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Donald Harrison Jr. Presents The New Orleans Legacy Ensemble – Spirits Of Congo Square

Maggie Nicols, Matilda Rolfsson and Mark Wastell – Semiotic Drift

I really like this record.

Is this a new one? How do you find it?

Isotope is one band that I don't think gets mentioned much. They're stuck behind more substantial British fusion leaders like Soft Machine, Nucleus, Jeff Beck and Brand X, and I'm not sure that they have their own unique identity. But their records are sometimes more directly on point for the genre than those bands. Currently listening to this one (which isn't their best but shows how they could crank out records without seeming slick):

I really fell in love with that one after hearing it given pride of place in the sequencing on a Mr. Scruff comp of all things during my university years.

Thank you!

Bill Dixon - Intents and Purposes

Thanks! Great response and lots to listen to.

Ha! Library music big band funk from what appears to have been the official orchestra of Austria's national broadcaster. I can't imagine the BBC putting out a cover like that. It is very good stuff though. Hot blooded.

The Scottish vocalist. I've never been sure whether she is entirely my cup of tea but then again I haven't really tried yet. Are there any fans on here? And if so what do they recommend?

Fantastic. This is really great stuff. I am looking forward to the Schweizer, and intrigued by the forthcoming one.

First listen to this and enjoying it.

ORF Bigband / Karel Krautgartner – Eleven Steps

This is a very nice idea. Although we on the board probably don't see it so much, Pharaoh Sanders is now regarded by younger jazz and non-jazz listeners as occupying a place in the highest chambers of jazz royalty, along with Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Mingus etc. Despite that, these Theresa records are comparatively hard to find and will represent something new for those listeners, who are mostly versed only in his Impulse! and StrataEast periods. I really think that this is a smart idea for Mosaic and very judiciously chosen. Also, John Hicks!

I assume she just wanted a subject. The First Book of Enoch is famous for being used in Ethiopian Christianity which is why I think she picked it. (The liner notes hint at that, although they are pretty neutral, for an Angel Bat Dawid release.) She has just released another record about travelling to Nabta Playa so perhaps she is pivoting to more of a African-centred 'spiritual' concept after maybe having run out of steam with what she was doing. I haven't listened to the other new record yet but I think it has some Don Cherry influence. I still like her first records (which were part of that incredible burst of energy coming out of International Anthem about 6 years ago) and I keep up with her releases. I think she may have become a bit of a creative casualty of recent trends, but I am pleased to see that she is at least trying something a bit different.

Joseph Jarman and Anthony Braxton - Together Alone

Axel Dorner, Clare Cooper and Cor Fuhler - Crax Bill Evans Group – Let The Juice Loose - Bill Evans Group Live At Blue Note Tokyo

I think it is quite a while. I recall seeing it during the pandemic.

Nebulous.

The next one 4/5 is excellent. I see I am beaten to the punch. Yes. The three main ones, in Charlesworth's translation (I haven't kept up my Ge'ez and old Church Slavonic have been getting rusty since I left primary school).

John Lurie - Fishing With John (Original Music From The Series By John Lurie)

High praise.

Angel Bat Dawid - A modern cosmic apocalyptic sonic discourse for The Book of Enoch First listen to this. It seems pretty bad. Like a Stereolab offcut.

There have been a few recent references to Wolfgang Dauner's label Mood (and according to Discogs co owned by Volker Kriegel, Albert Mangelsdorff and Ack Van Rooyen). I don't really know the label other than the UJ+RE. Are there any records on it that others recommend?