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Little Birds Have Fast Hearts, both volumes, and Stone/Water (on which Kondo really shines, though it's a larger ensemble, Brotzmann's Chicago Tentet, so you'll hear less Kondo here than on the DLAD records; however, it's a very strong album and worth every cent despite its being rather short, 40 min).

I can't make it to Paris before the weekend; hope that they'll have at least some things of interest still on sale, and unsold, then.

Pure sound? What it be?

I think Rooney's a decent to good finisher - but extraordinary dribbling/passing skills or footbal-wits he has not.

A true statement overall, but there are definitely more than a few exceptions - still exceptions they are, but, for instance the Beethoven Violin Concerto by Perlman/Giulini on EMI GROC or Pollini/Italiano Brahms Piano Quintet on DG Originals are both around 45 minutes. And yes RVG's are re-issues of albums - DG Originals and EMI Groc's mostly compile material, usually selectively to make a meaningful whole, from two LP's.

Let me know.

Nothing that should've eventuated in a foul. Once again, the ref was a joke.

So far: The most enjoyable match and the worst referee at his worst - the guy just drove me nuts.

Neither of the recent releases by the Brotzmann Tentet's is outstanding. The one with three compositions has almost no explicit, sustained, pulses at all; if anyone cares. And the recordings are a bit too distant for this type of music to prominently bring out the many effects (breaths, scrapes and the like). I've been listening to them over the last couple of weeks and will report back if I have more and better things to say. Both have fragments of inspired blowing - but it just happens that these moments are too widely distributed over the two-discs for me to recommend one over the other as a first go. Overall, these are much more subdued, volume and drive-wise, affairs than the ensemble's previous releases.

Bruno Johnson, I understand, is quite busy and does not get to update the web-site as often as Okka releases come out. I really like this and its among the best releases I've heard this year. I'm too lazy to write a decent review. Let me say, though, that since it's a double-band effort you get lots of instrumental and improvisational concept-related variety, so that, for instance Wiik and Nordeson will take solos with a fast-swing accompaniment and play much more in the spirit of modern-mainstream-jazz whereas Vandermark takes a couple of solos with Love free-roaming behind him and more in line with the ways of free-jazz. Furthermore, the members contribute a tune each (two by Ljungkvist but you definitely won't complain about that) so there's also quite a lot of variety there - from ballads, to Vandermark's and some others' long multi-structured compositions to Broo's bouncy and easy-going Transparent Taylor. These two discs are a joy to listen to. I've seen two well-written reviews of this (both are positive and I mostly agree with them, that's why I'm pointing to them); one at "bagatellen" and the other at "sudden thoughts" - you should be able to find the sites through google and do a bit manoeuvring then to locate the reviews. 90 mins on two discs, if you care, and, once again, I highly recommend it. I think Mr. Nessa here distributes Okka's, alternatively I've been very happy with the services of Verge. edit: One more thing, if it helps, the music, overall, is closer to what I've heard of Atomic than V5. I think the addition of keys and vibes nicely grounds the music.

The Electrics.

That's the one; I have the somewhat recent digipak re-issue. Parker is in very good form throughout, and both takes of "Kim" are equally stunning, in my opinion.

I think I agree with Nate here, if the sides with Hank Jones you're referring to are tne ones included in, what's re-issued as, the "Charle Parker" album.

I'm just through listening to this for the first time. All I can say is that there are some great, great, moments and I'll do all I can to catch them whenever they play within reasonable travelling distance. This is as good as I was expecting from these 3 gents, 45 min's' worth of very fine music. Many thanks to king ubu for making this available to fellow fans as myself.

I would say start with a trio or quartet recording, then a duo, and then go on to hear his solo records (and the rest, some larger ensembles). I like, Solo - Clinkers (Hatology) Duo - Let's Call This...Esteem (w/Mal Waldron on SLAM) Trio - Work (w/Cox and Humair on Sketch) Quartet - Morning Joy (w/Potts, Avenel, and Johnson, on Hatology)

PM for both Rabih's.

D.D. , ubu, and P.L.M - I think I might have over-accentuated my opinons for once. I also re-listened to the disc and found Potts' playing to be rather good and enjoyed listening to his solos on all tracks, save for the one on "Epistrophy." Nevertheless, as good as his playing is I still eagerly await Lacy's solos on each tune, nothing wrong with that, I guess. ubu - yes Avenel has that woody, thick, tone that I really like. My opinion of the music on the disc, which remains unchanged, is that it's excellent - a term I try to reserve for music that really moves me in some way (in this instance it was making me get up and dance a number of times).

Thanks for pointing it out. Yes, there are a number of albums of interest. "One Way Out" is a strong one you say? Will also keep that in mind, thanks.

Except, I find some of Potts solos to be overly long and unhappening in terms of using of developing any fresh ideas - falling back a bit too much on the non-improvisatory aspect of improvisation and exploring too little. Well if the his solos were a bit, or more maybe, shorter than I wouldn't have complained about this. I always find myself waiting impatiently for the next Lacy solo on this one. Quite nice tune selection as well, I think. Agreed on Clinkers. Cliches, I dig less, again for extra-Lacy concerns - in fact, traded my copy a short while ago.

Green Dolphin - would you say those two recent albums by the two trio are markedly better than their initial efforts? I like him but found the initial efforts to be hit and miss, and (same thing) quite inconsistent - on the whole, I was disappointed by both. So I'm a bit hesitant to go for those. I'm yet to be floored by "Furnace," either. "Nuclear Assembly Hall" on the other hand is quite good and lots of fun to listen to (though, as you might guess, Vandermark plays as a member of one of the bands and is not a leader and therefore doesn't get more space than others, in fact, if anything, he gets less solo space). edit: To clarify, Furnace is no clunker, just not outstanding, in my opinion. A fine, good enough, disc that I spin not infrequently.

Folks in US who might have difficulty getting hold of their two releases on Jazzland can easily get the recent double band release (with School Days) "Nuclear Assembly Hall" on Okka Disk. This is a 90 min double-disc release of mostly energy-charged jazz with slight inclinations towards free jazz. I've been enjoying this one a lot - nice tunes, solid solos, everything in its right place, to my ears (slightly underwhelmed by Broo here, but that's about all). If all goes as planned, I will see them in their homeland (Norway) in a month.

Fine, but not better. I found the blowing to be markedly less inspired than that on "Six for Rollins," if that helps. Only a couple really get going. The medleys work well. Might be of interest, though, as the first track, has the most un-eventful and near dull Kessler solo I've ever heard.

I just posted my reflections on the latest V5 disc at jazzcorner. I would be glad to exchange ideas and thoughts on this one. Of course we can carry that on here.

Well, I enjoy, both hearing others play and playing, Sonny's tunes much more and somehow they lent themselves easier to nice arrangements for the band, I thought. I even said tunes and not compositions - as in the memorable melodies and the groove. Of course their compositions contributed much, much, less to their stature than the improvisatory aspect of their work (you see I don't even feel like stating this as an opinion, so obvious it seems to me). Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Broomriding - I'm getting this one soon, as many, Nate among them, gave this at least a thumbs-up. edit: D.D. - I think I mentioned ICP's Jubilee Varia a couple of pages before, well Oh, My Dog! sounds a bit more playful and extrovert, well I'll just say that I think they're both good (and different enough). Have been listening to them back to back for the last couple of hours.

Don't have the cd but have been meaning to get it for some (long) time. I, too, have seen them live when a local bass player had to sub for McBride as it was the day after Ray Brown's death. Anyway, I remember it was a great show, the most memorable performance being a Haynes/Garrett duo take on "My Little Suede Shoes".