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Alan Braufman - Valley of Search Arnold Dreyblatt - Nodal Excitation Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors Hamiet Bluiett - Birthright Arthur Blythe - The Grip Assume the Yoshi Wada is good; never had it... for some reason, the Revolutionary Ensemble on IN never got to me, though I do stand by other sessions of theirs. Hell, what about Of the Cosmos Records? Gimme a break. The catalog was much wider than that. I might not agree with all the choices but Bob was a good producer and helped the music more that most at the time. For a couple of years I have been thinking about starting a thread about him and his work. Rest in peace Bob Cummins, one of the real people in the background. I don't doubt that, but those are some of my favorites. Is that a problem?

That Blues Images calendar looks great. Where's the Guy Kopelowicz 2007 Calendar?

Awesome.

Great record - forgot about that one. Also the Don Friedmans are excellent.

I get the most mileage out of the Monks and the Russells, though I haven't heard the Ernie Henry (like his playing w/ Monk, of course). The Don Sleet gets under my skin, as does the Rene Thomas-JR Monterose side. I don't have them, though...

Yeah, that is a good one too. Don't have it, but listened to a friend's copy and was very impressed.

Alan Braufman - Valley of Search Arnold Dreyblatt - Nodal Excitation Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors Hamiet Bluiett - Birthright Arthur Blythe - The Grip Assume the Yoshi Wada is good; never had it... for some reason, the Revolutionary Ensemble on IN never got to me, though I do stand by other sessions of theirs. Hell, what about Of the Cosmos Records?

Right. Listening to a Joachim Kuhn-Eje Thelin record and yes, if I hadn't heard dense and somewhat manic European free jazz before, this might move me heavily. It is certainly a good record for the genre - but distinctive? Well, I've heard a lot of these "kind" of records before, and it just ain't that, as good as it might be. Then again, there are those recordings that by all accounts should be formulaic - of any genre - and they just hit it. So I'm not sure that a distinctive record can't be made now (or a distinctive gig, but hey, most of us here are going from a recorded history), even if the ostensible "parts" are all the same. I don't know if we can ask for another Spiritual Unity right now or not. But it doesn't have to be earth-shattering to be distinctive and valuable as art, and something we come back to time again.

Mention on another thread was made of the Bengt Berger Bitter Funeral Beer Band. I like him on some late '60s/early '70s recordings with DC and Persson Sound, and this looks pretty cool.

Huh. Don't have this but I bet I'd like it...

Yeah, I'd rather have Bley than Chick and Jarrett combined, but in recent years I've surprised myself with actually digging not only his playing on the Circle recs (ECM, BN and Sony/CBS) but also the Solid State sessions. Is, especially. Of course, it's mostly because of who he's got in the band lifting him up... Jarrett's Vortex records are solid, but I haven't gone any further than that, really. Yeah, the Waldron's nice... though I find it hard to differentiate between a number of those late 60s/early 70s Waldron trios. All groovy, but you could probably swap out the ECM for the Futura for the Victor and not notice much of a difference. Not much for the Maneri scene myself, though I do like that Paniots Nine disc.

Marion Brown/Gunter Hampel tandem might do the trick (the IAI album). What, the Caligs aren't the Korbel type?

But what about that paean to Bird that you wrote on another thread? You said that we need to go back to hear Bird, but yet here you say relating to life through yesterday's recordings is the equivalent of "looking at photo albums all day." Well, I have eaten my hat on occasion regarding my own feelings about Bird's relevance to where I'm at, but this might be of interest to the discussion at hand: Dizzy Reece Interview

Actually, that would be pretty cool.

I know this is just chewy-ness, but firstly, what do you mean by people who associate with the label? I can see what you mean by the "aura" of ECM-ness, but with a lot of the early releases, that isn't present, and I find many of the first 30 or so releases highly enjoyable, some of them even sounding rather "raw." As for Corea, he's fine up until about '72.

I just remembered that my favorite ECM is actually a Japo. Oh well. David Holland - Conference of the Birds Just Music - Just Music David Holland & Barre Phillips - Music from Two Basses Jan Garbarek - Afric Pepperbird Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians Circle - Paris Concert I havent heard Dauner's Output, but I'll bet it's a doozy. Paul Motian's Conception Vessel is also pretty good, with a rare appearance by flutist Becky Friend.

You think this goes for his bass playing as well as his cello? I've never been much a fan of his bass playing, but if you asked me why, I might have a tough time coming up with a precise answer. Guess it's my job to, though.

One of these days I will start this topic ' How does your sons react to your hobby/obsession?' My ten year old daughter hates all of the jazz that I play-mainstream or any other style of jazz. It's "weird" and "embarassing". She has let me know that if any of it is playing in our parked car when her friends come close to the car, it will be the ultimate social disaster for her. My mother's car was the ultimate social disaster for me. Your situation isn't that bad. I was the ultimate social disaster for my car!

I don't have much to add here; the Wynton debates have always felt a little out of my jurisdiction (I probably should care - but it's hard). V'mark and Zorn are semi-respectable organizers in their own right, and I think far more where it matters than what Wynton's doing (i.e., punk/indie clubs vs. Lincoln Center). But of course Wynton's constituents have the dough, so I guess that explains that. And yeah, KV and JZ are overrecorded. I just sift.

Joachim Kuhn/Eje Thelin 4tet - In Paris (Metronome) w/ Thollot and Adelhard Roidinger. Pleasantly manic!

That's a good gig... I hope these are nice and visible here in the States. I mean, it's great to have those Cuneiforms around but studio magic sometimes made for a better Softs. 5 is hip!

Wow. Yikes.

For those with Seasonal-Affective Disorder coloured by a tinge of dysthimia... at least there's jazz records!

Giorgio Gaslini - Nuovi Sentimenti - (EMI Italia reissue) w/ Don Cherry, Enrico Rava, Steve Lacy, Gato Barbieri, Gianni Bedori, J-F Jenny-Clarke, Kent Carter, Aldo Romano and Franco Tonani Should pull this one out more often!

Strangely, it's taken me until fairly recently to appreciate Wayne's book, especially the earlier part of it. I'm not really going to comment on the Weather Report era or after, since that's not really music I've spent much time with. But I can say his work in the '60s outside of Miles has been knocking me out more and more, as has a good chunk of the Miles material. I always thought it was "nice," but he's been eclipsing that adjective recently.