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sidewinder is killing it right now - would love to be over at his place with a pint and some rarities.

Does a ballad always have to be a ballad?

True, and did we mention Jimmy Woode? Alan Silva of course did a lot of vocalizing (influenced by Carnatic music, among other things) but I'm not sure that fits within the OP's interest.

Baby Dodds - Talking and Drum Solos (sorta)

Never been a huge fan of Dylan for whatever reason, but I also really like Blood on the Tracks.

Him and Lou Reed both, I'll bet....

Right, absolutely true. I didn't know about the rights-holder checkup - will look into it.

Not sure where to post this but I figured "audio talk" was as good as any... in listening to some obscure out-of-print stuff on Spotify, I noticed that these have to be needle-drops. It got me wondering how Spotify gets the music they put up and whether their sources are doing much QC. Related: I'd also never heard/owned BYG Sunspots or Fuel 2000 CDs except for the triple Silva (wanted to get a nearly uninterrupted version), and these things are totally raunchy needle drops. Nasty. Anyway, other things on Spotify people have caught with particularly bad sound?

yeah, I also like the NotTwo quite a bit.

Broadly I would agree with a comment made on page one that the situation may be comparable in the US, though I'd say that a lot of people in NYC or other large metropolises keep their fingers more firmly on the pulse. When I did jazz radio in Austin, the guy I was splitting the show with hardly listened to any new players at all, though he was/is very familiar with earlier avant-garde stuff. I had then and still have a massive historical bent to my listening, but felt like it was just as (if not more) important to play music by up-and-comers that weren't getting as much attention outside of the East Coast or Chicago. Rags like JazzTimes and DownBeat certainly support younger American players but I think they tend to follow the establishment tide and may be a little delayed in their reaction. And an older/dead artist or a younger artist working within established forms is much, much more likely to make the cover.

He's awesome, but I'm not sure the CFs are his best records.

Chinampas, his sound poetry record on Leo. He does play on that one, although not much piano. Wonderful slice of sound poetry on that disc.

When I interviewed him in 2003, he said he never saw any money from Mouloudji or Festival, though I think he was paid for the In Situ reissue and certainly the Cacophonic reissues are legit. He has copies of the masters at least.

Delicious, and refreshing.

Bobby Few. Bobby Kapp. Patty Waters.

Yeah, I've got both - Free Jazz comes up a fair amount, although usually in less than stellar condition. The vinyl on mine is nice, the thin matte cover has some wear. I was told by Tusques there were no more than 500 of each, but who knows what the real count is. I guess FT wasn't paid for either one. Never had the Almuro titles or the Colette Magny on Mouloudji...

Ah I see. Yeah, all but the kora I have and can vouch for - got 'em the first time around.

nah, got it from a shop in France a while back. It was more expensive than the one that just sold. We bantered about this some time ago I thought!

quite. Not drunk (tonight)...

no clue - the Die Like a Dog set is actually on Jazzwerkstatt - but that kora disc looks absolutely sick.

Francois Tusques - Le Nouveau Jazz - (Mouloudji, FR)

Bobby Few, Alan Silva, Frank Wright - Solos & Duets vol. 2 - (Center of the World/Sun, FR)

http://www.press.umich.edu/22978/jazz_journeys_to_japan

this is nice.

yeah, that one I like a lot.