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A new complete piano works 5-CD box set: http://anothertimbre.com/mortonfeldmanpiano.html

Larry, thanks for providing an overview of the development of the Chicago new jazz scene. I am not a fan of Vandermark either, and share your reservations about his playing (to be fair, I have not heard anything he recorded in the last 15 years), but I also strongly object to the "charlatan" label. He is not a self-promoter that you would expect a charlatan to be, he seems to be a very unassuming guy, and, as you noted, his generosity and organizational skills helped the scene tremendously (I assume he financed the Brötzmann Tentet, for example). It is not his fault that he was (and I am not sure whether he still is) considered by many to be the leading light in the new music. Are we to expect everybody who is not a top-tier player to stop playing / performing? The guy enjoys what he's doing, he plays with good people (and gives them ample opportunity to get a worldwide exposure), there is nothing about it that would make him a "charlatan". A lot of people of modest talent get over-hyped for various, often not related to the music, reasons. William Parker, anyone? Or Rahsaan Roland Kirk?

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Thanks, will definitely check this one out. Delius is such a great player.

Gerry Hemingway to Switzerland Barre Phillips to France Kent Carter to France Michael Moore to the Netherlands Burton Greene to the Netherlands Marco Eneidi to Austria George Cremaschi to Czechia

Ha, I am in Barcelona tomorrow, so might drop by the store to pick this one (or, more likely, something else) as well!

Thanks

Well, Liszt apparently admired Alkan's playing (and his compositions too). Liszt, Alkan and Chopin would regularly perform on the same bill together (yes, I read the Wikipedia Alkan entry). So yeah, I guess he was a decent piano player. I liked this Maltempo disc, thanks for the recommendation. The piano sounds great indeed. Now, any recommendations for Alkan performed on pédalier?

Yes, all these young guys (and gals) are excellent. And no, Dwyer (thankfully) does not sound like Derek Bailey at all .

Oh man, I still did not go through the whole (excellent) Tensegrity box - and there is this one already...

Nice, pensive stuff. https://brucesfingers.bandcamp.com/album/harmonic-2011

Just got this John Butcher / Gino Robair / dieb13 CD, and it' excellent. http://theopensecret.bandcamp.com/album/a-geography-for-plays

Oh, "Both Directions at Once" sold 250,000 copies - advertising does work, after all. There was a lot of better music released last year, I guess it should have been just advertised more aggressively. I am quite curious about this upcoming release. "Blue World" track sounds good. Won't buy the CD, but will definitely listen to it on Spotify.

Sound intriguing, will give him a listen

Why do you assume this was of much importance to Kuhn at all? Was working for Trane as a pianist in 1960 supposed to be a dream job and career-defining experience for everybody?

I listened to it twice, I thought it was pretty boring and the compositions sounded like something a conservatory student would write for a grade. I doggedly attend concerts of young composers here in Vienna. 90% of the time the music would be labored crap, which sounds very much like this. But 10% of the time there would be something excellent, sounding MUCH better than this.

The Ayler disc mentioned that it is released by permission of the Ayler estate. I wonder what sources were used for the remastering.

I'll be perfectly content to have this one on Spotify.

Bravo ECM for making these long OOP albums available for streaming. That's the way to do it. Some interesting stuff here.

Good stuff.

Another nice one is Mike Nock's Trio "Not We But One" on Naxos: https://www.discogs.com/Mike-Nock-Trio-Not-We-But-One/release/4153597 . Cox is very prominent here. I think the drummer Tony Reedus is needlessly hyperactive here, but it's a nice record nonetheless. I have Cox's solo on Sketch. Haven't listened to it in ages, but I do remember finding it good but not great. The sound is excellent, but does not have the range of ideas of the best solo bass records (like the ones from Barre Phillips or Joelle Leandre or Mark Dresser or Paul Rogers), IMHO.