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I have just seen that there is a jazz drummer named John Lewis, who among other things co-led a Strata-East record under the group name The Cosmic Twins. Obviously not the same man as the MJQ pianist John Lewis.

Her new record is pretty bland. I gave it a listen out of interest but didn't plan on revisiting.

I'm looking forward. I have never seen them together, and have only seen Parker in 'Sunday night pick up' setting, so I am hoping he is kept on his toes.

I am yes. This is the warm up. I am one ticket too many too.

Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio – Pakistani Pomade

Joseph Jarman and Don Moye - Black Paladins

Maybe the first time streamable for a few of them and the first time available as a paid download for the others. I think that's it, really. Non-news, sorry. I get excited because it is probably my favourite label, pound for pound.

I think it is oldish news. They have been gradually going up on Bandcamp for the last year. I'm not sure whether or not that constitutes a false alarm.

It looks like Black Saint and Soul Note are getting some sort of reissue programme.

Racer X with Paul Gilbert – Street Lethal Onyx - Bacdafucup This was big stupid fun back in the day.

Just a superb piece of music. One of the first major pieces I would play to anyone to illustrate how wonderful modernist music was. Without wanting to bring the tone down, I may be guilty of having fallen in love with Boulez after buying the Zappa record that he conducted as a teenager. That is a terrible, contemptuous, record (no more than Zappa's greatly overrated "serious" music deserved in my view, although I am still a big Zappa guy) and nobody comes out of it looking good, but it lodged the name in my head at a young age.

I read that. I was pleased to see it in the Guardian, which increasingly doesn't acknowledge this kind of music. One of the great masters of the 20th century, to my mind.

Interesting...

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll definitely look out for him when he tours. It slots in nicely with the likes of Scofield or Metheny without sounding at all like them.

Nir Felder - III A nice example of amiable populist guitar jazz that is pretty creative, recommended by someone on the board last night. Felder has some unique ideas. It feels a bit out of its own time, sadly.

Is it good?

Manilla Road – Crystal Logic

Faidra – Six Voices Inside

Marian McPartland – Piano Cocktail McPartland's royalty-free piano trio record for British library music label KPM. And now streamable on Spotify. I don't know whether they have to pay production houses like KPM or not.

LaMont Johnson – Burned By The Passion

I always see the left shoulder as a mitten peaking over the side of the guitar.

LaMont Johnson – Nine... A Mystical, Musical Allegory Really impressed by every one of his records so far.

Is that quite unlikely? I subscribe for the free stuff but I certainly don't pay for Ted (I pay for others). Substackers here can confirm but I think that paid subscribers are a fraction of subscribers. Ted should.still be making decent money from it, though. He's one of the bigger names on the platform.

Just watched it. Please would someone give me that sort of confidence. "If you go online, you get what you wanted..."

I think Ted Gioia should do a quality comparison between classic bagpipe Italo-library records and modern Spotify ghost bagpipe playlist tracks. Then write about it in short sentences. If Ted publishes that article, I will subscribe for life.