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Friends, I am in possession of the awesome Holy Ghost set since yesterday. Haven't listened to anything yet (though I know quite some of the music from the inofficial Ayler tree). I am very impressed by this box! First, it's much bigger than I'd have expected, and second it's beautifully assembled, with all the memorabilia and the hardcover boo full of beautiful photos. Then totally unrelated: anyone around here has heard the Zeena Parkins-Ikue Mori CD? Read the cover story of the October Wire and I am very interested in this CD it seems, so any opinion appreciated! ubu

Oh, if we're also allowed to talk bass clarinet, I'm sure our friend D.D. would agree with my nomination of Hans Koch!

That's what my girlfriend would say, would I be crazy enough to listen to this music while she was around... I won't probably even show her the box (or I won't tell her it's new, you know what reactions that provokes..., she might declare ME crazy... ) ubu (still verrrry , but I won't be able to listen to it until probably tomorrow night... )

I guess he is, yes. I consider him a marvellous alto, soprano & clarinet player. What he does is sort of adding a jewish component to jazz, often performing standards, but also his own material, in a rather extraordinary fashion (yet mainstream, I guess). His discs are on Enja, so go figure... as you said it recently, some mainstream, some ethno/folk... no vocals, at least on the live recordings I have. He's leading the so-called "Orient-House Ensemble" (named after the Palestinian headquarters). Living in London in exile, it seems he's a rather staunch supporter of anti-Israel or whatever you call it, anti-Sharon, for sure, policy. It seems he's also written at least one political novel about Israel/Palestine, so he may also be considered an activist. His musical programme might be a bit ecclesticist, playing Bechet's "Petite Fleur", medleys of Gershwin, Ellington, Weill and his own material, but also having some Shorter in his repertoire (Footprints). Definitely melodic, definitely not ECM-kind-of-beauty, but definitely no free jazz. Just good music. ubu

There's some more Sonore to be heard here: http://www.radiofrance.fr/listen.php?pr=rt...telenum/jazz.rm You can record it with a programme such as GoldWave that's available for free. This thread gives the necessary explanations how to do it. After you've got it on your HD as a wave file you can set track marks with Nero Burning Room, and then pop in the CDR you got from me, add those tracks and burn it all on a new CDr. There may be differences in sound. Also, I didn't yet check the tracks from Sunday's broadcast with what I already have. What you need to know about that broadcast is taht the Sonore part is only around 25 minutes. THere are a couple of new releases being presented first, as well as after the Sonore tracks. Skip the first 15 or so minutes and there the Sonore starts. ubu

Hey fellas, the rats coming out of the ghetto!

Gianluigi Trovesi Gabriele Mirabassi Michel Portal (yes, he can still deliver some goods!) Louis Sclavis

John Carter, Perry Robinson, again Gilad Atzmon... haven't heard too much of either of them, but I like them very much!

I don't at all want to argue about this threads in general, but Chuckster is at least partially right... some of the older are among the best. dig Charlie Mariano, for instance, te mention at least an alto player! Then there was Teddy Edwards, there still are Von Freeman and Fred Anderson, there's Wayne...

Can't take part in this discussion, really, but there's one disc that indeed hit me in the face like nothing else before AND it was pretty recent when I heard it: Gianni Gebbia - Arcana Major (not for the weak ones!)

this one, correct choice? Yes. It's OOP, so don't wait for too lonmg with ordering it. CDuniverse list it as shipping in 2 days, I;ve not known them to be wrong, here's hoping Neither do I. You'll be listening to it in a week! Please do report!

Zorn turned 50 last year. the question mark referred more to "favourite player" than to the age. frankly I don't really care about age... I mean, look at the tenor thread with the same topic: Wayne Shorter sounds younger and more daring at 71 than most of the players mentioned so far.

...musiques yesterday. Anyone has the whole of it? I missed the first and parts of the second tune ("Petite Fleur" and beginning of "There and Then"). I'd be delighted in any offers for the whole thing! Please PM me! b3-er: kill this thread if it doesn't fit the policy! ubu

I love the Enja discs he made with Ward! The following two are my personal and sentimental favourites, as they were among the first Ibrahim, among the first jazz, in fact, that I heard: ubu

this one, correct choice? yes! I thought it was OOP, but if you get it, you'll be a step closer to heaven... saxophonistically spoken, that is. This disc simply blew me away!

John Zorn? Gilad Atzmon! He's not strictly an alto player, plays just as much on soprano and clarinet, but he's an absolutely stunning musician, in my opinion! ubu

Ok ..ok....ok....ordered.... you better be right.........!!!!! arcana major, or what? search the rat for our "da shit"-posts... love that disc, one of the most impressive recordings I've heard so far! ubu

Dolphy, Legrand Jazz, and a live version I have by swiss tenor saxophonist Andy Scherrer. ubu

John B minus 7...

Box just delivered! ubu

Was shocked to read this in the Sunday paper! Very sad he's gone. ubu

but certainly not as cute as your little avatar lady! ubu

to state the obvious: GIANNI GEBBIA Born in Palermo, Italy, May 1, 1961. (homepage) best album of the year it came out: ubu

Another Frank.... Gratkowski: born Hamburg, Germany, 1963 (homepage) ubu