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Ainsley Dunbar's presence makes it worth a couple of listens once it's on Spotify.

Track listing on amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086ZF6DJB/

Art Tripp seems to be a very nice guy. As for Beefheart, from what I have read / seen, all the musicians, even the Trout Mask Replica band members who were psychologically (and sometimes physically) abused by Don and understandably hold a grudge against him, are at pains to confirm that the music ideas were Don's. The ideas were presented in a musically illiterate and disjointed manner, and the band members had to do a lot of work to arrange them, but these were his ideas nonetheless. Here is Gary Lucas's perspective: This is the piece that he is referring to:

I don't buy or download through the app, can't comment on this. I buy through browser and stream on the phone through the app. I would agree, not the most user-friendly platform, but life is too short to wait for a perfect solution to listen to the music you want, right?

My new bandcamp purchase: https://joemcphee.bandcamp.com/album/impressions-of-jimmy-giuffre

A lot of music is not available either on CD or streaming, so bandcamp is the only way. The best revenue option for the artists, I guess. Actually today, May 1st, bandcamp is waiving its fees and 100% of the revenue goes to artists. And yes, of course you can download (in various formats) and stream (both through the browser and the app).

John Butcher makes his full bandcamp discography (41 albums!) available at 50% discount for £130 (€150, $160). A lot of great stuff there, including some long OOP stuff: https://johnbutcher1.bandcamp.com/album/12-milagritos#buyFullDiscography

Available on Spotify too: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KPFAqKjyChH1AQS3LXzK6 Will listen to it later.

OK, I got an answer from EM, they will have the issue with streaming / downloads fixed. Moreover, the CD is available directly from their website: https://www.ensemble-modern.com/en/shop/cds/fourth-symphony/18#d-18

Yes, some excellent tunes on this one. I don't like Charles Lloyd but really enjoy his playing here.

Yes, you're right, 2nd movement )Allegretto) only 12 seconds long on Spotify! I sent a request to Ensemble Modern to make it at least 24 seconds.

Not familiar with the performers, but this Janacek sonata is gorgeous. The first classical CD I bought was of Janacek and Prokofiev piano & violin sonatas!

As far as I am concerned, Brötzmann is as traditional and "idiomatic" as you can get. He's been playing more or less the same stuff for 50 years. It is extremely repetitive (IMHO, of course) full of autopilot hooks and licks. I think he is a very nice and dedicated guy and has a beautiful sound on tenor (not on clarinet or (God forbid) tarogato, which one needs to hear in the hands of Hungarian folk musicians to appreciate what this instrument is actually capable of), but that's about it. Barry Guy is a different story, different caliber altogether. I agree (if I understand you correctly) that The Thing is a waste of Gustafsson's talents. I know Trzaska and Kaucic, and like the former quite a bit. I just checked - it looks like I was the first person to mention either of them on this forum, 15 years ago.

Yeah, cool. I can't speak for "us", or even for "many of us", only for myself. When I listen to music I don't care about "sound of love" and "passions" from "within" or elsewhere. Neither am I interested in whether the music is made from a "lifetime of living" (is there other type of lifetime, non-living?). The only thing I care for is whether it is interesting to listen to. In case of Brötzmann, it is not.

Hal Singer is excellent on this one. The man is 100 already (was 90 when this album was recorded)! Murray is doing his thing, boring. But Singer is the man!

Excellent stuff

Inspired by the solo Peter Herbert concert I saw in live streaming (sort of, due to unstable connection) earlier today I listened to this one (has Peter Herbert as a sideman): Woody Shaw with Tone Jansa Quartet (on Timeless). Such an excellent work. Good original tunes. One of the best records with Woody Shaw, IMO. This one, as well as Dr. Chi by the same group.

The Enja edition is still easily available: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00AO7HOPI/

Cool, thanks.

Looked through the track list: https://www.nottwo.com/mw1000 Not too interested. I can fairly easily imagine what most of these would sound like, and what I imagine does not excite me that much. Really don't need to hear any more Brötzmann and Vandermark. Guy / Homburger duo is nice, but is well documented elsewhere. Leandre / Guy thing is probably overkill. Mats Gustafsson / Rafal Mazur / Paal Nilssen-Love could be interesting if Mats is not in the silly "The Thing" blow-hard mode. I have not seen him live for years, I wonder if he still plays tenor much, he is such a good tenor player (while his baritone and flutophone playing I find gimmicky). Trzaska I would be interested in hearing, he is an excellent player. Agustí Fernández too. Not sure about Kaučič in these combinations.

I have not listened to it in ages. I remember it being a decent date. Shaw excellent, Henderson OK. My go-to Shaw / Swainson album is Woody Shaw's "In My Own Sweet Way", my favorite Woody Shaw.

How is the music?

Yes!

For whatever reason neither of these seems to be available at Spotify, hence the purchase of: