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I think Zappa just liked blues jamming, and he adored Sugarcane Harris (in the Real Frank Zappa Book he mentions paying bail for Harris to be able to work with him). In no way is "Funky Nothingness" a core album. Meanwhile, "Over-Nite Sensation" is coming in expanded extended glory, as core as it gets, on its 50th anniversary: https://store.zappa.com/products/over-nite-sensation-50th-anniversary-4cd-blu-ray-audio-super-deluxe-edition I think Dunbar sounds great. He plays simple, but this is what this type of music requires - solid, steady beat. He rips on "Waka Jawaka" and "Grand Wazoo".

Hino's take on Led Zeppelin.

Have you heard other releases from this label? Some good stuff there, this one for example: https://antonovkarecords.bandcamp.com/album/as-i-walked-through-the-forest-russian-songs-from-kaluga-region

I listened to it today - it's OK, not great. Satoh is in a sort of piano lounge chatty jazzy bluesy mood, Togashi's playing does not fit. There is a short Togashi solo somewhere in the middle - I liked it the most. With this heartfelt endorsement, my CD (with obi!!!!!!!) is available for sale if anybody's interested.

i have this one, don't remember it that well other than that I liked it. Will revisit and report here.

You guys like this stuff?! I was there at the concerts, and I thought it was all mediocre (by Butcher standards, that is), particularly the larger grouping with Liz Allbee. The only thing I liked was one short solo tenor piece that was a part of the duo with Agnel on the first day. I was quite bummed out because I traveled to Berlin specifically for these concerts.

I had '88 and '95 duets. They have their moments, but mostly are extremely boring (and long, these are double CDs). This one with that Lacy fella is OK: https://www.discogs.com/release/27079872-富樫雅彦-Steve-Lacy-高橋悠治-富樫雅彦-Steve-Lacy-高橋悠治 I think THE keyboardist for Togashi is Satoh.

Nothing much to add to Colin's comprehensive post, other than that I love Altena's bass playing and his compositions.

Dave Rempis's Aerophonic Records offers a nice 10th anniversary sale with free worldwide shipping: https://aerophonicrecords.com/10th-anniversary-sale/. Offer valid till July 18th only! I paid $100, but have not decided what to order yet. Quite a few CDs are OOP. Look what a festival I am about to miss (scheduling conflict)! https://www.konfrontationen.at/ko23/

It is good.

It's also available as a part of this LRC twofer: https://www.discogs.com/release/10713346-Stan-Getz-With-European-Friends-The-Song-Is-You

An original. Love his FMPs and Zentralquartett recordings. Nice to see well-written obits in German press.

Well, he sounds great with Kent Carter. I wish they made a duo recording.

Susana Santos Silva, 44 Absolutely.

Which one us that?

Just downloaded Brown's "Needs are Met" with Francis Wong and Tatsu Aaoki: https://asianimprovsf.bandcamp.com/album/needs-are-met . Listening now for the first time, sounds excellent. Immensely popular on bandcamp, eight downloads over three years.

Yes, that's an interesting one.

Brötzmann is very lyrical on this one at times. Good record from the '90s .

Yes

Emanem / Psi has a (closing-down?) sale on all its CD stock: http://emanemdisc.com/

According to Neidlinger, this was recorded in John Bergamo's living room in Buffalo, NY where all three were based at the time. Here is a quote from Neidlinger's 2003 interview (i.e. way before the "Gayle Force" release): When I was in Buffalo I had a group with Andrew White and also Charles Gayle. I discovered [Gayle] in Buffalo at that time; he was pushing televisions around the Westinghouse factory. He came down to a session I used to have at a little coffee shop and sat in, and that was the end of my friendship with Andrew White, who just detested him. AAJ: What year was that? BN: It was probably late ’62; [Gayle] wasn’t working as a musician because nobody wanted anybody to play like that. I thought he was great...

I just discovered - any to my surprise, enjoyed greatly - this 1965(!) trio session of Gayle, Buell Neidlinger and John Bergamo, released in 2015 on Neidlinger's K2B2 Records as "Gayle Force". Apparently, this is the earliest recorded evidence of Gayle. Up to now, I've disliked Gayle, thought he was absolutely one-dimensional and boring - but this session made me reconsider. His playing (as well as Neidlinger's and Bergamo's) is excellent. Confidently relaxed, powerful and varied; nice tenor sound too. Not too many people were playing like this in 1965! It's on Spotify too:

Nice catalog. Will buy that Mark Sanders release for sure. I have two Butcher releases, bought them from him at the concert a few months ago, need to listen to them finally. These are CDrs, fwiiw.