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Young guy, he is also a composer / performer of microtonal music, but here he plays in a standard jazz piano trio format. I thought this was good:

As per psi website: I called it psi for all the associations with irrational numbers, golden ratios etc but above all for the Psi phenomena which I am convinced are at the heart of improvised music making. I remember reading Evan Parker's interview where he said that the label has essentially folded. And it has its share of bad-sounding (and plain bad) releases - Thomas / Strid / Thomas "wazifa", for example. Clean Feed definitely did some record production / mastering themselves at the beginning, not sure about now. I actually like their current album artwork quite a bit. The sound of the newer releases is mostly good. There are too many releases on the label, I haven't been catching up lately, but among the newish ones I really liked Gerry Hemingway's "Riptide" (also with Eskelin) a lot. I am listening to Sacks's album on Spotify right now, I'm on track 2, sounds OK so far with my regular reservations about Malaby's playing reconfirmed.

Listened to this one, did not like it that much - neither the works, nor the performance. I am not a fan or Ars Antiqua Austria either (saw them live a couple of times), although I do like Gunnar Letzbor's forceful performance of Bach solo violin sonatas and partitas. For the last couple of years this has been my go-to disc for baroque lute music: http://www.timespanrecordings.co.uk/david-miller---baroque-lute.html

Oh, gotta check this one out.

Porgy & Bess is the best jazz club in Vienna: http://porgy.at/

Bill McHenry

I agree, great trio. Yes from me for Renato Sellani. This solo one, "Glad there is you", from his last years, is gorgeous.

Yes, this duo with Draksler is nice. Santos Silva actually reminds me of Barbara Donald from those excellent Sonny Simmons sides of 60s/70s. Same forceful sound (too forceful for my taste), plying very direct, a bit rigid.

Santos Silva is good. I like this one a lot: https://www.subradar.no/album/santos-silvawodrasckameaas-svendsenberre/rasengan

Was Richard Grossman mentioned? I thought his trios on Hat Hut were very interesting.

I see Randy Peterson is on a recent piano trio date led by Rema Hasumi: https://www.ruweh.com/collections/frontpage/products/rema-hasumi-billows-of-blue The label's site also has an interview with him: https://www.ruweh.com/blogs/news/randy-peterson-interview

Oh wow, Randy Peterson, have not heard about him for a long time. What a drummer! His playing on Mat Maneri's trio discs on Leo is fantastic.

Regarding Formanek quartet with Malaby, I will check it out on Spotify. Wanted to catch up with what Malaby is up to. I remember he had a very strong trio disc way back when, 15 years ago or something. And then everything I've heard by him afterwards was not that interesting, so I stopped following. But I am not a fan of Ches Smith and Kris Davis either, so my expectations for Formanek disc are not that high.

New Barre Phillips solo is a good one. More mellow and melodious than his previous (8!) solo records. Baby Sommer is great, one of my favorite drummers. One of my favorite musicians, actually. I've been listening to his solo "Dedications" (on Intakt) a lot lately.

Well, this is more about trying to come up with a sustainable income model for creative musicians, rather than providing listeners with bargain deals on music.

From the mailing received today: "Catalytic Sound is a music based co-operative designed to help create economic sustainability for its artists through patron support" (The musicians are Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Joe Morris, Nate Wooley, Ab Baars, Paal Nilseen-Love and others.) "Since the beginning, Catalytic Sound has operated as a co-operative between patrons and artists, though without a clear way to support artists apart from buying their music. That changes today with the Catalytic Sound membership. We are happy to give you as listeners a new way to support the artists of Catalytic Sound while also gaining access to exclusive releases, merchandise, and offers. As part of our evolving mission, the membership represents Catalytic Sound's commitment to developing creative and innovative economic models for our artists. Please consider joining us in this cause. -Ken Vandermark (Founder) -Brock Stuessi (Manager) What does the membership include? For a monthly payment of $25/month receive: An exclusive digital release from a Catalytic artist Two digital downloads a month An exclusive Catalytic Sound tote bag Access to a monthly sale The catalytic quarterly on your doorstep Exclusive CD compilations starting in 2019 Find out more about the exclusive release from Ken Vandermark this month and more below! https://catalyticsound.com/

I agree. I am not the biggest AEoC fan in general, but to my ears their later stuff is markedly worse than earlier. And Lester Bowie's Brass Band... eh.

Nice price, although none of the AEC ECM releases are that good, IMHO. As far as I am concerned, with AEC the earlier - the better.

I agree. Widmann is good. Overall, there are a lot of excellent composers around these days (or perhaps as many as always, it is just that their music is recorded more often). Listening to Morton Feldman piano works / Ilic. I have heard quite a few versions of "For Bunita Marcus", but keep returning to this one for whatever reason.

Yes, this one is good, although perhaps too reliant on catchy hooks. Listening to Dusapin quartets 6 & 7 by Arditti SQ. Great.

Loks like an ID photo to me, but mug shot is a possibility - he had problems with US authorities (nothing to do with music) that led to his fleeing to Mexico.

Nancarrow - Player Piano Studies 33-41 c. Oh yes.

Excellent.

Nancarrow - Player Piano Studies. This is great stuff.

And Red Octopus is no longer there either.