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Sorry for confusion, gentlemen. The info regarding the sale is from the Leo Christmas mail newsletter that I received only today. I didn't check the dates. In general, Leo has promotion on the latest batch of releases - buy 3 get 1 free, buy 4 - get 2 free.

I couldn't find anything about this sale on their website. That's a very special sale for very special friends, Hans.

LEO RECORDS has sale on all available Leo Lab titles 1-2 CDs - £4 each 3-4 CDs - £5 each 5-6 CDs - £4.50 each >7 CDs - £4 each Postage: UK - 0.30£ per CD, Europe - £0.50 per CD, elsewhere - £0.75 per CD. As a reminder, 29 Leo Lab titles are available at BROINC for $3 each (plus shipping). Despite my buying freeze (moderatly successful so far), I might... probably... just a little.

Ubu, I have most of the earlier hatOLOGYs (up till #60), including Beins (but haven't listened to it yet) Walin is excellent indeed. Well, vast majority of the Hats (and of hat[now]ARTs, by the way) is excellent.

Just curious - how often do the concerts of good improvised music take place in Buffalo or Syracuse?

up for others. I am enjoying the shit out of this one. Time to check this thread started by Muskrat That's some exilirating stuff indeed.

Anybody heard this? Looks interesting... And this one too...

Got the new Cecil FMP release - will report soon. Regariding Schweizer, I haven't heard anthing by her yet

Da Shit indeed. I suggest keeping bringing this up until all the numerous OTHERS on this thread buy it.

By the way, I got the Thomas Chapin "Insomnia" CD (Knitting Factory), and well, what can I say... I guess I'd better start searching for this 8-CD "Alive" box of his...

Please do!

I got it last year as soon as it was reissued (on Tomato records). I listened to it only once (and not till the end, I think), and it seemed very dry and acdemic to me. I'll give it another listen soon.

Friends, I am listening to Anthony Braxton: "8 Duets with Peter N Wilson. Hamburg 1991 (Music & Arts), and it's amazing. Now, I am not a particularly big Braxton fan (and the larger his band is, the more dissatisfied I am with the music normally), but here everything seems to work just great - interesting (not too "conceptual") compositions, Braxton in top form (on every intstrument, particularly on Eb soprano saxophone - burning stuff), and Wilson is such a tasteful bassist - clever, understated and 100% supportive. I think it should be available from themusicresource.com for $7. I know, it' more than twice more expensive than Leo Lab stuff, but the music is probably worth such an investment. Writing this, I recalled I have another excellent Braxton + bass duo record: Six Duets (1982). Featuring John Lindberg (Cecma). Lindberg is much more "flashy" bassist than Wilson, and it gives the music a more nervous edgy feel. And an interesting article from Thurston Moore on free jazz clasics: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1392/FreeJazz.html

Looking forward.

Glad you like it! Equally delighted. Get the quartet disc as well.

I'm listening to this one now. Good stuff! I have a lot of Fred Anderson (all good), but not this one. I guess I will get all Anderson discs eventually. Powerful guy. This gives me an idea for weekend listening - "Two Days in April" - Fred Anderson-Kidd Jordan-William Parker-Hamid Drake (Eremite). Have it for quite some time now, but haven't listened to it yet. In case you don't know him, "Kidd" Jordan is of course the man to check out.

John, from the reaction of these two deranged gentlemen you can see that Arcana Major can affect your mental health a bit, so be careful. Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit! Arcana Major is Da Shit!

I don't have that disc, but I do have his album Outland, which I really enjoy. How would you compare the two? I have Outland, and it's a good disc, but it is just an introduction to the fascinating story of Arcana Major. Gebbia grew immensely between Outland and Arcana Major. I would guess that at this point solo performance is the only way for him to grow further - his solo performance is so... total, that presense of other musicians seems just redundant. And it's actually hard to think of musicians that would make equal-level parners for him (he has a nice trio record with Peter Kowald and Gunter Sommer called Capuccinni Klang (Splasc(H)), though, but Gebbia takes it easy on them on that session ... and these are Kowald and Sommer, after all ) Arcana Major... is an incredible record. Gebbia's technique is absolutely unmatched; his range is enormous (I didn't even know some of the sounds he produces can possibly be achieved on alto), the clarity of each sound even at the breakneck speed (means about as fast as alto saxophone has ever been played) is phenomenal, and his two-horns-at-a-time playing is the most convincing I've ever heard; but the main thing is his ideas - his melodies have influences of the south-Italian folk music and Italian soundtrack composers (Nino Rota), and are always unpredictable, humorous and captivating. On one of the tracks he does some sort of 'Vivaldi's Four Seasons' Winter' thingie - pheeew, this sends chills down my spine every time I even think about it. In last three-four years I've accumulated several thousands CDs, and if I had to choose one that made the most profound effect on me - this would be undoubtedly Arcana Major / Sonic Tarot Sessions.

Gavino Murgia in addition to being vocalist, is a fantastic alto saxophonist and Sardenian bagpipes player. "Fantastic" means super-human technique and great sense for melody. It might have something to do with playing the folk bagpipes instruments, since this is already a second Italian musician (the other one being Gianni Gebbia) who has background in Italian folk music and plays some mighty saxophone. Talking about Gebbia, I assume everybody here already has Arcana Mayor / Sonic Tarot Sessions (Rastascan, 2002), which I consider to be a breakthrough in solo saxophone performance? What do you mean, you never heard about Gebbia ?!?!?! YOu can find some short sound samples HERE.

I somehow cannot warm to Sabir Mateen's playing - he sounds so formulaic and predictable to me - like an audio excercise book of "free-jazz" saxophonist. I was recommended to try "Devine Mad Love" - any opinions on it?

Raphe Malik's "Consequences" is unavailabe for themusicresource (I tried). I am interested in Bendian's stuff - the rest of the OOP Eremite stuff I will probably pass...

I recieved my copy from http://www.themusicresource.com/ Very expressive stuff.

I have all but one Last Exit CDs, and "Cassette Recordings '87" is my favorite. What a great band that was! I would also recommend getting a CD called "No Material" attributed to Ginger Baker. That's a band of Baker, Brötzmann, Sharrock, Nicky Skopelitis (guitar) and Jan Kazda (bass). Quite different from Last Exit - more slow, more bluesy and more melodic. Funny to hear Brötzmann's wailings over Baker's heavy steady rock beats. And there are two excellent guitarists! Good stuff.

Agree with your rankings of these discs. I frankly don't see why this sort of music cannot be created anywhere.