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Yes on Grimal, and Kullhammar, too! Not sure where Grimal is heading, never had a chance to catch her live, but on record it seems she's straying further and further from jazz. I love the double disc with Giovanni di Domenico on Ayler, I have no idea what to label that music, but I don't think I'd call it jazz. And we discussed trumpet player Susana Santos Silva in another thread recently ... she's the guest on the most recent, fourth volume of the "Basement Session" series (subtitled "The Bali Session" and indeed with gamelan's and some wonderfully mesmerizing grooves to go along) by the Aalberg/Kullhammar/Zetterberg trio.

Art Ellefson, too, speaking of tenor saxophonists as in the other thread ...

Hm yeah, if I found such a great price locally (if I order online, it will get 25-30€ more expensive due to taxes and fees). I don't think I can justify the acquisition ...

So there we go again? all older players (40+), mostly mainstream in the broader sense ... but yeah, Laubrock certainly can play, although I'm not always all that big on *what* she plays - but when she's on, she's great! Mostly US guys, too, and the somewhat hurting point: those mentioned here mostly don't get any bookings/exposure elsewhere. So I guess with the topic at hand, these days, many of those being mentioned will be known from recordings or they form part of a local/regional scene that does get air time around where one lives. (Okay, I did get a chance to see Mark Shim as part of the Lehman Octet once, I heard Wayne Escofferey with the Mingus Big Band a dozen or more years ago, Donny McCaslin with Maria Schneider, Dave Douglas and his own utterly boring group -- which was quite good w/David Bowie I found) The youngest I can come up with, off the top of my head, is Sophie Alour, 43, French, mainstream as well -- she's part of the Rhoda Scott Lady Quartet with which I saw her live for the first time recently. I don't think any of her releases shows her potential so far (maybe "Opus 3" best). Of the older generation, over here in yurp, certainly these deserve mention: Tobias Delius Ab Baars Harry Sokal Roman Schwaller Andy Scherrer (who's in his seventies by now) There is also Ada Rave, from Argentina ("only" 44) Also, thinking US again, Matt Bauder comes to mind, at 42 he's uhm, quite young. And thinking US, older generation: don't foget about Ernest Dawkins and Ari Brown. And thinking a bit further, it does seem that in the younger generation in avant/improv, the tenor is just one among many instruments again ... I'd rather name some pianists (Kaja Draksler, Eve Risser, Colin Vallon, not to forget our own Alexander Hawkins) if I'd be pressed to name some favourites.

I'd expect it to be a large type version of the smaller boxes (Abercrombie, Jarrett, Lloyd, Motian etc.) - it would be nice to get of course, but still it's a bit bloated (the Wadada, as well as the DeJohnette albums seem a bit of a stretch, not the "Made in Chicago", but the earlier ones). I'd love to get that booklet though, that's for sure!

I have 14 (some of them doubles), so nope ... the DeJohnettes and some of the Bowies I don't have, the rest had been here for a while, and much of it is quite treasured (the Roscoe more so than the actual AEC albums, I think, though the late "Tribute to Lester" is beautiful).

Yes! Wish I'd been able to catch that trio live! Their two albums rank highly with me!

Yeah And Eve Risser (she and Draksler made a solo record, to which our own @Alexander Hawkins provided liner notes ... that's a lotta pianers!)

Oh, okay ... I was wondering why they'd sign it (or if you knew of a super rare rekkid where they were actually playing )

Ah, ok ... so red and blue, but same album title? Uhm, ok ... ate too much lunch to think (read) straight, sorry - so same album but mixed up sax players in my post, right? The story? Funds needed to buy more hi-fi gear and sports cars? There's plenty of weird pop albums on World Pacific, some by Chet Baker and Joe Pass as well, at least ... not sure there's any one album amongst those that the world needs (or needed, but then I wasn't around ...) I guess it's

a bit rigid, yes ... and I think she frees up a bit on the duo album, which is this one, just in case:

Heard a wonderful set by Life and Other Transient Storms (Sten Sandell, Susana Santos Silva, Torbjörn Zetterberg, Lotte Anker, Jon Fält) at Artacts in March (the photo was taken in a small "box" set up for tiny solo sets) ... my favourite disc of hers so far is the duo with Kaja Draksler on Clean Feed, but I have yet to check out what she did elsewhere (she's got plenty on Clean Feed and it's probably all worth listening if you like her - which I do).

Only on Fresh Sound I think -- or is that another one (you mention Little and Coleman, but the one I have in mind has Paul Serrano and Bunky Green)?

