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Twainians might appreciate this review by Michael Dirda of a new Twain bio (focusing on his travels): http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/a-new-biography-of-the-most-famous-american-of-his-time-mark-twain/2015/03/18/f5b9a48e-cbf7-11e4-a2a7-9517a3a70506_story.html

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Yes, I can understand that. Maybe another time.

Here's what Rahsaan Roland Kirk has to say , circa 1974 http://www.song365.cc/track/rahsaan-roland-kirk-rahspeak,-no.-1-1033489.html

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IN A FREE STATE - V.S. Naipul - 1971. Winner of the 1971 Booker Prize A Prologue, an Epilogue, two short takes, and the long title tale to which the other pieces seem only tenuously related. The long title piece is the thing here, beautifully crafted, keenly observed. tautly presented, often nasty and brutish too, Naipul's revisioning of Conrad in a post-Colonial world.

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Baedeker Fodor Rick Steves

Without the box or the booklet, the price is going to be a lot lower of course. One can't always get lucky enough to pick these up afterwards.

You might try Vandermark 5. A lot of Vandermark's music (not just the V5) is groove-based, which might fit what you are looking for. Some other groups to check out: Atomic, and The Thing.

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Looks interesting. What's the author's premise?

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Will the 2nd set of Santa Cruz not be published? (or CT's Garden)? That would be peculiar. I thought that was the plan.

Is this finally the Braxton Hatology Santa Cruz reissue? Spotted on EBAY, sold as a new copy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTHONY-BRAXTON-QUARTET-SANTA-CRUZ-1993-1ST-SET-CD-HAT-HUT-RE-NEW-/400884109358?ssPageName=ADME:SS:SS:US:1120 Should be a 2nd Set coming too.

Yes, I was being a bit facetious about it though. My point was that categories are always provisional and contingent, and if categorization were that definitive, a librarian could answer all questions hotly debated on this thread. But how good would that answer be? Case in point.

If you think librarians have all the answers, ask him or her whether Brotzmann is considered "jazz."

Pretty painful pruning and excising but.....: Muhal Richard Abrams, Levels and Degrees of Light Art Ensemble of Chicago, Great Black Music/Reese and the Smooth Ones Roscoe Mitchell, Sound

Yes, why bother? Hardly gets us anywhere. Categories are for librarians. I'm with Ellington a bit on this: "Beyond category." I do think one can distinguish between occasional use of improv and an improv-based music.

Very nicely stated, Steve. I think after all these years (remember we first met on Freejazz.org??!!) that not only do we agree to disagree, but that we also somehow agree with each others disagreements to a certain degree! Do the math on that one! If I had to bottom line it, I'd say that just because it's improvisation, that doesn't automatically make it Jazz. On that I'm actually thinking we agree. I guess it's kinda like saying Symphony Pop is Classical. Is it really? Not to my ears. Yes, they do share a lot in common, but so does Country and Rock. Either way, each genre stands on its own. IMO, that should be honored. You're absolutely right about the crossover aspect, but that's a wormhole I'd rather not go down... It just seems that if we follow your definition of jazz a little more we're going to come out in Marsalis Land, where Jazz is by definition African-American, blues-based, and swing-oriented. In that view, it's jazz because it is these things, and it is these things because it is jazz. This battle has been fought for a generation, so we're not going to pin it down here. EI doesn't reject these things necessarily (Brotzmann has always paid tribute to Ayler and the blues) one might find that these are not central features of EI, certainly not for someone like Derek Bailey. So how is their stuff jazz? I do think it is precisely on the point of its improvisatory nature. To use a comparison: is a poem a poem because it rhymes, or can a free verse writing be a poem as well? I think most people accept both as legit literary devices, and I feel the same way about swing and EI approaches to jazz.

I was kidding about the OBEY thing, but I wouldn't mind seeing Brotzmann dressed as Darth Vader. I'd LOVE to see Brotzmann do a Wedding March too.

maybe he changed his mind 2015-03-11 MAY 2015 BRÖTZMANN / DRAKE / PARKER TRIO NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 07 V houston eldorado ballroom 09 V potter valley (private event) 10 V san francisco the chapel 12 V portland mississippi studios 13 V seattle seattle art museum 14 V calgary festival hall 15 V edmonton yardbird suite 18 V kelowna summerhill pyramid winery brötzmann solo 19 V victoria the copper owl brötzmann solo 22 V halifax the obey convention brötzmann solo 2015-02-05 Apparently! Hard for these road warriors to give up the game I suppose. Why else would Michael Jordan play for the Wizards . I don't recall West Coast dates last time but I may have forgotten. I'm intrigued by the "Private" gig in Potter Valley. Is there a 1%-er who likes Brotzmann? And what is that "OBEY" convention in Halifax? Does that have something to do with Obey Wan Kenobe?

As are the original programs, but I no longer have the originals. What I was trying to say was that the CDs goes by session date and pulls tracks from different albums or unreleased material and places them in chron order. Since I'm lazy, the CDs make that easier to follow. Or am i missing something?

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