Rabshakeh

Wow. An original?

Joe McPhee - Tenor

Alterations – Up Your Sleeve Again, promoted by the recent feature on Steve Beresford in the Wire. This clique of musicians really was up to something at that time. Fun stuff.

I always liked "The Bath of Surprise" by Steve Beresford and "Weasels Ripped my Flesh" by the Mothers of Invention.

Basil Mannenberg Coetzee and Lionel Pillay – Shrimp Boats

Roscoe Mitchell - Nonaah

Steve Beresford & Anne Marie Beretta – Dancing The Line No idea either. It was mentioned in the recent issue of the Wire, so I'm streaming it on YT.

Sam Rivers and Tony Hymas - Eight Day Journal

What are we saying is a big band? I have always operated on the basis of big band = >10. If a tentet is a big band then those Chicago Tentet records have to be in there. They’re fantastic. I don’t know those KV records. For me he is a Gerry Mulligan figure: I don’t care about his playing much but great writer and arranger and the stuff he’s on tends to just work better because of his presence.

The Charles Moffett Family – Vol. 1

Grupa Organowa Krzysztofa Sadowskiego – Na Kosmodromie Polish Van Der Graaf Generator.

Richard Galliano and Michel Portal - Blow Up

Charles Mingus - Cornell 1964

Ray Barretto - The Other Road

Ivo Perelman Double Trio – Suite For Helen F. Just finished on this one: Robert Farnon & Tony Coe – Pop Makes Progress

Roscoe Mitchell and Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble - Three Compositions: Live at Sant'Anna Arresi Nice idea and I like the Black Earth Ensemble, but I don't think the group is really right for the compositions.

Kees Hazevoet / Han Bennink – Calling Down The Flevo Spirit

Urs Blöchlinger – Cinéma Invisible

Ornette Coleman – The Shape Of Jazz To Come I think to an extent that first track dominates my own understanding of the record too. During the CD and MP3 age, which is when I was listening to the record most, the temptation to change midway through the second track was always quite strong. Yesterday I was really struck by how much more I enjoyed the whole record on LP.

Revolutionary Ensemble – Manhattan Cycles

I realised my error. Weep.

Ken Vandermark and Mats Gustafsson - Verses

I really like Emergency Peace.

Barbara Donald & Unity – Olympia Live I listened to this one yesterday. Fantastic record.

It's really one of the best. I missed him at his height and am only really exploring him properly now.