colinmce

Most of what they're doing at BN now is just rehashing the work Cuscuna did in the CD era, which does encompass the umbrella of EMI holdings that constituted "Blue Note" CD releases back in the day (i.e BN & later tape acquisitions, Capitol, Roulette, Pacific Jazz/WP, United Artists, Solid State, Transition, Jazz West, Aladdin, Imperial, Colpix, maybe a couple others I can't think of at the moment)

This would be very welcome.

Interesting, thanks. Sounds a bit similar to the Jazzpar Octet disc: https://www.discogs.com/release/3778196-The-Andrew-Hill-Jazzpar-Octet-1-The-Day-The-World-Stood-Still/

This very good album came out with little fanfare a couple years back-- unfortunately it's only available on a bespoke LP edition that may be out of print, but you can hear it on bandcamp and other streaming platforms: https://newvellerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-prayer-for-andrew As much as I listen to his 60s BNs, I just as often come back to the later small group albums, especially the three later BN dates and Dusk on Palmetto. I am still hoping we can get a recording of his trio with John Hebert & Eric McPherson. I have often wondered if this was the live AH release Michael Cuscuna had mentioned ca. 2009 before Blue Note stopped making CDs. There are a few other fascinating trio recordings out there:

Marilyn Crispell does a phenomenal solo piano version, which was itself the inspiration for Joe McPhee's gorgeous solo soprano rendition that was recorded playing into the old Village Gate piano that McCoy Tyner once performed on:

Another thing I am thinking of is that even most US-based labels and artists who press CDs have them manufactured in Europe. Will people even be able to get new catalog items made now, even domestically?

It's all very confusing but from what I'm seeing it sounds like DHL is still an option. I prefer not to order from overseas myself, but the vast majority of new CDs I buy are from European labels, so I wonder how this will affect their ability to send stock to US retailers.

PM on AEC ECM box

Highest recommendation on the SAJ Oto 2xCD. This is what it's all about. https://otoroku.bandcamp.com/album/two-days-at-cafe-oto

I'd love a copy of the Myers album, but otherwise I don't think these are too hard to come by. The MB solo is a perennial $20 used LP, the Sun Ra has been reissued several times, the Wertman was reissued a few years ago and it still around, and the McCraven is being prepared for reissue now via a Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wooleythenewt1/stephen-mccraven-wooley-the-newt

Agreed, still holding out hope that someone could get this out there. I would of course still kill for reissues of the Japanese albums, especially The Wire. I kind of can't believe those still remain untouched when so many other impossible JP grails have managed to come out. Regarding the discography, I did run into a bit of a wall myself personally. I have over 100 Lacy recordings, and a got to a point where most of what remains is either a reification of contexts I have in great number, or far too rare and expensive to pursue. As such it's been a number of years since I've added a title to the collection. Maybe the bug will come back to me again someday.

Thanks! I admit to not keeping up with Confront enough, it's a lot. Dog Star is new to me but looks excellent. Hammer, Roll, and Leaf is indeed great. I haven't heard Stumps from SAJ yet but Rotations is very strong, I need to pick up CDs of both sooner rather than later. And very much looking forward to hearing the new 2xCD from Cafe Oto once it hits the US, the overseas shipping is just too much for me. Plan to check out the Foster trio and Lifeline discs (as well as the new Shifa CD on Discus). The two latest McPhee discs on Klanggalerie and RougeArt are good quite good, as are the Graewe on Random Acoustics and the Perelman/Shipp on Tao Forms. Some others that I have enjoyed a fair amount so far: Das B - Love Stefan Keuene/Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith - Two Felt Tip Pens: Live At Moers Ab Baars/Oscar Jan Hoogland/Uldis Vitols/Onno Govaert ‎– Loot Camila Nebbia/Kit Downes/Andrew Lisle - Exhaust Fred Moten & Brandon López – Revision Tatsuya Yoshida & Martin Escalante - The Sound of Raspberry and a lot of great archival stuff: Irene Schweizer, Marco Eneidi, Rashied Ali/Frank Lowe, Joe Maneri, Jimmy Lyons, Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley, AMM/Sachiko M, Stabbins/Tippett/Moholo, Joseph Holbrooke, Sun Ra So overall, hearing a lot of good new stuff but not a ton that is grabbing me overmuch.

the Melford is excellent. one of the few albums from this year I’ve really enjoyed. would love to hear what folks here have been into.

