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Viola Lee Blues 10:01
from The Grateful Dead released March 1967. By later in the year and in early 1968, Viola Lee would increase to 16 and then up to 22-23 minutes in length. Dark Star started out as a somewhat fast modal piece of ~6-7 minutes live in early 1968. By 1969 it was normally 18 to up to 30 minutes long. Most versions in 1972-73 were 25 to 44 minutes long. Most vastly different from one another as their skill & creativity flourished.
In early 1967 they were just starting to learn how to play electric and were very influenced by Coltrane, Miles etc. They would see Cream live a number of times that Summer at the Fillmore West which had an influence on what they were doing. Jerry was more impressed with Cream and later with Miles’ electric groups in 69-70 than any other electric amplified live bands.
my friend started this blog
everydarkstar.blogspot.com
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Not a release but a live show last night
led by William Winant
first set good with Zeena Parkins, the amazing Dunkelman sisters & Ikue Mori
second set a trio with Winant (mostly on drums) with Ava Mendoza and the incredible, spectacular Ches Smith on drums & his genius level laptop electronics. Two 23-24 minute improvisations. I cannot explain to anyone how powerful this was. Explosive. Peak after peak. Blistering blazing hot.
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13 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:
Darius Jones Quartet with Matt Mitchell, Chris Lightcap & Ches Smith
1 minute ago, Steve Reynolds said:Matt Mitchell replaced by Micah Thomas on piano. First set short ok.
second set 65 minutes why I go on a 1:45 ride to Brooklyn in the rain.
Darius Jones remains as great an expressive individual alto saxophonist as exists in this world. Incredible moving mind blowing experience with Ches destroying the room in unison with the band. Ending drum solo into duet with the great saxophone man was astounding. Wowza.
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Darius Jones Quartet with Matt Mitchell, Chris Lightcap & Ches Smith
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5 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:
What record is this?
I assume this is just a CD in a CD box set, in which case it is a double no for me (technology and listening preferences), but let me know if it is also free standing as I love Pursglove.
Barry Guy 5 CD box set recorded in 2018 in Krakow on Not Two records
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Plus I’ll comment that Ramon Lopez is simply over the top amazing on the 2018 collection. Me loves me some Paul Lytton but the improvs with Lopez have such a bouncy swinging energy. Trios with Mazur & Purcy and then the aforementioned trios with Guy & Mazur. As far as Rafal Mazur I’ve been screaming about him here and anywhere for 6-7 years now. He’s a genius level player on his custom bass. He demands to be heard.
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20 hours ago, Д.Д. said:
My mailbox is begging for mercy on this bandcamp Friday...
Meanwhile, a November best-of-jazz bandcamp write-up. Except for a few well familiar operators, I barely know anybody from the list - which is good. Plan to skim through these tonight.
Had a cursory listen to some of the CDs from the Barry Guy Not Two boxes. This Percy Pursglove guy is something else. Curious about the Barry Guy / Vandermark combination - avoided Vandermark for decades (I guess the last thing of his I enjoyed were AALY Trio discs - and these are 20-25 (!) years old now).
Yes, streamed it a couple of times, great stuff.
Yeah this dude Pursglove is right there with me next to Wooley & Evans. Maybe even a more natural improvisor than the Americans.
fwiw KV will never be a natural. He’s a grinder but he gets to better places these days. I’m a big fan of some or even most of his large group stuff. Some of his experimental stuff with younger musicians and electronics is very strong as well.
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John Zorn’s New Masada @ Roulette in Brooklyn 8:00 set
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10 hours ago, Д.Д. said:
RogueArts offers 30% off on a few CDs for the next three days: https://roguart.com/news . Got me some goodies.
Thanks / I ordered 3 as well. Finally ordered the Turbine double disc.
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On 11/20/2022 at 12:18 PM, Steve Reynolds said:
Skipping to the 41 minute version of Harmos. Listened to good portions of each box. All great so far. Couldn’t resist. Imagining seeing and hearing this awe inspiring ensemble live.
they are killing it. Niggli is a monster. The recording as always with Not Two is stunning. Never heard a large ensemble recorded so well.
The 3 shortish tracks from the 2018 concerts with Guy, Mazur & Lopez are all-time heavy energy improvisations. Stunning. 21 minutes combined. The combination of the 2 bassists and the *great* Ramon Lopez on drums would seem to be unusual but it’s incredible. Glad I was able to see him live with Turbine a few years ago.
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On 11/17/2022 at 12:36 PM, Steve Reynolds said:
Listening to the 18 minute piece from the quartet with Picard, Niesemann, Guy & Niggli
It’s incredible how fresh this “old school” improv sounds. These “small formation” improvisations always stun me with their vibrancy. Niggli is a powerhouse. Guy is as great as ever at over 70.
