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It's already on Spotify too: https://open.spotify.com/album/2IQwM81ZpSyo3Xp32y8VRd

Now Sony can probably make copies of this CD and sell them. Legal in the EU!

Man!

This was the Rodrigo Amado quarter with Kent Kessler and Chris Corsano. McPhee was playing tenor exclusively, and he was playing beautifully. He seemed to be in quite a lyrical mood (having turned 80 two days ago might have had something to do with it). Unfortunately, Amado insisted on playing non-stop all through the set. There literally were no more than 10 minutes cumulatively in a 1.5-hour set when he did not play. There were probably four minutes when McPhee played without Amado, the these were the highlights of the concert. When they were playing together they were mostly drowning each other out. McPhee is one of my favorite musicians, and I saw him live probably 10 times, and it was never that good - I tend to blame his sidemen (the trio with John Edwards and Klaus Kugel I saw last year was extremely boring fire-music skronkfest). I wish I saw Trio X... Amado fell back on the same licks all the time, was very repetitive. I've heard an enjoyed quite a few albums with him, and today was the worst I've heard him do. Corsano was quite interesting but man is his bass drum bashing annoying. McPhee will now proceed to Wels Music Unlimited festival where he is one of the featured artists: http://www.waschaecht.at/music-unlimited/

Man, I gave up on Braxton 15 years ago, still can't recover from hearing this: But I am looking forward to seeing Rodrigo Amado with Joe McPhee tonight.

This is good stuff. Yes, once you go Bach you never come back. Now playing: Another excellent composer prevented (mercifully, less brutally than Roslavets, Mossolov or Nosyrev) from developing his talent by the Soviet system.

One of Lacy's best, IMHO. Joy indeed.

Not too many good things, but still better than what he's doing right now. This one is good, though:

Just released. Violin and viola duo andPlay (Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola) playing music by Ashkan Behzadi, Clara Iannotta, and David Bird. Good stuff. http://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/andplay-playlist/

Ha-ha

This is good stuff

Psi is Parker's baby, I don't think Martin had much to do with it, other than distribution. Psi has a much higher share of clunkers compared to Emanem.

Yes

I just ordered some CDs from Emanem a couple of weeks ago, which were delivered within days, so the distribution end of the label (well, of Martin, the label is a one-man show) works just fine.

Saw ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien with Marin Alsop conducting at Konzarthaus here in Vienna yesterday. The program was: 1. Christopher Rouse Rapture (1999–2000) 2. Lera Auerbach Evas Klage. O Blumen, die niemals blühen werden (2019) 3. Paul Hindemith Symphonie »Mathis der Maler« (1933–1934) 4. Paul Hindemith Sancta Susanna. Oper in einem Akt op. 21 (1921) First off, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien is excellent. I was surprised how good they are, I always thought of them as a distant hack-job cousin to Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Symphoniker. I was clearly wrong. I am curious if this was actually always a good orchestra or it's a recent development - perhaps soulpop would know. On the music, the Rouse piece was interesting and colorful with great tympani flourishes. I have never heard of Rouse (who died a few weeks ago, as I learned), and I will definitely be investigating more. Auerbach's piece on the other hand, was an awful saccharine pastiche (sort of Schnittke / Slyvestrov thing, ECM-ready) with over-long citation from Purcell's "Music for a While" (which was anyway the best part of the piece) and overbearing Ondes Martenot. Moreover, it was preceded by a long rambling speech from the composer (this was the world premiere of this crap) where she mentioned that the "music contains humor". When a composer feels the need to point out that she has humor in the work that is about to be performed it's probably time to head for the door. But it was mercifully short. Nice touch was that the soloists were the "last" instruments - meaning, last (as opposed to first) violin, last alto, etc. - who played superbly, I really wonder how much of a difference there is between first and last violin in an orchestra of such caliber. As always with Viennese audience (particularly when the composer is present), long and enthusiastic applause. Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler" was excellent, as expected. I am fairly familiar with the piece (in different performances), and I always felt that there are just too many ideas packed in there with a bit of a disjunctive overall feel to it. But these are all beautiful ideas, anyway. The brass were great on that one. I set on the first balcony raw, the sound was perfect. I did not stay for the opera. Had enough of positive musical impressions for the evening.

Beautiful sound indeed, but man is Sweelinck boring and predictable. Byrd and Peerson pieces are excellent.

Man, these covers... Shostakovich = Soviet twenties propaganda posters is such a lazy lazy approach (this is a nice poster, nothing against it per se). And for his quartets this is not event remotely relevant.

I have quite a few of his CDs, and I like this one the most. It's on Italian Felmay label. Seems to be OOP, but should be easy to find.

