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Just for the fun of it... Beautiful instruments. I am always a bit suspicious about musicians plaing miriads of instruments, though.

New ones on EMANEM: CLIVE BELL & SYLVIA HALLETT - 'The Geographers' (2004) EMANEM 4112 65 minutes. Following their 2004 FREEDOM OF THE CITY festival performance (heard on EMANEM 4215), Clive Bell and Sylvia Hallett went into the studio to record some more improvisations. Bell used Cretan pipes, harmonica, khene, pi saw, shakuhachi, stereo goathorns and a whirling bat drum, while Hallett used anklung, bicycle wheel, electronics, mbira, sarangi, saw, viola, violin and voice. Between them they created a very exotic sound world. ANTHONY BRAXTON & MILO FINE 'Shadow Company (2004)' EMANEM 4113 66 minutes. Anthony Braxton invited Milo Fine to travel half way across the USA so they could make some music together for the very first time. The result was the extended free improvisation (with gaps) which is heard complete on this CD. Braxton used four saxophones, and Fine two clarinets, piano and drums. ROGER SMITH & LOUIS MOHOLO-MOHOLO вЂThe Butterfly and the Bee’ (2004) EMANEM 4114 71 minutes. Following the success of their very first performance together at the 2004 FREEDOM OF THE CITY festival (heard on EMANEM 4215), Roger Smith and Louis Moholo-Moholo went into the studio to record some more. Their second meeting went so well that they recorded enough duo improvisations for a complete CD. The resulting music is heard complete, with Smith on Spanish guitar and Moholo on augmented drum set.

You wan't be too busy, I'm afraid.

Martin, I would ask Anatoly to decrease the shipping fee - it sounds like too much to me. If you have a bank account in a major European bank, it should be easy to make a bank transfer by Internet (if you have Anatoly's bank details, of course), but yes, there can be some trasfer fee. There is no VAT, and I don't think German customs will charge you any import taxes (particularly is you ask Anatoly to put low value level on the customs slip). ---------------- Any particular recommendations for DUNNs? Don't hae too many Dunnmall Cds. but what I've heard I enjoyed a lot (just listened his "Hit and Run" (FMP) (actually, not really a DUnmall disc - this is bassist's John Edwards' set of duos with Paul Dunnmall and John Butcher - and a couple of shorte tracks where they play as a trio) today - some insane stuff, particuarly on bagpipes.

Д.Д. is probably on a plane somewhere. Until his return, here's a neat label run by Anatoly Vapirov that you might want to check out. I don't own any of their stuff but their offerings sure look interesting. Ordering looks like it'd be a pain in the arse; too bad -- for me -- there doesn't seem to be a USA distributor. Oh yes, did a bit of traveling this week. Flew to Tashkent (Uzbekistan), drove 1000 km from there to Almaty (Kazakhstan) and then flew into Moscow this morning. The rest of March will be equally dynamic. --------------------- John, if you read Russian you might want to check http://jazz.ru/ out - a weekly-updated web-magazine with a list of Moscow jazz events (if not a complete one). http://afisha.ru/ has a list of all Moscow entertainment events of various degrees of sophiostication, including jazz concerts. http://dom.com.ru/ is the best club in Moscow devoted to creative music and art. Not at all "jazz"-exclusive (a lot of "ethnic" music projects this month, as I see), but if something really interesting jazz-related happens in Moscow, then it is most likely here. ------------------------ A word of warning on Vapirov's AVA label releases - these are CDRs, and out of 3 I received one had a very noticable sound defect (which happens occasionally with old and low-quality CDRs) rendering the CD practically unlistenable (the CD is New European Saxophone Quartet with (listen here) Vapirov, Gianni Gebbia, Petras Visniauskas and Carlo Actis Dato, btw). I plan to contact Vapirov soon, and I am sure he will replace the CD, as he seems to be a very nice guy (and was really surprised somebody actually is interested in his music). An outstanding musician as well, of course. I would highly reocmmend checking out his contribution to the Golden Years of the Soviet New Jazz, Vol. I set (Leo) before plunging into the AVA catalog.

Some of the most interesting Parker's tenor playing I've heard - indeed outside of his regular tenor rutine (such as on 2 X 3 = 5 which I find quite boring and predictable). Essential disc. Same refers to duo / tro disc with Braxton and Rutherford on Leo - when Parker is challeged be equally strong-personaity reed player he shows his best, IMO (I think Nate said something along these lines before).

We actualy seem to have surprisingly similar tastes. My mother has some very vivid imagination, and her comments on the music were both insightful (I have no idea how she did it, but she was fairly accurate in predicting how Polweschel music would build up) and hilarious. Have to run to catch my plain now (will listen to ubu's BFT on the 5-hour light), but will post some of her comments later.

I downloaded just the OOP "Document" set, and the parts of it that I've heard yet are excllent (and the sound quality is very decent). I would recommend you listen to the Godlen Years of the Soviet New Jazz Vol. I-IV, and if you like what you hear, go for the Document - the personnel is the same to a large extent. Other than that, I'll forego the downloads and will go for the real stuff - after all, I spent hours of my valuable leaure time assembling these CD racks not for nothing. ------------------------------- Leo website announces: Earn free downloads and free CDs ... through our new referal programme; details to be announced mid March 2005. I already know several people I could successfully refer... -------------------------------- Just bought a 40Gb mp3 player for my mother (IRiver 340, if anybody's interested) and loading some of my CDs for her. A bit confusd about what I should chose... Last time I was home, I decided I'd scare here a little a bit and put her "Spiritual Unity"... well, she liked it a lot. Morever she insisted on getting an MP3 player herself (thus, the present). Then I put her some Polweschel, and she enjoyed it as well. Same with Brötzmann's "Nefertiti" and Coltrane's "Meditations". I will try to ease her way into some hardbop BN stuff (via Evan Parker, I guess), but I doubt she'll gain too much appreciation for that.

