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Great stuff enjoy. Hope to visit Japan one day myself. I’d bring an extra suitcase for Japanese vinyl

Me too. What a shame he died so young. Very talented player indeed.

Pharoahs a bit too much under the Trane influence imo but still: nice music.

probably her most famous work but never read it till past week.

finally got me started with the rest of the series and with the first tunes I immediately knew I did right to buy the whole series. This is classic Tapscott in the Arkestras finest hour. Man this guy was something special for sure and how I would have loved to have seen him perform right there at that church. It must have been an experience. I could also confirm that the sound quality is miles better than the first release. What frightened me most was the size of the whole project. How could someone digest ? I now decided I just consume it in small portions: one of these masterpieces a week. Fortunately there is enough variety composition wise. Way to go Nimbus and way to go Matt! That’s a great idea. I don’t get her to see Parker though. The idea of it makes me laugh. And to tell her upfront that Evan Parker is one of the more accessible folks in jazz: something like Norah Jones without vocals. And than the look on her face when he starts to play… that would be priceless 😂

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I should probably it’s been a while since I’ve been in London… I don’t think my wife will accept another leave I guess though. Going to hike in Germany this autumn with my dad, brother and sister. And will be gone to Ghana coming February with my students for a 10 day trip. I don’t know if she will survive more days without me and with my lovely but overenergetic boys 🤣 if I do visit I’d definitely check out all the venues

I've got my eye on tour dates but I thinks it's a long time ago he was in The Netherlands unfortunately. Stil hope to catch him with Barry Guy and Paul Lovens....

You know me.... Must say I got to know him trough Mal but Weiss made some excellent records. On Tour is even better with the same musicians. Some very talented and underappreciated German musicians. The Git Go is also very good. That's with Billy Harper. Don't be spooked by it's horrible cover art

Good question Jim. I think it’s because of a few reasons. I must say I like the American quartet better than the European because I enjoy Dewey Redmans playing where Jan Garbareks leaves me cold. I also like Jarret better playing originals than standards. But still most of Jarretts Impulse! output is not my kind of stuff. The album Fort Yawuh to me is a perfect example of the inconsistency of his works. The title track on that record is amazing, the rest of the album not even close to that level. What I like about the Survivors Suite is: 1. It’s consistently good from the beginning till the end. 2. The composition: it’s catchy and exciting in every way. 3. Everyone’s playing: Haden is great, Redmans in fire, Motian solid as a rock and Jarrett is playing very good as well. I hate it when Jarrett is doing that fiddling endlessly. Not sure how to describe it in English. He does it a lot on his solo outings. He keeps playing all this note and I have no idea what he’s trying to say or where he’s going. He does not do that here. His playing has an excellent structure all throughout. 4. the Eastern feel of it. I am sensitive to that kind of thing. 5. A bit lame from me but still: not a lot of yodeling, groaning, squeeking, barking and other vocal qualities by Mr. Jarrett on this. I just can’t stand that. The combination of these things makes The Survivor’s Suite a ‘70’s jazz favorite of mine.

I can’t see music getting less accessible than this but I really, really dig these kind of Evan Parker solo outings. It’s listening to music in a whole other sense than how you listen to most music. When you would play it in the background it might sound as random sounds. It asks absolute concentration and focus. But when you listen with full focus you get sucked into a universe of sounds you did not knew yet. Plus you hear lots of structures and logics actually. Fascinating stuff. Not always in the mood, but when I am this stuff always clicks immediately with me. And Parker’s breathing/blowing/playing skills are literally mindblowing.

pretty much the only Jarret that gets spun regularly here to be honest. But this one is exceptionally good I must admit.

Yeah it's good but probably not what you're used too by him. @felser that's the cd you're talking about right? I see someone on Discogs says he could analyse cd's with a certain software and the software said they we're MP3 files.

Definitely! Been a while since I spun it. now playing:

Gheorghe if you only have 2 or 3 Pharoah Sanders albums it's about time to get a whole lot more 😜

Now this would be a great candidate. Deserves a good reissue.

I’m pretty sure you will. It has Pharoah Sanders, Cecil McBee and Rashied Ali on most tracks plus some percussionists. Charlie Haden replaces McBee on the last track and that track has Vishnu Wood on oud. It’s prime Alice Coltrane.

Count me in as another ‘Kicker fan’. Though not as exciting as his later works it’s a highly enjoyable record that I would not want to miss. Excellent version of Bedouin 😍

The Village Vanguard album has that personell right? Must have been quite a show I believe that!