GregK

Yes, I know. And I was referring to the CD, not the live performance.

I really like the Stoa album. It is a little repetitive in places, and I would like to hear the contrabass and bass clarinets more (they seem to be just emphasizing the lower end; a solo or two would be nice), but the music is very good. It's not THAT ECM-ish.

This one has been talked about for a couple of years now; it was supposed to come out in 2005, I believe. It's actually not a box, it's just one DVD, with no video content. They are putting it out on DVD because the format can hold more music than a CD, so instead of a box of 6 or 7 CDs, it's all on one DVD.

I'm just bothered at what it COULD have been, without the slick Lynne production. Yes it was just a bunch of musicians having fun in the studio, but then why did he have to gloss it up to make it so radio-friendly? Why not just leave it rough sounding? That's what my main issue is.

The period where I was finishing grad school, met my wife, landed a job before I graduated and started listening almost exclusively to jazz.

according to the liner notes, the '66 set wasn't recorded by Impulse. Also, there is no mention anywhere of Ravi Coltrane in the credits

I saw it today for $9.99 so I bought it. I haven't listened to it yet. There is an essay by Ashley Kahn (is he the official Coltrane writer now??).

yeah I started watching it recently, but man it's hard to sit through the opening. I HATE Bon Jovi.

Thanks for the recommendations. I already have a few of them, so this time I ordered the Copland Haunted Heart, and probably wiill get the Brotzmann. A local store is clearing out his inventory (he's shutting the store down) so I will pick up a few Shipp and Ortega Hat titles there for 20% off (works out to about the same as these prices if you include shipping).

Yeah, my wallet may take another hit... anyone know how long this is going to go? From the email: Sale ends July 6, 2007 at Midnight Pacific Time. All orders will be filled as sold. If we run out, we will hold your order until we get more stock (about 10 days). Your credit cards will not be charged until your order ships. Best wishes, Alan Lawrence The Jazz Loft

anyone wanna recommend some of the Jazz Loft sale Hat discs?

Mighty Like a Rose is better than Spike. Much angrier (check out How to be Dumb and Hurry Down Doomsday; he was quite pissed off). The bonus disc of Spike is better than the original, as some of them are acoustic demos, revealing some not-so-bad songs. I agree, The River in Reverse is fantastic! It seemed to be virtually ignored when it came out, but it's a very good album. International Echo has a nice groove going on. Elvis is on a streak currently that rivals his early days.

Some news about upcoming releases by the trio. Why nothing recorded after 2002 has been released yet, I don't know, but here it is: Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette: Live in Canada and Europe - Upcoming releases The summer tour of the trio of Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette – this time with concerts in Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Spain -kicks off this weekend at Toronto’s Four Seasons Art Centre (June 29). Subsequent dates are Montreal, Place des Arts (July 1), Paris, Salle Pleyel (July 7), Perugia, Arena Guiliana (July 10), Brescia, Piazza della loggia (July 13), Essen, Philharmonie (July 16), Juan-les-Pins, Les Pinedes Gould (July 19), and Peralada, Castell de Peralada (July 22). In October ECM releases “My Foolish Heart” a 2-CD documentation of the trio’s effervescent performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2001, a spirited journey through the history of jazz. Next year, Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette celebrate 25 years of setting standards. To mark this imminent anniversary a special three disc edition of the New York recording session of 1983 is being prepared, with music of “Standards Vol. 1”, “Standards Vol. 2” and “Changes”. More details soon.

I got the reissue. Neither album is as good as I remembered; the first one sounds especially dated. It just reeks of that late 80s, Jeff Lynne sounds that I find smothering. I always thought that Lynne never fit with the rest of them as a performer or writer, but he saw this as his chance for greatness and inserted himself into the group. And then drenched everything in his "sound". But it is nice to hear (and see, in the very good documentary on the DVD) how happy George Harrison seems. At least he was having fun!

The book (and it's a hardcover book, not a "booklet") in this set is very informative. I agree, it is a great box set.

This looks like a good deal: http://ssl.adhost.com/jazzloft/baskets/pos.cfm?cd=5162

which one is the Fripp version? I would select that one.

The Fontella Bass with the Art Ensemble is good, a little different from their usual sound (more funky? I'm not sure how to describe it), not as good as Phase One. The Certain Blacks title is probably not as good as either of the other two Art Ensemble titles in this series

based on the discussions of it at the Hoffman forum (something like 5 threads on it!), you'd think it's the greatest record ever released in the history of music!

I like the Origin box set. Good acoustic jazz.

I thought he was on Pi

I'd throw Gob Iron/ Anders Parker in there too, to keep with the folk-ish theme.

I haven't been in there in almost a year, but I don't recall seeing that cover. I like Wazoo because they give good value for trade-ins; I paid about $45 cash for the Albert Ayler box set 2 years ago after making up the rest of the cost in trades, and I wasn't really selling anything rare or special. Schoolkids will be sorely missed. Since 2000 downtown Ann Arbor will have lost Tower Records, Harmony House (now an ice cream shop), Discount Records (now one of many sandwich shops in the area), SKR (the Schoolkids jazz and classical shop), and now Schoolkids. I doubt the others will last much longer.

I'd like to get this eventually.

Do tell about the shops in Ann Arbor! I have relatives who live there and I'm going to visit them in a couple weeks... Well, get here before the end of July, because the best indie shop will be closing at the end of that month. Schoolkids Records, which was forced 9 or 10 years ago to close their storefront shop and move into the basement of an outdoor clothing store (Bivouac), so you have to go through that store and down their stairs to get to it. But he is now forced to close completely, so he is selling off all stock at 5-20% off; lots of new (very little used titles) mainstream rock and jazz and even more harder to find stuff. And he recently expanded the vinyl section, so all of that is going too. That's on State St, in the Bivouac store. a Few doors down from that is Grand Wazoo, which sells used and new, rock and jazz, CDs and vinyl. And on Liberty is Encore, which has a huge selection of used everything. You can literally spend hours browsing through their stacks and shelves. A few blocks west on Liberty is Underground Sounds, which sells new and used CDs and vinyl also, but it's probably 90% rock (I saw a few Coltrane, Miles and Sun Ra vinyl there recently, but that's rare). There is also Overture Audio on Main St which sells audiophile equipment and vinyl reissues, but they are pretty expensive and a limited selection. Finally there is PJs on Packard, above the Subway shop, another used and new CD and vinyl shop that manages to squeeze a huge selection in a tiny space. They are a little higher-priced than the others but have a wide, varied selection that you probably can't find elsewhere in the area. The staff at all of these places are very knowledgeable about music; I've frequently had to cut off conversations with them to get back to the parking meter before it ran out.