-to-noise ratio = 0.

I just preordered through Dusty Groove, which saves a bundle on US shipping. $31.99 for a 300+ page book featuring Guy, Tippett and Westbrook plus 2 CDs has to be worth a punt.

Damn. I only recently discovered that Arts Society of Kingston has been having concerts, but forgot to bookmark their page. 😢

Thanks, Mark. Great material and congratulations to Mr. Porter for digging it up.