Steve Reynolds

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Very very sad news Sorry for what must be a very difficult personal loss, Chuck

Me too. I do love some Lauren Newton and when Joelle Leandre starts singing with her bass playing I’m in heaven. Looking forward to their duo performance which is included in the 8 CD box set “A Woman’s Work” from Lady Joelle. Did Ms. Leandre again miss out on all the awards & polls? She’s still ahead of the curve at 67 years old - maybe one day she will be noted as a “new artist deserving wider recognition”!!!!

Missing are ALL the great recordings with Joe McPhee did anyone anywhere hear “Sweet Oranges” or “Journey to Parazzar”?

Larry Ochs, Mark Dresser & Vladimir Tarasov Tarasov is, of course, one of the three original members of the Ganelin Trio

I’d be all over the Jones Jones if it was on CD. The two recordings I have are treasures. Great great improvising trio. “Moscow Improvisations” on Not Two Records is especially great. If I was into solo saxophone recordings (which I’m not) I’d be ordering Hydros 2 by Liudas Mockunas. As I mentioned on another thread, the trio recording with the saxophonist joined by Rafal Mazur & Raymond Strid - Live at Divadlo 29. Have you seen Mockunas live?

Thanks - I’ll wait for it to show up on the Not Two site. I’ve got a big pile of unheard CD’s that I received around the holidays so I can look forward to ordering this in a month or so. I heard about these shows. I wish I was in New Orleans as they look to be playing next month. Maybe they will make their first visit to NYC (DKV that is) in well over a decade. McPhee seems like the perfect addition to the trio.

Where did you see this?!?!

Ordered “Luminous” and I’m one listen in. Not sure what to think. My first impression wasn’t as strong as I was expecting but with Guy/Hemingway as the bass/drums tandem my expectations might have been excessive.

Blessed to see the band in the late 90’s @ Tonic

RIP. Thrilled to see him years ago with Edward “Kidd” Jordan. one if the masters who personified “Ancient to the Future”. was just listening to him with Kidd & Peter Kowald the other day.

I hope to be there for all of these. Especially excited for the Ticonderoga quartet. Nice venue with easy free parking and a good vibe.

Don Van Vliet isn’t even in this supposed Hall of Fame

Thrilled that The Schlippenbach Trio is Playing @ Roulette in Brooklyn on Monday 3/25/19. First time I’ll be seeing the great pianist since 2003. Would love it Paul Lovens could have travelled but Paul Lytton is just a different kind of great.

Please look out for “Overground to The Vortex” as well as “Unknowable” both on Not Two Records. They both have Michel Lambert on drums but the former has John Edwards on bass and Steve Beresford on piano for the second half of the recording. The latter has Rafal Mazur on acoustic bass guitar to fill out the trio. As always the sound quality is premium and the performances especially on the date with Edwards & Beresford is exceptional. I have Happening and it’s good but not on the level of the above recordings I’m recommending.

I figured the *great* Kondo would be missing

Very sad for me. Sorry I can’t make it to the 12/30 show with Tom Rainey’s Trio with Ingrid & Mary. Many many great memories of incredibly exciting music I’ve heard especially over the past 10 years

Now here is the next order: from No Business: Joelle Leandre Sudo Quartet with Carlos Zingaro, Sebi Tramontona & Paul Lovens Intracacies: Paul Hubweber, Frank Paul Schubert, Alexander Von Schlippenbach & Clayton Thomas Kidd Jordan, Peter Kowald & Alvin Fielder - Duo & Trio in New Orleans - 2 CD sets Red Trio with Mattias Stahl: North and the Red Stream Peter Kuhn with Toshinori Kondo, William Parker & Denis Charles - No Coming, No Going - Music from 1978-79 - 2 CD set Mats Gustafsson - Vilnius Explosion then I filled my Brotzmann Tentet gap with both American Landscape CD’s from 2007 along with the 2 CD set from 2011 - Love, Walk, Sleep

I’m not interested in pre-1950’s jazz but I would never call it “crap” because it is outside of my musical taste. Just because West Coast cool jazz of the 50’s is well outside of my musical taste, you’ll never see me referring that well respected music as “crap” (Well respected and loved by those who listen to it - just as Brotzmann’s music is well respected and loved by those who listen to it) For you to continue to ignorantly refer to the music that Peter Brotzmann has dedicated his life to for over 50 years as “crap” is offensive in the extreme. Just because you hear the little of it you might have sampled as “screeching” doesn’t mean it is crap because you hear “screeching”. If you have no interest in modern free/avant-garde jazz, please do us a favor and refrain from your ignorant uninformed rantings on the subject. You don’t see me commenting on 1940’s or 50’s dance music.

