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Currently listening to Tropos' Axioms // 75ab (Biophilia, 2020). I am listening to it on Bandcamp, but is by a small label that apparently sells hard copy versions in the form of a download code wrapped in biodegradable origami packaging. An odd idea, that seems a little gimmicky to me, particularly given the rather meaty price.

Yonder (Bugle, 2013) by The Catholics Nice for a Monday morning.

CD of the box set borrowed from an aunt, following interest piqued by the Bob Porter book Soul Jazz. It had never occurred to me to listen to them before now, because I’d heard mixed things, but these Jacquet sides at least are fantastic, and I’m going to burrow in a bit more. Any recommendations from the set would be appreciated.

Currently listening to the July 1944 JATP with Illinois Jacquet roaring away.

Currently reading Soul Jazz by Bob Porter off the back of some recommendations on this board.

Konitz / Solal - European Episode (Campi, 1968). As far as I am concerned, this is one.of the classics of the 60s avant garde.

I always wondered why it was so cheap when I saw it.

Currently listening to Engraved In The Wind (RogueArt, 2013) by Nicole Mitchell. Now this is a jazz flute album. I just wish that RogueArt sold downloads. I don't really buy CDs anymore. But there is so much quality on that label.

Not just a leather jacket, but leather trousers too.

Big John Patton's Accent on the Blues (Blue Note, 1969) For some reason I like this one a lot more than Boogaloo. Now listening to: Marchin' On by the Heath Brothers (Strata-East 1975).

Oh no. Wishing you a swift recovery!

Thanks! I like the idea of the Jazz Thermidorian Reaction. A necessary corrective to the previous Jazz Reign of Terror. And leading inevitably to the period of the Jazz Directory!

The Sam Rivers Quartet with Anthony Braxton playing on Live San Francisco 1978. A really good performance, and a real kick to hear such different musicians play against each other. This time with added tuba. It also has a rare chance to hear Rivers comping on piano behind a horn player - something that I don't think I have heard before. I think it is just a boot, but it sounds fantastic and could really do with a formal release. I think that Ricochet, one of the recent live releases on NoBusiness, came from the same residency.

After over a month of what appears to be quite intense listening to jazz from the 1980s (on the basis of the Listening to... thread), I would be interested to know any preliminary conclusions...

I think I saw a vinyl copy at Honest Jon's in London quite recently. Not sure whether that helps.

I like those random decisions. You never really regret them.

Another brilliant one.

Thanks! Who would have thought it. It didn't occur to me.

I love this record so much.

Slightly random question, but does anyone know the recording details (players, recording date, label etc) for Songs for My Mother? It has almost no internet presence. I would normally get that stuff off Discogs, but Discogs swears that the record does not exist.

Some great players on these. I don't know them so will give them a go too.

I think that was certainly an issue with some of them. Total throw-together-and-bash-'em-out stuff. But others were more solid statements I think. I'm interested in what has so far been left out. No Tadd Dameron. Nothing West Coast or Chicago. The fact is that I don't actually know whether there were any good early LPs for those sorts of artists.

Currently on Bley, Koglmann and Peacock’s Annette (hatART, 1992).

That's a good example!

I prefer this cover. The king one looks a bit cheap and silly!