Gary

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/3946089.stm A tribute to Ronnie Scott's from the BBC.

yes on my one you can swap the sleeves around.

yes I have this one I dont think you can go wrong with any of the Ayler / Cherry material.

seconded - top drawer Ayler (& Cherry).

happy birthday - the same day as my son . I hope he grows to have a similar taste in music to yours.

Thanks Couw - I'm listening to to your link now.

I only have 6 of these but my favourite is

Yep - a great CD , I still play this regularly.

Thanks Simon

Dead Bully Scratchy Nutz

This was happening the night I was born 69.07.28 July 28, 1969 St. Paul de Vence Paris, France Cecil Taylor Quartet Cecil Taylor (p) Jimmy Lyons (as) Sam Rivers (ss; ts) Andrew Cyrille (d

I think I did also (it was on a Hamid Drake thread I think) after seeing a couple of very positive reviews for the second CD , one of which was in Cadence.

I love this CD, it did take a lot of listening to get my ears used to it, I find the ensemble playing more enjoyable with each listen & each notch up on the volume. The outstanding solos for me are Trane’s /John Tchicai ‘s & Pharoah Saunder’s (sounding a bit like Ayler). Hubbard does sound a bit out of place on Take 1 (edition II), but more at home on take 2 (edition I) . Archie Shepp’s solo on take 2 is superb. I agree with John that Elvin plays like a true master throughout maybe Rashid Ali wasn’t needed anyway. What was the reaction of Trane fans when this was first released?

Senior Brotzmann can certainly play some beautiful music (especially with bass clarinet)

For the last couple of days its been Trane 1965 - Ascension / Om / Kule Se Mama / Live In Seattle.

I was expecting a range of views but mediocre was one I never imagined would pop up!

Lon is spot on (as always). Dont expect New York Eye & Ear control. I like it also it has it own charm , the vocal tracks are catchy & it has a track with Albert playing the bag pipes! And a good jam at the end. I dont have another Cd quite like it .

For those that use the superb ayler.net site this has been posted on the Coltrane List. Sorry, this isn't Coltrane-related, but I know that a number of subscribers to this message list also visit my Ayler website at www.ayler.supanet.com. I've had a problem with 'excessive bandwidth usage' this weekend (presumably because of the imminent release of the Revenant box set) and my ISP has removed the site - which is a bit of a bugger. I'm not sure if the site is down for good or will return if the traffic eases (my ISP is not being very communicative at the moment) but in the meantime if anyone is trying to access the site could they use this mirror site at http://ayler0.tripod.com. Again apologies for the non-Coltrane posting. Patrick Regan ayler@supanet.com

I just found out that a local library has a copy of this one, so I'll be giving it a spin very soon. I love all the ECMs a lot! Maybe "Nice Guys" is my favourite - that one track where they do the reggae thing is hilarious! I'll dig that one out & give it a spin tonight . I bought a handful of AEC LPs a while ago on Ebay, some of which I've never given the attention to I should have . I do remember the reggae track on nice guys (is it called Jah ?).

Both are on my CD so shall we go with both?

The royal poster kindly tapped my shoulder to choose the next AOTW. I've chosen Ascension in the hope that there will be a lot a different opinions of it & that it may be a CD owned by people that wouldn't normally purchase this type of music. If you have any sort of opinion please post it. I'll be posting mine soon.

Just got back from the Stan Tracey perfomance - a great evening with some terrific contributions from Clark Tracey & Don Weller also. Thanks for putting in the effort John.

sorry 'time machine' post deleted.

Make sure to let us know if you do

I've only a handful of titles , but what I've heard I,ve been challenged & totally enjoyed. I know there is far more about his music that I'll ever even begin to understand , but just at face value as entertainment his music hits the nail on the head for me. Heres what I have