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Ah, OK then. Regarding the throat singing (or overtone singing) - I am quite a fan of Tuvan version of it, but Kowald's attempts don't sound too convincing to me. But not too disturbing either.

Wish I could be of some help but the only Oxley I own is him with Cecil Taylor. Д.Д. perhaps could help? Д.Д. seems to be AWOL. I have this Oxley's disc, but I frankly don't remember it. I will listen to it again and will let you know if can think of anything in the same vein. What's "AWOL" - amassed with otherworldly love?

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. hmmmmn...I don't recall postingthat quote here... B) any recommendations for discs of his to explore? Took me some time to find this disc in my collection. Riccardo Lay Quartetto "Frammenti" (il manifesto, 2001) Riccardo Lay - bass, perc Gavino Murgia - ts, ss, fl, and some Sardenian bagpipe-like instrument(s) Nico Casu - trumpet Fabrizio Sferra - drums Beautiful stuff - somewhat close in style to Don Cherry's "Complete Communion", but with a strong Italian flavor, meaning very melodic and joyful. Very positive music. I think the only place to find this disc on-line is through Felmay: http://www.felmay.it - it is available there for €8.

Never heard of them (which does not mean too much).

Hmm, I haven't heard this CD, but I normally like Shepik's playing a lot - it's Douglas I have problem with... This is one of very few hatOLOGY CDs I plan to skip.

This one is excellent as well. Even William Parker is good - more varied than usual.

He-he, found Sharrock's interview, where he is talking about his FUtura record: Well, it's OK, now I don't mind Terrones not having reissued it...

Futura Ger 12 Michel Portal (sax.alto, clar.basse), John Surman (sax.sop & bar., clar.basse), Barre Phillips (basse), Stu Martin (drums) Jean-Pierre Drouet (perc.) "Alors !!!" - 27.01.1970 Can't be too bad. Still in print. Prices are very reasonable. ..."buying freeze", you say?

Thanks for that link! Didn't know they had a website (never searched, either). ubu THey had an ugly old website that hasn't been updated for years - it listed their old LPs as well (the new one does not) - there was some very intriguing stuff there as far as I remember. Now, the new site lists a lot of stuff I was interested in (including Shepp's "Attica Blues" live thing) as sold out - just when I purchased nearly all the Hats I was looking for and was planning to enjoy an honest buying freeze! As for the Terrones CDs I know, I can highly recommend Ted Curson's "Pop Wine", beautiful Waldron/Dyani's "Some Jive Ass Boer" and Richard Davis' "Total Package" (with mighty Ricky Ford on tenor).

Yeahm Marge, Futura and a couple of other imprints are part of the Terrones group of labels. See here: http://disquesfuturaetmarge.ifrance.com/di...sfuturaetmarge/ They have a lot of great stuff, actually. Frank Lowe, Ted Curson, Waldron, Shepp, Richard Davis, etc. And they are sitting on a Sharrock live record! Lancaster is lame, lame, lame. Beautiful alto sound though, but that's it.

I really like both Hill's "Lifet Every Voice" and Shepp's "Attica Blues" (I don't have "...in Concert" thing - it's on Terrones label). I'll get these Gale CDs some day. And it is the same reissue lable that did Ayler and (very lame) Byard Lancaster last year with excellent sound quality. Good.

Cut it out with all this Lauren Newton nonsence, get the QUARTETT disc now and enjoy REALLY good singing!

Tony, have you had a chance to listen to Shipp/Maneri's "Gravitational Systems"? I would be interested in knowing your opinion - it's a very..hmmm.. "non-obvious" disc. I ccommit to trying to listen to Joe Maneri's "Tenderly" and "Coming Down the Mountain" over the weekend and positng my opinion here.

Looks like NEWSONIC is out of business. I again encourage everybody (ho-ho) to chekc out their releases (there are a lot of mp3s on the website), particularly an absolutely fantasctic and highly original "Alchemusic" by Kevin Uehlinger.

I meant the Maneri/Shipp, not "Dissonant Characters". Like it! Gotta listen more, but like it! ubu What I like so much about it is that Maneri's response to Shipp is absolutely unpredictable. For example, on "Greensleves" (that I've learned to hate, even in Coltrane's performance, precisely for that - predictability of how it might be interpreted), he is responbding absolutely not in the way that SHipp's playing would suggest he "should" respond. Even more so for the composition 8 - Shipp starts with some romantic-melancholic-brooding-beautiful (and a bit banal) figure, and you can already see how Maneri should enter - but he does something absolutely different!... but it fits greatly. All in all, a beautiful music with a lot of fascinating interaction (subtle and otherwise); Maneri is simply formidable (and with beatiful sound) and Shipp interests me more and more with his mathematical approach.

