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Currently also incredibly rare due to yeast shortages as a result of the pandemic.

Got it!

Martin Blume, Wilbert de Joode, and John Butcher - Low Yellow

Ah hah!

Human Arts Ensemble - Under The Sun (1974). I had never heard of The Society of the Creatively Concerned of Boston (TSOCC). Either way, this is a hell of a lot of fun.

What is it? I feel like Pat Thomas might be the one musician whose stock has actually risen over lockdown. He's released the best albums of his career (my opinion) and is finally getting a few mentions. A close friend of mine who isn't even a jazz fan sees Pat Thomas as symbolic of "going out" (my fault: OTO) and texts me every time he's mentioned.

Gianni Gebbia - People in Motion (2016) Quite a rough listen this early in the morning.

Thanks Second the Ivo / Nate on BA. Have you had a chance to listen to any others?

Just rebought Engraved for a family member’s birthday because I love it so much.

Therese also been tribute type albums too, e.g. to Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk or Lennie Tristano. Braxton standards sets tend to be pretty divisive. He generally hands out pretty tough treatment to the tunes, which, depending on your view, is either a sign of a genius reinterpretation or a sign of someone who can't play / hasn't bothered to rehearse. Its provocative stuff. I'm personally half/half, but I don't really know the "more recent" (in the sense of post his entry into academia in 1985) standards sets. I'd be interested to know if anyone thinks any of them in particular stand out, including the new set.

I half expected it would be something like that. Oh well.

Still not convinced it’s the right one?

Thanks, good info.

A slight left turn, but I am currently listening to Alan Silva's Transmissions from 2000. I'm taken by Oluyemi Thomas on C Melody saxophone. Does anyone know anything about him? The liner notes say he's from the west coast of the USA. I don't think I have any other records with him on.

I like it.

Sorry to be very naive and childlike, but i had the uninformed idea that Tone Poet was for rereleases of the Blue Note back catalogue. Is whichever megacorp operating subsidiary that has the rights to monetarisation of their legacy IP just throwing in Pacific titles into the mix now too?

Thanks. Fundamentally, I wish that Braxton did what CT did with the Berlin set, and release separate albums in small runs. I will never in a million years have 12 hours free to listen to anything. If this was 6 double CDs (or, better yet, just 3 or 4 double CDs), I would be far more interested.

What is the GTM record that you rate? I'm always into being proved wrong. Did you purchase the set that you saw?

Anthony Braxton – 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12, 2021) Okay. I was preparing myself to be not very interested in this one. I have been pretty unimpressed by Braxton's output for a while now (starting with the GTMs), and I didn't like the hype that this one in particular has been getting. The standards set released very recently did very little for me either. All that said, I have been dipping in and out of this one on Bandcamp all day, and I think I may have pre judged. Despite its absurd length, everything I have landed on so far has been full of ideas, great group interplay and actually quite punchy. Link here if anyone is interested: https://firehouse12records.com/album/12-comp-zim-2017 Its going to take a while to actually get to grips with it, but i.would be interested in other views.

Kevshavan Maslak - Blaster Master (Black Saint, 1984) A bit of fire in my veins on a hot Wednesday evening. This might have one of my all time favourite album covers.

Tenors Head On - Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca (Liberty, 1957) I love Kamuca's Lester Young pose on the cover. A clue to what lies within, as if anyone needed it.

My late grandfather had some cylinders with some very mannered music hall performances on them. I can't remember their names. They hadn't really stood the test of time.

Kees Hazevoet - Pleasure One (Peace, 1971)

I don’t. The references are pretty obscure. I’ll check out Coolin’ Off though.

Oh, I see. Facebook 😁