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It does not seem to be released yet.

I meant I would be interested in hearing an official recording with the quartet with Malaby, Turner and Frisell.

Although I am extremely tardy in responding to another recent BFT, I would like to participate in this one as well. Download will be fine for me.

The site-which-must-not-be-named had two or three of these shows up. I haven't listened to them yet. I listened to the first one uploaded and samples of the other two. Excellent recordings and very good music. I think Motian should try to record with this ensemble.

I do not own an mp3 player and rarely listen to mp3s. In the car - only CD (occassional cassette when I want to listen to some of the mix tapes I made years ago) Computer at work - CD and FLAC files of ROIOs..

Are you enjoying the music?

That, I do not know. Previously I ordered actual CDs from jazzos.

I see that the Boltro disc is available on demand from jazzos.com. There is also an Di Modugno Organ Trio recording with a different title, but with a track list that includes compositions by Mingus, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea, Jimi Hendrix, Blue Mitchell and Horace Silver. I have ordered from jazzos.com in the past and found them to be reliable.

I heard the group at its Jazz Standard whow. Really looking forward to hearing the recording.

All names familiar to me, but it is sort of embarrasing I did not hear Fujii. - I own that recording.

PM sent re: The Cosmosamatics (Sonny Simmons/Michael Marcus, etc) - Free Within the Law - (Not Two) 7 Steve Davis - Images - (Positone) 5 trombone-led postbop sextet Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth - Deluxe - (Clean Feed) 8 Sextet w/ Malaby, Taborn, Cleaver, etc Jim Rotondi / Joe Locke 5tet - 1000 Rainbows - (Positone) 5 tpt-vibes modern jazz Matthew Shipp - Cosmic Suite - (Not Two) 7 quartet w/ D. Carter, J. Morris, W. Dickey

Sign me up for a download.

Amusing, but apparently not true. I shared this with my boss (yes - my boss knows that occassionally instead of doing some of this critical legal work on my desk I take a moment or two to use company resources to search the internet) who informed me that the story was around years before Katrina. The only difference is the subsitution of the FHA for an unnamed bank. In any event, I thought it was clever.

I do not believe the Smalls Live label and the Smalls Records label that issued recordings by Frank Hewitt, Chris Byars, Sacha Perry, etc are affilated. Although inspired by the music from the original Smalls Jazz club, the latter label seems to be pretty much run singlehandley by Luke Kaven, who has no interest in the current club. The Smalls Live Label I am pretty sure is the baby of the club.

PM sent re: Scott Dubois Quintet (w/ David Liebman, Loren Stillman, Thomas Morgan: on Soul Note) - Monsoon $5 Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite $3 Harris Eisenstadt (w/ Jeff Parker, Jason Adasiewicz, Jeb Bishop, and Jason Roebke) - The Soul And Gone $4 David Murray Black Saint Quartet Featuring Cassandra Wilson – Sacred Ground $2 Nicholas Payton – Into The Blue (no liner notes) $3

1. This is an adventurous big band performance. The tenor sax solo and the band’s support during that solo were very interesting. My attention wandered a bit during the bass solo, but that is more than likely a reflection of my own short attention span. I made an effort to refocus during the trombone solo, but his/her contribution did not make a significant impression on me. I can’t identify any of the musicians. An interesting track – I would not mind hearing more of this group. 2. This is a relatively easy one. I am pretty certain it is the Dave Holland big band. Holland’s music, regardless of the size of the band is very distinctive. It is not necessarily extending any boundaries, but it is a personal sound. When I can avoid thinking that everything I hear has to be innovative, I really enjoy simply listening to Holland’s music. This big band track is no exception with nice playing from everyone involved. 3. Sweet performance of “I Want To Talk To You” (I think?). Something about the way the saxophones are voiced reminds me of Odean Pope’s Saxophone Choir – although I do know this is not Pope. The featured saxophonist sounds familiar and held my attention. Nice arrangement. Solid performance overall. 4. This reminded me of a recent recording by Eddie Allen’s Aggregation – a recording which I enjoyed a lot. After checking the time for this track against the AMG listing for the Allen record it appears this is not from that recording. In any event, this may be my favorite track so far. Everything about it – the composition, the arrangement and the soloists – kept me engaged. Nice one. I would purchase this for my own collection. 5. Not sure how I feel about this track. It is not something I see myself being motivated to investigate further. I think it got most interesting to me during the last section after the four minute mark when the tempo picked up and the piece had the feel of a chase scene from a suspense/thriller movie. The tenor did remind me of Getz. 6. My initial reaction on first listen is that this is a very interesting track that I want to find time for more attentive listening. 7. The soprano saxophonist has to be Steve Lacy, but the sound of the piano is freaking me out. I am no good with song titles, but I believe it is Monk’s “Ruby My Dear”. The bass and drums are so understated that it almost feels like a saxophone-piano duet. Love the saxophone playing, but undecided how I feel about the pianist’s contribution. 8. The bass line hear reminds me of one of the lines Haden played on an early Ornette track – I think “Ramblin” or something like that. The arrangement here has some shifting sections in the beginning before the solos begin. At times it also has a slight feel of Abdullah Ibrahim. The bass line evolves somewhat during the effective statement by trumpet. Restrained, but solid solo by the trombone. I have no idea who this is, but overall I think this one competes with the fourth track as my favorite on the compilation. I would purchase this recording.

Possible confirmation. improvised communications

Another PM on the way for: Crispell ,Marilyn – Storyteller (ECM) $8 * Harris ,Barry – The Bird of Red and Gold (Xanadu) $5 Hemingway ,Gerry – Waltzes, Two-Steps, Other Matters of the Heart (GM) $8 Rivers ,Sam – Trio Live (Impulse) $10

I would like to participate.

PM on the way re: Curson ,Ted – Sugar ‘N Spice (Level Green) M. Cochrane $3 Jackson ,Milt – Quartet (Prestige) H.Silver 20-bit K2 $6 Lovano ,Joe/Hank Jones – I’m All For You (Blue Note) $3 Lyons ,Jimmy/Andrew Cyrille – Something in Return (Black Saint) $7 Mengelberg, Misha/Steve Lacy – Dutch Masters (Black Saint) $6 Murray ,David – Waltz Again (Justin Time) $4

Thanks. I have been wondering about the Jackson did. I have thorougly enjoyed everything I have heard with him so far.

I have been considering trying to catch some of those sets.

PM sent re: Ellery Eskelin -- Quiet Music (prime source) (2 CDs) $6 ... (not available at amazon. New from Eskelin = $20) Harold Land -- Harold in the Land of Jazz (contemporary / ojc) $4 John Blum -- Astrogeny Quartet (eremite) $4 Rob Reddy -- A Hundred Jumping Devils (reddy music) $4 ... (lowest price on amazon = $20)

PM sent re: Steve Lehman Quartet -- Manifold (clean feed) $6 Rodrigo Amado, Kent Kessler, Paal Nilssen-Love -- Teatro (European Echoes) $4 Carla Bley and her Remarkable Big Band -- Appearing Nightly (watt) $4 Ben Goldberg Quintet -- The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The fact (cryptogramaphone) $4 Lisbon Improvisation Players -- Motion (clean feed) $4

I heard this group in April without Colligan. They played mostly well known DeJohnette tunes. Mahanthappa at times incorporated the"kinsmen" tone in to his playing to good effect. Very enjoyable performance.