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yeah, I too thought the tapes were gone. Maybe not all? Who knows; the label has never been exactly forthcoming with details.

Neat music that I'm glad to have. Not something I put on deck often, but glad it's available to hear.

Could be interesting -- the process of writing about music from different perspectives is something that seems valuable.

Nice one! Have this as a Japanese Epic pressing from, I believe, the 70s.

thanks for this. Yeah, a few things I need to scoop.

Jonas Kullhammar founded it, though he may not run it today. I'll admit to not being as caught up as I was 15 years ago.

Right. Well put. I like the Japanese LPs better. The Blue Note material is okay, but I think I preferred the trio tracks (like "Drone", as an example). It has been a while. The ECM felt a little stiffer to be honest, though at the time, when I was like 19-20, the parallel interests I had in Dolphy/Coltrane/Ayler/Cecil and Stockhausen/Berio/Webern found a strong footing in Circle. There's other Braxton I prefer, of course, but those records are pretty important. Will have to dig them out as it's been close to 25 years since they were on deck!

so all this stuff is from the tapes, huh? If Charly has the tapes, I wonder if some of the unissued material survived? There's an additional piece from Luna Surface, an unissued Sunny Murray (which has a more complex story), a missing Mal Waldron track, and probably more. Lowe thought the pianist was Dave Burrell, so it might be either/or.

Well done! Yes, AAJ does take stuff from elsewhere online and republish it without consulting the authors. Nor do they pay people despite their ad revenue. But my kvetching is probably better served in another thread

Live in German Concert and Gathering, both issued on CBS-Sony in Japan only. Yeah, you're right about the Blue Note material too, forgot about that -- scattered over two double album sets in various configurations under Corea's name. I like those.

Neat looking and probably excellent sound, but the Delmarks will set you back far less for both than for one volume of the Sam version.

One of my favorite ESP jazz records. I have an original but would love to get the Japanese with obi "just for fun." It's hard to come by. The Circle stuff was foundational for me and though all have done work elsewhere that I engage with more, I have a hard time cutting those three records loose.

Thanks for the rec; didn't realize that was actually released, saw some clips from the concert online.

yeah, this well predates his ECM involvement. Mine just landed via Bandcamp; excited to listen when the malaise lifts.

yeah, it is -- confirmed by family, major loss.

yeah, some things click and some things don't. She was here to do what she did & that's important.

According to friends and collaborators, the pedal steel guitarist, improviser & composer Susan Alcorn has passed quite suddenly. I was lucky to see her in wide-ranging contexts from Jandek to Mary Halvorson. A fascinating presence on the experimental music scene, she will be missed. The first record of hers that I heard was "And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal Steel Guitar." It's excellent, and there's a whole lot more where that came from. RIP.

Harald!

Too bad. She'd been in hospice a while so this is not unexpected, but nevertheless, glad she's at rest. Did anyone here see her as Peg Leg in Robert Wilson's The Black Rider? There are some great images -- this was the 2004 Barbican revival of the 1990 original.

of course, if we're talking the group with Howard as well, a box should not be released without the tracks from the session with Pete Brown and Jim Mullen (Piblokto, Battered Ornaments)! There's also an unissued date with Burton Greene in for Bobby Few that I'd like to hear, and I suppose the two tracks with Wright, Few, and Ali on the Hans Dulfer LP could be added -- they're super.

yeah. The Fractal issues are even hard to find now, and did include extra tracks. There's also a bunch of very enjoyable live/radio boots kicking around. Looks like the "Your Prayer" album is in print on vinyl, though the cover art scan is not so good. Haven't heard it so I don't know whether it is a quality pressing (have an original which sounds great).

huh. Wonder if they boosted it in some harsh way. I have all of the Actuels as originals and sound varies as does pressing quality, so needle drop is not exactly a guarantee here. Kinda shocks me that no Frank Wright is currently in print on CD (though the ESP stuff, incl. Moers & Ali's Alley, is "around"). Criminally under-sung saxophonist, and both the band with Noah Howard and with Alan Silva are tremendous.

1922: Jack Sels 1929: Ed Shaughnessy 1937: Jeff Clyne 1939: Jeanne Lee and *debatably* Alan Silva (22 or 29 Jan)

Been a while on Filles, but probably would agree.

Awesome! I've interacted with his daughter Carlotta in Holland -- she's a wonderful ceramist.