Guy Berger

It could also be a function of obsessive/completist documentation. Jarrett seems like the kind of person who would favor that.

it was a pretty long performance. Compared to what? My wife and I had a great time. We got to hear one of the most magical saxophone sounds in jazz, and he's still playing - just with less force than he used to. If you have never heard Pharoah in concert and he's playing near you, don't hesitate.

Yeah, I caught him too. Great show. He's got a great sense of humor but I was a little sad when I asked him why Ryan Ferreira wasn't with the group. "I can't afford to take a quintet on the road. I probably can't afford to take a quartet on the road."

My wife and I caught Pharoah Sanders and his quartet at SF Jazz last night (Ravi Coltrane is curating a "Coltrane legacy" weekend.) Pharoah sounded great as always on a mix of his originals and Coltrane-associated material, though it's pretty obvious that his stamina is waning (he sat out a lot of the 2nd set and his solos are shorter than they were a few years ago). The highlight was "Ole", with Ravi sitting in.

Hey folks - earlier this year I heard that ECM would be releasing an album of Mark Turner/Ethan Iverson duets this fall. Anyone know any further details on whether this is still happening?

And, on top of that, general ethical obligations/norms.

I think JSngry's take is the right one. (Though I'm guessing it's hard to determine which "off-label" releases are nevertheless legit in the sense that they're paying licensing fees to the radio channel?) As fans, it's enlightened self-interest for us to subsidize the maintenance of archives like this, whether by state radio channels or by the artists' estates. That said, if you are pretty sure that a release is illegitimate (i.e. they just downloaded it from THE SITE WHICH MUST NOT BE NAMED and are charging money for it) I'd say the opposite is true. Download the music for free and then spend the money on a worthy cause like Nessa Music!

So I've only listened to this a few times and I may be overreacting, but dang, this is a good one. Rhythmically it reminds me of Steve Coleman or Tim Berne's music at times (those pulsing, repeating ostinato rhythms), but the three-horn front line inevitably also recalls some of the inside/out BN efforts from the 1960s - Andrew Hill especially.

LF! I think it's Ben Webster & Associates

What about the liner notes where LP passively-aggressively trashes Coltrane?

I felt like I'm a hypocrite here since I tend to think like Iverson, but that felt like a series of contrarian and often self-contradictory views slapped together as a gripe about post-1960 jazz. What's the core thesis?

RIP. "Backwoods Song", "Timeless" and "East Virginia West Memphis" are among my favorite jazz, period, and his playing is a core part of why.

What do folks think of this recording? I recently listened to it for the first time and found myself enjoying it quite a bit! I thought it might be a little too abstract for my taste, but I was wrong.

Yup. Amazing. (The show has in general gotten much better along all dimensions over the past few seasons.)

Great movie!

I agree with Dan.

THIS IS EXCITING

Yes. Like any other sound it depends!

Vijay has a new one titled FAR FROM OVER coming out in late August on ECM - a sextet recording with Graham Haynes, Mark Shim, Steve Lehman, Stephan Crump & Tyshawn Sorey.

I saw Gateway at Yoshi's in the summer of 2001. Not sure if there's been anything more recent.

RIP Geri. One of the finest pianists of her generation.

That sucks. Hope she recovers quickly.

How was this album? The lineup looked promising.

I saw Potter + Virelles playing material from the album earlier this week. Ben Street and Dan Weiss were on drums. Outstanding, one of the best jazz concerts I've seen in the last few years.

I heard one track from this - "Avian Kingdom" - on Pandora. Wow! Reminded me of those great Vesala albums from the late 80s/early 90s. Maybe I'll check out the entire album. Guy