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  2. The Complete Pharoah Sanders Theresa Recordings - New Mosaic

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    19 hours ago, JSngry said:

    A Mosaic of all known Ra recordings from his time in Chicago in chronological/session order would be a wonderful thing, but I don't think there's a business opening for that now. That's a good thing in that there is an active and ongoing market for all things Ra right now.

    Fortunately, the resources to "build your own" such set are available, so...carpe diem 

    I think Sun Ra LLC has been killing it with Ra reissues, quantity, quality and sound-wise. Hard to imagine Mosaic stepping into their bailiwick. More than happy to "build my own".

  5. Bartok String Quartets

    in Classical Discussion

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    I'm culling the Novak Quartet (Philips) recording which I dislike (on the Pay it Forward thread if anyone cares) and replacing it with an ultra-"Hungarian" version, Végh mono 1954.

    I have the Végh 1970s Beethoven set (Valois) and am curious about earlier vintage recordings by them.

  9. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    23 minutes ago, JSngry said:

    Indeed. Maybe a missing link between Hassan and Elmo?

    Matthew Shipp seems to think there is. In his "Black Mystery School Pianists" essay there's an enigmatic paragraph:

    I have wrestled with whether Elmo Hope belongs in the group. I am not sure. I go back and forth for different reasons. If he is, a lot of it would be because of his influence on Hasaan Ibn Ali, who is another extreme of an ultimate example of this.

    Sadly, Shipp doesn't elaborate.

    [I recalled seeing this passage but it took a while to remember the source. I just reread 2 Hasaan CD booklets, one of which was written by Shipp but does not posit any influence, and got the idea to revisit his famous essay.]

  13. Summer With The Juilliard String Quartet

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    Jim, you've motivated me to get serious about the Bartok SQ.

    I owned the Novak Qt. recording (Philips) for many many years, but their rendition never registered/resonated so I thought I was a moron/Philistine for "not getting" these works.

    Came by (free) the Emerson version a few years ago and find that much more enjoyable. Spun it this week and am beginning to appreciate the quartets. I selectively like the Emersons (love their Ives, for instance) and they're certainly technically proficient.

    Now I'm going to try the other end of the interpretation spectrum with a more "Hungarian" recording. So many versions out there that researching takes a while.

  14. BFT 255 Discussion

    in Blindfold Test

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    Finishing up:

    #8: Nice track, sounds like a duet on my bad computer sound system. Suspected a name tenor but no guess. I peeked, and then had to sleuth (withheld) due to curiosity about the pianist, who clearly is not "the usual suspect" Cedar Walton. Pianist is a prominent/prolific guy I like a lot but who sometimes gets some stick on the forum. He's in great form here.

    #9: Far from my usual listening and absolutely no idea about the musicians, but I like it. Especially the bass line. Looking forward to the reveal, particularly for the bassist.

    #10: Even more of a departure from usual listening and less able to guess. But a good selection. Percussion is most impressive, arrangement also sticks out.

    #11: Sounds on my computer like a piano-bass-guitar trio with really nice and subtle interplay, pianist most likely the leader but perhaps it's billed as a trio. The kind of contemplative moody selection I usually like and do here. I peeked at the ECM hints but don't have any guesses and am not sure it's 21st century...could (though less likely) be as early as 1970s. Even though I'm not a big ECM enthusiast, this is a recording I'd consider picking up.

     

    Thanks for a most enjoyable BFT. After seeing Jim's reveal, I feel silly about dissing #5, but I've never related to that particular ensemble as much as some others with the estimable leader. Tracks #2, 4, 9 and 11 the most thought-provoking. The #7 leader is always a welcome guest!

  19. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

    Yes, it's an EXCELLENT album.  Probably Beirach's strongest in this century.

    Regarding the album's scarcity: Has OutNote gone belly up?  I hope not.

     

    Whoa, the album's not that scarce.

    I had only looked for discogs US $ sellers. Currently just one, used, at a high but not exorbitant price.

    Amazon (where I rarely look any more) has it new at a midrange price. Available used for a song if I wanna roll the dice on ex-library.

    Label seems to be part of the outhere portfolio, which includes Werner's ezz-thetics in jazzland and a bunch of estimable classical labels, so it's probably still extant.

  21. BFT 255 Discussion

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    This is really funny.

    I dig #2 but had no clue. Based on Jim's and felser's posts, I sleuthed it. No credit claimed, but it's here.

    From one of 2 albums (by the same group) I've seen on DG's "CD Deals" pages from to time. At one point I was on the verge of purchasing both, but held off for some reason. I have heard one tune by this group before, on one of the "Spiritual Jazz" compilations.

    Since "The Bastards" still have this one for $6.99/2 CDs I just sprang for it. 

     

  22. Recommended records on Mood Label

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    I know the label mainly through youtube.

    I like the UJ+RE material and would purchase some at reasonable prices. There's quite a bit of jazz-rock with other headliners, e.g. Nucleus, that I haven't heard.

    The only physical material I own is a CD of Meditation on a Landscape - Tagore by Dauner and Charlie Mariano. I like it a lot, but it's arguably meditation or "mood" music. I expect there are a lot of similar things on the label, probably quite a bit of dreck mixed in, but I haven't spent that much time looking on youtube. Plum Island by Charlie Mariano is quite good, but does venture into mood/smooth territory at times and I wouldn't purchase it.

    I suspect that aside from the jazz-rock stuff it's a mixed bag. I've been meaning to explore the Dauner solo albums, but haven't started yet because I expect some duds are mixed in (I'm not so fond of his electronics).

    I think the label was a cool project and am surprised it went on for so long. But the paucity of available reissues and downloads probably says something.

  24. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    45 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

    Sue Lynch and Regan Bowering ‎– Sax and Drums

     

    I always understand "maths" in musical prefix terms to just mean "has jarring changes in time signatures". A way of saying "proggy" without also suggesting that the music might be lame. 

    Thanks. Not being familiar with the usage, I thought things like counterpoint, retrograde, and even serialism might qualify. If we extend "maths" to "probability", even some of Xenakis's stochastic music (which I think is mathematically -at least- lame, having seen some simplistic underlying FORTRAN code).

  25. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    26 minutes ago, rostasi said:

    So, there's "math rock."
    Is there such a thing as "math jazz?"

     

     

    I'm a nerd and former math major. If there's "math jazz" I'd like to hear some.

    Although I don't love a lot of the music classified as "math rock".

    I'm not sure what "math classical" would consist of. Some candidates (microtonalists, Nancarrow) I like, some ("New Complexity") I don't. Would Feldman qualify based on weird time signatures?

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