Well, obiously Kirk's "Rip, Rig and Panic". His "Beautiful Edith" is quite wonderful, too. And Blakey's "Buttercorn Lady" is pretty strong, so is "Soul Fingers" ... and I guess "'S Make It" as well, probably, but I kinda hoped for some extended John Gilmore solos, which you don't really get, it'a confectioned Limelight production. The Golson and Jazztet material is strong - "Free" and "Plays John Lewis" would be my top favourites, but anything they did on Argo ... The Sims/Cohn are both strong, "Al & Zoot" possibly my favourite album of theirs. The Costa "Guys and Dolls" is very good as well. The Gryce is nice. So are the Herb Ellis and Mulligan CJB And Johnny Griffin "Night Lady", is mighty good, too! Speaking Europe, the Vander is nice (not essential I guess), and the Tubby Hayes is friggin' great! Might go for some of the Stitts (the one with Sims I've got in a previous Japanese edition, it's fun), the Bley, the Williamson, the John Young, the MJT Daddy'O, the Pim Jacobs ... or not, don't really know yet. There was this edition, in a series that was mostly compilations, but eventually they did some full reissues (a Don Ellis, the Griffin, a pair of Freddie Hubbard albums, some European stuff by Ingfried Hoffmann:

Missed this the first time around, but it's making a re-appearance end of Nov.: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VICJ-70051 Guess I better order NOW!

He played a wonderful duo set with Mat Maneri at Willisau 2016 (I was there).

Fan of Kris Davis, but not of Ches Smith here ... but I think the new Formanek is pretty strong, nonetheless. Regarding Günter Baby Sommer, lotsa love for him, but that duo with German tv beau Till Brönner really strikes me as weird. Brönner is a fine trumpet player (when he was very young, Johnny Griffin gave him a gig or two), but he also sat in the jury of one of those talent casting shows and is more of a poster boy it seems, than a musician dedicated to anything. It does seem (liner notes? someone mentioned something elsewhere) that Sommer is quoted as having enjoyed the encounter very much -- well, as said, Brönner can play. Still, I'm most likely not going to get that disc. Seems German Intakt subscribers got the Brönner/Sommer, me in Switzerland, I got the Aeby trio disc, which is, I think, the first meh disc of the subscription ... it's for people who like The Bad Plus and E.S.T. and the like, I guess, it's fine for what it is, but it's just not for me, I'm afraid. The Vandermark I've not bought yet either, there's just too much stuff coming out all the time ....

First spin over the weekend, enjoyed it a lot ... they also have a new Don Byron/Aruan Ortiz duo album out, gotta get it as well! "they" being Intakt, the logo is barely visible (top right corner, in white)

so is mine ... pre-order at amazon.fr, together with the Shaw (best price in Europe, at least when I checked last week)

I can relate to better albums/better player very well indeed. And to "ways of saying"/"things to say" as well. Favourite album, pressured to name one (that is, one besides "Somethin' Else", of course ) would probably be "Nippon Soul" or "Cannonball in Europe", both with the sextet w/Lateef, which is easily my favourite band of his (though the earlier quintet with Timmons and then Feldman comes close). However, the in-the-pocket groove of the mid/late 60s band and then Cannon's very, very good playing on top ... it took me a while to get to the point ("Live in Japan" was one early exception, "Mercy Mercy Mercy" never did as much for me back then) ... is an alltogether satisfying experience.

But BGO has such foogly layout ... quite a threshold for me (except for stuff hardly possible to get in other forms ... Carr/Rendell, Graham Collier ... most recently Arthur Blythe). I've got - and love - the Mosaic, guess I will stick with that.

Haven't really explored "Radio Nights", but the other two, yeah (though Lloyd - respect and all - somehow always seems like the lightweight version of "deep" to me ... which is an art of its own I guess but not one I'm all that keen on, so far). Also, I've loooong have had a weak spot for this:

But what about Real Gone Jazz? We all know it's a new joint venture by those 2 guys already. They're the 77 albums on 0.3 CDs label, lousy design, sometimes it seems mp3 pressed onto CD, lacking info ... thou cannot get cheaper than that, would be an epic fall from the (partly self-proclaimed) parnassian heights of Resonance. (Edited for lousy typing on lousy remains of phone.)

So the holiness almighty of Resonance/Elemental goes euro pd pee pee now? Or is there nothing you can really tell? Real Gone Jazz (not the same as Dustygroove related Real Gone Music, just in case) would definitely not bother about any substantial booklets (though I agree having the design team of Resonance isn't worth all that much, the design is merely okay at its best).

On that feast of capit'lizm they call Black Friarday: https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/10461 I guess/hope CD will follow somewhat later?