Steve Reynolds

I love all kinds of silly TV shows: Bering Sea Gold - seen them all - a very poorly done show that I watch every Friday night when it's on Good Rush - the show that spawned the above - slightly better in quality - but I've never missed a show. Deadliest Catch - a few years ago I missed a few - but I'm back all in Graveyard Cars - I'm obsessed - I love classic Mopar cars from 66 to 71 and that's what they do - they very slowly restore these cars perfectly. Much better show than any of the above Top Chef - I've seen every episode of every season - my favorite food show. Brilliant production - as good as Graveyard Cars but much more famous. Chopped - still love it Those are probably my favorites - but over the years watched American Chopper, Storage Wars, Pawn Stars and Chasing Classic Cars with differing levels of interest. Maybe most of all - any Mecum or Barrett Jackson classic car auction.

Not a big fan of "with strings" in general but I do love "Strings with Evan Parker" No very much at all in the same realm as any of the above:)

That is the highlight of the record for me. I find whenever I pull this one out it gets spun over and over for days. So far my favorite of the three Ideal Bread recordings is the first one. That one has 3-4 Lacy tunes that I never heard like I heard them played by others. Listening to Ideal Bread and The Whammies (a thoroughly different approach to Lacy's music) have given Lacy's music a whole new life for me. It's gotten me to go back to many of the Lacy recordings I have that I hadn't listened to in ages.

Always very difficult to answer this thread's question. I'll bite "Flakes" from Ideal Bread's Transit Now I'm humming it in my head as I watch Mecum Car Auctions on DVR

Namesake is the one that totally brings it. Ewart & Brackeen at full power. Title track was the first tune I played in my new car

The earliest (and best?) Dennis Gonzalez recordings were made closer to the 70's than today. As many here know, he is a teacher in Texas. For me, he has always been a major figure. the Silkheart recordings (and a few others on other labels like Hymn for the a perfect heart of a pearl) are a great run of recordings made those many years ago. I've heard many of the more recent recordings and like them well enough but for me, they do not have the urgency of great records like Stefan or Debenge, Debenge. The trio with his two sons (Yels at Eels) is also a fine band - most effective (IMO) with an added player(s)

No 'vacation pay' here but I did order the Delius/Brice/Sanders yesterday as well. That Nuts album is strong Yes, I'm really excited for that (Delius/Brice/Sanders) album! I loved Brice's Immune to Clockwork album from last year on Multikulti and still play that one quite a lot, and really like the Brice/Sanders combo in the Riverloam trio with Trzaska. I need to remind myself to get some of these. Clockwork plus the new trio recording with Delius, Brice and Sanders will be a start

"Mosquito" 17:45 minute track 3 from Dragonfly Breath Hard to say it is better than the first 2 tracks but the three tracks make for a mind bending experience

I getting this

A couple of us said after the second set, "they can play whatever they want to play" Sleep on that line just a little bit...... All Misha compositions all night interspersed with magic. Save for the encore - Caravan Ernst Glerum was tonight's MC/director Prayers for the great man - word is he can't talk any longer so he whistles. His spirit was in the room tonight (last night as it is 5 past midnight). Yes they may be ditties (I very much like the visual) but some of them are a bit more - a little bit of genius at play. 2 or 3 minute slices of a afternoon carnival. And that horn section with Marcus Rojas. And when he stands up. And when he shakes the foundation. Forget the horn section. The fucking brass?!?!? Is Heberer human? More later Peace and Blessings

Front row center. Fired up

Just arrived in Brooklyn. Traffic insane. Just said hello to Han Bennink & Mary Oliver. Life is beautiful

I like what my old friend John L said above. Sincerity. I'll add honesty without pretension and arrogance. Remember when Wynton started giving his guys nicknames? Stultifying arrogance. Warmdaddy?!?!? Spare us People in the 80's and 90's acting like they were the ones making shit happen. Latching on the legends while missing the dudes who made it happen in the 60's, 70's & 80's. Honest sincere music always rings true.

Thanks, Larry & Clunky As you might know, I get pretty fired up for live shows. Now hearing such great things about Guus Janssen, as well as knowing that two of the best NY improvisors/musicians will be jointing the Orchestra tomorrow night, has me on the edge of euphoria!!! Some would say on the edge of insanity.

I'm very glad I'm seeing the band on their second night in NY:) I liked your descriptions Mr. Litweiler. I do find Misha's pieces a bit more than ditties but it's not a bad descriptor. I do find great joy in their carnival nature. Having not been that familiar with Breuker or his band save for one live concert, and my memory of the show was substandard drumming and rhythm. It left me with little interest to follow through to hear more. I found that their "humour" was not backed up by anywhere near the improvisors that you saw the other night. As compared to the driving force of Bennink, Glerum and Honsinger which is a great strength of the ICP band.

Alms/Tiergarten (Spree) is among my favorite Cecil Taylor recordings. It's got lots of my guys on it and they are all playing at a very inspired level. It must have been an overwhelming experience for them.

First time I heard ICP play live, I knew very little about them. It must have been around 1999 or 2000. When they played an obscure (well for me, it was) Ellington piece (may have been Village of the Virgins) towards the end of the set, the place was abuzz with energy and true excitement like we were hearing something new for the first time, like they were playing something new for the first time. When I heard them play Jackie-Ing, I was as excited as when I *heard* Monk for the first time. Why? Maybe humour. Maybe Misha. Methinks a lack of taking themselves way too seriously. Seems to me since they are simply playing music and simply improvising that the music breaths. Breaths deeply and therefore is fresh and new like it was the first time. Thanks for the post, Larry

Two Days!! Michael, Ab, Toby, Thomas, Wolter, Mary, Tristan, Ernst, Han!!! Plus Gus Jansen (sp?) plus the *great* Mary Halvorsen & the wonderous Marcus Rojas!!! If I went tomorrow I would hear Ray Anderson & Wolter Wierbos together!!!

As good as it gets

As good as it gets Thanks for posting this Thanks, John

"Evening Might Still" Last track from Myra Melford's "Even the Sounds Shine" Marty Ehrlich's bass clarinet improvisation is beyond possible. Yes, it is that great.

I do the same. I hope you may have stumbled upon either or both of the Avaialble Jelly Live in Nassau discs. Michael Moore has many nice recordings floating around but for me, these two are desert island material. I picked up a nice Toby Delius trio disc called Booklet last time I saw the band. I'll be looking for a few Ab Baars discs this Thursday!!!

The *best* Parker-Guy-Lytton on record Do you have "The Two Seasons"??!??! Sorry to report--no. Will have to remedy that. My copy is gone. I lent it to someone I'll never lend anything to again. Best Mark Sanders and John Edwards on record. Parker mostly on tenor and playing at a very high level.

The *best* Parker-Guy-Lytton on record Do you have "The Two Seasons"??!??!

Thank Jah no politics @ organissimo People I like or even love hath vastly different viewpoints on economics and politics if they like that Times writer. I found out in life it's good to be wrong and I may well be - and I've come to believe it doesn't matter very much to me