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I think that Zappa is more "jazz" than many of the more conventially-accepted jazz musicians, if you consider imporovisation the main companent of jazz - just check out his guitar solos sets Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar and Guitar (which have gradually become my favorite Zappa discs - and I have them all, incuding dozens of boots)- his talent for imporvisation, his technique and his sound creativity are up there with the best of the "jazzers".

It probably will, Gary! I got my copy just yesterday! Let us know what you think of it. I also highly recommend you get Unforgiven North - I like it even more, even though this one is without Brötzmann

Did anybody hear this one yet: In case you cannot figure out the cover "art": this is Brötzmann-Mandershied-Samba trio CD released on Konnex last year. I assume this Brötzmann junkie Gary should have it since the day it was released...

Friends, I just had a first listen to a Eric Barber's "Maybeck contstructions" (pfMENTUM), and I am quite impressed. Solo tenor and soprano saxophone, again (as with Bühler, who I also discovered a bit earlier) an Evan Parker disciple, and again, IMO, more focused and profound. Very impressive multiphonics and other extended techniques, but also impressive ideas. His tenor and soprano sound really nice (and really well recorded!) - clean, clear, rich sound. It is good that Barber is not ashamed to use more conventional saxophone playing techniques - and when he does, it sounds even pretty. All very coherent, with a constant flow. If there is a little drawback is that it's a bit too precisely calculated (large part of it might be written in advance, I thought), IMO. Highly recommended. Got my copy at indiejazz for $12.50. A sample is avilable at the pfMENTUM page linked to above. (Not too updated) Eric Barber website is here.

I ssume you shelled out $10 for the new Exploding Customer CD? I received it yesterday, and first impression is quite positive.

I'll get John Carter, Tony Coe and the Persons.

Tony, are you sure you need 10 CDs of Gjerstad's duos, particularly with Sabir Mateen and Borah Bergman? I actually have Gjerstad's duo with Hubback on Utech, and it is very much so-so.

Will do. Thnaks Tony.

Friends, woudl anyone of you know where I can find Mats Gustafsson / Paul Lovens "Nothing to read" CD (Blue tower, 1991)?

I like Ellen Fullmans Long String Instrument. That's some cool shit. Friends, I listend to Ellen Fullman's "Body Music" (XI)... three times in a row. Enjoyed it immensely. So much sound. Music to get transfixed by. Would love to see her performing live, but I doubt she travels too much with this monstrous Long String Instrument thingie. I heard her perform with the Deep Listening Band three days in a row at Columbia University. I wanted to find out how the structure changed from performance to performance. So did it change much?

Great one, even though it seems to me Roach and Braxton do not interact with each other that much here.

I like Ellen Fullmans Long String Instrument. That's some cool shit. Friends, I listend to Ellen Fullman's "Body music" (XI)... three times in a row. Enjoyed it immensely. So much sound. Music to get transfixed by. Would love to see her performing live, but I doubt she travels too much with this monstrous Long String Instrument thingie. Found a sample here. ---------------------------------- Listening to Fullman's disc (yes, for the fourth time), I realized I have heard spmething somewhat similar on Stephen Scott's "New music for bowed piano" (New albion) (smaple avilable here as well).

Loose Torque

This would appear to be a good sign: ~~~~~~~~~~ New San Diego based label, as announced on the European Free Improvisation Pages: Henceforth Records Incidentally, just yesterday I ordered the Sound on Survival disc - after checking out the samples here.

Who said life isn't tough? Well, over here we are used to these prices! These really are great records. I succumbed. Me too. Thanks David. Where did you mange to get this disc I'm having trouble understanding the site with the link did you get it elsewhere? Gary, I got my copy at the concert - but you should be able to get it from Kilogram records - send them an e-mail to the address posted here.

Sorry to quote myself (he-he) Very true. There are more "free jazz" moments here than at the concert I saw, and indeed (seamless and organic) transition from minimal to expansive imporvisation is fascinating. It was interesting to compare Leimguber's fire-music deviations to similar (and somewhat less successful, IMO) forays by John Butcher during the festival. Which reminds me that I still haven't written about the most interesting part of the TMM festival (including Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley duo). I am looking forward to hearing Leimgruber-Phillips-Demierr's earlier disc on Victo.

