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Franky Douglas is still around, AFAIK. As for the Music Improvisation Company LP on ECM, it's a fine one, though I might prefer the Incus a little.

Really? That's interesting.

Dang. RIP.

Yeah, the whole thing is pretty ridiculous if you ask me.

All my dealings with Birka Jazz over the years have been splendid. There were two "over-graded" LPs once and the proprietor sent me replacement, minty copies with no hassle, not asking for the VG ones back. That was unexpected indeed.

Fascinating read on your blog - I only know the Gilson 10". Thanks!

RIP. I haven't seen as many films of his as I should have, but aim to fix that. NYT link.

HB TK! :party:

This one I'm not familiar with. Cool!

That's one Company set that I don't have. Ah well.

I do like me some B.T. Express. RIP Mr. Cornelius.

I always thought the "Joseph Holbrooke" name was kind of a joke or subtle dig, but I could be wrong (and probably am). Thanks for elucidating on Bailey's atonality. You're right - truly atonal improvising on the guitar is very rare, it seems, and especially done with as much liveliness as Bailey does it. It's funny that someone like Joe Morris used to be called "Bailey-esque" - he's not, because he doesn't play atonally. Most people wouldn't recognize that.

Link here. It will be at the KUT Cactus Cafe on the UT campus and Epistrophy Arts will be presenting.

Not disagreeing with you (thanks for the V5 by the way), but I do think it stands to reason that his approach would be worlds away from the Erstwhile/Sachiko M/etc vibe.

Barney Wilen, Francois Tusques, Beb Guerin and Eddy Gaumont improvising along with the field recordings of the Grand Prix auto race that resulted in the death of Lorenzo Bandini. It's an incredible merger of musique concrete and free jazz.

Certainly Parker on ECM isn't only electro-acoustic - ref. David Ayers point above and also his trio recordings with Bley. Not forgetting that storming solo on the first track of Wheeler's Around 6 and other contributions to KW's works on the label. Interesting, I wonder what it is that makes you feel that about these electro-acoustic recordings? Do you have similar feelings about other EA recordings of his, I'm thinking PSI releases? do you find them less interesting in comparison to other EA composers/improvisors or in comparison to othe Evan Parker ensembles? I'm no expert in this field and I found that my initial exposure to Parker's EA ensemble opened a route into a new type of music - so maybe I've a soft spot for them. Certainly the live performance by this ensemble I witnessed was a musically and almost physically extraordinary experience. Maybe it is because I came into electro-acoustic music at the deep end of the swimming pool--AMM, Keith Rowe/Toshi Nakamura, Sachiko M, all the stuff on Erstwhile and other labels. Then later I listened to the Evan Parker recordings. They just didn't match my expectations. Maybe it's just that the label (Electro Acoustic Ensemble) is all wrong. Well, consider that electro-acoustic improvisation really started in the late '60s with AMM, the New Music Ensemble, David Behrman's work, Musica Elettronica Viva, Gentle Fire ... some of that stuff is blindingly harsh music, other aspects more contemplative, and I think that some of the best examples really retain the spirit of improvisational risk, throwing shit at the wall and it just may not stick. Evan Parker was working with Hugh Davies (Gentle Fire) around the turn of the 70s, and Paul Lytton also brought an electronically-expanded approach to sound and rhythm in the duo that they had through the '70s and '80s. Parker's been doing Electro-Acoustic music his way for 40 years, and it may not be as rarefied an approach as one encounters on Erstwhile discs, but it's in keeping with the sense of risk and humor that pervaded the earlier work.

there is a drummer on Snakeoil , it's alto/clarinet/piano/drums Yeah, it's Ches Smith, who is a really interesting player.

Picked up a very clean white label promo (mono) of Gigi Gryce's Orch-Tette LP Reminiscin', on Mercury, for $15 yesterday night. Seemed like a reasonable price for what feels like it's going to be a great album.

Teppo Hauta-Aho/Edward Vesala/etc. - Ode To Marilyn - (Scandia) Finnish psychedelic/experimental improvisation session from '73. Very odd.

The Holy Modal Rounders - Indian War Whoop - (ESP-Disk')

Rory Gallagher - s/t - (Atco)

He's playing with this group in Austin on Feb. 24th!

Karyobin is OOP on CD and fetches a hefty price these days. I don't think Emanem were able to get the rights from Island to reissue it so the old Chronoscope disc (am told that wasn't legit, but...) is about all there is (short of paying a mint for a battered original LP, which seems to be par for the course vinyl-wise). Too bad it's so hard to find because it's one of the great SME documents, for sure. I'm with Jeff on the Company stuff - sometimes brilliant, sometimes boring but always of value.

Whoa.

Need to get that one.