Wow! Lacy and Leandre. Sounds tasty. What were the other seven new releases? Don't remember all now - threw the press-release away. There is (you favorite) Lauren Newton with (my favorite) Vladimir Tarasov, Braxton at Yoshi Vol. III, two discs of trio with Mat Maneri (forgot who was there in the trio), Enrico Fazzio band, Schlippenbach/Takase duo (didn't know they are husband and wife) plus some electronics guy (this one is actually very instriguing)... the other two I forgot. Leo website will be updated in a week or so anyway.

I'd get these two. Thanks.

Just received a press-release from Leo. 8 new releases - all look very interesting. I would particualrly note the Steve Lacy - Joelle Leandre duo "One More Time" (!), recorded just before Lacy left Europe for the US in 2002. The press release mentions that Lacy perfomed 10 duo concerts with different musicians - hopefully more Lacy duos will be released.

Well, Jon Morgan resurfaced briefly to issue the Sealed Knot & Le Quan Ninh discs (belatedly--both were in the can for some time); he promised to issue at least one or two other discs but seems to have gone quiet again. One of those pending Meniscus CDs was a duo disc by Georg Gräwe and Martin Blume. Too bad if this one should remain unreleased. I am looking through the booklets of Meniscus CDs I have, and looks like Oluyemi Thomas / Lisle Ellis duo was also planned at some point. This one I would be very curious to hear (I was very impressed by Oluyemi Thomas duo with Alan Silva on Eremite - John B and I were raving about it some time ago). Welcome to The Rat, Martin!

You betcha! Gonna do a 3-hour drive to see the man. And we have Herr Brötzmann himself (in quartet with Herr McPhee) coming some time in April as well!

Any other Meniscus titles you'd recommend? I have a few of Meniscus releases, but will have to go back to them in order to be able to give a recommendation. Tony, I think you should have Matt Turner's solo cello release on Meniscus ("The Mouse That Roared" it's called, I think) - it should have come with one of my orders. Check it out.

Looks like Meniscus label has folded down - their website is not accessible anymore. I think Nate also implied some time ago that Meniscus is no longer. In this regard, I would like to reiterate my recommendation for this fabulous CD - get it before it disappears, you won't be disappointed.

i would opt for one thread listing the offers only with one post per member and another like this here with give and take as it else gets unhandy with all the good stuff maybe forgotten. Cheers, Tjobbe Well, once "transaction" has taken place, there is no need to keep the information regarding it on the board anymore. This could be a very lean thread, then.

Shall we delete the post with offers which are already taken? - so that the thread is not clogged and it is easy to search for still valid offers.

Sure. Through this strong record: Biggi Vinkeloe (as, fl) / Barre Phillips (bass) / Peeter Uuskyla (dr) - "One Way Out" (Slask, 1998) I cannot say I enjoy Ms. Vinkeloe's playing that much (the alto sound is too dry for my taste - reminds me of Lee Konitz quite a bit, and the ideas are not particularly original; her flute playing is more interesting, but she does not play it that much here, unfortunately), but it is always a pleasure to hear Barre Phillips (who is in a very inspired and often quite manic mood here), and Peter Uuksyla (of Brötzmann's "Nefertiti" trio fame) complements Phillips phenomenally well (I like his playing here more than in Brötzmann's trio - more thoughtful and diverse). My favorite track is an insane 2-minute Phillips/Uuskyla duo. Looks like Ms. Vinkeloe likes the trio format - she has another trio CD on LJ Records, again with Uuskyla and some Peter Kowald. And yeah, looks like Slask records is in a sort of a limbo - the website hasn't been updated since 2000. Thus I would highly recommend getting your hands on at least one of their releases:

Eskelin sounds like Liebman? Is he into that Coltrane thing too? Maybe I should check him out... It would be a real shame is Eskelin started sounding like Liebman. This might be one of the few Eskelin discs that I won't even consider buying - due to Liebman's presense (who is a very derivative player, IMO).

I have it, but still haven't listned to it. Looking forward.

Out of this, I would highly recommend Duval/Whitecage duo "Rules of Engagement, Vol. I" and, of course, "Southern Extreme" by Futterman/Jordan/Feilder.

Will get this Chicago Underground disc.

Lots of interesting concerts at the Banlieues Bleues 2005 festival. Current program: http://www.banlieuesbleues.org/english/english.htm Not sure I'll be able to make it to Paris, but a good thing that many of these musicians will make it over here to Switzerland right before or after the Paris dates.

Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets Performed by the Shostakovich Quartet (Regis) Available at BROINC for $20 (this is a 5-CD set!). I would encourage everybody here to get this set asap - this is some of the most powerful and moving music ever written, and peformances are outstanding. Sound quality, while occasionally not perfect, is more than adequate.

All Gato Barbieri Flying Dutchman discs were reissued a couple of years ago by BMG France (with excellent sound). Still available at budget prices in Europe.