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Has Joki Freund's "Yogi Jazz" been mentioned already? wonderful album!

coming up end of March: The Heifetz Piatigorsky Concerts best description I found so far from amazon.es: I guess this is no news to many of you, but as I missed the big Heifetz Collection, it looks mighty nice to me!

amazon.es has the Cortot box for 45€: http://www.amazon.es/Anniversary-Edition-Chopin-Schumann-Beethoven/dp/B008V1IR4Q/

(can't think of a better thread to ask this in ... wasn't there a thread or some discussion of an EGO records box set reissue somewhere? There's a second one out it seems, but I can't find the thread and can't find anything on it, googling "ego" will list just about everything ever posted in the internets...)

Yes, "Zodiac" would have been the definitive selling point here!

I think I know very well what you mean, Steve ... I saw Ingrid Laubrocks large Sleepthief band, too, and that was the biggest problem of the music. But none of that with the projects I've heard of Mike Reed's so far (ROIOs, and now this one live concert ... haven't come around to play the LP and CD I bought at the concert, but the LP is by the band I saw, so I expect it to be similar). This band combines the exuberance and joy of Sun Ra and of Chicago/AACM Jazz in general (sure, there's grief and sorrow, too, and laments) with a way of dealing with composed material that reminded me more of Mingus than of the somewhat over-controlled work of Laubrock - who plays tenor on the LP instead of Matt Bauder, btw. That same Bauder was one of the biggest surprises for me in the concert, as I'd seen him before once (I think with Taylor Ho Bynum's sextet w/Halvorson, too), and he left a somewhat too controlled impression on me back then, as well ... none of that last night! He was raunchy, bold, and he played the largest part in a tune that really reminded me of Mingus, "Blues & Roots"/"Ah Um" perdiod, at its finest. What I also enjoyed very much (though I overheard Irene Schweizer in the break saying that two drummers were never really needed) was the twin-drumming of Reed and Fujiwara. The later may be the more sophisticated player, breaking up the beat in a more complex way, but Reed just feels great. Together, they stirred up an amazing swing that made me think of Klook doing his stomping thing during the heyday of the Clarke-Boland Big Band with Kenny Clare. Obviously, the style of Reed and Fujiwara is somewhat different, but that infectuously grooving and stomping beat was there just as it was with Klook/Clare (whom I only know, alas, from records and some videos). Anyway, one point of distinction may be Chicago vs. New York ... controlled exuberance vs. occasionally exaggerated control, maybe? I really wish I could see Chicago musicians more often, Ernest Dawkins, Kahil El'Zabar etc ... no matter if they "in" or "out" (actually, what I love so much about Chicago's jazz is that often it's both at the same time), they just convey a deep love for tradition that allows them to somehow dig deeper into music.

Wow, terrific concert! They skipped the quintet set and played two long sets in the large formation. Nick Butcher wasn't there, no electronics from Reed either, as far as I could tell ... Jason Adasiewicz was laying out the night before at the Bimhuis, not feeling well, I heard. He was very much a presence tonight. I loved the twin-drums of Reed and Fujiwara, infectuous to boot! ... I loved Mary Halvorson's guitar, at times melodic and playful, at times probing and noisy ... I loved the three-horn frontline, muscular tenor from Bauder, whimsical, at time enormously lyrical alto from Ward (what a sound!), and truly Puck-like cornet from Taylor Ho Bynum, running the gamut from digjeridoo-sounds to punching highnote runs ... I loved Tomeka Reid's cello (low in the mix, alas, but in the second set she had a lengthy feature ... I loved the boomy bass of Josh Abrams (who also had a few fine solo spots) ... and I loved the music! Based on some Sun Ra stuff they got on tape or some such ... not that it really matters, but indeed this is Chicago music, funky, earthy, aware, wild, lyrical, hilarious, sublime, stomping, preaching, swinging, singing, whispering, crying, rhapsodizing ... a truly wonderful concert!

and someone should be all over the Capitol box .... sure, it's a rag-bag, but one full of great music!

pm sent on Kenton Holman/Russo!

Well, he was allowed in since Vince did overdub all drum parts for the anniversary box, didn't you know?

Iyer's trio was fine, or rather: first set was a bit tame, kind of like a warm-up in hindsight ... the very long (90-100 minutes, I think) second set was amazing though, including a wonderful solo on "Darn That Dream", a great cover of a Herbie Nichols tune and then also "Time After Time", which kept ringing in my head all night long ... Tomorrow: Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly & Living by Lanterns ++++Loose Assembly:_ Greg Ward altosax_ Tomeka Reid cello_ Jason Adasiewicz vibraphone_ Joshua Abrams bass_ Mike Reed drums/electronics _+US++++ + ++++Living by Lanterns:_ Taylor Ho Bynum cornet_Matt Bauder tenorsax_Greg Ward altosax_Mary Halvorson guitar_Jason Adasiewicz vibraphone_Nick Butcher electronics_Tomeka Reid cello_ Joshua Abrams bass_Tomas Fujiwara drums_ Mike Reed drums/electronics _+US+++++ Looking forward very, very much!

well, show a photo and we might tellya

Sounds good! And not too expensive in the end - and it does seem to be a nice package ... I'm still on the fence myself.

You should be able to go through the moves just as on amazon.com, login also should work, address and all should be there already ... if you need help, drop me a pm, but I'm signing off for the night just now.

thanks - now i'm torn, too ... in addition to the great Barney, btw, this is also Monk's finest solo album, in my humble opinion.

yes indeed! now we're all waiting for Chuck to come through with his stories

thanks brownie - totally forgot to check my disc ... so how is the presentation of the box, ornette?

Vijay Iyer Trio tonight ... only caught him in duo with Rudresh Mahanthappa before. Looking forward a lot!

wasn't it just that hair preferred to stay under the skin to hear less of their weird music?

Happy Birthday, Mike!

If I went to the hairdresser's here, cheapest I could get would be about the equivalent of the Bobby Hackett Mosaic ... but that's really the exception. Went to a hairdresser's about five times since my late teens and bought about 80 or so Mosaics in that same time span. Never had a shave, wouldn't even know where to get one here. But when I shaved a couple of days ago, after about two and half or even three weeks, it took me quite a while (time for Fusion jokes, Mr. Sangrey )

Thanks, hadn't been aware (but as it's from 1962, it can't be out for too long). Will likely get this one, eventually ...

It's a real treat! I'm very enthusiastic about this whole box. There are a few nice photos in the booklet, too (including a great one of Tchicai). I'm quite positiv you're going to love it, too!

I found that the weirdest of all tracks, the one I least connected ... and the Hairy Bones and Caspar Brötzmann tracks rather boring. But other than that, after one listen to it all, I think I'm going to love this box, there's tons of great music on it!

Happy Birthday, John!