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CD Universe has "Sonny Simmons: Complete ESP-Disk recordings" avaialble for pre-order. Street date: August 2nd. I was very impressed by ESP-disk remastering of Ayler's "Bells-Prophesy" and Frank Wright's set, so will be getting these ones as well. I am looking forward to seeing Giuseppi Logan set one day.

I'd like to find the earlier trio on ECM, but it looks like it's out of print. ← Judging form the ECM site, it's OK.

Slowly-slowly-slowly I am going through the FMR CDs. Steve Hubback / Paal Nilssen-Love - "Off the map". Improvised duets of two mighty percussionists. What I liked about it, that there is no heavy drum BANGING as such - while music gets pretty busy at times, it is all well-measured and quite elegant. Mostly rather quiet and gentle. Very coherent also - this is music, not a just pallette of sounds. Very diverse and well-recorded. I was listening fascinated and will return to if often.

Friends, I would like to reitirate my recommendation for this one - very interestign music (check the samples out) - and a part of the $5 sale. It's really amazing how Indians adapt Western instruments to their traditional music at the same time advancing the technique on the instrument. I will get Prasant's other CDs as well. ← I will check him out, D.D., thanks. You are probably aware that Rudresh Mahanthappa has been touring with Kadri Gopalanth, the Carnatic saxophone legend - everyone seems to agree, and he told me that a recording of this project will come out next, though I forgot to ask when, so we'll have to wait and see. ← Kadri Gopalanth is Prasan't's guru, according tothe CD booklet - woud be very curious to hear him (particularly with Mahanthappa)!

Friends, I would like to reitirate my recommendation for this one - very interestign music (check the samples out) - and a part of the $5 sale. It's really amazing how Indians adapt Western instruments to their traditional music at the same time advancing the technique on the instrument. I will get Prasant's other CDs as well.

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Red Toucan is now distirbuted by indiejazz at the price 12 USD - great deal, I'd say (and an excellent label). I assume they's pick up Victo and Spool as well.

Welcome to the adult world of reckless spending, Geoff. I normally buy either form lables or artists directly. Many of them are not set up to receive credit card payments, but most accept payments through PayPal. I would highly recommend you setting up a PayPal account (free, but they do fuck the foreginers up on exchange rate). Of resellers, the ones I use the most are: Indiejazz - good (and constantly growing) selection, excellent prices, great service. Erstwhile distro - in addition to Erstwhile releases, carries a lot of EAI music at very good (best, I'd say) prices. Excellent fast service. Cadence - the main online source for improv music with good prices. CDBaby - some really good (and obscure) stuff here with $5 sales and very generous sound samples for each disc. Good brousing system. Flawless service. CD Connection and CD Universe - two "mainstream" on-line stores. Good for US releases mostly. I prefer CD Connection due to better international shipping rates, but CD Universe has a nice promotion on recently-released CDs (Jazzmatazz site has a list of upcoming CDs with direct links to corresponding CD Universe pages). Jazzos - best source for Italian labels. Good shipping rates. The owner, Marco Valente is very knowledgeable about Italian music and will gladly give you recommendations. Check out his own Auand label. 2001 - small selection, but occasional great deals. Shipping costs might be prohibitive, though. Finally, the most enigmatic of them all, The Music Resource - has some very good prices for many labels (e.g. Emanem), but has very inaccurate availability database (50% of what you order is likely to turn out to be unavailable) and is extremely sloiw (expect to wait 2-3 months if you place a big order. There are more: Jazzloft, Forced Exposure, Squidco, Verge, DMG - but I haven't used them too much so can't comment on them.

Norwegian Jazzaway label just released new Sonny Simmons and Tony Malaby CDs.

New on Intakt: IRENE SCHWEIZER Live at taktlos Irène Schweizer: Piano George Lewis: Trombone Maggie Nicols: Voice Joëlle Léandre: Bass Günter Sommer: Drums Paul Lovens: Drums 1. FIRST MEETING 10’14 Irène Schweizer: Piano George Lewis: Trombone 2. LUNGS AND LEGS WILLING? 12’04 Irène Schweizer: Piano Maggie Nicols: Voice Günter Sommer: Drums 3. TRUTZNACHTIGALL 20’30 Irène Schweizer: Piano Joëlle Léandre: Bass Paul Lovens: Drums 4. EVERY NOW AND THEN 1’21 Maggie Nicols: Voice Lindsay Cooper: Piano Recorded live at Taktlos 1984 by Peter Pfister Grafic Design: Ruedi Wyss Photos: Gertrud Vogler, Leonhard Mühlheim Liner Notes: Patrik Landolt Executive Production: Patrik Landolt First released as Intakt LP 001 / 1986 Intakt CD 001/ 2005 At the first Taktlos Festival in 1984, Irène Schweizer assembled several chosen musician to a three-day improvisation meeting. The recordings, which appeared in 1986 as the first Intakt LPs, reveal the improvisational art of the pianist in three different formations: Schweizer and Lewis / Schweizer, Nicols and Sommer / Schweizer, Léandre and Lovens. Twenty years after their initial release, these improvisations haven’t lost any of their playful inventiveness, liveliness, power and originality. “A city tour through musical liberated zones” was what Zurich press wrote after the festival. In addition, the record is a cultural-political document of the atmosphere of awakening in Zurich in the eighties; moreover, it marks the beginning of the jazz label, Intakt Records, as well as that of the Taktlos Festival.

