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I am going to try to get down for at least one day.

That is unfortunate. Some very good music on that label - not only European, but also all of Steve Coleman's recent recordings were on the label and we can't forget the great Bunky Green disc from a couple of years ago.

All you have to do is to contact him: hiroshi@earlyrecords.com Thank you.

So how does someone order from Hiroshi?

PM set re: Adderley, Cannonball/Jackson, Milt – Things Are Getting Better Coltrane, John – Coltrane Davis, Miles – Collectors' Items Monk, Thelonious – Misterioso Monk, Thelonious – Monk's Music

Okay Jim you got me. There are a few young musicians on the recording that I enjoy in addition to Wolf, so I ordered it.

Pm sent re: Red Garland Quintet- All Mornin' Long- Prestige, 20bit K2 Red Garland- Red Garland's Piano- on Prestige, 20bit K2

My apologies to Bill for my tardiness in responding. I listened to it a couple of times immediately after downloading it, but then got very busy with work and traveling. I have not read anything else before posting my own responses here. 1. Interesting guitar-drums and maybe bass performance. I like this sort of edgy, clean toned guitar playing. Toward the end there were some glimpses of Metheny’s tone, but not enough for me to confidently commit. Interesting track. 2. Trombone-piano duet. It could be a French horn. It is an effectively moody piece, but after several listens it did not make any significant impressions on me. 3. A saxophone/clarinet ensemble. The tune has a tango feel to it. The only comparable ensembles I am familiar with are the World Saxophone Quartet and possibly the Julius Hemphill Sextet. I am fairly certain this is not either of those groups. In any event, the performance peaked my interest enough to consider possibly hearing more by the group. 4. Piano-bass-drums trio. The bass could be a cello. My favorite track so far. It could be one of the Dutch groups or possibly someone like Simon Nabatov. Love the tension in the pianist’s playing as he/she gradually deconstructs the familiar tune. The string solo tells me that it is a bass and not cello. Very intriguing performance. 5. Trumpet-guitar-drums. The trumpeter sounds like Dave Douglas. It could be his Tiny Bell Trio. I am pretty sure it is Douglas and the drummer does sound like Jim Black to me, so I will go out on a limb and guess it is the Tiny Bell Trio. I have mixed feelings about Douglas. I have heard some stuff by him that I have loved such as his sextet recordings and a live concert I saw with Roswell Rudd. Other stuff just bores me. Can’t say he does not take chances though. I have not heard much of the Tiny Bell Trio, but assuming this is them, this performance would lean toward the stuff from Douglas that I like. Of course, if it is not Douglas then everything I just wrote was a waste of time. 6. Sounds like Rabih Abou-Khalil or another group with middle eastern or possibly Indian influences. It certainly is exotic and the clarinet solo reinforces the overall texture. As the song goes on I am now convince it is not Abou-Khalil – the guitar solo is outside I have ever heard from him and honestly takes away from the performance for me. Without the guitarist this would be very interesting. 7. This is the second track from this recording PR. Very distinctive clarinetist – I was listening to his recordings intensely for a while. Also, his biography, The Traveler, is a fairly interesting read. Thumbs up for this one. 8. tenor-piano-bass-drums. I want and feel like I should be intrigued, but sorry to say this particular track did not move me much. I would like to hear another track by this group, because I do like the tenor’s sound and would be willing to give them another chance on something with a little more overt structure. 9. Tuba-sax-trumpet-drums. Great stuff. It is an Ornette tune and the trumpeter even has some Cherry-like splashes. The saxophonist is very familiar, but I can not positively identify any one at this moment. 10. This is the most up beat, swinging, straight ahead track we have heard so far. No fault of the music, but I got distracted for a moment. For the most part I enjoyed what I heard, but it does not give the same kind of stimulation many of the other tracks did. 11. Wow, another happy piano trio. Solid playing, but not as interesting to me as the preceding track. 12. The disc ends with some more tension filled piano playing ala Cecil Taylor with the incomparable Steve Lacy on soprano. Every time I heard Cecil from this period I am more convinced that this is some of the most amazing piano playing I have heard.

Two more on CIMP, both recorded in 2005 Ancestral Link Hotel Pam Africa

Is there a Mingus bio that the assembled masses here finds acceptable?

That's a reissue of a 1964 Savoy album that featured Dixon with a larger ensemble on one side, and Shepp with the New York Contemporary Five on the other. It's a very good album which, unlike the Shepp/Dixon quartet date, has been reissued several times, including a CD reissue from 2001. Thank you. I saw the CD reissue of that recording. I was wondering whether it was possibly the earlier recording under another name. Since the LP is only $5.00 I would have picked it up if it was.

This looks like something I would like to hear. I checked www.gemm.com and they have the LP listed for $289. A little beyond my budget in these tough economic time. There is another BYG LP listed on amazon titled Consequences. Anyone have any idea what that is?

Her contributions on the two discs by french horn player Mark Taylor, QuietLand and Circle Squared are excellent.

Count me in for your first assault on our ears.

Russell Malone Quartet

You got me.

I am familiar with everyone in the Green group except the bassist. All worth hearing.

Has anyone heard anything about Finn recently? Recently I listened to the Clean Feed release and I am just wondering whether he has been active at all the past couple of years. His website does not seem to have been updated since approximately 2005.

Not all of the performances at Firehouse 12 are really avant garde. For example, last Friday Jimmy Greene appeared with his quartet.

I hope to be able to get down to catch them at the Jazz Standard.

Yes and Yes. I have a 1991 Strata-East/Bellaphon CD of it. It's magnificent, as is all of the Tolliver from that period. Thanks, John. I have it on hold at Dusty G, but would be less likely to plunk down $30 for it if someone came out and said it sucked. I also have the Stata-East disc and concur with felser's opinion.

Firehouse 12 is a great place to hear music.

I had seen it before, but I found it very funny yet again. And speaking on behalf of the lawyer typing this post, I take no offense.

According to AMG, this album was reissued on a BGP twofer with Sure Nuff. I have the Acid Jazz reissue that also includes Sure Nuff, which I enjoyed. I will keep Black Magic in the back of my mind in the event I run across it.

Yes. It is a good one.