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Vynil is a higher-margin product and is a growing, if microscopic, segment (although I think it is a stupid fad that will die out fairly soon). CDs are a declining segment with collapsed pricing. Yes, there were 28M CDs sold in the UK last year - it is 100M less than 10 years ago (and at lower prices too). Downloads are bullshit too, declining even faster than CDs. Streaming is the format of the future - and indeed of today. LPs are somewhat more difficult to pirate than CDs, this might also be a reason why some musicians / labels prefer them.

No CD = ignoring 10 disgruntled dudes at Organissimo. Not exactly "the market". CDs are 7% of the music sales (that's in the US, might be even less in Europe).

Just earlier today was listening to Chris Welcome's "Luz" - what an excellent album. With Jonathan Moritz, Shayna Dulberger and one of my favorite drummers, John (Johnny) McLellan (who sadly died a few years ago). https://chriswelcome.bandcamp.com/album/luz John McLellan tribute:

Ardittis are great. Saw the live a few times - phenomenal. The a series of recordings they did for AEON (Birtwistle, Ferneyhough. Dusapin, Gerhard, etc.) are outstanding.

Don't get me wrong, this was not a bad concert. Maneri was the best of the three, his sound simply gorgeous. There were just not too many ideas floating around.

Well, touring is taxing, particularly when you are not young anymore.

Leandre-Maneri-Cleaver concert was very much so-so. They all seemed very tired, and Maneri was coughing quite a bit. The music was quite subdued, repetitive and sort of lazy challenge-wise. Played one short set (two sets were expected). Leandre was bowing 95% of the time. Mercifully, nearly no vocalizing. Going thought my collections there are clunkers galore: "Blue Memories" with Mario Schiano & Renato Geremia, "No Waiting" with Derek Bailey, "Organic - Mineral" with Kazue Sawai, "Sur une Balançoire" with Gianni Lenoci, "Winter in New York - 2006" with Kevin Norton. I don't remember it that well, but I seem to recall that Stone Quartet at Vision is not particularly a revelation either. Coincidentally, just bought the Decoy / McPhee CD from Bo'weavil a couple of days ago, looking forward to hearing it.

Re Cage, listened to this one. Liked it a lot!

Or just go for this cheap ( https://www.amazon.de/50-Jahre-Wergo-Musik-unserer/dp/B007LHGD10/ ) set on WERGO, a lot of goodies here:

Great stuff. I am not too knowledgeable about Cage (and a lot of what I heard I did not like), but I really like this piano music cycle by Boris Berman on Naxos. I had the complete piano music set by Schleiermacher (on MDG), and did not like it nearly as much as Bermans.

Outstanding.

Well, this one on EMANEM has the the lonious himself on a couple of tracks. But it's the first part of the CD - the Lacy / Rudd quartet - that is the real deal here.

Absolutely.

Yes, I think this is the first one, or one of the first ones. This is not necessarily the best Waldron / Lacy collaboration, but as far as Monk tributes are concerned, this is an excellent album. As far as Monk tributes are concerned, here is another one: These two young upstarts, Johnny and Eddie, can make circles around Mr. Braxton.

Works for me. But check out that Lacy if you don't know it.

This one is OK, but "best"? I am not sure what would be the best one, but IMHO a definitely better one is (recorded 30 years earlier with some of the same people):

Steve Swallow - Ohad Talmor - Adam Nussbaum "Singular Curves". Excellent stuff.

Excellent album.

And a lot of CD's.

Outstanding playing by Mr. Krystall. I don't get it why he's not better known.

I'll go. I am not concerned about Maneri as much as about Leandre's clownish tendencies that sometimes tend to overwhelm her performances. I saw here live a few times, always a bit of a disappointment.

Got this one and gave it a listen - great stuff. I might actually go see Maneri with Leandre and Cleaver in a week.

An old favorite:

Forgot this one: Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/album/0SQOb1mBMDGNTQNzVVNEwL It's an orchestral piece that can be performed on its own or with improvisers. Here it's presented in three versions - with improvisers Axel Dörner & Paul Lovens, without improvisers, and with improvisers John Butcher & Thomas Lehn. All three versions are a great listen (the orchestra piece is a Scelsi-like thing with long long tones and slow development). I've been enjoying this one a lot, especially the demented Butcher / Lehn version. I wish there were more works for orchestras with improvisers. After all, that was the idea back in the 18th century, right?