Anyone else is going to the WFMU record fair?

[Dmitry]

I used to attend religiously, until we moved out of NY, and then sporadically. Last year was a good one. The new venue in Brooklyn is excellent, airy and well-illuminated. Definitely will be showing up this year as well, on Saturday morning. If anyone wants to hang or just say Hi, let's  do it.

https://wfmu.org/recfair/

[paul secor]

I went once some years ago. I guess I have all the LPs and CDs I need these days, so I don't have an interest in attending.

[clifford_thornton]

yep.

[sidewinder]

Wish I could go - alas too far away and the £/$ would probably just about buy me a couple of DMM Blue Notes. Happy hunting for those who get to go and let us know what you got !

[clifford_thornton]

On 2/21/2016 at 2:24 PM, sidewinder said:

Wish I could go - alas too far away and the £/$ would probably just about buy me a couple of DMM Blue Notes. Happy hunting for those who get to go and let us know what you got !

I did well. Nothing outrageously expensive... sure, those records were there, but there was much to find outside of that.

In the jazz realm, best scores were:

Giorgio Gaslini - Message - (BASF Italy)

Mico Nissim - Glucose Confectionnerie - (Futura FR)

Saheb Sarbib - Live in Europe vol. 2 - (Marge FR) (with Muhammad Ali and Joseph Dejean)

Allan Praskin - Encounter - (Three Blind Mice, JP)

Masahiko Togashi - The Face of Percussion - (Paddle Wheel, JP)

Karel Krautgartner - Boleraz - (Amadeo, AUS) really gorgeous clarinet-driven modal/post-bop tunes

plus 2 Harry De Wit LPs on Bead, some nice folk and ethnographic recordings, etc., bought about 20 records I think.

 

[sidewinder]

Sounds like you had a fun ferret around there Clifford - I don't know any of those but an interesting list, for sure..

[David Ayers]

I still like those DMMs. It's wrong.  I know. 

[sidewinder]

59 minutes ago, David Ayers said:

I still like those DMMs. It's wrong.  I know. 

I spun a few recently and they sounded fine ! Back in the day they were like 'mana from heaven'.

[Homefromtheforest]

I just played my mid-80d DMM of "gettin around" and it sounded fine; for me it's just the idea more then anything haha.  

The Praskin is a good album, Clifford!

[clifford_thornton]

2 hours ago, Homefromtheforest said:

I just played my mid-80d DMM of "gettin around" and it sounded fine; for me it's just the idea more then anything haha.  

The Praskin is a good album, Clifford!

I have no DMMs except for the Dolphy "Other Aspects." 

Yeah, it's really good. I'd been looking for it for years, just figured it was one that would pop up in person at some point... and it did. Love it.

[paul secor]

I believe that Other Aspects is the only DMM I've kept. An overlooked Dolphy record and a very good one.

[Chuck Nessa]

It has been a while but I never liked the DMM issues.

[Homefromtheforest]

But surely you loved the giant foldout blue note poster!?

[danasgoodstuff]

Had a bunch of DMMs, they were all fine except Jackie McLean's Tippin' In which had horribly distorted piano - so I replaced it with a CD.

[sidewinder]

7 hours ago, Homefromtheforest said:

But surely you loved the giant foldout blue note poster!?

I've still got, like, 300 of those..

 

[Dmitry]

http://wfmu.org/recfair/

April 28-30. I shall attend.

Mark that date in your calendars, friends.

How about an organissimo forumites hangout, perhaps a meal and a gig?

[clifford_thornton]

could do. there are usually after parties that get pretty lit as well.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

very interesting u bring that up- ive had issues w/ my FAR AWAY LANDS.........seems to be quite a clean scratchfree copy but sounds VERRRRRRY noisy.....my DMM big generator sounds ok, and ive heard other dmms that are ok, but far away lands, i still prefer the cd for that one

[Dmitry]

On 2/23/2017 at 3:35 PM, clifford_thornton said:

could do. there are usually after parties that get pretty lit as well.

After-parties? At the venue?

 

[sidewinder]

Conjurs up a strange image of foxy babes in slinky dresses and geeks discussing deep grooves and 'ears'..

Edited February 25, 2017 by sidewinder

[clifford_thornton]

usually at a few of the record stores around town.

[Dmitry]

Will be there on AM Saturday. Who wants to meet around lunch time, drop a brew and pimp their finds?

[Dmitry]

http://hothousejazz.com/calender.php

Too many choices in NY, as always. Vast majority of the names I don't recognize. I've got Friday and Saturday nights open.

Bill Stewart Trio is playing the Vanguard. Who's in the trio? 

Cooper Hewitt Museum has an exhibition titled THE JAZZ AGE: AMERICAN STYLE IN THE 1920S. Very cool. 

https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/69117611

Saturday is the Sonny Rollins Tribute at the Purchase College - Ravi Coltrane, James Carter, Lovano, Jimmy Heath. 

https://tickets.artscenter.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=6144

[kh1958]

Bobby Watson is at Smoke this weekend, with the same group (Stephen Scott, Curtis Lundy, Lewis Nash) as on his new record (Made in America), which is a really good record.

[Dmitry]

Yeah, I saw that, and am still considering. I saw Bobby maybe 15 years ago, with the late John Hicks and Valery Ponomarev in a Harlem joint called Something-something? Lounge.

The Saturday night Rollings tribute is so very tempting.Some seats are still available.

DONE. I just couldn't pass on this. It's about a 90 min drive from our home base in Brooklyn, but looks to be more than worth it.

Edited April 27, 2017 by Dmitry