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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

Ah yeah that’s the one. Most of de posts are deleted I see now.

I can’t seem to find that whole thread anymore. Has it been removed?

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the sound is not so good but the music is amazing. I wish there was more of this group.

disc 1: Conversations

Hearing unfortunately not fully recovered but this arrived today in the mail and I don’t want do spend another day without music. Energy level is getting way better, did a CrossFit training this morning, and this awesome record makes it even better:

That’s a great record

Well @mjazzg we just recently discussed the fact that I still needed to see Mr Parker perform live. I think I just found an opportunity he’s coming to the Belgian city of Ghent which is 3 hours driving for me but I decided to make the best of it so I’ll take my wife and we’ll stay for two nights there. Great to have some together time in one of Belgiums most beautiful cities. He’s going to perform at a small jazz festival with no less than Barry Guy and Paul Lovens. Really looking forward to it. Don’t know yet if he’s going to perform in the afternoon or in the evening. I hope the latter as my wife isn’t going to join me and when she has time for herself in the afternoon she’s going shopping and destroy our bank account…

Hope he's okay and will show up soon again. I miss his enthuiastic responses.

Sorry I don’t understand what you mean?

Well, a confirmation of Niko’ story… went to the doctors office and there’s nothing they could do. It has to go away by itself and that could take weeks 😫 I asked if it’s possible to perforate the eardrum and drain the ear out but they said that could result in a scar on the eardrum…. This sucks. Music listening is no fun for the coming time unfortunately

the restraint in prescribing medication is something i certainly appreciate. I also endorse the principle that your body has to solve it itself. I also have to say that my GP is always fantastic when something is wrong with our children. Then she is not at all wait-and-see and we can always go the same day. In some cases, however, waiting is not always the best thing to do. As i said: with my sports injuries it didn't help me much and nowadays I make an appointment with a physiotherapist or manual therapist straight away.

Thanks 💪

Thanks Jim!

Haha what could I expect I am curious! The big free-jazz drummer giving a cheesy interpretation of ‘My Way’?

Haha are you refering to Dutch doctors Niko? Cause I think I know what you mean. I’ve had some injuries from CrossFit in the past and the advice was always : just don’t go working out for a month and see what that does where I just needed some simple exercises to actually recover. I know thanks to that experience that full rest with a sports injury is the worst you could do…

Thanks guys! @Kevin Bresnahan not yet no. If it takes one more week I’ll make a new appointment at the doctors office thanks!

Rip Mr. Ayers

After 5 years of escaping, I still got COVID. 2 weeks ago I had all the symptoms: sore throat, headache, fever, no taste and no smell. It lasted a few days and although annoying it was all bearable. Last weekend I thought I had recovered: no more fever, sore throat was gone, taste was already coming back. Just still a bit tired actually. Then last Sunday I was treated to a serious ear infection in my left ear and the day after that in my other ear. I used to have it a lot when I was little and had forgotten how much it hurts. Really bad. After three days the pain was gone and the fever too. But now my ears are still completely blocked. You feel enormous pressure on them but I can't open them. On top of that I hear a very high-pitched beep in both my ears. Gosh, this is so frustrating. It makes the whole day tiring. Teaching like this is really awful.... my three big hobbies, CrossFit l, reading and listening to music, can't do...it makes me tired and quite irritable and I feel sorry for my wife and children who have to sit in the house with such a grumpy person all day. according to the doctor it should go away by itself. I hope this happens soon then.