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duets of Evan Parker and birdsong with a gold-embossed kangaroo on an electric, lime-green background? Chaney, that is bad. But, like I said, I really dig them! Yeah, I think it would have been better if there was a soprano saxophone sticking out of kangaroo's pouch. I am not buying any more new Evan Parker.

Why don't you buy them to clarify it?

Got Bley and AEoC w/ Fontella Bass in a local store today. Bley is number 3XXX, so there are quite a few of those pressed (5,000?).

New Cecil release on FMP: Almeda

New (?) label: Treader. All three releases look interesting, don't they (particularly Mark Sanders solo)? And how about this for cover art?

Good find (Richard Davis?!)! If you buy it, let us know how it is. I tried ordering from Wayside once, but I remmeberthey required some outrageous insurance charges for international shipping, so I cancelled the order...

With all due respect to Johhanson, €18 ($23.5) per single CD is more than I'm willing to pay. Nice to see that the man is so prolific, though. Enjoyed his Hat disc a lot (very interesting take on "classical" free jazz with rare opportunity to hear Axel Dörner playing relatively straight - and what a phenomenal player he is!).

If you intend to search for something in the Funny Rat thread, there is a high probability it's been discussed exclusively there. Then, just make a search in Recommendations forum and tick the Show Results as Posts box - you will be taken directly to the post with searched word.

Friends, Happy New Year!

Have been listening to this album quite a bit recently, and enjoy it more and more with each listen. Ortega is really an original voice, largely cliché-free, and drummer and pianist are outstanding here (particularly the drummer!). Good, good stuff. I hope Ortega records something good (not like his recent "On Evidence" bullshit) soon.

Looks like we should expect some new releases in the (near?) future from True Muze, after all:

Tony, have you got Lo? If not, it might still be available from broinc.

This is the best Golia I've heard so far. Highy recommended.

Heh-heh, leave it to my neighbours. I feel that the threshold of their tolerance is nearly reached.

Was listening to an excellent disc called Lo (Leo lab): http://www.leorec.com/?m=select&id=LeoLab_030; AMG review, and decided to check the pianbist's (Uwe Oberg) discography, and this one looks really interesting: Uwe Oberg / Xu Feng Xia - "Looking". Nurnichtnur lable website.

Great! For the lazy among us, here is the dirrct link to the MP3: http://www.mirkospino.it/mp3/gebbialigetip...tthatonfire.mp3 Can't listen to it now - have some death metal (to be exact, Death's "Human") blasting all over the apartment. Will do it later.

I have to say that this disc is merely so-so.

I ordered one of Triage's CDs (don't rtemember which one) from Chuck Nessa. Looking forward to hearing it. -------------------------------------- Received the latest FMP (a/l/l, to be exact) release of the Schlippenbach Trio: "Compression" - recorded live in 2002. Nothing particularly revelatory if you are familiar with this trio (which is Schlippenbach - Evan Parker - Paul Lovens). I haven't heard all of the trio's records (there are at least 5-6 of them), but I clearly remember Physics from 10 years ago following the same formula but being much more engaging than this new one.

OK, got back home - so here are some more details from the Leo press release. The other two new releases are: * Solo Pandelis Karayorgis. I will be picking this up for sure - was sufficiently intrigued by (if not always enjoyed) previous Karayorgis Leo CDs (a couple with Mat Maneri and in trio with bass-drums), and curious to see what the man will come up with in solo setting. Writing this, I realise that the other young pianist from Leo roster who I would be even more curious to hear is John Bickerton - looks like he hasn't released anything sinse 2000. * New (5th one!) by Collective 4tet, adored by everybody here. I really enjoyed their previous works (have all of them). I find the sound and ideas of the band unique (particularly in the use of drums as the "leading" instrument and the other ones as some sort of a rhythm section), and, moreover, I enjoy (!) Willaim Parker's playing in this band - by far the most creative and thoughtful playing I've heard from him (the only other record where I actually like Parker's playing is an early trio recording of Wayne Horwitz with Parker and Butch Morris on Black Saint - "Some Order, Long Understood" - a beautiful one). Tony is the main distirbutor of Collective 4tet discs in the US, so direct the enquiries to him. The Hungarian guy's name (the one who recorded with (or, to be exact - with whom recorded) Braxton and Tarasov is Gyorgy Szabados. Never heard (of) him - looking forward. Nate, indeed Crispell's "Live in Zurich" was recorded in '89 (one of her first reecordings?) with Workman and Motian. I might go for it as well. As for the upcoming projects, looks like there is no plan to release the recordings of the Ganelin Trio London perfomances (although they will be aired by BBC), and a live double CD of Mahall-Takase duo (not somethig I am getting very excited about). ------------------------ Meanwhile, with winter vacation and all that, I've been mostly listening to (and thoroughly enjoying) barocco music.

Just before leaving for vacations got a Leo press release. Don't have it with me now, so recalling from memory: Crispell Zurich concert is being reissued (Leo calls it one of the best records in his catalog), new release of Ullmann's clarinet trio, new release of Braxton with Vladimir Tarasov (of Ganelin trio) and some Hungarian pianist - recorded live playing the pianist's music, couple more releases, but I forgot what... Really intrigued by Braxton-Tarasov combination. Anybody knows Crispell Zurich concert (so far I haven't heard a single Crispell disc that would keep me interested, but if Leo says this is one of his label's best...)?

Most of these new Hats look interesting. The only one I am pretty sure I will skip is the Liebman - Eskelin one - cannot stand Liebman. Tenney, Wolpe and Ives are very intriguing, and a fragment Shepp - Roach I've heard long-long time ago (was one of the first "free" musics I was exposed to), and I rememebr it being very good (and quite intense).

Agree. Somewhat bland work for the musicians of this calibre.

Gianni Gebbia Joseph Jarman

Flurin, Controtempo used to be quite reliabel on Italian CDs (Soul Note / Black Saint including) a coule of years ago. However, the last couple of times I tried to place an order, theree was no response whatsoever. I would recommend going for Cadence - $15 plus reasonable shipping (if you take 5 CDs or so with surface shipping... let us know if you need recomendations for 4 more CDs).