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Thanks for the recommendation on Sugar Candle Mines! What an excellent album. I've been digesting it slowly over a couple of listens. I like the movement back and forth between the free jazz / improv sections and the slightly more comforting rock / noise sections, which it only really possible because of the amount of subtle power Cleaver is bringing to the table. Cooper-Moore plays some fantastic solos on Gromek (which is the only track I am so-so on) and Ayler Children. I like Darius Jones a lot on it too, with his war horn, so I will definitely be checking out the album jcam mentioned, although today will sadly be a Keith Tippett day, I think.

I'm thinking of getting one of the LPs that make up Live At Dreher. Does anyone know of any resource that shows how the different tracks compare to the CD release? It is difficult to tell given that the CD and the underlying LPs each contain so many versions of the same tune.

Just got an email saying that the official reissue date is going to be 27 November 2020. Apparently there's going to be a livestream over the Instagram tomorrow at 1pm Eastern, for anyone who's interested.

That's a shame. I was having daydreams of Firebirds Jazz Samba. Thanks for the description, though.

How is it? Almost no internet presence. I'm trying to imagine how a bossa album by Sonny Simmons and Prince Lasha would sound.

I'd never heard of him before. I had a look and the cover art is... pretty heavy. Definitely going on the list too.

I’ll definitely be checking that out. I’ve been enjoying his playing on the new Daniel Carter / Matthew Shipp. Thanks for the recommendation.

Thank you, all. Bendito it is.

Very nice. This is a great record, as is it's horrible sound quality follow up Turkish Women.

I like the write up for Oliver Lake. It's succinct.

Thanks everyone. Is there a general view on which of the Shipp duets is the best? I've liked Shipp when I've seen him, but I'm sensing that people are a bit lukewarm on them.

Thanks! Also, I notice that the Free Jazz Collective also has an albums of the decade list which would be another good place to start: https://www.freejazzblog.org/p/the-free-jazz-collectives-top-101.html

I'm with you on that one. Seasons is two and a half hours well spent. Presumably Jouck's somewhere in the surge of electric strings on side six. I was hoping that he was one of the horn soloists on the first disk. I've been enjoying his playing on that Esprits de Sel album and wondered if I had him on anything else.

I like those 60s Schoof/enbachs a lot. I’ve just noticed that Jouck Minor is also on Seasons by Alan Silva. Is there any way of telling when he’s up? (AllMusic suggests it might be from the LP, which I don’t have). From a cast list that I found online, he seems to be down as playing electric viola...

Thanks everyone! I think I'll start with Sad Life, and then dig in. There's some intriguing looking sidemen and duets in these recommendations.

Just listened to these again. What on earth is the contraption that Schoof is playing on the cover of Distant Thunder? It looks like something a Bond villain would use to blackmail the world's governments.

Thank you. And I second Face of the Bass’ request - Its not that easy to track down this music. I’ve been picking through the Funny Rat thread for some time now (it replays close archeological attention), but that still leaves a decade of music unspoken for.

Hello, I'd be grateful if someone could recommend me two or three Ivo Perelman records (either his own leadership dates or where he is co leading) I have been wanting to find out more, but he seems have released three albums a week for the past thirty years, and his discography is a bit on the daunting side. Thanks!

Interesting. What's this like? I've seen Pat Thomas gigging around North London quite a few times and I really like his playing, but I don't know him as a leader at all.

Thank you. Good to hear it - I was getting worried that that would be it. I've been mining the last few months for new recommendations as well as listening ideas for old friends. It's a really fantastic resource that you are creating.

Mort à Credit by Kaoru Abe

Always underrated. It's got a great, very full, sound for an album from the early 80s. Pullen is good on it too.

I finally got to these today. Love them. I'm surprised (not sure why) at just how gutsy they both sound, compared to Mokujiki or other Japanese records at the time by artists who I know better like Abe or Togashi. Also, Yamashita seems, to my ears, to have quite an original piano style - less like Cecil Taylor and Don Pullen and closer to classic energy music type as played on the saxophone. That might just be me, though.

Thumbs up for Blues for Walls from me too. I like it almost as much as Red Clay.