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WXU sold the Hat catalogue to outnow before he was able to reissue the live portion of Willisau. I believe he may still be in possession of at least one quartet concert that he could reissue as First Visit if he so chooses.

I haven't felt compelled to pick any of these up since I already have most of the BYG catalog, but I saw a couple of the CD titles in person recently and they do look like very nice packages.

The missing tracks were damaged on the master tape.

Very sad news. One of the best.

Sounds great. I will have to look up the livestream of that one.

You will definitely want that one.

Likewise, a few titles here I've wanted to pick up over the years but haven't had the chance stateside.

They have a habit of listing things as "new" when they are just restocking them. Possible these were re-pressed recently, but they get semi-regular reups on Ogun titles, just looks like they are re-filling more broadly this time. That said, nothing really new here. But I hope this means they will stock them regularly.

Phenomenal record. The expanded duo with Jenkins is nice to have, but this session is the jewel. I think had it been released at the time it would be held in high regard among dates of the era.

The CD is nice enough-- a thin gatefold digipack with a photo and words by MGJ. The sound quality is more than passable. The music is very surprising, much less "loft" than a lot of what was happening, really almost a couple decades advanced and at many points more like something you would hear coming from FMP at that time. Very intense, very interactive.

It was a great performance.

CD just showed up today, I'm looking forward to it. May have listened to the initial digital once or twice but don't remember it. A friend had talked with MGJ at that time about getting this out physically; that petered out but I'm glad someone else stepped in.

Booker T. actually has a new recording out. I've given it a couple listens and enjoy it. https://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com/album/ode-to-bc-ly-and-eye-know-bo-da-prez Likewise, I've been listening to this BFT on & off all month and really enjoying it, and should really try to work up some ramblings for the thread before it's too late.

Gave this a couple listens on streaming, and it's much stronger than I might've assumed. Great stuff. I'll pick up the CDs soon.

Very interested in the Liebowitz & Magnarelli discs.

Wayside has the first batch of these in stock as well FYI

I thought Run The Gauntlet was incredible. One of the more thrilling CDs I've heard in recent years, and really rewards relistening. I've also always liked her early trio albums, particularly Good Citizen on FSNT.

Have you ever heard the unissued ESP with Rzewski & Irene?

Lewis Porter's latest email is about Lacy's early music; in the next installment he'll be posting some of the music from this unreleased Atlantic session: Steve Lacy Trio Steve Lacy, soprano sax; Carl Brown, bass; Billy Higgins, drums. NYC, October 31, 1961 5749/5752 Brilliant Corners Atlantic unissued - Ruby, My Dear - - Trinkle, Tinkle - - Off Minor -

I would say the Blue Shroud Band music is essential listening-- 2 box sets and 2 standard albums. The small group breakouts on the box sets are all lively and fantastic, but above all I would say the initial Intakt release from 2016 is among the great albums of the 21st century. For this project he expanded the ranks with some newer, younger players, including some with classical backgrounds. The blend they manage to achieve is the truest basic third stream expression I've heard. Just really remarkable. The other titles mjazzg noted are all quite enjoyable. Plays is especially phenomenal. Others I might mention: -2 duos with Jordana Milla on Fundacja Słuchaj and ECM; the latter is my pick of the two -the 2xCD trio recording Bosque de niebla (also on Fundacja Słuchaj) with Agusti Fernandez and Lucia Martinez

a few times. Affinity did one, also came out on the Fuel 2000 BYG/Freedom line in the early 00s, and a few times in Japan, including on the Muzak label with the original art in mini LP form (which is what I have).

Nice! Definitely was planning to get the CD version of Maeght, but that sweetens the deal. Would be nice to get a remaster/reissue of Gato's Obsession, a genuinely free session from Milan in '67 that has only seen release on Affinity with one of their absolutely hideous sleeves.

The 2 additional takes were not issued until 1990, I believe. This likely presents copyright problems (ironic, I know).

Further info on the Ra titles:

Is does strike me as only scarcely possible. For one, it's unclear how he would be in someone like Kenny Dorham's orbit at that time, and it's just in the timeframe of his last recordings for several years. Guess we'll see what kind of documentation they have to support it. (I also think it would be immediately evident if it was him playing)