Year End Holiday orders via Not Two records: Joelle Leandre: Woman’s Work - 8 CD set - mostly duos & trios from the last 5-10 years. I expect the typical great production and sound from Not Two records the above ordered with these other recent or fairly recent releases on Not Two: Hans Peter Hiby, Michael Bardon & Paul Hession: Roots / first listen to the saxophonist & bassist - excited to hear the beastly Hession on drums Mats Gustafsson Nu Ensemble - Hidros 6 - Knockin’ - large ensemble with the best of the best including Peter Evans, Joe McPhee, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, Agusti Fernandez, Kjell Nordeson & Paal Nilssen-Love Rafal Mazur, Percy Pursglove & Ramon Lopez: Threefold - Pursglove on trumpet is new to me but I’ve become a big fan of Mazur on acoustic bass guitar. Peter Brotzmann with Takeo Moriyama & Masahiko Satoh: Yatagarasu Marco Colonna, Agusti Fernandez & Zlatko Kaucic: Agrakal - Colanna on reeds is new to me Harvey Sorgen, Joe Fonda & Marilyn Crispell: Dreamstruck - nice to the great pianist on this label - excited to hear how they capture her sound. Joe Fonda is one of the most underappreciated bassists in this music The Diagonal which is a Quintet with Jeff Parker, Jeb Bishop, Pandelis Karayorgis. Curt McBride & Luther Gray - probably the recording among all of these that might be a bit more towards straightish jazz than normal for me. The inclusion of the great trombonist Bishop and the wonderful pianist Karayorgis convinced me to put it in my cart Nu Band: The Cosmological Constant: Mark Whitecage, Thomas Heberer, Joe Fonda & Lou Grassi - I’ve seen them live and I’d love to see them again. Perfect blend of romping post bop/free bop and everything else I love about modern free jazz/improvisation and Heberer’s post-modernity is the perfect foil to more old school free jazzers like Whitecage & Grassi Harvey Sorgen, Herb Robertson & Steve Rust: Rumble Seat - I’ll buy anything with Herb Robertson Instruments of Change by Construction Party - quartet with Dave Rempis & Pandelis Karayorgis Joe McPhee: Isben’s Ghost - Quartet with Jeb Bishop, Haker-Flaten & Michael Zerang!!! Rafal Mazur, Michal Dymny & Vasco Trilla: Tidal Heating - two more new names for me

All of the music I listen to is physical media - CD’s purchased and stored on my shelves. Besides my ongoing purchases of new archival Grateful Dead Livereleases (I’ve also purchased 95% of the affordable portion of the huge amount of officially released live music that I’m interested in over the past 3-4 years) all of the jazz/free jazz/freely improvised music I buy is on independent labels such as Not Two, No Business, Erstwhile, Relative Pitch, Aerophonic, etc. I am more than happy to pay a fair amount for these releases to support their commitment to these great current musicians. Plus I STILL get excited about opening a package with an exquisitely produced CD or mini box such as the 8 CD Joelle Leandre set I’ll be receiving from Not Two records for the Holidays. There is something about the physical product that commits me to the music in a deeper way.

Maybe the most famous are the early February shows - triple bill: Allman Brothers Band Love Grateful Dead plus during the 2/11/70 show Duane Allman played with the Dead for a section of one of the shows. The 2/13 & 2/14/70 Grateful Dead shows are among the best the boys ever played and thankfully the best of the electric sets are immortalized on Dick’s Picks 4. plus we have the Dead back-to-back with Miles I believe in April and/or June 1970. The original King Crimson with Greg Lake & Michael Giles in December 1969 and many more.

Dig up the listings for the Fillmore East for 1968 through 1970

Listened again this A.M. I was stunned at what happens after the 20 minute mark. The whole thing is wonderous but the stuff with the electronics/synth and the two great saxophonists - just wow music to these ears. Like nothing I’ve ever heard before. I’m so excited about some of these new releases I’ve ordered another 9 or 10 CD’s for a present to myself. I’ve already ordered about 8 newer recordings from the Not Two catalog that I was missing so this time I mined the No Business catalog so I’ve got some interesting looking newish music coming plus the 2 CD set from Peter Kuhn from the late 70’s that I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’ve never heard him but I figured it’s got a very enticing combination of William Parker & Denis Charles plus early Kondo so I finally pulled the proverbial trigger!! Plus I ordered the 2 CD set duo & trio of Kidd Jordan with Peter Kowald & Alvin Fielder - another one I’ve been ruminating on for a couple of years.

I think it might be psi all small letters