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Went to the Holyoke concert last night. one 90 minute set. Great show. the first 40 minutes or so followed in order the tunes on the cd. Everybody sight reading the material (other than Williams). Probably better later in the tour but last night was more than pretty good.

For Free from 7-9 PM after the record store closes. https://www.facebook.com/events/540904422924876/

http://www.atlasnewburgh.com/events/2017/11/18/jazz-at-atlas-presents-we-free-strings Hwang and Gwen Laster on violins, Alexander Waterman on cello, Melanie Dyer on viola, Ken Filiano on bass, Michael Wimberly on percussion.

Mars Williams Presents An Ayler Xmas in December Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer and bandleader Mars Williams presents An Ayler Xmas — The Music of Albert Ayler & Songs of Christmas on Saturday, December 2 at 8 PM at Atlas Studios, located at 11 Spring Street in Newburgh, NY. This concert will be a co-production of Elysium Furnace Works in collaboration with Jazz at Atlas. General admission will be $20 at the door. Ample onsite parking is available. For the last two of years, along with the annual Chicago performances, Williams has experimented by performing “An Ayler Xmas” in New Orleans, using local musicians. Building on their success this year, Williams expands his project by bringing it to select cities in the US and Europe featuring local improvisers from each host city. The tour will include the following citiies: Dec. 1 – Holyoke, MA Dec. 2 – Newburgh, NY Dec. 4 – New York Dec. 8 – New Orleans Dec.10 – Chicago Dec.15 – Vienna Dec.16 – Wells, Austria Dec.17 – Paris Dec.20 – Antwerp Dec.23 – Amsterdam For the Newburgh performance (and Holyoke -see link below), the musicians performing will include: Mars Williams – Saxophones, Toy Instruments Joe McPhee – Trumpets, Saxophones Joe Morris – Guitar Hilliard Greene – Bass Chris Corsano – Drums More information about the Holyoke concert: http://jazzshares.org/?p=977#more-977

If people need more information about the sun ra-dusted magazine has a lengthy review

Darktree records announced that it is issuing for the first time this recording: VINNY GOLIA WIND QUARTET JOHN CARTER BOBBY BRADFORD GLENN FERRIS LIVE AT THE CENTURY CITY PLAYHOUSE Los Angeles, 1979 VINNY GOLIA bois / woodwinds JOHN CARTER clarinette / clarinet BOBBY BRADFORD cornet / cornet GLENN FERRIS trombone / trombone This release includes a 12 pages booklet with great liner notes by Mark Weber, previously unpublished photos by Ron J. Pelletier and Mark Weber and some others rare documents. available in mid November 2017

They are issuing Joe McPhee's The Willisau Concert (Hat hut) and Sun Ra's Discipline 27-11 on cd for the first time

I was at the concert and it was fantastic

T.D. check out this lineup for August 20th in Pougheepsie: https://jazzinthevalleynewyork.ticketspice.com/jazz-in-the-valley-new-york-2017 Also, as mentioned in a different topic, Tim Berne's Snakeoil is playing in Newburgh on September 14: http://www.atlasnewburgh.com/events/2017/9/14/jazz-at-atlas-tim-bernes-snakeoil-featuring-oscar-noriega-matt-mitchell-and-ches-smith

According to Michael Bisio's website, the concert has been rescheduled for August 13, 2017.

Could be interesting meeting of styles http://www.atlasnewburgh.com/events/2017/7/28/l24sp1jwh7nfsm59puk3av40n8w7b8

Michael Bisio with Joe McPhee and Kirk Knuffke in Kingston at 4 PM: http://michaelbisio.com/calendar.shtml Amir El Saffar's Two River Ensemble in Central Park, Schenectady (for free) at 7 PM: http://www.amirelsaffar.com/events/

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2018/1/27/0900/PM/Matthew-Shipp-Trio-Roscoe-Mitchell-Saxophone/

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There are several Venus 2 cd sets that package previously released cds and that do not have the "controversial" covers. For instance, Shepp's French Ballads (or Deja Vu) is combined with True Ballads. Kuhn's blue waltz is combined with the red waltz. The pricing is also better.

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The Tang Museum at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY will be presenting two concerts this week for FREE. 8 Pm on Thursday April 13, 2017 is Joe McPhee, Chris Corsano and Ephraim Asili. On Friday April 14, 2017 at 8 PM is Matana Roberts and Kamau Patton. Apparently these concerts are presented in connection with exhibit on Sun Ra that combined art with a mixtape. The exhibition runs from April 13-19th.

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good morning Sent message with list of cds that I am interested in

The November 30, 2016 release of Chick Corea's The Sun and Randy Weston's African Cookbook has been canceled by Universal Music Japan. This is reflected on CD Japan's website. The Marion Brown release Le Temps Fou is NOT similarly canceled.

Last Thursday night, the Swell concert that Relyles wrote about. Saturday night was the Mario Pavone Accordion project at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Sunday afternoon was Trio 3 at the same location.