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So glad not to have entered a Braxton-bashing thread. I am a huge huge Braxtonophile. Braxton was what drew me to jazz. I have some 50 or so albums from him. My favorites stand as follows: New York, Fall 1974 Creative Orchestra Music (1976) Dortmund (Quartet-1976) For Alto Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: for Warne Marsh Willisau (Quartet) 1991 Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 And I think the recent 4 CD release from Leo is fantastic. Beware, there are some strange recordings out there from Braxton, with strange voice overs or bagpipes, etc. This conceptual work is for the Braxtonophile only.

I'm the blue one.

George Gruntz Though I am fond of the ICP orchestra, and others on the list.

Got another chunk of albums from Erstwhile last night: Phil Durrant/Thomas Lehn/Radu Malfatti dach Günter Müller/Otomo Yoshihide Time Travel Keith Rowe/Axel Dörner/Franz Hautzinger A View From the Window Keith Rowe/Burkhard Beins Untitled live album

Why do we even give this man the time of day. He is a bore.

Well, now maybe we know why they have so many members and so few posts...

I post on all three threads. The numbers I saw you post (I didn't read this entire thread mind you) are about my experience of all three forums. JC is very active, and there are some great posters on there, some of which are jazz critics, label owners, etc. Lois keeps promising that Anthony Braxton will be posting for us, but I am still waiting. Anyway, because there is more posting on particular subjects, it feels more active. You have to keep up, but some good exchange can take place. Also there are a lot of promiscuous music freaks (like me) who listen to EVERYTHING, from popular music to the outer reaches, and I like their company. Sergio, Jon Abbey, Lazurus, and a few other come to mind. That said, there are a lot of really annoying posters there. Trolls who wait for their issues to pop up and spew verbage. Or some who just constantly spew verbage regardless of anyone cares (goodspeak). I hope I have not been too bad about that, spewing verbage that is, but I admit being in the trenches has made me much more a participant. And posting frequently (my average is about 3 a day as of today, though on days off I can post much much more than that) certainly there is room for more verbal economy. I post here 2nd most. The reason I don't post as often is probably cause I am new here, and also I find threads to be less active than I would like. But I see that is changing. This forum rocks, and there are some serious music freaks here-something I look for to surround myself with. The AAJ is not very active, threads are often almost or totally forgotten which I find annoying. I am still getting to learn how to use this software. But I like it here.

And I heartily second George Gruntz recommendations, adding:

The first album I bought myself: The first album given to me: and my first jazz album (that I purchased):

Yup. They do a little of everything. They do Classical, Jazz, World Music, Popular Music (bands like Magnetic Feilds, Wilco, etc. Plus I think Brian Wilson's Smile is on nonesuch), and of course what they call New Music which I think is mostly their "thing". I really like their 70s period though. Alas, like everyone else, I don't think they do vinyl anymore.

George Crumb: Makrokosmos, Vol. 1 George Crumb:Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos, vol. 3) George Crumb:Ancient Voices of Children George Crumb:Night of te Four Moons George Crumb:Voice of the Whale Edgard Varèse:Offrandes/Intégrales/Octandre/Ecuatorial Spectrum:New American Music, Vol. II Stefan Wolpe: Chamber Piece No. 1 George Rochberg: Serenata d'estate Seymour Shifrin: Satires of Circumstance Elliot Carter: String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 Stooges:st U2: boy Kinks: Give the People what they Want Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society Anyone else into the Nonesuch records? Always awesome music, and still cheap (most of these records were about 4 dollars each in A+ condition).

Pierre Boulez: Livre Pour Quatuor: I, II, & V Giacinto Scelsi: Quartetto D'Archi No. 4 Earle Brown: String Quartet (1965) The Scelsi composition on this album is totally amazing. Gunther Schuller: Symphony Quartet for Double basses Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue Don Ellis: Live at Montreux David Bowie: Starting Point Ives, Hampton, Lybbert, Macero: New Music in Quarter-tones VA: Pebbles vols. 1 & 2 Yardbirds: Shapes of Things Hank Williams: The very best of HW

I scored today. For two dollars I got the double album by Art Ensemble of Chicago "Urban Bushmen" and album I have been wanting for some time. A friend of mine has the album so I've heard it but I have not had it for myself. Not that it is rare, just that I have not picked it up yet. Another score was for one dollar, a 1960 Modern Jazz Quartet album (a B- album, no skips) called "Patterns". What a sweet melancholy album that is. Also listening to today on vinyl: Bil Evans: Explorations Sun Ra: Nubians of Plutonia Don Ellis: Live at Monterey Wayne Shorter: Juju Chicago Underground Duo: 12 degrees of Freedom Eric Dolphy: The Eric Dolphy Memorial Album Tony Williams: Life Time

That is a butoh performance. http://home.earthlink.net/~bdenatale/AboutButoh.html http://www.collapsingsilence.com/butoh.html#history Here is a google page of images: http://www.google.com/images?q=butoh&svnum...l=en&lr=&imgsz= I am a butoh performer, and a fan of butoh. Enjoy the images. Butoh is a little weird, beware.

7-tette Vade Mecum II Opium Papyrus, vol. 1 Solo works these are my favs. Especially Vade Mecum II. Unusual instrumentation. Dreamlike.

George Russell: Sextet The Headcoats: Elementary Headcoats New Vinyl (relatively) George Rochberg: String Quartets no. 3 (nonesuch) I totally dig Nonesuch recordings from this period Ten in the Sweat Jar: Inside of the Computer are all of my Feelings This record starts from the center and ends on the outer edge (opposite normal) Anthony Braxton: Creative Orchestra 1976

What a cool idea. Where do we listen at?

I am known to oversimplify things so forgive me if this is one of those oversimplifications. But trios are tough, even for piano. How many piano trios were there in general before that time? Was it ever something before recently that was common? I know there were trio piano albums out there, but what is the history of doing piano trios? Just for the record, I love Bill Evans early 60s piano trios. Especially with Scott LaFaro backing him up on bass and/or Paul Motion on dr.

I get whatever vinyl I can get my hands on. Though as you probably know, you have much more shopping time if you get old/used stuff. Reissues are nice, and I certainly bite. But I wish more new stuff was available on vinyl. But I love going through the dusty bins of used record shops.

Hi. Chris A. told me about this site and to my great surprize you have a thread like this. Awesome! since I spin a lot of vinyl. On the table now: Gene Ammons: Boss Tenor George Gruntz: First Prize Joseph Jarman: Song for Archie Shepp: Fire Music Anthony Braxton: New York, Fall 1974

Three for Shepp and Marion Brown Quartet get my vote too.