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I have been living in Moscow for the last few years, but didn't bother to change my profile. I'll be back in Washington some day, perhaps. Ah, I see... found the idea of DC being transferred to Sibiria pretty funny!

Last night the Rabih Abou-Khalil Group: RAK (oud), Luciano Biondini (acc), Michel Godard (tuba), Gavino Murgia (ss,voice), Jarrod Cagwin (d,perc) Fantastic performance! Last Sunday, together with twelve other bold souls... Steve Swell/Gebhard Ullmann Quartet w/Hilliard Greene (b), Barry Altschul (d) short - due to obvious lack of interest - but 75 great minutes of music, very interesting compositions, and all four very skilled musicians.

Has Washington D.C. been relocated to Russia? As for Al Foster, I recently saw him live with the Benny Golson "I Remember Clifford" Troupe, and he formed a great rhythm duo with Buster Williams! They were always tight - while Brecker was just hot air and Golson got old and rather boring, to be frank.

oh, and flea was (still is?) quite a teaser, too...

Hey, it was Gunther Grass who played washboard with Satchmo, not Adolf who played banjo - you lefty histerical misinterpretistator! And then some purrty interresting stuff for Dr. Freud here!

Nobody expects the Public Inquistion? oh wait..that is Spanish... uh nevermind oh, wait, did you say pubic inquisition?

Looking forward to hearing this - I haven't heard any of the albums, so this will be a nice one to get, some day (maybe in 3 or 4 years, when I need to get it since it runs low, probably can't afford earlier...)

Tony Allen?

Do post something once you get it, Reinier!

Just wanted to thank everybody for the input in this thread - got the first two Golden Afrique sets by now, played about half of them, also played some of my very few (3, to be exact) Fela Kuti discs again and enjoyed all of it a lot. Anyone here familiar with Taj Mahal's Sanzibar disc? A great one, in my opinion: Oh, and I might talk someone into a subscription of Songlines for x-mas - would be a nice departure from all the CDs and books I usually want...

Yes, I think it's good enough. You have some variety, in that the South America album adds Attila Zoller (and there's a duo of him and Doldinger, also one of Doldinger/Peter Trunk on the live album).... Trunk is an assett, and him and Cees See form a great rhythm section on the live album. The last album has Volker Kriegel on most cuts, and Sadi, too. Disc 4 is a bonus disc, three quartet cuts, two duos with Hoffmann, the rest is wiht other musicians, incl. Rolf Kühn, Kenny Clark/Benoit Quersion (one cut, with Hoffmann), and some more, including two cuts from George Gruntz's "Jazz Goes Baroque" LP and one cut with Mangelsdorff added to the quartet... all live stuff, pretty nice!

agreed!

Brownie, Is this you? edit: Whoops, guess not. Guy You mean that guy with the hat? Twasn't me... Unfortunately Thanks for the good laugh!

Well, I wondered, too - before I got to know about the Bond connection right here in this thread... but it seems the teasing man is not joining in here... and wanting to know does not exclude having some fun, imo.

yeah, my wallet had to learn - but the impact of that newly amassed knowledge will only take place later... If we're already off topic here, let me endorse this one, similar beautiful package, and great music! I was slightly familiar with the Doldinger Quartett from my mother's "Doldinger in Süd-Amerika" Twen-LP (yeah, she's old, maybe you, too, but me not.... ), and this is a most enjoyable package! Not MPS related actually, but from a similar time, and I think presenting similarly fine music, too.

Wow, I saw the Cicero in stores and thought I could pass on this corny stuff, but seems it's not that corny from your posts here... hmmm, the list is growing!

well, there was that chap who got fired by that nice company for whom nice guys such as bush sr. and john major are working... anyway, that chap got fired after announcing that he intended to "fegh every hot chick in korea" while doing some job over there... maybe that's how you tease the korean?

There are two very good online discographies/sessionographies up, they could at least add links to them... Seems also (I assume, EKE, you got the news from the CT yahoo group, too?) the people in charge don't know about the CT yahoo group...

Yes, all's fine, he's busy doing other things - I just contaced him (via email) a week back.

Sure, sounds like a good idea! My BFT included merely a track you could buy, and I think I didn't get any negative reactions because of that!

Wow, I like this one a lot! It's great to hear Garbarek doing som blowing on tenor, and it's not that bad an idea to get the two better thirds of the Simple Acoustic Trio on boat, either... pretty nice one, I think!

well, it's past midnight over here, so let the party begin... and don't forget to blame... Happy Birthday, Chris!

Oh, yes! I said thanks already, but again: that Wax Poetics issue was wondeful!

I am very sorry to be late to the party, Guy, but I really am glad I "met" you here, and I hope I will make it to Paris some day, too, to meet you in person. I wish you all the best, happy birthday!