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Yes, that's the one I have. i hope she gets to record the whole cycle once.

This one is even cheaper at the UK amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BM9I028/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Strange collection, this one. have you heard any of it? No, was just looking at the track list.

This one is even cheaper at the UK amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BM9I028/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Strange collection, this one.

Loved it, just ordered the CD. Thanks! Saw Midori live yesterday playing Bach's sonatas and partitas. She was fantastic.

Richter playing Bach's WTC for €10 at amazon.es: http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000026OHN/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=3626&creative=24822&creativeASIN=B000026OHN&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl05-21

Great bassist, even though I find him a bit too busy and disruptive at times. I like him most in duos with Archie Shepp and Walt Dickerson.

It actually seems to have gone OOP recently. My Reprise CD sounds just fine to me, so I think I will skip.

Zappa Family Trust is reissuing Trout Mask Replica later this year: http://barfkoswill.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=971_15167

Matt Bauder is a good one. Porter has generous sounds samples for their releases.

Everybody here is a fan of solo bass guitar, right? Daniele Camarda, a phenomenal bassist, recently released a new digital-only album: http://www.danielecamarda.net/ . I have his previous ones, both are excellent. I skimmed through the samples, this one sounds more flamenco-show-offish than his two (excellent) previous ones, but still is quite good. Hos older album with alto-sax monster Gianni Gebbia can be heard in full here: https://soundcloud.com/danielecamarda

A lot of good stuff here. Track list with samples here: http://www.deccaclassics.com/en/cat/single?sort=newest_rec&PRODUCT_NR=4782759&SearchString=20th+century+classics&UNBUYABLE=1&per_page=100&flow_per_page=100&presentation=flow

Sure enough, 38 versions of the Rite of Spring from Universal are not enough, so you get another 10 from Sony.

This is an old and tendentious book. I understand that Alan Clayson is working on an FZ bio at the moment, could be interesting.

I don't, I first learned about Zappa after he was already dead. But I have read a lot about him. There are dozes of interviews where he is obnoxious and cranky (particularly during the PRC saga), and the things he says are obvious posing. He most definitely cultivated a certain image of himself that may have been just a facet of his true personality (which I tend to think was much kinder and warmer). Of course, I used the word "belligerent" not in the direct meaning - Mingus he was not. Regarding FZ's interaction with his fans, there are some great stories, e.g. him - after playing two sets - agreeing to pay a visit to a young Swedish fan somewhere in the outskirts of Stockholm, then spending the night discussing politics with his parents, and traveling further the next day.

Zappa could be extremely arrogant and belligerent, particularly to passing acquaintances. I think this was an element of the public image that he cultivated. At the same time, people who knew and worked with him for a long time almost invariably seem to be in awe with him - as musician, but also as a person.

I am not.

"The Closer You Are" is great, but it does not provide any new inside compared to the original by Earl Lewis & the Channels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsiN4vXspbM

They did, it just was not released officially.

Well, I also believe that FZ's solos from the '88 tour are among his least interesting. I mean, they are cute, but less diverse and adventurous, and more likely to rely on the same licks and hooks than his older ones. Listen to SUNPYG "Inca Roads" solos, any of the four, and to the "Inca Roads" solo from "The Best Band..." back-to-back for comparison. The later version is sedate and boring, IMO. Actually, Zappa himself alluded in the Real Frank Zappa Book that his guitar playing in '88 was not his best. I find that his solos became better by the end of the tour (the one from "Outside Now" from his last '88 concert in Genoa, heard on "Broadway the Hard Way" is fantastic... "After Dinner Smoker" off "Trance-Fusion" from the same concert is also excellent), it's a shame the tour did not continue. "Guitar" album has a much better flow in the LP configuration, which is 13 tracks shorter. The sequencing is excellent, making the overall listening experience much more pleasurable. While I like SUNPYG more as an album, "Guitar" has some of my favorite FZ solos. And I just love his '84 guitar sound (even if I hate the overall sound of the '84 band.. but then again, Scott Thunes is excellent...). As for the '80s FZ, there is a lot of dross there, for sure. I just hate YAWYI, and most of "Them or US". And don't even mention "Thing-Fish". However, I consider "Jazz from Hell" to be among FZ's very best. To each his own, indeed.

Jacques Coursil's "Minimal Brass" on Tzadik (multitracked trumpet) is outstanding. Axel Dörner has recorded a lot of great stuff, mostly without piano, drums and bass.

A good bass duo is The Marks Brothers (Mark Dresser & Mark Helias) on Dewerf. Also, the classic Music from Two Basses (Dave Holland and Barre Phillips) on ECM (or was it JAPO?). Joelle Leandre has recorded with other bassists quite a bit, the one I like a lot is Hunting the Spirits Inside Them (on Music & Arts) with Ken Filiano and Vinny Golia. And yeah, Peter Kowald's duo with Damian Smith on balance point acoustics.

Second Janacek's "Glagolitic Mass". Other favorite is "Psalms" by Lili Boulanger paired on this CD (first released on DG, budget-reissued on Brilliant) with Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms": And some Renaissance stuff: Richafort's "Requiem"

This one could be interesting:

Some of the best Bach concertos recordings I've heard are by Cafe Zimmerman on Alpha. Very vigorous playing, and fantastic sound. I had Menuhin Bath too, and it went directly to second-hand shop once I've heard Cafe Zimmerman. Watch out amazon.es, they have the 6-CD Cafe Zimmerman box for cheap from time to time: http://www.amazon.es...dp/B005IQXUQW For violin sonatas / partitas I like whoever is in the DG Archiv "All Baroque" box. Milstein, iirc.

Ligeti Projects box on Teldec for €15.52 at Spanish amazon: http://www.amazon.es/Ligeti-Project-Box-Set-Gy%C3%B6rgy/dp/B0016A8E1K/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1