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It was recorded in the 00’s right?

Already mentioned here Its on my to listen to list in Spotify

If you put down the price a dollar a day like you did before ;)

Must say I forgot about that one and I DO like that one. I recently played Welcome To Love and found that a little boring.

someone around here inspired me to play this one again

best 22 euro’s I spent in my life

People could get this one for free around half April?

I never dug those Venus records as well. I see what you mean with his playing. I think Shepp could really blow a beatufiul ballad. The duets with Mal Waldron are amazing as are those with Horace Parlan. It's more the music as a whole plus the chosen repertoire that I dislike. Pharoah Sanders made a similar move in the 90's and I don't visit those records a lot too. Not that it's bad, it's just they made a lot more interesting music.

This a very good record 😍

Funny to see you got rid of that one as well. I sold it a few months ago. Big fan of the Dogon AD session plus The Hard Blues track which is included in my reissue of Dogon AD but the rest of the tracks didn’t really do much for me.

Not fully but it gets better by the week, thanks for asking! Definitely enough to enjoy this record coming weekend

Wow I am one lucky fellow I guess 😵 I saw a copy of Noah Howard’s Live in Europe at the Dutch website Bol.com by a second hand vendor. It was the 2022 Sconsolato reissue and for 22 euros including shipment this sounded like a sweet deal. The package arrived and when I opened it, it contained the original Sun pressing in near mint condition 😍 for only 22 euros! now that was one pleasant surprise

That is such a great session. Hayes made some excellent records in those years. I have a feeling those get overlooked a lot because he’s credited as the leader and probably less well known as some of his band mates. The Real Thing is another gem. And great to see Hayes is still alive and active on the scene!

Well everybody should know for themselves what to spend their hard earned money on of course but this is among the most silly things I have ever seen. I haven’t been interested in any music merchandise anyway thought in my teenage metal years I used to own a few band shirts of course. I like Scotch and for me ice is like blasphemy but that’s my personal opinion.

Could not comment on the quality of the reissue but only affirm Felsers statements about First Encounter. Essential and unmissable for every fan of both Waldron and Peacock.

That’s a beautiful one.

Equinox is a Coltrane favorite of mine. The Arkestra version sounds pretty cool. The alto sax solo (that ain’t no tenor is it?) sounds awful like the dude doesn’t know how to play. It reminds of how I tried to solo when I was a kid. Will have to wait for more samples I guess.

I’ve got a lot of Pan African stuff now but not from this period. Interesting song selections too. Not an instant buy but definitely a maybe.

Hat Hut is another label with a very recognizable ‘house style’. Also matter of taste but I like them! I am talking mostly about their cd reissues. The original LPs also had their own style but can’t say I am a fan of them

Yeah definitely and that’s the most important of course. I always seen it as a missed opportunity as some good cover art could sparkles one’s interest.

Well they have a house style, just like Blue Note for example. I like their cover art but that's a matter of taste. I must say I like the Intakts as well. I have more problems with the SteepleChase cover art to be honest. I'm not really fond of most of ECM's output. I tried quite some different albums lately trough Spotify that got high RYM ratings but not a lot of them actually sticked with me. A little too smooth and sometimes just a little boring for my tastes. On the other hand: they have put out some amazing music. AEOC, Roscoe Mitchell, Tomasz Stanko and Evan Parker come to mind. Mal's Free at Last and Jarrett's Survivor's Suite. Brahem is someone I always really regarded highly and there is more I just can't remember at the moment. I'd say they have attributed a very valuable ammount of music to the whole jazz culture. Definitely understand if it's not your cup of tea, but I don't like the easy ECM bashing some people tend to do.

Great, looking forward to that. I am going to see this group in Utrecht coming month with my wife. Anja Lechner is an excellent violin player so very curious how that blends with Brahem's sound. And Dave Holland, well..... we all know him