Skipping to the 41 minute version of Harmos. Listened to good portions of each box. All great so far. Couldn’t resist. Imagining seeing and hearing this awe inspiring ensemble live.
they are killing it. Niggli is a monster. The recording as always with Not Two is stunning. Never heard a large ensemble recorded so well.
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Tons of actual current ones
last weekend live / 2 amazing sets
Mary Halvorson
Michael Formanek
Tomas Fujiwara
They call themselves Thumbscrew
best superband i ever saw was Peter Brotzmann’s Chicago Tentet
Herr Brötzmann plus
Mats Gustafsson
Ken Vandermark
Mars Williams
Joe McPhee
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Jeb Bishop
Kent Kessler
Michael Zerang
Hamid Drake
live 2000 & 2002 @ Tonic on Norfolk Street in NYC
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43 minutes ago, colinmce said:
new batch looks especially promising.
& spoke too soon on the Barry Guy sets, they were in the mailbox yesterday! I'll start digging in tomorrow.
Listening to the 18 minute piece from the quartet with Picard, Niesemann, Guy & Niggli
It’s incredible how fresh this “old school” improv sounds. These “small formation” improvisations always stun me with their vibrancy. Niggli is a powerhouse. Guy is as great as ever at over 70.
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2 minutes ago, colinmce said:
new batch looks especially promising.
& spoke too soon on the Barry Guy sets, they were in the mailbox yesterday! I'll start digging in tomorrow.
No company provides better service than Not Two records
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Disorder at the Border plus Tobias Delius
Kataklisma
fundacja sluchaj
Daniele D’Agaro, Giovanni Maier & Zlatko Kaucic
no Ornette covers like the astounding Not Two release but the addition of the great Delius makes this a great show/release / all fully improvised. Maier is a great great bassist.
recorded live on 9/15/2017
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On 10/5/2022 at 10:44 AM, colinmce said:
serpent.pl has a number of excellent Not Two items deeply discounted. Shipping rates are very favorable and USD is ~1:1 with the euro.
https://www.discogs.com/seller/serpent.pl/profile?sort=price%2Casc&limit=250&q=not+two
Received my boxes today. Starting with the 2018 5 CD box. Lots of Purcy & Rafal. Can never get enough of these musicians. Add in Snekkestad, Mette, Lytton, KV Agusti & Ramon Lopez and what you have appears to be magic music. 4 discs of improv then a new 57 minute piece with Mats Gustafsson & Liudas Mockunas (2 of the greatest saxophonists on the planet) added and I think I’m looking forward to disc 5.
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Thumbscrew (both sets) were incredible last night. Stunning on all kinds of levels.
yes, Mary is GOD:)
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4 hours ago, BFrank said:
True. Hoping they were able to at least 'mostly fill' all 4 shows.
Thumbscrew (Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek & Tomas Fujiwara) are playing Friday & Saturday night at Jazz Gallery / 4 sets / I expect full house both nights / about 80 to 90 people I think. I’ll be there for the 7:30 set on Saturday. Bringing a friend who only knows classic jazz and some jam band stuff. I expect him to like the guitar player:)
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21 hours ago, BFrank said:
Glad to hear they had a nice turnout. Couldn't tell here. They did 4 shows over 2 nights in the small (100 seat) Joe Henderson Lab at SFJAZZ. The show I saw wasn't quite full.
Agree about Tomeka. I've seen her a number of times and am more impressed with her every time! She recently received McArthur award, too!
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2022/tomeka-reid#searchresults
For this sort of basically “non-commercial” music anything close to filling 100 seats is pretty great. Not easy music. Invigorating and challenging to my ears.
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RIP, sir
Played with Can ~1968 and his out solo on the opening track “Millionenspiel” from The Lost Tapes is blazing.
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On 11/7/2022 at 1:53 AM, BFrank said:
Great show tonight. An impressive lineup. Picked up her recent RogueArt album after the show and will listen to it tomorrow. They're recording another one this week for release sometime next year.
Saw them last night @ Roulette in Brooklyn / wonderful. Especially Tomeka Reid who is a genius level cellist. Great large crowd. Amazing energy & enthusiasm in the great concert space.
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13 hours ago, colinmce said:
Mine is in!
His groups and these musicians / young & old / continue to create stunning freely improvised music. The level of improvisation and truly creative music that are on these boxes is astounding. Especially Tensegrity & Intensegrity with dudes like Agusti, Evans, Gabriel & Snekkstadt (spelling) etc.
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19 hours ago, colinmce said:
two new Barry Guy box sets on Not Two
as well as a new trio disc on Maya
Easiest automatic order ever. As you all know I’m of the voice that all of the previous Barry Guy box sets are the ultimate in modern intense free improvisation.
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Birdman & Colours Fulfilled are among the best 2 free jazz records ever made.
First rock records with extended improvisation
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Maybe not but they were listening. Maybe more importantly Phil took the guys to see the Coltrane Quartet in 1965 in San Francisco.