John (and other nice people), you aware of this little sucker: Oluyemi Thomas / Gino Robair "Unity in Multiplicity" (Rastascan). I haven't listened to it yet, but judging form a couple of tracks of this duo on Gino Robair's Buddy Systems (Meniscus), this can be something mindblowing. ← No, never heard of that one. I'll have to get it. Oluyemi with no vocalist is close to becoming a "must order" for me. ← Just finished my first listen to it - it's OK, but nothing earth-shattering (meaning, much less interesting than Thomas' duo with Alan Silva Transmission (Eremite)). More on a standard screaming side. Very energetic and inventive drumming by Gino Robair raises it above average level.

I enjoy Ms. Leandre's playing even when played through built-in mono speaker on my laptop while I am 10 meters away in the bathroom with electric razor and running water providing additional "nuances".

John (and other nice people), you aware of this little sucker: Oluyemi Thomas / Gino Robair "Unity in Multiplicity" (Rastascan). I haven't listened to it yet, but judging form a couple of tracks of this duo on Gino Robair's Buddy Systems (Meniscus), this can be something mindblowing. ← [...] Oluyemi with no vocalist is close to becoming a "must order" for me. ← Not too much of this avialble, unfortunately.

John (and other nice people), you aware of this little sucker: Oluyemi Thomas / Gino Robair "Unity in Multiplicity" (Rastascan). I haven't listened to it yet, but judging form a couple of tracks of this duo on Gino Robair's Buddy Systems (Meniscus), this can be something mindblowing.

Make an estimate of how many CDs you buy per month/year and leave space accordingly. A year ago when I set up my CD racks I left approximately 1/4 of empty space every 100-150 CDs (there is a heartbreaking foto report in the Funny Rat thread). Does not look too elegant, but allows to avoid moving too many CDs. Has been working OK for a year now. I expect not to have a need for a major repositionng for another 6 months or so.

Thanks for your kind offer, Matt. If I don't find the CD, I will let you know.

Can't say I'm impatient about hearing those. Most likely same-old predictable type of stuff. Anyway, I have a feeling John will get those, so we'll see whether my suspicions are true.

Fred Anderson "Live at the Velvet Lounge" (Okka Disk 12023) If anybody has any leads, please let me know.

Is this in print? What does it sound like? Guy ← I don't think it's in print. What does it sound like? I'll give it a spin later. ← It is in print. KARIOBYN (CHRONOSCOPE CPE 2001) KENNY WHEELER, EVAN PARKER,DEREK BAILEY, DAVE HOLLAND, JOHN STEVENS. Recorded February 1968. ← It is not, from what I understand (just as all the rest of the Chronoscope rekleases). I've been looking for it for months now.

Don't think I've ever heard of Duck Baker. Sounds interesting! More Nichols' music tributes (on Palmetto and Soul Note, respectovely): Anybody knows these ones?

Your stereo SCHTINK! Get a NEW ONE! ← This might be why I like solo bass records this much - that's the only way I can hear bass on my stereo.

I got the Rudd discs for the same reason you did and felt the same disappointment when I heard them. I agree that volume 2 is better, but I haven't been able to get myself to break up the set. The collector in me, I guess. It was a pretty perverse decision on Rudd's part to debut these unknown tunes with such skeletal instrumentation. ← Talking about Nichols' music interpretations, I remember this one being not bad: Sound samples are here: http://www.k2b2.com/blue_chopsticks.html

I think I know what you meant. I agree. ← I agree, too. Some of the rest of us want to hear what you all have to say. It tends to get lost up in there in that ultra-lengthy thread. ← Stop bitchin' around willya! If folks would start threads on avant, free, whatever name you put to it, jazz all over this board there would have been no need for the funny rat in the first place... the funny rat got started and continued becasue of lack in will to discuss (I *don't* say lack of interest in) those kinds of music people call avantguarde, free jazz, etc. I feel I am too used to free-wheeling Funny Rat discussion format, and feel a bit constrained by "formal" topics now. E.g. - do we discuss only 2 X 3 = 5 here, or Evan Parker in general, or difference between Parker's soprano and tenor playing? Can I discuss other projects of Schlippenbach, Guy, Lovens and Lytton here? Probably, Leo records discogrpahy? Can I bring up other solo soprano saxophone records - by Evan Parker and not only? If I can, how is it different form The Rat? Too many questions to think about for a thread which will be viewed by 15 people and will die quietly in 2 days. As for the album in question, IMO this is some of the least imaginative Parker's playing I've heard.

This is one of the first CIMPs. Bass is nearly inaudible on my stereo.

OK Nate, I'll go with Dresser/Anderson - this will be an ultimate litmus test .