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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.

No shit!- and still 2.5 days to go! This set shouldn't be that hard to locate, I assume.

Sounds interesting! Gotta start catching up with SteepleChase catalog.

Great to see the development of the thread. I would suggest that posters who don't receive any requests for the CDs they offer for some time (a week, shall we say it?) offers something elese instead. After all, if you received a CD from somebody, you gotta send a CD to somebody as well. A good karma preservation principle.

Circumvention Music, anybody?

Interesting you don't mention postage to North America from overseas. If you think about it, you'll discover that non-US posters are more likely to pay higher shipping fees as (with this board membership being predominantly Amrican) they are more likely to ship to the US, than US posters to overseas. Or you assume that nobody in the US might be possibly interested in what international posters have to offer ?

Great idea. I also think it would be better to do away with PMs and award the CD to the first poster in the thread.

I think he tattooed his drums only. Both releases look very tasty. I think DMG is selling Unorthodox releases.