Rabshakeh

That's right. He does a sort of RnB one note rhythmic honk that builds excitement and rhythm. (At least he does on tracks two and three, that's as far as I have got.)

I like how it navigates between fire music on one hand and on the other hand the possibilities inherent in Monk / Rouse.

Kenny Davern And Dick Wellstood – Never In A Million Years... Homework for the now inevitable Gen Z Dixieland and Trad jazz revival.

I think it is my favourite by that group. I also rarely remember to listen to KJ's groups of that era but am pleasantly surprised when I do.

Beny Moré – Magia Antillana

This is an extremely gratuitous armpit shot. Now on to track two. What a great track. The drunkenly percussive Monkish interplay between Thomas and Wright is just great. I'm listening to this having purchased it through Bandcamp. A bargain as far as I am concerned.

Matt Darriau Paradox Trio With Theodosii Spassov – Gambit

It was featured on Jazz Wax a while back. Really love the cover.

Ahmed - Giant Beauty On the first track so far. Not much to say other than that it is very good. I like [Ahmed] a lot. The first CD is very fierce stuff and good to hear Seymour Wright hit this hard without it just sounding like a blowfest.

Any recommendations for Rome? I'll be there for a few days from Tuesday. Not sure how much record shopping I'll get in but would be good to see.

Well done! Nice to see that Jazz Times is not just back, but also back.

Devin Daniels Quintet – LesGo! I have been listening to end of year lists over the last few days. This was one that I expected not to like, but I'm really quite impressed by it. Very much modern straight ahead jazz. It has a pinch of Ayler and Ornette in the mix (the marching band trumpet, really) although it is own thing, and certainly not free jazz. But crucially, it is not boring! Which is more than can be said for most jazz on end of year lists over the past twenty years.

Fennesz – Endless Summer

Joachim Kühn Trio – Interchange Allen Lowe And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra – Louis Armstrong's America Volume 1 Second listen to this. Still get to grips with it.

Oh no!

Pat Thomas – The Solar Model Of Ibn Al-Shatir

Alan Lamb – Night Passage Pleased to see this reissued. I remember listening to it in the university library back in the 00s. Very impressed by it. One of the best jazz vocal records I have heard in a while. This is my first listen though. In terms of how it is, it at the further end of bop vocals, verging on free. Most songs have lyrics added. There is strong integration of the group. Full of personality whilst clearly being a descendent of the likes of Betty Carter.

Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols Sung – Life Is Funny That Way

We talked a bit about The Wire upthread a little. I have purchased a few recent issues and it seems to be improving in quality. Less of the near-AI institutional artspeak increasingly reviews that aren't afraid to be critical.

You never know. Marsh and Konitz tend to hang around in London record shops. Someone needs to figure out how to rebrand them as spiritual jazz.

A stream, but v interesting to know they have.

Just following up on this. Shouldn't the collection box be going around?.

Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Al Levitt and Peter Ind – London Concert

Oh yeah!

Ablution – Ablution