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DTM might have it - it's not on their website, but I saw it in their store when I was there a month ago. I might even have picked it up, but I am not sure .

Now how can I resist ordering from Beak after reading this?

Busy with other things, really - haven't even listened to music for a couple of weeks, and probably won't be able to for another three weeks or so. Will be "back" to ratty business in November.

Fiasko records

I finally received a copy of this yesterday from DMG. I am so excited about this group! They can really stretch a melody and work it into something fresh. Thanks very much for the recommendation. Looks like Tails Out is next on my list. ← I also orderd it as a part of DMG DIW sale - looking forward to hearing it.

The label (including DDQ in addtiton to Black Saint and Soul Note) is still moderately active, and releases some excellent music. In addtion to the ones mentioend above, I would recommend John Carter's "Dauwhe" - a beautiful epic work for a large band, and Glenn Spearman's "Free Worlds". And Lindberg's "Catbird sings". There is really a lot of good stuff in the catalog.

Would highly recommend getting Fly, Fly, Fly (INTAKT) - one of the best releases of 2004, IMO. THanks for the reviews. Would have loved to see McPhee / Brötzmann duo, even though I am not that much of a trumpet-playing-McPhee fan. From seeing the men live (with Zerang and Kessler), I'd agree that McPhee is the ears of the two.

SLAM news: *****October 2005 ***** New releases: “Vesuvius” (SLAMCD 262). Alex Von Schlippenbach piano, Paul Dunmall tenor saxophone, Tony Bianco drums, Paul Rogers 7 string bass. “Amherst Dislodged” (SLAMCD 263). Tim Crowther guitar, guitar synth. Steve Franklin keyboards, Tony Marsh drums.

I have a feeling that some of those are form 2004. I know that this is to coinside with the operations year of the magazines Nate writes for, but then it's a bit silly - "the best of October 2004 - October 2005"? "The best of what we listened to in 2005, regardless of when it was released"? Thanks for recommending this one. Great indeed! I got this one as well! - haven't listend to it yet. I'm, on EMANEM mailing list for a couple of years now, and this is the first time they announce a sale.

...WE [downtownmusicgallery] ARE ABLE TO OFFER 110 OF THE [DIW and AVANT] TITLES AT PRICES FAR LOWER THAN WHEN THEY WERE AVAILABLE BACK THEN, NOW AT PRICES of $12, $10, and even $8 each!!! .

Looking forward to hearing.

Great to see Soseditions following up with a new release - the first release (DOneda/Wright/Nakatani) was fantastic. My only exposure to Meehan's music is his duo with Sachiko M which I did not have the nerves of listening to for longer than 3 minutes - beacuse of Ms. Sachiko's sine waves, though. Would be interested to hear what meehan is about alone. At the same time, I am not sure I will jump on this new release immidiately - $31 (plus "small post fee") is probably not what I am willing to pay for a CD, even a double one.

The short Roscoe Mitchell piece is the one I liked the most, and that l o o o o o n g g g g g g Pauline Oliveros track is just overkill.

← Interesting (if not too optimistic) read. Curiously enough I just listened for the first time to Phillip Greenlief's solo Stalking Andrei (Evander), and the first impression is not so positive: these are mostly compositions (by Roscoe Mitchell, Joelle Leandre, Frank Gratkowski, Pauline Oliveros, Greenlief himself and others), and despite Greenlief's unquestionable excellent chops and no shortage of ideas, it is all just too dry, academis and somewhere more on the practice exercise level. Negative impression was exacerbated due to the fact that I was listening to John Butcher's brillaint Thirteen friendly numbers on and on for last three days. For Greenlief, I would highly recommend his Lost Trio recordings - much morein the mainstream vein, though.

New Leo Records releases. I do plan to buy some of those, as well as other Leo issues - despite a certain controvercy surrounding Leo practices (see a couple of pages up). I very much share Tony's concern for the rights of musicians, but the conclusion I make is that creative muscians are grown-up people who just as all other people should understand the weigh of their actions. If more and more musicians chose to go with Leo records (as it seems to happen; both new and return artists), then this is the best option of those avialable to them (and there is definitely enough resources out there to make a well-informed decision about various options). If this is their deliberate choice, I am not going to have any moral torments about it.

