Rabshakeh

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?

Any music with rhythm is maths jazz (counting). The only non-maths jazz form of music so far discovered is unaccompanied Tuvan Throat Singing.

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet - Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet

Sue Lynch and Regan Bowering ‎– Sax and Drums I always understand "maths" in musical prefix terms to just mean "has jarring changes in time signatures". A way of saying "proggy" without also suggesting that the music might be lame.

Gabriele Mitelli, John Edwards and Mark Sanders – Three Tsuru Origami

Aja Monet - When The Poems Do What They Do This is a jazz poetry record that I have been enjoying recently. Monet's poetry isn't very good (she is very much a product of academia), but she's learned her lessons well from records at least and she knows what delivery works in this context. The band is great. The artist formerly known as Christian Scott, the Pinderhughes sisters (who I don't know but for whom I will look out for) and several others. Sleek modern spiritual jazz. Maybe I am just getting old and more tolerant of this stuff, but I liked this record. Black Eagle Jazz Band - Gretna 1982 Now streaming this really top notch Dixieland circuit record from 1982 via YouTube, after a mention of it in this month's Syncopated Times.

It was reissued by Fresh Sounds.

Leroy Hutson – Hutson

John Hicks – Impressions Of Mary Lou Only my first time listening to this, but damn it is good. I love Hicks so I am surprised that it only came to my notice recently.

Cappy Lewis - Get Happy With Cappy

What is the third of them?

Thanks My worst is first hand record shops that sell records, pot plants and coffee table books. They always have an espresso machine. Online vinyl culture loves them. There's only one kind of record shop I want to visit and that is the one that stocks stuff that I cannot otherwise purchase. That means second hand shops only.

Arthur Blythe - Metamorphosis