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Very sad news Gotta give a spin to the Mosaic soon again!

same for me! although I guess one fine day I'll finally start living...

Ditto Same here!

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There's so much in the music of the Zentralquartett! Abdullah Ibrahim, african horns styled playing by Petrowsky, great blues playing, free eruptive stuff, polka-like eastern-infused things... they beat me everytime I listen to them! Anyone else has any of their albums? ubu

Oh, I didn't get the song-titles' allusions - of course "Azure" came to mind, but somehow I didn't associate anything with it... Also I didn't know there really are connection of Anderson's to the music of Ellington, only felt like it when I listened. "Cheer Up" is as good as "Azurety", and Anderson himself never fails to astonish! His sound is so beautiful, and he's got a huge range on the trombone! Now onto something else: "Plié" (Intakt 037) by the Zentralquartett: Conrad Bauer, Uli Gumpert, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Günter Sommer. Great stuff, for sure! I think I still prefer the other of their Intakts I have, the self-titled one (Intakt 069). Got to get the other someday (Intakt 050, "Careless Love"). ubu

Nate, check "Full Metal Jacket" and "Live In Berlin" for recent Wallace goodies! It seem that other one, not on Enja, that came out a year ago, or a year and a half, something like "Moodsville", is a good one, too, but I don't have it. The latest has indeed an awful cover, as has the Gershwin, but don't let it fool you: I've got the Gershwin, and there's some great playing on it! You really ought to check the self titled album on AudioQuest, though! A marvellous disc with Tommy Flanagan aboard. And one of the most beautiful sounding recordings I own. Thanks for the info on Lüscher - I only occasionally get The Wire, but I'll check if I have it somewhere. ubu

Another "yes", but thing is I get so much stuff burned by kind souls, too, and these always interferes with what I buy. I try to do as JohnS does, and hope to end up like catesta - hey, I'm still young! Gotta give me a chance to try and get reasonable! ubu B)

Here's a link to an Anderson (album-based) discography site: http://outbreakin.hp.infoseek.co.jp/rayanderson.htm I have no idea if it's complete, but at least it has "Cheer Up", but it has, at least, recently been updated. There's of course also Anderson's homepage: http://www.rayanderson.net/ ubu

Just finished listening to this one: It's pretty good! Not as funny and loose as Anderson (and Bennink) sometimes get. There's an almost Ellingtonian touch to some tracks (not only the fabulous "Squeeze Me", but also the beautiful title track "Azurety"). Gotta listen to it again soon - like it! Now listening to: ubu

After some strange non-rat-stuff (Artie Shaw, Predrag Ivanovic, Glenn Miller), back to more ratty things: Finished a first complete, and more or less concentrated listen to this one: Hal Russell's Chemical Feast - Elixir (Atavistic Unheard) It's very good, in my humble opinion! Recorded live in March 1979 in Chicago, this captures Russell right before he made the switch, or rather: started to as well play, the tenor sax. He's on drums on all but two tracks, on tenor on one, and on amplified bowed zither on one. The other musicians are Mars Williams and Spider Middleman (never heard him before!) on various saxophones, George Southgate on vibes (and drums on that track where Russell is on tenor), and Russ Ditusa on bass. Tracks played are Ornette's "Broadway Blues" and "Airbornes", Dave Holland's "Four Winds", as well as two each by Russell and Williams. Williams' "March of the Cellulite Goddess" (what a title!) stands out as being the most humorous track, sort of a, well, as the title says: march. Much of it is in the high energy "trad." free jazz vein, but very very good! Some moments almost sound like the few things of the Brötz Tentet I have heard - and these are only five musicians! This disc is part of the "Hal Russell Archive" (Volume One) - does anyone know if further volumes are going to follow? It came out in 2001, and it's still the only one, as far as I know. The notes (by John Corbett) state that "when he [Hal Russell] died, he left a cache of hundreds of recordings in the care of his right-hand man, saxophonist Mars Williams. These extraordinary tapes provide an incomplete survey of Russell's pre-NRG career (as well as the lesser known NRG years) and over the course of time the Unheard Music Series intends to make the most arresting and significant of these available to the public." Hope they will continue to do so!!! Now giving another spin to the great disc Sudori by Pino Minafra. A very good one! On the Canadian label Victo. Featuring Carlo Actis Dato, Lauro Rossi, Giorgio Occhipinti, Daniele Patumi and Vincenzo Mazzone, sort of an "Instabile +"-line up, and a good one! ubu

Do you remember in what issue that review was?

