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I went to see Cannibal Corpse yesterday. They were a man down as Eric Rutan had needed to return to Florida because his house had been destroyed in the Hurricane. Terrible stuff.

Nice choice from Ms TTK. I assume I saw him later that day, then. It was a great gig, maybe my favourite at Ronnie's for a while, but he was the weaker link. He definitely looked the part, and played up to it, down to the shades and the toothpick hanging out of the corner of his mouth. I missed parallel universe. I'll give that a go too.

That's interesting. I've seen him live with Kahil El'Zabar and I wasn't so too impressed, but I'm happy to hear that he is moving in a more interesting direction. I'll give this a go.

Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy - Sempre Amore

Franck Dervieux – Dimension 'M'

Goodness me.

Anthony Braxton – Seven Compositions 1978

Another Coltrane thing: No cheesecake. Not ever. And only one abstract artwork (Coltrane plays the blues).

Yeah. Agreed. This one stands out as the Coltrane record with a photo on the front where they did at least try to style it. I like the strange colouring too.

George Adams / Don Pullen – All That Funk

Sven Hessle – Grekisk Rapsodi / Novotek

I thought that too. I am not a huge fan but it seemed very on point at the time.

One of my favourites, mainly due to Carter. I came around a little late for Golia, and his stuff is not easily accessible online, so I never quite got to grips with his discography and who he was. Same for other players of the era like Chapin and Erhlich.

Arthur Blythe – Lenox Avenue Breakdown

David Murray - Flowers for Albert

Vinny Golia – Spirits In Fellowship

Thanks!

I think it is in that autobiography that he released in the late 00s. Rather slapdash but made a big impact at the time. I see Karyobin as the Shape of European Free Improv to Come and Topography as Spiritual Unity, Euro Free Improv edition.

It's a great record! I knew that before but it is nice to own it. I confess that I was slightly motivated by comedian Stewart Lee listing his copy as his most prized possession. I remember friends who were reading his book when it came out (maybe a decade and a half ago now) asking me about the record. It was the last one available on Discogs and eventually I just caved. It always felt bizarre to own Topography and not this one, given that this is really the grand classique.

Quite enjoyed it. A bit too much of the compositional tableau and a bit too little actual heat for me. I streamed it.

Thanks. I'll try that.

Nope. They’re pretty similar throughout. Not just Impulse! either.

Those are particularly bad. They somehow look so cheap and 80s. Even though they aren't. But even the others are just basic. As Niko says, just the same photo over and over. Coltrane looking stolid, playing his horn, sweating. All the other records that Impulse! put out look great. Archie Shepp, Alice Coltrane, Marion Brown, Sun Ra, all have great covers. Whereas all Coltrane records are the same, barring maybe Interstellar Space, which has some clouds, and Ballads, which has a camera angle.

The Jacques Schols Quartet – What Is There To Say Enjoyed this stream. I don't know Ruud Brink. Are there other records on which he plays that members would recommend?

SME - Karyobin Finally here. Nice one.