Okay for the Madonna's too. My daughter (13 years old since last week) will be delighted and thinking that I get some sanity at last. But I didn't know that you listen to that stuff yourself. Maybe you kept it for brothers, neviews or girlfriends, what'll explain the all things. No, no, no - for girlfriends I have a stock of the following:

Friends, I would like to give unconditional thumbs up for Leimgruber-Demierre-Phillips disc on Psi It is similar to a concert of this trio I saw last month in Berlin - my inarticulate discription of it is somewhere above. In the "best of the year" top-whatever list. ------------------ Also, I still need to tell you about phenomenal concert of Mikolaj Trzaska I saw a couple of days ago. And his disc with Brötzmann's Nefertiti trio is really good - some of the better latter-day Brötzmann playing I've heard (but Trzaska sounds better here, IMO).

John Butcher

My first Parker LP. Just wonderful. Even better than that. I wonder where I can get it. You may have ear it with MICHAEL MOORE in the "Jewels & Binoculars" band. I'll check it out - was plannig to get more Moore anyway. I like the two previous FINN. I don't know that one. Don't throw it in the can. Better send it my way. I'll give it one more chance. If it does not work, it's yours. I have some Madonna CDs as well, if you are interested. I have another disc of this trio called True live walnuts (Splasc(H)), and it's pretty boring. Salis plays the piano there mostly.

Might be forgivable, given that the list was complied in 1995 and the disc was released in 1997. It may be news to you but before music was available on CDs (and probably before you came to this world!), there were those objects called vinyls. Wonderful objects! My vinyl copy of 'The New Vilage on the Left' dates from 1977. I have loved this album since that time! Hmm... well... I can only redress my shameful mistake by ordering The New Vilage on the Left immidiately (never heard (of) Melis).

Might be forgivable, given that the list was complied in 1995 and the disc was released in 1997.

I finally listened to this disc, and it is really good. Somewhere in the terrotory of Evan Parker solo soprano discs, but with critical (for me) differences: slower, more economic and with ideas being very clear. There is a sense of direction and an underlying wise symplicity somewhat similar to what you can hear in folk music (I was listenig to some Armenian duduk music yesterday - and I hear some similarities). Also, between two bads, I would always prefer alto to soprano (his alto sound is qute beautiful, actually - and nicely recorded). Nice to hear a solo reeds disc where musicin is not determined on showing absolutely everything he can do an an instrument. Will return to this disc quite often. Check the samples out.

His solo For Olim has one 20-minute piece, and sever short pieces.

No way am I reading a review this long. Meanwhile, listening to the disc which actually pointed me towards this Trio Caveat thingie: Jonathan Moritz Trio Xanadu (J.A.S. reocrds, 2000) Jonathan Moritz - tenor saxophone Lieven Venken - drums Lindsey Horner - bass Some good stuff, I say. Fairly traiditinal trio, Moritz here being quite a bit Henderson-influenced. Nice tuneful melodeis, singing bass (where have I heard this bass?) and very sensetive drumming (reminded me of less insistent Blackwell). All very light, tasteful and relaxed. Not unlike Philip Greenlief's more mainstream (and better ones) projects. Got my copy at indiejazz. Moritz has some samples at his website. ------------------------- Before that listened to James Finn "Plaza de Toros" (Clean Feed). Third attempt. Total bullshit. Quite a disappointment after all this hype. The guy has technique, but just no original ideas - boring endless forced wailing and runs up and down. No thinking. Nothing that hasn't been played many many times before during last 50 years. And he has a fitting partner in Dominic Duval, his bass playing being close approximation of Finn's mindless noodling. Drummer (Warren Smith) is also so-so. Stupidly recorded as well - all too upfront and aggressive. Complete fake. I haven't thrown away any music for years, but this one is likely to be a trashbin pioneer.