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Ayler Records (no introduction needed, I guess) is offering its full digital discography (that's 165 albums you will never find time to listen to) for €265.50 (+ bullshit taxes as appropriate) at bandcamp. A lot of goodies. Go to any Ayler release and scroll down to the offer: https://ayler-records.bandcamp.com/album/mmxxiv-ad .

Your kids might enjoy this interpretation: and part 2: I have and still do.

There is a new first-ever CD release of a duo concert of Kloss with Barry Miles in Bremen in 1978: https://www.discogs.com/release/31022905-Eric-Kloss-Barry-Miles-Live-In-Bremen-1978-Vol-1 Vol. 2 is supposed to be released later this year.

Unexpectedly, there is a new Happy Apple CD (recorded in 2020, as I understand)! Their last one was released 17(!) years ago. At first listen, this one is not as good as their previous ones - but good stuff nonetheless.

Thanks for the link to Klatt documentary. Very strong player. I have one of his CDs, will get more. A similar story of Johannes 'Jo' Barthelmes, an excellent German tenor/soprano player of the same generation (born in mid-'50s) who initially enjoyed widespread critical acclaim, recorded of couple of excellent albums and then completely dropped out of music for 20+ years. He unexpectedly reemerged a couple of years ago and plays well:

Do you think you could ask him? I am very curious who this could be.

Extra Ball "Birthday" is an EXCELLENT fusion album: Good tunes, tight tight playing, solos not too long, keyboards not overly cheesy. Great bass / drums interplay. What more could you possibly wish for on a fusion record?

Yes, very expressive. Really good album overall.

I have been exploring some Polish jazz hitherto unknown to me over the last couple of days. I liked this one a lot: An excellent energetic post-bop tenor (and soprano) trio album. Maciej Sikala is a very accomplished saxophone player - from a technical standpoint at least, quite possibly the strongest I've heard among Polish saxophonists. Such a gorgeous tenor sound. And the drummer, the late Jacek Olter (died by suicide at the age of 28 in 2001), is such a powerhouse here.

This is a very nice album led by a fine clarinetist Emil Kowalski (all but one tune are actually written by the band's bass player, Piotr Lemańczyk):

It's a guitar duo with several tracks being just Hall solo: https://liviarecords.com/product/louis-stewart-with-jim-hall-the-dublin-concert/

Mozg club / label bandcamp page has a good selection of yass recordings: https://muzykazmozgu.bandcamp.com/music with this being an excellent scene overview compilation: https://muzykazmozgu.bandcamp.com/album/yass-sk-adanka-jazz-forum

An excellent documentary about the Polish band Miłość - their attempted reunion after 10 years of not playing together. AFAIC, this is some of the most original jazz (they preferred calling it "yass") Poland has produced so far. A nice footage of Lester Bowie too.

OK, let's move on, shall we. Here is another one I have been enjoying: Mieczysław Kosz solo piano release as a part of the Polish Radio Jazz Archives series: It's ever so slightly in the cocktail bar piano territory, but somehow still tasteful and the "sound of surprise" is there (not an easy feat). Kosz would die at the age of 29 falling out of the window, so there are not too many recordings of him available.

Nothing wrong with history, of course... But don't you feel that saying "who is who of Polish jazz" about a recording made in 1973 sort of dismisses everything made since then?

yes, ⬆️ who is who as of 50 years ago.

Mikołaj Trzaska on alto saxophone and clarinets is a world-class musician. He has a huge discography. I like this old one a lot: Piotr Wojtasik is an excellent trumpeter, he leads a first-rate international group (Michel Donato, such an underrated bassist) on this date: If you can find it, this is a beautiful disc: Bogdan Precz "Grudusko" https://www.discogs.com/release/31569772-Bogdan-Precz-Grudusko . Trombone / accordion duo, you don't hear that too often. Precz would die young in a car crash. From what I know, this is his only album.

I did not know this one. Just listend to it - it's a good one, if a bit show-offish. There's a lot (in relative terms) of conversation about French jazz in France. If you mean this board - well, what can I say... When I was living in Paris (in 1999-2000), somebody like Sclavis or Portal or Solal would fill large concert halls (probably 400-500 people or so). Galliano too, of course - he was very much appreciated by non-jazz audiences. Les Allumes Du Jazz is a good source for French jazz: https://www.lesallumesdujazz.com/e-boutique,accueil

Well, you see them in NYC where they can roll out of their beds to go to a gig. I see them after flights, train rides, crappy hotels, jet-lags and being forced to spend a lot of time with their bandmates, etc. This might account for a difference in attitude. Meanwhile, I listened to that Sanchez-Guy-Lopez album on Spotify, it's really nothing special, IMHO. If you want some new Barry Guy with a pianist, this one, released on on ECM last month, is better:

I saw / heard Sanchez just once, it was a Harris Eisenstad's band with Eskelin. Don't remember if it was a trio or there was somebody else as well. Sanchez seemed to be sulking and her playing was trite. Will check out this new one with Guy & Lopez, their other piano trio with Agusti Fernandez is fantastic.

As per Discogs, he is on close to 40 albums released since 2017: https://www.discogs.com/artist/316511-Drew-Gress?superFilter=Instruments+%26+Performance

My favorite "with a drummer" duo is the one with Günter Sommer. But I like them all, it's a great body of work.

Oh no :(. Schweizer is my favorite jazz pianist. Saw her live (solo) once in a small club in Geneva in 2006 - it was an excellent concert.

Hans, you are right. "Processing fee" can be a bitch, though. It is between €5 (when handled by Austrian post) and €20 (DHL) here in Austria.

Most likely you will have to pay Polish VAT + "processing fee". If the order is more than €150 there will be import tariffs as well.