There are a few Mosaics on Spotify that are not necessarily easy to find (Spotify search by label function does not always work and often the labels inconspicuously rename the sets). I thought we might post links to the sets so that they are easy to find for those who are interested. Louis Armstrong The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): https://open.spotify.com/album/4ePSSZbkcek6jALbNtztI8? Louis Armstrong Columbia And RCA Victor Live Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars: Vol. 1: https://open.spotify.com/album/7GwSrFicvM59OYCAFsDB4q Vol. 2: https://open.spotify.com/album/5oPUTne7UdDcLUsRKpODvW Vol. 3: https://open.spotify.com/album/6caWTu3uR6ykaFv1asaqwG Mildred Bailey ‎The Complete Columbia Recordings: Vol. 1, 1929-37: https://open.spotify.com/album/011UqnWufU5oi05San1edI? Vol. 2, 1938: https://open.spotify.com/album/51A15ZbMnQVIp1LMgdEdlL Vol. 3, 1938-42: https://open.spotify.com/album/6ZZyhRKN0R2N9GL6lk8RRo Count Basie The Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: https://open.spotify.com/album/7GLEidBdAgwkHt3tDG5gvT Bob Brookmeyer – Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/4S6Mb14EIOM4aIrBf3i9x3 Paul Chambers Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/5167r7glVkF3P2gaZAujjV Bob Cooper, Bill Holman, Frank Rosolino – Kenton Presents Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino: https://open.spotify.com/album/1nEDR8wbM7F1SlrwH7QUQd Lou Donaldson - The Complete Blue Note Sessions 1957-60: https://open.spotify.com/album/1HpdiW5yOFkgR18E9AL7VR?highlight=spotify:track:0ibGwrHrsZol9xDQcrRvSW Roy Eldridge ‎The Complete Verve Studio Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/1RBAW8MhtPAhqEKIZRhzSJ? Tal Farlow The Complete Verve Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/1esWnRTGtgRaLC3QdkRv3x Art Farmer / Benny Golson / Jazztet ‎The Complete Argo / Mercury Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/1VTJAf7legjTi6EOHHoxFG Dizzy Gillespie Verve/Philips Small Group Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/3d2hUuEDXYsD07WwSr91Od Dexter Gordon Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/4pgUzeOCQJ0tQ7ts22UC0V Bennie Green – Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/1lpvQ51NoOJWqJrU1IRlz4 Bobby Hackett – The Complete Capitol Bobby Hackett Solo Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/4iColCtBKqo1C6DcJ3jnZl Lionel Hampton The Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 Vol. 1: https://open.spotify.com/album/5dJ1Q0v1YqXMzEMluladvr? Vol. 2: https://open.spotify.com/album/2cDa78D61i3gH89oELnQ1r Vol. 3: https://open.spotify.com/album/0A9eA2rKBDSrA0b0lTPlSC John Handy Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/3lkMlBE3aXrKz0e3mqYAuf Coleman Hawkins ‎Classic Sessions 1922-1947: 1922-31: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Ggch6kyU9mWuQ76ynRXio 1931-34: https://open.spotify.com/album/6fZAMBu95nyAH59gWWrsL1 1934-43: https://open.spotify.com/album/6oGLfzAs8xJZaBkfoZ1ySs 1943-46: https://open.spotify.com/album/4rMISFmHr7rAwuwiKqBL2J Woody Herman Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/7JAkWczxaiqNgtfutM5GsF Andrew Hill Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/2E3C03wEjIahPdCOiUa3eU Earl Hines ‎Classic Sessions 1928-1945: Vol. 1 & 2: https://open.spotify.com/album/43sbVLkL2Qb3NNxlrzVC07? Vol. 3 & 4: https://open.spotify.com/album/3K57FZ1mEPKhN7Q8cYrVul Vol. 5 & 6: https://open.spotify.com/album/5tn9BVUdeKPagHO1oZHFUQ Vol. 7: https://open.spotify.com/album/7cT3hr8IQn4FrRXicPeWZ9? Johnny Hodges The Complete Verve Small Group Sessions 1956-61: https://open.spotify.com/album/7geL5C2wP1hAMhNS9jWWb7 Bobby Hutcherson Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fArNsjAm5wfU21C5mbP1G Elvin Jones The Complete Blue Note Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/5EBRb7Es35FEBaeUxUmOiY Quincy Jones The ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/6qE6TxOZZVECOYwo9GXU9A? Gene Krupa & Harry James – The Complete Capitol Recordings: https://open.spotify.com/album/7BZj5kU4zZuAJXAnqV3mIZHank Mobley ‎The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/3k4fLy4ANN1ocn5Zvpx0gK? Johnny Mercer – Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/1pQORO53AVvYinNFHJV2nh Oliver Nelson The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/4fI5ygF8VwCQWwzGIxUiE2 or https://open.spotify.com/album/55ECoXlUS7fIjkCrAfniS7 Anita O'Day The Complete Verve/Clef Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/5r3ZZRvdBuWIjsF6N6SDqO Horace Parlan - The Complete Blue Note Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/6GTlSeV5D0njM8KVu0TPCs Joe Pass The Complete Pacific Jazz Quartet Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/album/6RRyVVMofYvprSf4fJViho John Patton Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/6gvR04FB2Ffb76J8awyfHt Art Pepper – Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/2PHAzWwVZ9c57cHLnD80CP Don Pullen Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/61VJMnsE9iCC7mghjhDNrb Dizzy Reece Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/3yYgaEfZaI4JDdWT1v7cvJ Bud Shank & Bob Cooper Mosaic Select: https://open.spotify.com/album/3eKwPK7dt2IqxRZjGtaNLa Teddy Wilson Trio Complete Verve Recordings: https://open.spotify.com/album/1esWnRTGtgRaLC3QdkRv3x Lester Young ‎Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie (1936-1940): Vol. 1: https://open.spotify.com/album/6DVh0luJxHlZ860CBZ2yet Vol. 2: https://open.spotify.com/album/6QhoZXYczPSjwFN6KrBvid Vol. 3: https://open.spotify.com/album/3odMznjqFslvYfvwlF94Je Vol. 4: https://open.spotify.com/album/3fZw8SeSIBrDJPACnOQWs8 Denny Zeitlin The Columbia Studio Trio Sessions (Mosaic Select): https://open.spotify.com/album/5CnpZmonp3YHvveCWwqepD