Steve Reynolds

No Neuringer on it:( But he translated Mazur’s short liner notes! saving the 4th disc which is a quintet with Fujii, Gregario, Tamara & Ramon Lopez on drums

Fwiw the Rafal Mazur box is wondrous. Duets with Gregario & Majewski hit the spot for me. so far none of the Astral Spirits have let me down - maybe my favorite is Zoning with Nick Fraser, Kris Davis & Tony Malaby (with Ingrid Laubrock & Lina Allemano guesting on 3 tracks). It’s short like an old school LP and the tunes are hidden and the improvising is focused and powerful. Malaby’s soprano playing continues to astound. Ingrid is a great foil on her 3 tracks (she’s on tenor).

Saw this group 3-4 years ago and it was wonderful. Charles Downs was sublime.

I was at the 3/3 show - the last live show I attended before the pandemic pretty great - 2 hours and 20 minute set with no breaks - the young saxophonists are not fully formed but overall a fine performance. Sorey as a drummer is spectacular from any perspective. When I saw him twice in a quartet with Evan Parker, John Hebert and John Escreet he pushed the great saxophonist to great heights on the tenor during an amazing 75 minute set. I was close enough to touch Parker’s Sax if I chose to the second time I think in 2016 @ The Stone.

Too Many to Count

Set Up on Steeplechase is a beauty RIP, sir

I’m not even upset any longer that I haven’t received my 3 CD set I also assumed a painstakingly remastered/refined release with decent audio sources. Cuts due to having a Vinyl LP release and still charging $30 for the set?? I’ll never order from this company again

Really in 1967 who else could have it possibly been?? fwiw I haven’t received my copy - I guess I should have ordered from Amazon - would have been less expensive plus I would have my 3 CD set!!

Me too as I’m most interested in those small groups with drummers from the late 70’s through the mid 80’s. Anything with Philip Wilson & Abdul Wadud, please.

Dave's 38 is 9/8/73 with about 110 minutes from 9/7/73 yeah baby

No - Jerry was in isolation for many years besides the concerts - the early 80’s were the worst. They reconnected strongly in the late 80’s & in 1993 when Jerry has periods of some sort of recovery. Find Hunter’s beautiful letter to Jerry a year after his death. Amazing heartfelt stuff.

I remember buying the LP when it came out and then after a few spins I think the only tracks worth anything were Althea & Alabama Getaway. I wondered why only two Garcia/Hunter tunes and those were the two. None of us knew Jerry was in the thralls of drug addiction that stole his creativity and eventually took his life. when Hunter passed last year it was the only time I’ve shed a tear for a songwriter/poet passing away.

If one had to choose between the 1976 or the 1989 issue what would the answer be? I’m leaning towards buying the later recording.

I mostly agree as Brent was a pedestrian keyboard player at best who could play a nice Hammond B3 but with little of no magical improvising abilities that Jerry, Phil & Keith were gifted with and/or developed. plus his songs were uniformly awful and his lead singing worse than that. Plus Bobby was a brilliant rhythm guitarist from 1972 through 78. Simply extraordinary in many respects. The improvised aspect of the Dead’s music especially from 72-74 stands with any improvised music played or recorded in the 20th century. try any of the Dark Stars, Other Ones or Playing in the Bands from those years for evidence.

Disappointed that Amazon is delivering before direct orders glad for those who ordered from Amazon but I have not even received a shipping notice

Thanks Lon l’ll look for mine - not sure which email is connected to my order:)

Did you order direct?

Me too - expecting it soon as I ordered it direct

Most modern/current bassists are amazing on arco

Added a bunch of those to my band camp cart including the above - hopefully can place the order soon (before the Rafal Mazur bid sells out)

Damn shame my wife and I went to a few wonderful shows over the last 10-12 years and it was her favorite venue as it wasn’t like the little rooms I love so much. most memorable shows for me were Kenny Wheeler’s big band (His last U.S. appearance) and Bobby Bradford’s band with Marty Ehrlich, David Murray, Mark Dresser & Andrew Cyrille.

I have the Big Bad Brotzmann Quintet CD with Schwerdt and he’s a fine fiery free jazz pianist.

I just placed a big order with a bunch of Astral Spirits CD’s and Fundajca Slujach CD’s including the 5 CD Trevor Watts box. So this is in my cart for early next year:)

Thanks

I’m getting near ordering the last 4 Rempis CD’s from his label. Problem is I also have a long list of Astral Spirits CD’s to order on bandcamp. Can’t decide which to order first!!! Plus I’m looking at filing in my Okkadisk collection with the missing 2-3 KV Transatlantic Band recordings I really want to hear.