Steve Reynolds

AMM : An Unintended Legacy - 3 CD box of 3 of the 5 2015/16 concerts with Prevost, Tilbury & Rowe 3 Nights @ Cafe Oto - 3 CD’s plus DVD documenting the core trio of Evan Parker, John Edwards & Eddie Prevost from 2013. Schlippenbach joins on night 2 & a trombonist I was unfamiliar with joins on night 3. Been listening quite a bit the last few weeks since I received them. Wonderful on all counts - especially the AMM concerts. matchless recordings

Miss the small rooms madly, miss the musicians in this rooms doing their thing miss seeing you, Clifford

I saw them at CBGB’s basement - I kept walking up to stand by the trio to get close. Maybe it was 2000 or 2001

Saw Brotzmann, Parker & Graves maybe 20 years ago and it was immense

Sorry I gave Joe an extra year. I knew he was born in 1939 - my math was off - hoping a moderator can fix to show 81 years old today instead of 82:)

To one of the greats that still walks this earth. A fine gentleman to boot - it was always great to see him support the NYC music as I would often see him in the audience for local shows - we would take the train from Poughkeepsie and take it home the same night. A master of three saxophones and of course his pocket trumpet. here’s hoping for a post-Covid world that has Joe McPhee back playing in those small rooms he’s traveled the world to play in for the last few decades. his latest recorded shows/studio sessions over the past 5-10 years reveal a master still at the peak of his powers.

I forgot how terrific this recorded music was. After seeing them live it was very hard for me to listen to the recordings as they seemed to pale in comparison to the 2 incredible shows I saw up close. Mars Williams & McPhee’s pocket trumpet adds a bunch and they loose compositions fit the band well. Often loosely swinging with wonderful dual drumming from Drake & Zerang. Brotzmann's Foolish Infinity live is especially good. Bishop’s Divide by Zero has a great slow build to a cinematic climax.

American Beauty 50th anniversary CD set arrived yesterday with the 2/18/71 Capital Theatre show in all of it’s multi-tracked glory. First show (Dave’s 37) is 4/15/78 (a short show) with 90 minutes bonus material from another show of that college tour. Very excited as late 77 & 78 is my post-hiatus sweet spot. Only Mornind Dew of 1978 was played on 4/15/78.

No Business as well as Not Two Records, Intakt, Astral Spirits, Pi recordings, Firehouse 12, Relative Pitch and a few others are the most vibrant of all jazz/avant-garde music labels in existence today. A quick search of their catalogue would confirm that fact.

Look up their website. They’ve been releasing stunning archival releases for a few years now as well some of the best current/modern jazz/improvised music of any label for over ten years.

No Business also has some of the most exciting new releases. I’ll be picking up one or two of the Sam Rivers archival releases soon as well as 3-4 from the new batch of CD releases (I don’t do LP’s). All of the just announced CD issues are enticing - plus their production values are very good.

Was/is the plan fit in person concerts? What kind of venue and what kind of protocols were being put in place? for me I’m just not comfortable with any gatherings at all. I’m so grateful to be able to work from home and follow all distancing measures here in NJ in order to keep my wife and I safe.

Me three - and not a group playing in a back yard like I’ve heard about or in a car at a drive in.... me has faith that we will get there next year some time....

Saw him at The Stone maybe 8 or 9 years ago on a Sunday night first set an improvised trio with Michael Formanek & Andrew Cyrille second set was a Gilchrest composition (a suite) with Darius Jones on alto saxophone & Steve Swell on trombone making it a Quintet. first set was fine with Cyrille in fine groove based form. second set was spectacular with Jones & Swell in incredible voice. What an experience.

Thanks for posting that. I still love Brotzmann as well - I know you do not! I’m also still big into Fred Anderson, Kidd Jordan, David S Ware and other expressive free jazz tenors.

If Dunmall’s tenor playing on Ghostly Thoughts is boring I want more boredom!!

Prayers for Mr. Jarrett rough rough stuff happening with my folks who are nearing 90 - 75 is much too young

Only twice for me. Second time with Ulrich. first time 1/7/1999 the day Fred Hopkins died. Ari Brown played second time maybe a year later - Fred Anderson played I havn’t been to Chicago since fwiw that recording is incredible - I just received my copy a couple of weeks ago

Tempted to get the 4 Territory Band CDs I don’t have. I do have 2 of them but missing volumes 1-4. I never heard the first one or Map Theory

Jason - remember the days we were all discovering this stuff and sharing with each other on line? With Bruce K Woods, Gordon, Walter & Sisco? When was the Empty Bottle show?

Was just listening to him the other day on a recently released show with Fred Anderson, Tatsu Aoki & Hamid Drake from December 1994. His playing on this recordings is off the hook incredible. To be at The Velvet Lounge for that show?!?! Wow - I had no idea he played with Fred. I commented that there was no one like him and what he did with Die Like a Dog quartet with Peter, William & Hamid would be legendary in a sane musical world one of my biggest musical regrets was a missed opportunity to see the full quartet back in the late 90’s. genius improvisor - what he did with the pedals and electronics with his trumpet was untouchable RIP, Sir of course I dedicate that sign off to Ulrich

Wow

I find the music of my youth sounding terrific but I get bored pretty quickly my ears and mind/heart is so tuned into modern improvised music of all sorts - that most everything else except maybe things like The Dead, Can, Pavement, Sonic Youth and some obscure alternate rock things along with great historical jazz / the old favorites fade quickly. I LOVE The Replacements & Husker Du as two examples but by half a 35 minute album I’m moving on!!

There was a note in the package asking if I was interested in other Okkadisk titles that they had more.

Me too Chuck. I ordered from Orbits a few minutes before you posted your offer. I was very surprised that what I received was an original issue. It looks just like the set I used to have so I sure think it’s legit. My guess is the first one I bought might have been from Cadence