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Not sure that this is the one with which to start. He has done loads. They seem pretty ordinary to me. Borasisi (solo) and Resting in the Heart of Green Shade (with a group including Vinny Golia) are maybe the standout ones to which I've listened. Both are good.

Chris Williams & Patrick Shiroishi – Sans Soleil What's the view here on Patrick Shiroishi? He's a name that comes up on other corners of the internet (e.g. Twitter and Reddit) frequently as a leading recent saxophonist. But he's never / rarely discussed here. I don't really hear it, personally.

Zenzile Featuring Marion Brown Does anyone know any background to this one? Not much information on who or what Zenzile was.

Martial Solal Dodecaband – Plays Ellington

If any comedy from previous eras needs trigger warnings, surely Blazing Saddles is it. It was offensive in the 1970s when it came out. It was offensive in the 1990s when I first watched it. It is definitely still offensive now. If trigger warnings are for any purpose at all, then it is for films like Blazing Saddles. What's impressive is that, despite being so offensive, Blazing Saddles has not gone the way of Baby Its Cold Outside, Love Actually, Manhattan, etc. etc. and become a cultural touchstone standing in for the perceived wrongs of yesteryear for the portion of the cultural commentariat that likes that sort of thing.

Lol Coxhill – Cou$cou$

I'm anti-box set and audiophile reissues, and I generally prefer the "original" historic LP release to any expanded version. But this is one three record set in which I might actually invest.

I think that frequency has to reflect the frequency that @Jim Alfredson has to pay. If it is monthly then we need to donate roughly monthly.

Great one

I do like it. I need to listen to it again. His style and language is really different to Mitchell's percussion pieces as presented by Mitchell or the AEC. I thought he was really excellent at the final Brotzmann gig. But Brotzmann and Mitchell are quite different languages.

Jason Adasiewicz – Roscoe Village (The Music Of Roscoe Mitchell)

I just sent too.

Sylvie Courvoisier, Susie Ibarra and Joëlle Léandre - Passagio God, this record is excellent. One of Leander’s very best performances, but Ibarra and Courvoisier are fantastic too.

Thanks!

I mean, what other good stuff is there? I love this kind of stuff.

What other stuff is there on the label? Id not heard of it.

Ditto. I'm still surprised. In this day and age, when any old 'Zev Feldman Presents: John Coltrane live at the Shower Cubicle, 1963' is getting broadsheet press and rave reviews, why on earth is this still unreleased.

I'm away unfortunately because otherwise I definitely would be. That sounds really rough. Hope that things get better soon.

Oh! I was right!

For some reason I had always thought that Cap'n John Hardee and John Handy had the same name, and that the naval rank was to distinguish the one from the other, much like Dr. Lonnie vs. Lonnie Liston. Turns out that they just have different names entirely.

That record with Budd Johnson and Buck Clayton has some really good playing on it, particularly by Johnson. Laine's voice isn't quite strong enough to make it work, but it's an album that's worth checking out if you haven't.

What are some jazz musicians who share the same names? Some obvious examples: George Lewis the New Orleans revival clarinetist v. George Lewis the AACM chronicler, composer and trombonist. Bill Evans the pianist who played with Miles Davis v. Bill Evans the saxophonist who played with Miles Davis (also, arguably Bill Evans, the saxophonist more commonly known as Yusef Lateef) Russ Freeman the West Coast pianist v. Russ Freeman the cheeseball West Coast leader of the Rippingtons And a near miss: Kenny Clarke, the American bebop drummer who recorded frequently for MPS in later life v. Kenny Clare, the British drummer who recorded frequently for MPS at the same time

I think I picked him up as a reference in that Soejima book. He was part of the second generation of free jazz types. Solo saxophone and the EP comparison is clear, but there are significant differences in style. It is on YouTube I think. Now on: Sil Austin - Red Prysock – Battle Royal!

Junji Hirose – Solo Saxophone (1980) I'd love to know whether Hirose had heard Evan Parker at this point. Was this influence or convergence?

Mette Rasmussen and Chris Corsano - A View of the Moon (from the Sun) A more subtle side to Corsano than I'm used to. Rasmussen is very impressive here.