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I feel obligated to meet you before you move back to CT, when hopefully we will run into each other with some frequency.

I just put it on my calendar. A Sunday afternoon should be doable for me.

Last night - Jill Scott. I don't listen to as much music outside of jazz as I used to, but Ms. Scott is someone I will always make an effort to hear live when I have the opportunity.

I made it down Saturday. I sat in the third row to try to reduce some of the anticipated sound issues. Although not great, for the most part the sound from my seat was listenable. For me, the sound affected the Laubrock set the most. At times it was difficult to distinguish the koto, tuba and piano when everything was happening at once. Musically, most of the sets were solid, if not necessarily memorable. My friend and I both wished the Wadada Leo Smith-Aruan Ortiz duo - which was short at about 35 minutes - had a little more variety in mood, but as it was my first time hearing Smith live I am glad I had the chance to hear him. Malaby played the longest set of the night and it was a good one. Again, although the sound was not ideal, both tuba and cello were audible from my seat. Malaby himself did not really show any flashes of the remarkable abilities that Steve Reynolds is always raveing about, but for the most part he was effective. The Joelle Leandre-Gerald Cleaver-Mat Maneri set may have been the highlight of the day. For one thing they set up on the floor instead of the stage. As a result they were that much closer to the audience - and me in particular. They improvised three pieces - again not a very long set, but the interaction/communication between the three was on a very high level. First time hearing Leandre live and her mastery of the bass had me thinking about adding more of her recorded output to my collection. I have made it a goal the past few years to get down for at least one day of Vision Festival. As always, I am glad I made the trip even if I did not necesarrily hear anything that was life altering. I enjoy the scene for the day, and as an added bonus I did get a chance to say hello to our own hero Chuck Nessa.

Because I have a friend interested in taking the ride down that has never attended before, I will be going down on Saturday.

A few others I found searching on Amazon. I am not familiar with any of these recordings and any comments from those who are would be appreciated:

Of course those I am aware of. I am really thinking about recordings by musicians not featuring former collaborators of Coleman. In any event, the Old and new Dreams recordings are some of my personal favorites.

The following quote from a review of the Aki Takase/Silke Eberhard recording mentioned above (which I have ordered) by Art Lange resonates with me as a reason why compared to other great jazz composers, Coleman's music is not covered as often: http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD13/PoD13FickleSonance.html

Almost forgot the first recording on this band featured Ornette Coleman compositions.

This one, however, is a good one:

As I continue to dig I keep finding more in my collection. I recall having mixed feelings about this one:

Guess I had a couple more in my collection that I did not think about earlier:

This is a recent one featuring Italian musicians that I enjoyed.

Another one in my collection that I picked up in the $1 racks at my local independent retailer is a 2012 recording on Origin by the Todd Bishop Group titled Little Played Little Bird. I was not familiar with Bishop before this recording, but thought it was a solid attempt at Ornette's music.

Since Ornette Coleman passed away my listening has focused on his discography. I started from the earliest recordings in his discography in my collection, and I intend to continue in chronological order. The past two days have been the Blue Note recordings, Love Call and New York Is Now. Once I get through all of the recordings lead by Coleman I plan to spend time with recordings featuring his key collaborators like Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Dewey Redman, etc. After that I think it might be interesting to check out recordings by musicians outside Coleman's inner circle performing his music. I know a couple - such as Joe Rosenberg's A Tribute To Ornette Coleman (although Dewey Redman is actually featured on that one), Eric Boeren's Joy of A Toy, and a couple of others that I can't name at the moment. There are countless recordings dedicated to the music of the likes of Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and other icons of the music, by artists who had no direct interaction with the source of their inspiration. Are there many other recordings out there featuring Ornette compositions predominantly performed by musicians other than musicians closely associated with the genius himself?

If I did not have a conflict I would catch the band in Marlboro. I have been to the Falcon recently and it is a nice venue. Hope you guys get a good turnout. When I heard the Aruan Ortiz trio there about fifteen people were in the audience.

Thursday, April 30, 2015 – 8pm - $12 general public / $7students JASON KAO HWANG’S BURNING BRIDGE - Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Andrew Drury (drums) and Ken Filiano (bass), Joseph Daley (tuba), Sun Li (pipa), Steve Swell (trombone) and Wang Guowei (erhu) Bezanson Recital Hall - University of Massachusetts - Amherst, MA

PM sent re: William Parker - I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield - (AUM Fidelity) big band with a choir and Amiri Baraka Co Strieff/Russ Johnson Quartet - In Circles - (Intakt)

I think you are confusing the intent a little. I do not think it is supposed to sound like Charlie Parker at all. The compositions may be based on Parker compositions and solos, but otherwise Mahanthappa intended it to sound like nothing, but Mahanthappa.

Great article. Cleaver is one of my favorite drummers and one of my favorite people that I have met in the music world.

Tonight: Rob Mazurek Black Cube SP @ The Parlor Room at Signature Sounds, Northampton, MA

I picked up the CD yesterday at my local brick & mortar retailer. Hope to give it a listen within the next few days.

The Great Vision Concert on Ayler with Harrison Bankhead is the definition of sublime.

Trying to be a man of my word I just sent my advance order.

I LOVE that trio. Wondering if they played free improvisations or some of Ches' wonderful compositions. It was all composed music. I have yet to be completely won over by Smith, but I did enjoy this more than I did These Arches. The compositions for this trio worked better for me. This was my first time hearing Maneri live. He seems to be having equipment difficulties during the second set. He was using a borrowed viola and the clip he uses for the amplification did not fit properly. In any event, he was impressive. Taborn as always was fabulous. Enjoyable night out.