Nate, here's a photo of Su and Lüscher performing Ellington in 2001: As far as I know, he's a Cameroonian born in Switzerland (to at least one swiss parent, as he's of swiss nationality). You were not completely wrong - it's just a bit more complicated . I've got yet to explore his work more thoroughly. The only recording of his I have is the second of the Hashva discs (linked above, to the TCB records site). Some more comments: I have eyed that Anderson/Haden disc for a long time! I guess I should pick it up some day! #10 is indeed the biggest surprise! Those Japanese never fail to astound! I just heard Satoko Fujii the very first time, and HELL, can she play! The same goes for this foursome! The Wallace sounded very familiar, but I don't have that disc. Worth getting it? I have some five or six of his Enjas, as well as two of the AudioQuests, and one of the Blue Notes on LP. ubu

Torn booklet here, and discs falling out all the time... nevertheless, I wouldn't want to be without the box or the booklet! The letters by Dex are priceless! ubu

the "artist" in question had to hit one button to change white into black and vice versa... and he IS paying himself, by the way. However, one printout of the artwork will be enough. If you feel the need to plaster, say, your whole kitchen (it's good for marriage to change the color of the walls, now and then B) ), it might indeed be good to change the color back again, by hitting that button once more... only then, the kitchen would still be white, and marriage far from safe... ubu

oh! the horror!!!! I find it's in perfect correspondence with the music, futhermore, that "artist" did this without me having to reimburse, as it only took like five minutes... Submit your proposal anytime! I'm having so many discs around with no covers that I hardly see when I'll come around doing "serious" ones! ubu

cover for upcoming disc, created by unknown "artist"

Hey, once I have that MD here, I can offer CDRs to the rats! Same goes for the Stanko. Just be patient! Sorry , I hope you dont feel I was trying to step on your toes . No no, not at all! It's just that I believe you and I are the only ones here with a Minidisc-player! Check that link I posted above! I really like those spanish guys! ubu

Wow, Nate! You beat me with Nat Su! And I didn't recognize him! As far as I know, he's been a mainstay of the pretty small Zurich jazz scene for some time, now. He leads a band he calls "The International Hashva Orchestra", that has two albums on TCB (see more here). Mark Turner is in that band, as are Jorge Rossi, and the two less-known but highly competent Joe Martin and Mike Kanan. Actually Su and Kanan did a duo album together, too. Here's some information on that album: http://www.percaso.ch/records/010.html. The track I eventually thought about including on my BFT would have been a live on by that duo. A short biography of Su: Nathanael Su alto saxophone, composition Now Fredi Lüscher is another important Zurich musician. I recently saw him perform a concert dedicated to the recently deceased, legendary "father" of the local free jazz scene, Urs Voerkel (check this disc if you're interested in him, it seems to be good, I don't have it yet, though: Intakt CD 057). Lüscher played a beautiful trio set, fusing some of Voerkel's interesting compositions with free playing of a highest level, and of great musical taste and rafinesse. Here is a website in German with some information on Lüscher and some of his discs: http://www.kunst-forum.ch/html/detail.asp?...=1272#biografie And here's a short biography: Of course, there's a duo record by Su and Lüscher, too: http://www.altrisuoni.com/catalog.php?code=as079 So thanks to Nate you all had a chance to have a small glimpse of some very intersting swiss jazz musicians! Now on to reading the answers for the other tracks! ubu

Took this one with me from the radio station, too: Have listened to it once (only the trio tracks with Alteena and Bennink, not yet the two duos with Leo Smith), and LOVE it! Great playing by all three, and Brown is simply fantastic! Have nothing of him, except for the "Three For Shepp" disc (which I like very very much, too). Here's a very nice Brown site (took the cover from there, too): http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~schneide/mar...rion_brown.html ubu

Hey, once I have that MD here, I can offer CDRs to the rats! Same goes for the Stanko. Just be patient! Check out this one here: available for free download here. Pretty good stuff! Here's the write up I posted some hours ago over in the listening right now thread: I never heard of these guys, but as it was available for free download, I boldly went ahead , and came to the decision it was well worth it! A pleasant surprise!

Happy birthday!

From the new Village Voice: Sounds like I got to get that disc... well, I actually knew that by the time I read the very first posts in this thread.... ubu

Got - finally! - the MPS CD containing both of George Russell's "At Beethoven Hall" discs! Can't wait to hear it! ubu