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I saw Lester Bowie in Paris with Brass Fantasy about two weeks before his passing. You could see that he was very ill. He spent most of the concert seated and did not play much (there were like three other trumpeters in the band who were doing some over-the-top pyrotechnic soloing), but when he did it was sparse and poignant. He did sing "If you don't know me by now" though - and I seem to remember him singing / declaiming with a smirk "if you don't know me by now - well it might be too late then".

Trio X (Joe McPhee / Dominic Duval / Joe Rosen) - they toured several times in Europe, I should have arranged to see them live. I had reservations about Duval's style and neglected all opportunities to see him. I changed my mind now - he is excellent in the Trio X context. Rob van den Broeck and Gerd Dudek - they were playing here in Vienna with European Jazz Quintet, and I missed them. Great musicians both. Nicolas Simion, who just recently passed away. He played a few times in Austria over the last few years, not sure how I managed to have missed him as I am a long-term fan. Michel Pilz, a great bass clarinet player. However, I am not sure how much he was playing live in the last two decades. Heinz Sauer. I love the man, and had a chance to see him. He is 94 now, not sure if (and how) he is still playing. Very little known Austrian band Kelomat with fantastic saxophone player Wolfgang Schiftner who does not seem to be active in music any longer. And I wish I saw Pharoah Sanders in good form. The only time I saw him live - here in Vienna in 2011 - was unexciting.

Mark Taylor - (very good) French horn player with Henry Thredgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, etc. https://www.discogs.com/artist/282254-Mark-Taylor-3?superFilter=Credits Mark Taylor - British drummer with Lew Tabackin, Herb Geller, etc. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1526946-Mark-Taylor-10?superFilter=Credits

Does anybody have this magazine available? I would need a scan / photo of one page. Thanks.

Sad news, a fantastic original musician.

Going through my Tzadik collection, and this one is a delight: Cyro Baptista "Love the Donkey" https://www.discogs.com/release/1087487-Cyro-Baptista-Love-The-Donkey

Mosaic CD set in very good condition with minimal shelf wear. Will gladly send pictures. Price including tracked shipping to Europe: €250, elsewhere: €265. Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/6429162-Andrew-Hill-The-Complete-Blue-Note-Andrew-Hill-Sessions-1963-66 Mosaic page: https://www.mosaicrecords.com/the-great-jazz-artists/andrew-hill/ Send me an email to djmdavid at yahoo dot com if interested. Thanks for looking.

You are probably right, have not listened to it for ages. In the meantime, I am listening to my "Shofarot Verses" CD, and unless something radical enough happens before the disc ends it is heading straight to "for sale" pile afterwards. It has a bit of that after-dinner restaurant dance feel... I will go through all my Radical Jewish CDs, and quite likely most of them will be looking for a different home as a result. But I sure will keep that Borah Bergman Trio CD.

I think Shapiro's "It's In The Twilight" us better thanks to quite unhinged playing by the guest Peter Apfelbaum. And yeah, a lot of schmalzy stuff in the radical Jewish culture series.

Well, it's about two releases per month lately, not that many. But the back catalog is large.

But is there such thing as Tzadik fan? I assume there are Zorn fans who might check out what else is there on his label. These releases would probably be even less noticeable were they on another label.

Well, Zorn invested his funds in releasing music by other artists whose music, IMHO, is much more interesting than his own (and which does not sell shit - I would assume Zorn ever made money only on his own releases).

The link posted in this thread earlier does not work any longer, so here it is again: https://www.tzadik.com/recommend_frame.php - these are Tzadik artists recommending albums from the label. A lot of good (and not so obvious) stuff here.

Apple payout to the rights holders is higher than Spotify's. Millicents instead of microcents!

In the meantime, looks like Tzadik releases are (still) available for streaming at apple music.