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Since the "shred" version of this (which might actually be preferable) was recently posted on the forum, I have to be a smartass and throw in: 🤮

For a moment I hallucinated Keiko Matsui and did a double take.😄 Ambivalent about the ezz-thetics reissues (especially incomplete ones), but they're easier to obtain than the original recordings

Thanks. I already placed a cdjapan order and decided to roll the dice anyway. "OK" isn't so bad...if the recording turns out to be a lemon I might offer it on discogs.

Oh yeah, it's an excellent series. I'd be happy to own any volume. But having missed out on the original releases, only the (extremely good) Volume 1 is easy to acquire on CD (it periodically shows up in DG's sale bin for some reason). Download seems to be the way to go for the others.

Thanks, I'll probably get this one, but in CD format. Experience says to "carpe diem", as these don't stay in print long. Strangely, I own only the first disc in the series. Though tunes from various recordings I own have been included in later installments. The "private" aspect of this one means that everything will be new.

Thanks. The track on bandcamp is cool indeed. I kinda shy away from having recordings like this around the house, as they encourage (further) doubts about my sanity. 🤣 I've been listening to some early Takayanagi as mostly a straight-ahead player, even Tristanoite. He sure evolved over the years.

🤣 I had to google, and the spelling apparently is GAZORN[I]NPLAT, but that's effin' awesome!

Yes, it's an excellent solo. Thanks to Allen for posting. I'm old, but only got seriously into jazz this century, starting in the early oughts. I very early on read a lot of WM's polemics, and they turned me off to such an extent that I never really considered exploring his music. But I've never trashed his music, just the polemics. Still don't care to purchase recordings, but will explore some stuff of the appropriate vintage on Youtube and the like (not into streaming).

Thanks. I'd noticed they're double CDs. Will pass. Availability (at cdjapan, or more rarely DG) has a lot to do with the albums I bring up, as much of the discography is hard to find. Anything w. Lacy is automatic, but the only one I managed to find so far is the Paris session #1, Song of Soil. Have at least 3 recordings with Satoh: Palladium, Spiritual Nature and So What. Just noticed this later one is available: https://www.discogs.com/release/11307496-Masahiko-Togashi-Masahiko-Satoh-Emerge-Live-At-Egg-Farm-2001-

I don't think so. I always got the impression new booklet / essay / notes form an essential part of the Mosaic cachet.

I (perhaps self-consciously) prefer to think of it as "contemplative", "spiritual" or the like...🤣

Thanks. The jazz/free jazz label doesn't bother me, I think a lot of later Togashi recordings don't fit neatly into those bins. For instance, I'm likely to purchase A Day of the Sun (with Isao Suzuki) which might be subject to the same qualifier.

Has anyone heard any of the Togashi-(Yuji) Takahashi duo recordings? There's Twilight (1977) plus live recordings from 1988, 1989 (which adds Haruna Miyake) and 1995. Curious about these, have only managed to listen to part of Twilight, which isn't too convincing. Would ordinarily order one or two sight unseen, but have some doubts concerning the electronics (synthesizer).

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Strongly agreed. I always thought Miles's involvement with that autobiography consisted of speaking into a tape recorder for a few hours.

Yes, I'm attracted to all their German festival collections, but this is the only one I bought, before hearing about the label's dodginess. I also own a few single CDs from the label. Very strangely, they feature attractive packaging which is generally not characteristic of boot/pirate outfits. I have seen a claim to the effect that the collections trace back to the family who legitimately own the master tapes, but I'm not sure how credible that is.

I rather like Dauner (though not his heavily electrified stuff), so had a listen on Youtube. Well, this album is exactly what I don't care for, and I bailed after less than five minutes. Ouch.

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I didn't keep any records either. Kind of ashamed to say that (after living about an hour away for 20+ years) that I've never even attended a concert at the Levon Helm Studios...between travel and the fact I don't listen to those types of performers so often. I think the fabled "Big Pink" house in Saugerties has been maintained as some kind of luxury rental. 😆

I have all the recordings in this series, but don't listen to them enough.