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Not too knowledgeable of his music, but what I heard I enjoyed very much. Love his Solarius quintet date.

There are a lot of "unusually configured" (from jazz standpoint) trios in the realm of free improvisation. Some of the classics include Evan Parker / Han Bennink / Derek Bailey "Topography of the Lungs": ISKRA 1903 albums (Paul Rutherford / Barry Guy and either Derek Bailey or Philipp Wachsmann) A fantastic John Butcher / John Russell / Phil Durrant trio: https://johnbutcher1.bandcamp.com/album/concert-moves

Whoever of them has four hands is your man.

Well, at least I identified (a Polish?) Farmer... This is a good track. The album is on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1o3BgUGPQ6ecHpVLuZMLkH , will listen to it later today.

Ken, thanks for the BFT. I did not like most of the tracks, and I don't want to go all negative here (as I tend to do), so I'll just comment on a few tracks that piqued my interest. Track 6, "The Very Thought of You", is the only track I really liked. Beautiful sound (on soprano?) Maybe Sims with ..hmm... Bucky Pizzarelly (if you trust the announcer)? Track 10, "I Hear a Rhapsody", is from this album. I don't like the bassist too much (way too many notes, ugly amplification), and I don't think his sound gels well with that of the other musicians, but I remember there are some excellent tracks on this album with good stretching and interplay. Track 12. This might be one of the later Farmer / Golson albums. Good stuff. Track 13, "Sunny Side of the Street", had me puzzled. The violin player utilizes Grappelli mannerisms and licks, but sounds more sloppy with worse control of the sound. Not sure who this could be. It's OK, but I just checked a Grappelli versions of the same tune, and it just blows the BFT one out of the water, IMHO:

I am willing to part with my copy of the long OOP CD "Storyline" by Raphe Malik / Cecil McBee / Cody Moffett (on Boxholder label). Discogs entry: https://www.discogs.com/release/4007941-Malik-McBee-Moffett-Storyline . Asking for €21 plus shipping. Send me a PM if interested.

Well, I guess this is our sort of a thread for Han Bennink. The man (or should it be THE MAN?) turned 80 this year, and here is a nice write up on him at bandcamp: https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/han-bennink-guide .

Excellent, this one. Very happy ECM made it available on streaming platforms - it was never on CD.

Since Ahmet is at the helm of ZFT, they are doing an exemplary job, IMHO. A lot of high-quality releases, the latest Erie set ( https://open.spotify.com/album/5jMwFhLiUmpWKePQoKIrwu ) being a prime example. What's nice is that all the releases are available for streaming in full immediately upon release. I read that Universal has paid in the neighborhood of $25-30M for the catalog and the vault, so in order to recoup such an investment we are going to see a lot of new releases, I guess.

Well yes Sir, I most definitely do. In fact, this was one my first 10 jazz CDs (the others being .. let's see ... Monk's "Straight, No Chaser", John Handy at Monterrey, Roland Kirk at Montreux, Oliver Nelson "More Blues and the Abstract Truth", Miles Davis at Fillmore East, L. Subramaniam "Spanish Wave", Ralph Towner / Gary Burton "Slide Show", Ron Carter / Jim Hall "Live at Village West" and something else - talk about random selection). This McPhee / Lazro CD was in every CD discount bin in Paris (together with another in situ release - Denis Colin's "Clarinet Bass Seul") when I was living there in 1999-2000. Found it tough going then, but appreciate it much more now. Good stuff (not no mention the customary in situ bold proletarian-red artwork)!

Yes, a really excellent musician.

Did Ornette's Atlantics sell well?

Have you heard all the Lacy releases out there? There are about 200 of them - genug, oder? Although these trio releases are great indeed - I like "bye-ya" on Freelance in particular. Sort of heard this trio live in Paris around 1999-2000 - I came to the concert but did not have enough money for entrance, so I stood outside the door for 20 minutes or so (until the bouncer told me to beat it). Lacy sounded gorgeous to me even in this suboptimal environment. Saw Lacy a few more times in other configurations - with Waldron, Rudd and Reggie Workman, I think. Don't have much recollection of these concerts.

