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Just stumbled on this thread. Fantastic idea! To Good King Ubu: If the Miles 64 Concert is still available, I'd love to have it. (Sorry I didn't see this before the BFT business. ) By the time you reply I should have at least a few offers ready for posting. indigo It's yours! Is it ok if I send it without the jewel box (it's one of those fat old ones, would double postage fee, I think)?

you think so? Uhm... I thought you'd show me that there is, some day

beer tastes better there though I tend to prefer some Belgian stuff... However, you'd be astonished by *some* Swiss beer (I suppose there is at least one other German beer, besides Jever, that *is* tasty...)

a small hint for CNN (taken from here): And finally, here's what we use to survive in the evil world:

And definitely not there: It also has been said that: Suiza no existe!

Geographically spoken: Europe. Country-wise: Switzerland. Thus: politically spoken: completely off mark (and not to be part of Europe for at least 10-15 years from now )

sent you a pm!

Oh yeah!

Happy Birthday!

Thanks a lot Cary for these great discs and write-ups!

She's been identified in an email I got last week... of course we love here! This track is pretty rare, I assume, and there's a story behind it, too, but that's all for the answers thread

Nice photos Gokhan! And yes, Herr Brötzelmeister will play Zurich on April 17, day before the king's birthday. Nice to know Gebbia will be here on 12th, thanks, I didn't know that! Didn't get "Zen Window" so far, but hey, it's Gebbia, who, if nothing else, did a record we (well, not everybody agrees, but that's not the point anyway) rate as "da shit", which is no small achievement ubu

Don't like those fellows all that much, but... I'll tell more about it later.

More fun here... There is no smart theme to my two discs, but in one sense, the provenience of much of Disc 2 is different than of Disc 1, in other regards, though, it is similar or identical... For me, personally, there are links between the discs, yet there is a general difference, too. No need to guess on themes, though. I just think it's easier to have two threads instead of one huge thread. Let's par-tay!

As many have received my discs and I already got a few PMs and mails with remarks on my BFT, I open the discussion now. I checked with Cary/.:.impossible and he's ok with me starting the fun. Now: you will hardly be able to use AMG with my discs (some already noticed that...), and you'll hardly be able to track down any album a particular track was taken from. My intent was to share rare and great music, most of which you may never have heard or just heard about. So I'd enjoy reading comments on how you like the music much more than watching you play the "detective game" (sure, do that, too, it IS fun). There are some "big names" hidden on the discs, I'll be interested in seeing if you'll be able to pick them out or not (I guess you will...) and I'll be watching the fun as often as I could and try to chime in with some mysterious hints now and then, too. Enough talking - let's par-tay!

Finally took this out of the shelf: Finishing disc 1 in a few minutes. Fantastic music! Groovy, exploring, beautiful, strong, pure, ripe... Chapin has taken some Ornette (alto) and Kirk (flute), but goes beyond, adding his own schtick, and it works beautifully. His alto sound is huge and shining, just the way I love an alto to sound - also somehow he succeeds in not overdoing it. Pavone has a great bass sound, drummer (who is only on the first two CDs, after that it's Michael Sarin) does a good job, too. ubu

I can't even recall that dancer's name, sorry! I think he was German. Big man, kind of like a bear, almost, but when he started dancing... wow!

I will accordingly proceed in a ... mixed way

Well Jim, seems I got to get NIGHT-GLO soon...

In case anyone on the board hasn't picked this up (I know that Michael F. has, obviously), the Live Trane controversy is also documented on David Wild's site, here. Dig the photo presumably of Coltrane at that site. It looks like a computerized composite of Coltrane & Miles. At least to me it does, I've never seen that particular photo of Trane before. Wow, that photo is indeed spooky!

And just in case: the Harold Land album is part of the box set, too

An aside on Annette Peacock: I saw here in concert, I think in fall 2001, with the "Acrobat's Heart" (or what was the title of that CD again?) programme. Her at piano (and singing), plus a string quartet (Cicada quartet, sp?). Pretty wierd... maybe the wierdest of all concerts I ever saw, but not in a bad way. Half of the audience left, there was a bit of booing, even (rare here, people rather just leave, usually). I quite liked the music, in all its wierd oddity. Later picked up the CD, too, but I must admit it's not one that I am all that familiar with.

That last paragraph captures some of the most important points about Carla's music, I think. There's so much nuance in her tunes/arrangements, you can easily dismiss it as simple and too easy and yes, maybe commercial (not implying you did that, Jim!), yet each time you sit down and really listen you hear something new inside. Her recent "Lost Chords" band at times sounds almost like a big band - I love those subtle touches and voicings! Of her recordings I don't have all that many. The trio (Lost Chords minus Billy Drummond) made a good disc on Watt/ECM, then there are the Haden discs, of course... and there are some great live recordings rotating, too. Her duo with Steve Swallow borders the easy listening area, but at the same time their music grooves a whole lot, and again, it can sound almost orchestral, with his soft yet dry bass sound and her lush chords... And there's so much humour in both of their music! Their duos must be among the most upfront humorous instrumental music existing!

While I haven't picked up the Fantasy box yet, I have followed that controversy a bit, and it's just sad that the Fantasy folks proof to be such beton-heads! I mean hey, have a look at the Wild site and you quickly realise how much Fantasy feghed up there! They really should offer a corrected version of that box! Even more I consider this a pity as I suppose that 80 or 90% of the people who got that box never actually stumble across Wilds site and never get to know about all the errors in that box. ubu

No, not at all. I had no plan to be "genderless." It's just that the "dude" remark made me wonder what effect it would have if I and perhaps some others were to avoid identifying our genders. I'm sorry I spoilt that bit of fun - would have been fun for me, too, being "in the know"...