I am eyeing this for some time now. Will get it eventually, of course.

Hey David, have you heard Clinkers? There are solo ones and solo ones While Gokhan is not posting more of his impressions from Mulhouse, here is a short but wild flick from Barry Guy's Orchestra perfomance (3,4 Mb) ← Clinkers is great.

No try, no fail - as you now. Speaking of which, I see that Ms. Leandre's "Concerto grosso" is available at indiejazz for very reasonable $18 (this is a double CD): http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsVie...x?ProductID=757 Speaking of which some more, I had very unfocused listen to Lacy / Leandre duo One more time (Leo), and found it not too exciting. More listenig to ensue. More - Ms. Leandre's duo with Derek Bailey No waiting (Pot"hell"latch) is not bad at all. Actually, it is good. I still feel that Bailey is not really listening and/or responding to his musical partners, just keeps doing his thing (not to mention apparent randomness of what he is playing, but Nate persuaded me that this is just my perception ); and Leandre is doing her thing (or a lot of things, to be correct). But there's plenty to enjoy here even with not much musical interaction - not least very clear sound quality, and simply theatrical drama of Leandre's playing.

Heh-heh, I also couldn't finish this one ("finish"?! - I barely started when I decided I would not be able to last for too long with this one). Sine waves these are not, so I do plan to revisit it one day. ← Now this makes me want to play it! Pity I don't have it here. Have you heard some of those very very out Lacy recordings from the seventies? I've read bad things about some of them... can't remember what exactly those albums were, but I once had three or four LPs from some friend... immediately thought of them when reading Tony's post! ← Well friends, I have a cofession to make - there are a few Lacy records I can hardly listen to due to the sound of his soprano. Quite a few. Solo ones in particular.

Heh-heh, I also couldn't finish this one ("finish"?! - I barely started when I decided I would not be able to last for too long with this one). Sine waves these are not, so I do plan to revisit it one day.

Went a couple of times through Thirteen friendly numbers - excellent! I think "precise" is the right word to describe the music - very focused and concetrated stuff, with a clear sense of direction. Great diversity throughout the disc (and simply stunning control of the instrument). Couple of meticulously constructed and orchestral-sounding overdubbed pieces. All sounds quite measured and "scientific", but without being dry or mannered - on the contrary, the music is very alive. Essential, really. For sound samples and purchasing: CD Baby. ---------------------------- Also listened to Brötzmann / Bennink / Van Hove / Mangelsdorff's "Live in Berlin 1971" (FMP). First impression - by the level of creativity, skill and passion, this blows out of the water most of the things I've heard by Brötzmann & Co... Will listen to it more and will expand here.

For Jordan, I would highly recommend Emancipation suite on Boxholder: a trio of Jordan, Alan Silva on synth and William Parker on bass. This is a real tour-de-force (Jordan is much more aggressive than on all-star game), with Silva doing some hilarious and totally unpredictable orchestral synth playing which creates an intriguing contrast with Jordan's mad wailings (the man's stamina is amazing). Parker is largeley irrelevant here (Silva and Jordan create a tornado of sound too dense for him to contribute anything meaningful), but he is undermiked anyway .

Some discussion with the owner of Utech over on I hate music. I asked him about the discs going oop, and it sounds like he wants to keep reissuing them, if possible. I ordered the Lasse Marhaug and Jazzkammer discs today. ← I had some correspondense with Keith, and from what I understood, he is more interested in focusing on new projects than on reissueing whatever whent OOP. If you are looking for Marhoug / Nilsen-Love's Personal hygiene, try contracting Marhaug directly - I got my copy from him (together with some bonus discs ). I haven't listend to it yet.

[...] I ordered this set three months ago from Amazon.uk and just received this: ← Amazon.co.uk communicates in style. Even if they don't have a set. However, I suggest you place an order again - they might be able to locate it second time around - I had a couple of cases like this. You might also get a CDR copy of this set somehow, one day.