Excellent musician indeed. I discovered him through brownie's BFT (it was a duo track with Martial Solal) way back when...

Jimmy Lyons

Sorry to hear this. A wonderful, original musician.

Here's my bandcamp Friday haul: https://zfpquartet.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-strings-percussion-electronics https://zfpquartet.bandcamp.com/album/ulrichsberg-m-nchen-musik https://brucesfingers.bandcamp.com/album/seven-compositions-limoges https://brucesfingers.bandcamp.com/album/harmonic-2011 Listening to the first one of these - great stuff.

OK, who got what on bandcamp Friday?

This is Jonathan Zorn (not John Zorn) - initially a bassist and then an electronics musician. I don't find his music that interesting.

Could you be thinking of emr: https://www.discogs.com/label/62498-emr ? I have a few of their releases (Eubanks, Drake, etc.), some quite good stuff. Yes, this is the one: https://www.discogs.com/release/3571229-Nate-Wooley-The-Boxer

How was the gig?

Bought me a download as well, thanks for the nudge.

Saw Joe McPhee with Universal Indians (John Dikeman, Jon Rune Strøm, Tollef Østvang) last night. Very frustrating experience. I love McPhee and saw him at least 10 times over the last 20 years. Unfortunately, I never saw him in a group that would be complimentary to his immense talent - and this concert was no exception. Dikeman is a good player with extremely forceful sound on tenor - he must be the loudest tenor I saw live (louder than Brötzmann or Gustafsson and at least 1/3 louder than McPhee). I moved to the back of the room, the volume was hurting my ears. A lot of super-fast runs, a lot of wailing. Nothing we have not heard before. McPhee played tenor exclusively with gorgeous sound and beautiful ideas. BUT, he was playing probably three times less than Dikeman, and even when he was, Dikeman would insist on playing behind him (more like in front given his volume). This was extremely annoying. It was similar to Rodrigo Amado / McPhee gig I saw some time ago - there, Amado would not shut up AT ALL. What's wrong with these tenor players?! Are they trying to prove something to McPhee? They are not in their 20s, these are seasoned players who are supposed to know that more is not necessarily good... Even more annoying was a totally inept rhythm section. Tollef Østvang is a shockingly bad drummer. No swing, no ideas, no dynamics, no flow, some clumsy rock licks. Really horrible, I could not believe McPhee would tour and record with a musician of such level. Jon Rune Strøm was OK, nothing interesting but not horrible at least, thank you very much. So, in short, no way am I ever going to a Universal Indians gig again, and I still hope to see McPhee live in full glory.

The first one, "Big Deep".

I saw Wooley a couple of weeks ago with Harris Eisenstad's quartet (with Matt Bauder on tenor and a (good) bassist whose name escapes me now) - he was very impressive. I had heard a few things of his and saw him live way back when, 20 years ago in New York (I seem to remember it was a young bassist's band with Steve Swell and Wooley). I thought then he was definitely OK but a bit chatty, unfocused and with boring undistinguished sound. However, what I heard here in Vienna was super precise with great long-form development of ideas and just impeccable technique. Matt Bauder was also outstanding - such a deep old-style sound on tenor. Overall, the concert was very enjoyable. It would have been fantastic if it weren't for silly and formulaic compositions of Eisenstad's. So I will be checking out more Wooley for sure. I also saw Konk Pack (Roger Turner, Thomas Lehn and Tim Hodgkinson) a few days ago, and this was one of the most exciting concerts on my memory. Talk about non-formulaic - the range of sounds these guys produce while making a coherent whole is spellbinding. One hour gig flew like 10 minutes. Do see them live if you get a chance (not many people chose to do so in Vienna - there were maybe 20 people in the audience), these guys are not getting younger (Turner is approaching 80). All of Konk Pack CDs are OOP, but they are still relatively easy to buy second-hand: https://www.discogs.com/artist/454272-Konk-Pack .