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So Organissimo could finally make us get into the Beatles... ain't this a cool place? Uh, there's some Beatles I do like: those couple of arrangements on the Ellington Reprise are quite stunning (as is the "Blowing in the Wind" there - though I have no problem in liking Dylan, not at all). ubu

another Nothing earth-shaking, but beautiful music right down the classic Ayler alley. I guess it's old fashioned in its way (as is much of the free improvised music nowadays, I'm afraid), but I do like it! ubu

I heard him with Marcotulli, John Betsch on drums and a bassist otherwise unknown to me whose name does not come to mind. Would have to look it up. Betsch is cool with me. I almost bought the Palmetto CD unheard a few days before the concert, but then decided to go see him without having heard any recent recording. He's also doing a show, live. He ended both sets with some cheapo r'n'b or almost rock'n'roll tunes, wanted people to chant and clap etc - not my cup of tea at all, even less so after some good music. ubu

Thanks for these recommendations, David! I hope to stumble over some of them. The Red & Black is said to be a great one! "Momentum Space" is OOP, I think (it's not just the small labels not keeping their stuff in print!), but I will look for it before it finally vanishes completely. I will have to return to my private recs I made of that night (don't tell anyone, willya!). It's been some time since I listened, but maybe one CD's worth of good stuff could be taken from it. The Ganelin is cool! Love it! I'm not through with it yet, but what I heard so far is really great! Explorative, lyrical, loud, virtuosic, musical, funny, impressionistic, swingin hard... Sound however is mediocre - it's a live recording from Moscow, March 1978 - Mr. Feigin tells all about how he got hold of the tapes in the liners... I think this should make me grab some of their Leo releases. Any recommendations where to start? The one Penguin gives a crown, or "Catalogue"? ubu

I guess some who know the more groovy, more funky Morgan, could be a little deceived from this one - "lyrical" is one of the words for me most closely connected with the playing on this album. And Lee was good at that, too! ubu

I see there's lots of Hawes I ought to buy some time... I have only heard very few of his albums. Love "As Long As There's Music"! Then let me throw in another one: Among other things great Mingus on "I Can't Get Started", and a very good, brooding version of "Summertime" (one of my favourite versions of this tune!). I know it's OOP for several years, but grab it if you see it somewhere! ubu

Another lucky owner of the Mosaic! What I like about these records is also the front-lines: tenor/trombone is by far the most conventional. The trombone/bari and two trombone frontlines are great! And of course you get some Sonny Clark, which is always a good thing! ubu

Here's what I found on Crazy Wisdom: (http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/) ubu

John, do you have "Trinity" on CD? I'm asking because the new notes say that the tunes were edited to fit onto the LP. ubu

Listening to the Redman right now. It's good. Geri Allen at the piano, Cameron Brown on bass and Eddie Moore on drums. All in all it's quite mainstream-ish, solid, not too adventurous. I've got much the same impression of Redman as when I saw him live two years ago (and this disc is from 1989): he does not really seems to have his thing together. I sometimes loose interest in his solos rather quickly, while there are moments where he is spell-binding (at that concert I saw he played "Second Balcony Jump" and it started out GREAT, really swinging, and his solo was really good until half way, and then he somehow lost it, and I was just waiting for him to turn it over to Ms. Marcotulli at the piano - who was excellent all through the two sets). I don't want to be too hard on Redman - I do like him. I love his Impulse album (Ear of the Behearer - reissued on CD in the late nineties), and I love his work on "Playing" with Old & New Dreams, as well as a few other dates I have with him as sideman. Do others here have the same impression of Redman? Or similar opinions? That Crazy Wisdom label could well be Gustafsson's. It's distributed by Verve/Universal, and listed in their catalogue, too. The trio album is CW001, the one with McPhee added is 006. Both dated 2001. ubu

Thanks for these culinaria, Jim! Think I gotta get it some fine day! ubu

Thanks for all the details and the Ocium link! These look like pretty solid releases! Only I really should cut down my CD expenses... and they sell them far too expansive here (some 25 Euros they want for them!). ubu

Maybe he's got no money left to buy books, since he gives it to Mr. L. Ron Hubbard or whatshisnameagain... No sympathies for this from me, either - but I guess we're much more severe about these issues here in Europe (anyway, I'm glad we are). How's "Echoes of an Era"? I saw it in stores several times. Anyone cares to comment? ubu

C'mon guys! Still waiting for the eloquent Sangrey review... ubu

brownie, thanks! But I think this would kill my poor-students-bank-account... And I also just bought some discs yesterday, all half prize, in some store cleaning out a bit: - Joe McPhee, Trinity (Atavistic Unheard) - Dewey Redman, Living on the Edge (Black Saint) - The Ganelin Trio, Strictly for our Friends (Leo Golden Years) - Westbrook-Rossini (Impetus) - Witches & Devils, At The Empty Bottle (Knitting Factory) - Gustafsson/Flaten/Nilssen-Love, The Thing (Crazy Wisdom) - The Thing & Joe McPhee, She Knows (Crazy Wisdom) - Kühn/Humair/Jenny-Clark, Triple Entente (Polygram France) Having only recently gotten acquainted with McPhee (his solo hatOLOGY, Tenor & Fallen Angels), I'm pretty excited about the new discs! Also, this is my very first Ganelin disc. As far as The Thing (Gustafsson/Flaten/Nilssen-Love) are concerned, I heard a broadcast (Berlin 2002, I think) of theirs with McPhee guesting - one of the most beautiful Albert Ayler tributes I heard! Anyone cares to comment about any of these albums? I guess I won't make it through all of them until earliest next week... ubu

Uh, spoiling couw's post count? Happy birthday, Joe Christmas (where's that alias coming from, anyway?) and Free For All! Spin some J.J. today! ubu

Wow, thanks for posting that great Hill cover! Will have to check that site again! ubu

I could do the other nine - couw's pretty far ahead anyway... ubu

Congratulations!!! ubu

Someone better get that Mellé FAST! ubu

Ditto. B)

Love Erik Friedlander's "Maldoror" - solo cello improvisations based on excerpts of that infamous book. I ordered it together with the Organissimo disc, thinking they'd charge less shipping per disc if I order two. ubu

That does make sense, Rooster. I know it was a demo, but I did not think about Woody's possible aim to record some rather conventional stuff. I'm glad he did record that music, however! ubu

Young's on piano on half of Woody's first self-produced album, too (reissued on a 32jazz Shaw 2CD set, the title of which escapes me at the moment). Wonder why? Recording in Germany, it could be simply for lack of a decent hammond organ, but why on Shaw's record? Did Woody dislike the organ? ubu

EKE, try "Song of Singing", that's another great trio record, with Holland and Altschul, this time. Also, seeing that you listen to lots of hat these days, "Circle" might interest you, a great 2CD set by the collective of Braxton, Corea, Holland and Altschul. If you're into more hardbop kind of sound, try "Tones for Joan' Bones", that's a good one, featuring Joe Farrell and Woody Shaw. ubu