Fantastic price on that amazing and very hard to come by Rivers set! I always sensed they pressed very few of those and the Tolliver big band ones given how rarely they turn up for sale.

Wouldn't necessarily count on that. The Joe Henderson CD was similarly overpriced no matter where you looked. Hard not to feel like this is related to them having such success getting people to shell out for the Tone Poet LPs.

One of my most treasured BN releases. I paid about $30 for mine 16-17 years ago, which was a deal at the time.

Yes, definitely thinking about all those Barry Guy sets on Not Two that sort of kicked this whole thing off. Those are all uniformly excellent. Fundacja Słuchaj also got in on the action and also put out a number of fantastic ones. Some specific favorites: Various - Long Story Short (arguably the best of them all in my book) Ken Vandermark - Resonance Joëlle Léandre – A Woman’s Work Zlatko Kaučič – Diversity Steve Swell - Kanreki: Reflection & Renewal Agustí Fernández – River Tiger Fire The Black Saint/Soul Note boxes were a great line. I would say the Bill Dixon is completely essential, and the Threadgill, Motian, Hill, Lyons, Haden, and Ran Blake ones are also very, very strong bodies of work. The ECM Old & New Masters line was also great in this vein-- the Motian and Arild Andersen ones especially. A few others, randomly: Various - FMP Im Rückblick - In Retrospect Sven-Åke Johansson – Blue For A Moment Sven-Åke Johansson – The 80's Selected Concerts Various - Just Not Cricket! Jürg Frey – Weites Land, Tiefe Zeit, Räume 1 - 8 Bengt Frippe Nordström – Vinyl Box Peter Kowald - Discography I would also second the Hemphill on New World, Wood Flute Songs, Nation Time, Evan Parker, Ahmed, and all the ones on No Business.

unfortunately in the larger jazz CD world (i.e. major labels) these sort of died out around 2010, but the box sets that started to come out of the free/improv world constitute a small golden age in my book.

Arguably controversial but I think the very best Mingus music is on that set. the 1964 band is maybe the greatest *band* ever, but I think the ‘65 material is Mingus‘ peak as a bandleader & composer. I would never want to be without it and this is a great price.

Beautiful words Karl. Thanks, and thanks for the music you were able to make with him. A special shout-out as well to Alexander; Keep Your Heart Straight is one of my favorite of Louis’ recordings, and that is saying a LOT.

Knew his health had been on the decline, but this is still a gut punch. An incredible human being, and one of the greats in this music. I am glad he is at peace and reunited with his brothers.

George Braith posted on Facebook that the bassist Don Moore has passed away. He performed memorably with Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon, Don Cherry, the New York Contemporary Five, the NYAQ, on Jackie McLean’s High Frequency session, and on Clifford Thornton’s Freedom & Unity, among others. A pioneering bassist early in the evolution of free jazz. RIP. https://www.boulevardfuneralhome.com/obituary/Donald-Moore

Very psyched to grab the Frank Wright. I have the LP but about 1/4th of it is unplayable.

The Ayler ones at least are official releases, and definitely the best of what he's put out in that vein. The rest is widely available elsewhere. Releasing stuff as commonplace as the Miles Prestige and Monk Five Spot recordings is laughable to me, and seems like a waste of both time and resources.

From what I've seen, a lot of the sets from the early/mid-90s that are in the 4-6 CD range are the ones that sell for the least, with some exceptions. The 7xCD sets that became pretty much standardized in the early 2000s go for a bit more. In the last few years I've picked up several of these 4-6 disc'ers in the $25-50 range.