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Gutted to learn that Keith Tippett, English pianist and one of the music's leading lights, has passed at age 72. This has been confirmed by Moonjune Records as well as his wife Julie Tippetts (née Driscoll) via social media. What a goddamn year.

Really great interview; gonna have to revisit it several times to digest it.

yeah, I don't even have enough room for any more boxed sets, but this seems essential. The other Japanese Verve set I have, the Bird one, is dead silent indeed.

almost grabbed that (Japanese version) earlier this year from a local shop, and am kicking myself that I didn't. Maybe it'll still be there when they reopen this fall.

ordered mine yesterday and got a shipping notice today; looking forward to it.

Haha, I haven't seen Bucket of Blood in a long time. Corman was... something. Only Horn I have is Something Blue, a fabulous album indeed.

Anybody ever read this? https://ummpstore.com/products/sparnaay-the-bass-clarinet-a-personal-history

never encountered that particular SABA release; will have to keep an eye out for it.

BRAINSSSSS!!!

Cleaver is excellent. I don't really rate people on polls, but he's up there.

yep.

"If you think Minneapolis will turn into Mogadishu and that is far from you, it’s coming." uh, dude is maybe a bit racist...

Great record; first and only copy I've ever had is a Japanese King stereo pressing bought in the early aughts...

I guess that's the only one I really know, chiefly because it was in the movie Beverly Hills Cop, which I had on VHS as a kid in the 80s and must've watched about 500 times.

Shipp is great, and I think the duos work really well. Callas, Nuremberg, and Bendito would all be good places to start. They are both pretty obsessive players, in terms of working/reworking a concept or fine-tuning a process, and it's interesting that we have the documentation.

I want to hear that Sato/Takada/Kang trio! The catalog number of that Pope CD fits right in line with a number of other new, not-on-LP Moers releases, so it's certainly plausible. Would like to hear it.

Yeah, I think that's right. Seasons is a hell of a ride... the CD is from the ORTF tapes, not a needle-drop (I have the original LP set and bought the 2CD reissue when it came out). Seasons, other than side two, is not so much about individual players but about the orchestra/sound as a living, breathing thing of variable density. It's an amazing, amazing album.

yep! Schoof is great. His albums with Alexander von Schlippenbach from the late '60s are all excellent as well. Yosuke Yamashita sure does have a lot of records; I have about 20 and that seems maybe a bit excessive! I like his playing but those records are quite a bit less warm than Pullen or Taylor.

Can cosign on all of these; Live in Nuremberg (brand new) is another excellent duo set with Matt Shipp. Here's a lengthy but fun interview I did with Ivo a few years ago now... https://www.cliffordallen.me/interviews/ivo-perelman-the-indisputable-truth-of-process-an-interview-2013 and like jcam_44 I must have at least 30 of his CDs! I would agree that there's so much variety it's hard to know where to dip in, but everything I've heard has been really enjoyable.

I like that one.

nice, glad you got one!

Sorry to hear this; Hoyle I only really know from the Ra recordings, so it looks like I need to educate myself on more of his work.

wow.

It's a cool record, glad it exists, but yeah, Shorter is only on one cut. I think it was probably cut at the same session as Coral Rock and (most of) Pitchin' Can.