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I play guitar and even I don't like guitarists in a free-jazz setting. To be sure, there are many guitarists I enjoy hearing in a relatively more straight-ahead/conventional context - still I'd put very few of them on the same level as my favorite reed/brass/ivory-men.

For some reason, "The Crux" seems not to gather much attention. I agree that it deserves much more praise and attention. "Intervals," is quite good too, so for those who were really impressed with "The Crux" that might be the next to get. It's nothing radically different and is a 2-disc release and "The Crux" offers a more compact peek into Rothenberg's skills and way of playing.

D.D. - that would be the last place I'd have thought of checking for this type of music and having checked almost all of my usual sources, I had given up on this. Just mailed them to ask whether they do have it in stock, we'll see. Thank you.

ubu - If that one isn't around "Live at the Glenn Miller Cafe" (Wobbly Rail) is as good if not better. Their last outing, "I Wonder if I was Screaming" (Crazy Wisdom)I would rate, if I had to, below those two, a tad less exciting and fewer spine tingling moments. I haven't heard "Stumble" (Wobbly Rail) but that is also a live date and should be quite good from what I've heard of others' opinions (incidentally, if anyone comes across this, please pick-up a copy for me and I'll gladly pay you for it or if anyone wants to sell their copy please send me a pm).

D.D. it shall be, then. Hi, there Chaney - very nice to see the hospitable lot of you.

You're welcome to call me Gokhan; this happens to be the handle I use elsewhere and thought it best to keep it. I don't even know how I can refer to you, by the way - no way I'm experimenting with my keyboard to find where that symbol is.

You're absolutely right, Gokhan. Welcome to the board, by the way! Thank you. Hi all!

I have heard both (Flaten in School Days, Atomic, The Thing. The Electrics, Free Fall). If it came out as disrespect, it certainly wasn't intended as I also enjoy his playing, but in this context the more extravert approach of Janson works better. They are both very fine musicians and players.

ubu - I happen to be listening to it as I type this and "Hidden in the Stomach" is a great disc. Especially nice renditions of other folks' tunes, "Song for Che" in particular. Peter Janson is a great bass player with a big tone and he has a couple of excellent solos/introductions to tunes as well (a shame he was replaced by Haker-Flaten for the latest AALY/DKV disc. Haker-Flaten is a tamer player both in terms of approach and the playing). Vandermark sounds quite fired-up, much more so than in most other settings, when he's playing with Gustafsson. (I think it'd be a safe bet that J.A.W would not enjoy their music as it's my recollection that he digs neither Vandermark nor Gustafsson)