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I got interested in Roussel. There are a few cheapo sets of his orchestral works out there - anybody can recommend any in aprticualr? In general, any Roussel recommendations would be appreciated.

One more recommendation for solo works - The Bach Harpsichord Album by Robert Aldwinckle on budget Regis label (includes French Suite, Italian Concerto, Chromatic Fantasy and other works) . Now, I am not the biggest harpsichord fan, but here it sounds great - lively, energetic and dynamically diverse. The CD is OOP but can be easily obtained for cheap from market sellers. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Harpsichord-Album-Robert-Aldwinckle/dp/B00005V436/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1303466996&sr=8-2

Some recommendations for solo instruments. Glenn Gould solo piano, particularly 1955 Golbergs (I don't really like his 1981 version), one of my most favorite CDs. Sviatoslav Richter - Well-Tempered Clavier set on RCA. Violin Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001-1006 performed by Oleg Kagan - reissued by Warner in their budget Apex series. There are many celebrated recordings of these works that I have not heard, but I just can't imagine them performed any better than this. These might be not the most clean or exact performances out there, but they are truly profound. Suites for Theorbo. Theorbo is a low pitch lute, sounds somewhat like bass guitar, really beautiful. As for orchestral works, you can't miss Branderburg Concertos. I love the Cortot / Orchestre de l'Ecole Normale de Musique recordings from the 1920s (with corresponding sound quality) on EMI. I have a couple of more recent versions, but somehow keep returning to these Cortots - there's unique energy and warmth there.

"Hotta Lotta", a '73 quartet recording with Kowald, Vesala and Aaltonen has been reissued: http://www.rocket-records.com/hot_lotta

I am cautiously optimistic about the upcoming KC ProjeKct release with Mel Collins & Co. Was disappointed by the last few KC releases, but this one has me intrigued.

Anybody can recommend any Richter's recording of Debussy? I have a DG compilation "In Memoriam" with Estampes and three preludes, and they are excellent, some of the my favorite Richter. Russian Melodia released all-Debussy Richter CD recently: http://www.melody.su/eng/work/catalog/classic/637 - anybody heard it, by chance?

Just got this super-cheap EMI (yes, EMI is desperate) 2CD set of Britten quartets performed by Belcea Quartet: http://www.amazon.co...00798204&sr=8-1 This is my first experience both with the music and the performer, sounds excellent.

The man just turned 70! Hard to believe. Still doing his thing, touring very actively. http://www.peterbroetzmann.com/

6-CD box, cheap. Judging from the track list, these are full-size CDs (no jubilee edition 35-minute ones). Might be a good way to get these works for those who don't have them yet. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Glenn-Gould-plays-Bach-Classical/dp/B004H6P2N8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300288787&sr=1-1

listen here. Thanks for this. Excellent stuff.

Man, just forget about the Emersons, they are robots. Prokofiev (together with Stravinsky) is probably my favorite 20th century classical composer. Not all of his stuff is good, but what is good is phenomenal.

I greatly enjoy Prokofiev's two string quartets. I remember being transfixed by the live performance of the 2nd quartet by the Shostakovich String Quartet back in Moscow 15 years ago. The opening movement with its dance punch.. amazing. I still have to find a performance of it I would be completely satisfied with, but this one is good, and has an excellent ethereal quartet by Nadarejshvili as a bonus: http://www.amazon.com/Nadarejshvili-Prokofiev-String-Quartets-Sergey/dp/B00000JHLN/ref=pd_krex_fa_img Also, I think Ravel's beautiful sole quartet has not been mentioned. I have the Quartetto Italiano performance on EMI (paired with Debussy's and Mihaud's quartets), and it is excellent.

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Burton Greene Milford Graves John Tchicai Reggie Workman Alan Silva Sunny Murray Archie Shepp Anthony Braxton, perhaps Peter Broetzmann Fred Van Hove Gato Barbieri Carlos Ward a lot of people

I think The Music Resource buys from Cadence.

The best prices for FMP stuff in the US are at The Music Resource: http://www.themusicresource.com It will take them weeks (or months) to fill the order, and half the stuff will turn out to be not available, but you will get something. Also, please note that some of the FMP CDs have been reissued by the new (or to be exact, "real old") FMP: http://www.fmp-label.de and jazzwerkstatt: http://www.records-cd.com/index.php/cat/c1000_jazzwerkstatt-----------------.html/XTCsid/cf2e54d8764bc139567341249696acd4

A new 10-CD box release: http://www.newworldr...&album_id=86954

Stumbled upon some Matana Roberts solo recordings online: http://soundcloud.com/matana-roberts Beautiful sound.

I think the dark sides of Van Vliet's personality have been discussed in the dedicated Captain Beefheart thread, probably no need to repeat it here. I wonder if "Lick My Decals Off, Baby" will get reissued now. Beefheart's best, IMHO. I remember finding it interesting that Anthony Braxton dedicated one of his compositions to "master musician and composer" Don Van Vliet.

Check out Djeli Moussa Diawara's (then spelled as Jali Musa Jawara) classic debut 1982 album, "Yasimika". Not really jazz (although it has a lot of improvisation), and IMHO much stronger than everything he has recorded afterwards. Excellently recorded as well. The CD has been OOP for many years, but it is expected to be re-released soon. You can listen to the complete album on Diawara's website: http://www.djelimous...982-remasterise

In case anybody's interested: Corbett vs. Dempsey is selling a recording of Broetzmann / Harry Miller 1980 duo concert recording from their website for $20: http://corbettvsdempsey.com/publications.html Please note that this is an audience recording of merely adequate sound quality and it is just 14 minutes long. However, this is a scantily documented (on CD, at least) collaboration, and the music is good (although definitely not the best Broetzmann out there).

P.L.M., my friend, even though I might miss our opinion battles of the old days, we won't have one now . I do believe Akosh is one of the more interesting reed players today - at least in the jazz realm. The other thing is that jazz playing field is far from inspiring these days (IMHO) so yes he might be merely a big fish in a small pond. And yes, I agree with you that Akosh's duos are more interesting than his Unit stuff - I thought his recent one with electronics player erikM was very intriguing, if not always working entirely perfectly (but reeds / electronics duos are difficult stuff to pull off). In case you are wondering who of the current reeds players I actually find interesting, there are not that many and these are mostly people playing music beyond jazz (John Butcher, Martin Kuchen - I think his solo released this year is fantastic http://www.mathka.pl/martin-kuchen-the-lie-and-the-orphanage/, Seymour Wright, Bhob Rainey, Lucio Capece, Christine Sehnaoui Abdelnour, and a few others).

One of the most interesting reeds players on the scene today, IMHO. I like everything I've heard by him. His website seems to have streaming audio for each of his albums, so go check it out.

The only problem with this tour for me is that FZ's solos were probably some of the least interesting since the sixties, IMHO.

Frank Zappa - guitar, synthesizer Patrick O'Hearn - bass Terry Bozzio - drums I remember having read that FZ was apparently contemplating a tour with this trio (he was suing Warner Bros, and was not sure he could finance a larger band). A shame it never happened, probably would have been the most improv-heavy Zappa's tour.