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Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols Sung – Life Is Funny That Way

We talked a bit about The Wire upthread a little. I have purchased a few recent issues and it seems to be improving in quality. Less of the near-AI institutional artspeak increasingly reviews that aren't afraid to be critical.

You never know. Marsh and Konitz tend to hang around in London record shops. Someone needs to figure out how to rebrand them as spiritual jazz.

A stream, but v interesting to know they have.

Just following up on this. Shouldn't the collection box be going around?.

Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Al Levitt and Peter Ind – London Concert

Oh yeah!

Ablution – Ablution

Lee Konitz and Martial Solal - European Episode

I hadn't realised that it was out yet. Just purchased and will be listening to it tomorrow. Great track titles.

This guy is a drummer, and it is a drummer's album. It's a weird one. A bit like a soundtrack or library record in the way it presents short snippets of excellent ideas but then moves on too fast.

It's definitely worth a stream. Quite unique. It suffers from tracks being too short and fading out, but there are lots of interesting ideas.

Jerome Cooper - For the People

David Lee Jr. – Evolution

I feel like there should be whole Jackie Paris or Mel Torme records...

The Three Suns – Fever And Smoke

Retrospectively Brel seems to have been highly esteemed in 1960s Anglo culture. But it seems to me that, barring the odd Nina Simone cover, there are very few versions of Brel tunes on jazz vocal tunes. Can anyone think of any? Or any theories as to why his music did not form part of the 1960s school of new jazz and easy listening standards?

It sounds like it is just going to be a website written by Adler. Still a step up on what it was, I guess.

John Coltrane - Ascension Cheers.

Emile Barnes The wife and the one year old are marooned in Welsh Wales by a storm, and I'm into day three of the two sick elder kids together with a hefty work schedule that went on to 2am last night. 2 and a half hours sleep. Hanging on to this record this morning.

Is there a wider tour happening?

Baden Powell E Paulo César Pinheiro – Os Cantores Da Lapinha Streaming this. Highly recommended for fans of Os Afro Sambas, albeit with a bigger and more festive sound with cuica etc. it somehow preserves the air of malevolent mystery that other album has. Not much on the record on the internet. Perhaps it is a comp. How is this? Interesting. Class.

Poison Idea – Pick Your King E.P.

Okay. I'm up for photos.

Why at this time of year? Shouldn't you be thinking about sleigh rides and/or reindeer transportation?