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I enjoyed it more second time around. I thought that Pukwana isn't that distinctive here, but Mengelberg is in good form. My family are all big Pukwana fans so I have happy feelings towards any record he is on. Which is the Tchicai?

Musica Elettronica Viva - The Sound Pool (BYG, 1970)

Amazing, how it works...

Dudu Pukwana's Yi Yole (1978)

There's always 1984.

Great! I was wondering when 1983 was coming.

It seems to be the time for it, what with "spiritual jazz" and Strata-East both being hot property. I'd be interested to know what they do with the sound. The original had quite a raw and earthy mix, to be polite about it.

There's some potent evil stored in those shelves... Basically, since the record player is mostly played whilst people are socialising or eating, my wife (who enjoys good music but doesn't really remember names) needs to know that she can pick something out that looks nice and for it not to have any Arthur Doyle on it.

Thanks! A surprisingly open minded selection: Petrowsky on FMP right next to "The Janaer Old Timers' mit Banjo und Tuba, which I am willing to bet would have sat oddly with Mr. J Gebers.

I'm always interested to see how many other people have vinyl dens / man caves. I have always had my collection in a main room (currently in a glass backed cocktail bar in our dining room / kitchen that my wife designed for the records on a whim without telling me). It means that the number of records has to be kept down, and the records have to be sociable (although I have a "dark corner"), so it has never been a serious long term solution to anything, but at least that helps reign in my worst instincts.

Faith in the ingenuity of humanity: restored. Thanks for posting.

How does the music escape from the record room to the music room? Or is the record room the storage area from which records are carried to the music room? I am aware from past posts that you migrate along with the natural yearly cocktail cycle, much like our ancestors have done since time immemorial.

Are these records you treasure too much to play? Or do you sometimes take them down and out of the frames?

Konkan Dance (rec. ,1972) by Amancio D'Silva It is a shame that jazz with tablas outside of a self-conscious fusion setting did not become more commonplace, because it really works here. I love the bass lines too.

Good summary. I agree that the actual trumpet playing has aged quite well. Never heard Miles' Viene. Something exciting for this evening. I also need to revisit Henriksen. It's been a while. Meanwhile, I'm finishing up: The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Fanfare for the Warriors (Atlantic, 1973) A good period of the AEC, between Paris and ECM, that I don't revisit enough. Nice to hear them with Abrams on piano. "What's To Say" is a great tune.

Give it another spin. I'm interested to know how you think. It is very Jazz Cafe in the 1990s. I can smell the frizzly white dreads.

I really like how raw the synths sound.

Now on: Nils Petter Molvær's Khmer (ECM, 1997). Nothing dates worse than yesterday's hip attempt at crossover. Now cleansing the ears with the real deal. Blue Note have just released a range of tee shirts. For whatever reason, one of the initial launch is the cover of The Prophetic.... It is prominently featured in promotional photographs. It's a great image, but I'm surprised that whichever set of ghouls currently inhabits the facade of Blue Note thought that this image was the one to use, or that they were even aware that the Blue Note Legacy Back catalogue Monetisation Pool (TM) includes an artist named Herbie Nichols. Edit: It is a tie in with Uniqlo. https://www.bluenote.com/blue-note-uniqlo-ut-t-shirt-collection/ I think this explains it: presumably the designers got first say and went for designs that might shift tee shirts. Hence a tendancy towards the abstract artworks of the earlier releases and not the more famous Reid Miles designs.

I'm a strong believer in avoiding meat and diary when cooking and allowing onions, celery, garlic and spices some time in the sun. It's amazing how much fun you can have with those flavours when you cut the other flavours out. Also, what Leonard Cohen said.

Gyorgy Szabados - Az Esküvö (1974) Now on: Exodus to Jazz by Eddie Harris (Vee-Jay, 1961).

Interested I views on the nonet albums and their respective merits. I had some good fun with Yes Yes, Nonet yesterday evening, although at times it is like listening to a piano trio with a rotating cast of saxophones sitting in.

It caught my attention too for the exact.same reason. They're two musicians who you never turn down. The two of them together... I'd have liked Hicks a bit higher in the mix, is my only comment. It feels like a sax/drums duo at times.

It is one of my all time most kick-yourself-for-missing-it-est gigs.

Angles - Every Woman Is A Tree (Clean Feed, 2008)

Seriously good.