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  1. KD is the knee-jerk reaction choice, and it's hard to go against Booker Little. But I didn't vote b/c I'm not familiar with the Harden and Newman albums.
  2. My experience is the opposite. On the classical forum I visit, there is significantly more detailed discussion of (esp.) HIP harpsichord performances than piano equivalents. In fact, I've found the volume and diversity of commendable (and prolific) modern harpsichord artists so intimidating that I haven't investigated in depth.
  3. New release, listening on Youtube. Sounds good.
  4. This just appeared. Don't know if it counts as jazz, maybe "jazz-rock". I'd be tempted, but have recently spent too much on other things. Blurb courtesy DG (which one might have guessed 😉 ) A landmark batch of work from the British jazz scene – the complete early run of recordings from Colosseum, maybe the greatest jazz-rock group of their time! The combo grew out of earlier work in the beat group generation – informed strongly by American jazz and R&B, but already on the forefront of the new prog generation – driven by the mighty drums of Jon Hiseman and topped with the sax and reed work of Dick Heckstall-Smith – both fantastic players who really gave the group their grounding! The lineup shifts a bit throughout this set, and maybe gets even better as the records go on – with later work from Chris Farlowe on vocals, whose soulful style is a perfect match to the groove-heavy sound of the group. Back in the days when we didn't like prog at all, and were more focused on jazz and funk, we still had a very soft spot for Colosseum – and it's no surprise that some of these records are always found in the collections of funk fanatics around the world. The 6CD set features the full albums Those About To Die Salute You, Valentyne Suite, Grass Is Greener, Daughter Of Time, and Colosseum Live – almost all of which are presented here with bonus tracks – alongside a full bonus CD of rare studio and live recordings too! There's also a huge booklet of notes – and this package is the comprehensive take on this legendary group.
  5. Yes, Sextet is very good despite rather distant sound quality due to source tapes. The Loft Years impresses me less despite high expectations, but I'll spin it again soon. Probably should pick up the Solo...Italy album but some other things took priority recently. In the Beginning is good if you can find it. Ted Daniel is on some recommendable "Andrew Cyrille's Maono" albums.
  6. I have that 2008 Porter CD and consider the sound pretty decent. Granted I'm not an audiophile, and Ted Daniel didn't record for big-budget labels so expectations have to be managed. I never heard the original release. It's an excellent album. I have quite a few Ted Daniel CDs. In my experience, the ones on Ujamaa with the black covers (I own the "Sextet" and "Loft Years" but not the solo release from Italy) have dodgy, even outright bad sound but others are OK.
  7. I'm slow to catch on as usual, just noticed this has been reissued and is on Dusty Groove's (USA) "Coming Soon" list Also, I finally ordered Keith Tippett's How Long This Time after fence-sitting and missing a couple of low-postage chances.
  8. This looks good, but I haven't heard it. Recently got and enjoy this (The Recursive Tree):
  9. R.I.P. I long ago considered listening to some of his operas (e.g. Lear, das Schloss, Medea) but never got around to it.😢
  10. This Renaissance polyphony disc is up for grabs, free USA postage. Mistaken purchase: I got it from BRO a few years ago but already had practically all the contents in a (very good) box set. https://www.discogs.com/release/13584233-Jacob-Obrecht-Capilla-Flamenca-Piffaro-Chansons-Songs-Motets https://www.amazon.com/OBRECHT-Chansons-Capilla-Flamenca-Piffaro/dp/B000EMT17C
  11. Thanks. Yes, Binchois Consort is excellent! I have that very album plus a few others by them on Hyperion. Many good ensembles on that label.
  12. Going to continue the polyphony binge over the weekend with this estimable set:
  13. Thanks for posting! For sure. I once had memorized extended periods of dialogue, but that's faded over the years. I've also seen all the later "mockumentaries" by the same group. Best In Show being the favorite (next to Spinal Tap, of course).
  14. Thanks, I might try that later. Also this, though "jazz" is used figuratively: But right now I'm listening to Discs 1-3 (various/Dufay, Dufay, Dufay), 4 (Binchois/Ockeghem). This is a good set.
  15. I hadn't listened to much polyphony for a long time, but something (maybe springtime?) triggered an urge, so Six discs of the box so far.
  16. The timeline isn't that clear to me. Some earlier recordings are straight-ahead, and some later works are extremely abrasive / noisy. But I'm not sure his style followed a smooth trajectory, because the dates of certain "conventional" and "weird" recordings are really close together. Granted I've so far shied away from the noisiest material such as Mass Hysterism, 😉 and don't have very many recordings.
  17. It's one of those "historically significant" albums. I got it pretty recently, am still evaluating. On first listen I was unimpressed, but am now liking it better. The album starts out as kind of straight-ahead but transitions (Free Form Suite) to exploratory and eventually outside. I'm partial to Takayanagi's late weird/noisy material, and the final track (3d movement of Free Form Suite) is very much in that wheelhouse. At this stage I'd say "interesting" rather than "essential", although that final track is really outstanding. At this point I overall prefer the Cool Jojo (straight-ahead, even Tristano style) and Takayanagi's Angry Waves 850113 (outside/noisy) albums somewhat. I don't regret getting this recording, however.
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