Interesting. I've never heard of MIchael Marcus. How would you describe his playing? Eric Dolphy/Sonny Simmons. Plays some mean bass clarinet. Good composer. He is a partner of Sonny Simmons in Cosmosamatics, actually.

Gebbia and Parker duo. Can you imagine how THIS could sound like? I can't. has this been released? I'd love to hear this...no idea if it would be succesful at all... From what I know, no. But you can get excellent Parker-Braxton duet on Leo. Braxton is not Gebbia of course, but... Hey, I think we are going in circles (like Evan Parker soprano solos) - I am pretty sure we dicussed Parker somewhere up already. New release from Victo: Barre Phillips / Joëlle Léandre / William Parker / Tetsu Saitoh "After You Gone". Looks scary, ah? Press release HERE.

Gebbia and Parker duo. Can you imagine how THIS could sound like? I can't.

O-ho-ho, that's the best way to introduce one's presence at the Funny Rat thread! Welcome, Matthew! I also don't have "Never Too Late...", and I also intend to buy it eventually. But not too soon - I over-Brötzmanned a bit over tha last year, so I thought some other artists should benefit from my attention in 2004. Brötzmann's album I listen most often to recently is actually not a Brötzmann's album: Frode Gjerstad trio with Peter Brötzmann "Sharp Knives Cut Deeper". I listen to it in the car and I think this is one of the main reasons of my constant speeding - the music is very STIMULATING. As I emntioned earlier, Brötzmann is definitely a more gentle player here. Paal Nilssen-Love is a terrific drummer (I think he is now replacing Hamid Drake in Brötzmann's tentet, and may I say, I think tentet will sound even better with him)! But other than Brötzamann there is a lot of excellent STIMULATING music - read this thread from start to finish attentively (trying to keep your sanity intact), purchase all the CDs recommended here (present the receipt to free jazz police in upstate NY) and transform your neighbours' perception of reality forever. Meanwhile, I received Shipp's Multiplicaiton Table, so the only hatOLOGY item I am still searching for is Rara Avis. More - new INTAKT catalog mentions an upcoming (AUtumn 2004) 3CD set of Monks compositions played by a swinging chaka-chaka hard-bop quartet featuring Alexander von Schlippenbach, Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahal, Jan Roder and Uli Johannessen. I hope they play "Locomotive", my favorite Monk's composition. 3CD set! 3!!! Monk!

Hmm... I don't remember it being that wonderful... Will listen to it today.

Hey, this one looks really interresting - I'll try to be there.

king ubu, thanks. I will try to go to most of these concerts. The club is really close: 15 minutes of drive from me or more likely, 15-minute train ride + 7-minute refreshing walk (since watchful Swiss police is about to confiscate my driving license for speeding). It might be also a good way to obtain some of the CDs by the artists in this inhumane country (today I received some bills from La Poste: import taxes for CDs - insane!). BTW, the Reid-Sharp-Torn "GTR OBLQ" is fantastic - dark, sometimes funky and groovy, often bluesy, very melodic (I was expecting (hoping?) more NOISE. Good stuff.

Ubu, There are a couple of nice concerts here in Geneva soon: Dimanche 15: Chris Speed: saxophones et clarinettes. Jim Black: batterie. Cuong Vu: trompette. Skulli Sverisson: guitare basse. Ted Reichman: accordéon. Samedi 21: Pierre Favre: batterie et percussion. Yang Jing: pipa. Mars, Jeudi 11: VANDENMARK 5, Ken Vandenmark: reeds. Dave Rempis: saxophones. Jeb Bishop: trombone. Kent Kessler: contrebasse. Tim Daisy: batterie. Mars, Jeudi 25: PACHORA, Brad Shepik: tampura, guitare et saz. Chris Speed: clarinette. Skulli Sverisson: guitare basse. Jim Black: batterie et percussions. All at AMR: http://www.amr-geneve.ch/ Do you know any of the other musicians? And here is one in Zürich on April 1st: FABRIKJAZZ Rote Fabrik, Seestr. 395, 8037 Zürich Do, 1. April, Rote Fabrik Gerry Hemingway Quartet (US) Ellery Eskelin, sax; Herb Robertson, tp; Mark Dresser, b; Gerry Hemingway, dr Not too bad, ah?

Anybody already heard this one (I think it's just released): Their Southern Extreme (on Drimala) is stunning, so I am curious to hear more.

Just received a new catalog from INTAKT. Among many interesting releases expected in 2004, is a double CD of Braxton / Cyrille duo. Looking forward. Are there any other Braxton-drums duos, except for the one with Max Roach, by the way?