John B

I'll second the recommendation for Verge. They can be a bit slow sometimes but they have always come through on everything I have ordered. $22 Canadian is about $16 U.S., at current exchange rates, fwiw. Not a bad deal for FMPs.

Pakistani Pomade and Hunting the Snake are the two albums I have heard by him. Both are reissues on Atavistic's Unheard Music Series and readily available. Of the two I prefer Pomade. You can hear a sample off of HTS here: Atavistic sound clips

I agree that the Altschul is a great disc. I love the sly Braxton joke in the title, too. I think Woody Shaw might have the title for the most 32Jazz covers that make me go that one is not too bad Pirates of the Caribbean meets 1950's EC Horror Comics? from the "high school text book" school of cover art this one I kind of like.

pretty sure it has already been released, but I have yet to hear it. One Great Day and Kulak 29 & 30 are both favorites of mine. Both are great discs with the same trio (Andrea Parkins and Jim Black) as Arcanum. I also like The Sun Died, which is his tribute to artists such as Gene Ammons. It is a trio with Marc Ribot and Kenny Wollison released on Soul Note. Some people have issues with it due to the lack of bass, but I really dig the session.

they also recently added Drimala to the list of labels they offer. Discs with Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Joe McPhee are all available.

wait until BFrank sees this thread.... I've been using it for a few months now and have been very happy so far. It was worth the monthly cost for the box sets I have gotten alone. also, check out this thread: emusic thread

This evening: Test (Aum) Rev. Charlie Jackson - God's Got It (based on a write up in the second issue of 50 Miles of Elbow Room) over the weekend, in between time with the extended family: Dave Douglas - Songs for Wandering Souls Morphine - Cure for Pain Ozric Tentacles - The Bits Between the Bits Steve Coleman - Def Trance Beats M-Base Collective - Anatomy of a Groove Ali Farka Toure - Niafunke Ali Farka Toure - Radio Mali Jaki Byard - Live at Maybeck Recital Hall vol. 17 Stereolab - Peng!

today has been an Eremite day: Moondoc / Parker / Drake - New World Pygmies vol. 2 Jemeel Moondoc vtet - Revolt of the Negro Lawn Jockeys Hamid Drake / Sabir Mateen - Brothers Together Anderson / Drake / Jordan / Parker - 2 Days in April as well as Italian Instabile Orchestra - Litania Sibilante Coltrane - Crescent

Coltrane - OM definitely one for when my wife is not home. Not an album I need to hear very often, but worth pulling out once a year or so. recently: Sunship, Living Space, First Meditations, Heavyweight Champion discs 1 &2 DKV Trio - Trigonometry

Drimala still has three sound clips up and working even though they are sold out of the set. www.drimala.com I also HIGHLY recommend grabbing a copy of this set while you still can.

I'm going to cheat and put a late 2002 disc down here. This will not be an easy disc to track down, unless you got o one of the musicians themselves. I got my copy at the Ray Anderson show last night: BassBrumBone - March of Dimes recorded live at the BIMhuis Sept. 26, 1997. Features Ray Anderson, Mark Helias and Gerry Hemingway. Great live set! Also, on the reissue front: Schlippenbach Trio - Pakistani Pomade Tim Berne - Fractured Fairy Tales

there are some great recommendations above...I will try to avoid any overlap. I'm not sure of your definition of "obscure," but none of these discs seem to get mentioned a lot around these parts: Brad Shepik - The Well Aldo Romano Quartet - Canzoni Romano, Sclavis, Texier - Suite Africaine Italian Instabile Orchestra - Litania Sibilante Billy Bang - Vietnam: the Aftermath BassDrumBone - March of Dimes Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass Band - Where Home Is

I loved going back and reading these lists over on JC when I first discovered the site. It quickly became very informative and very expensive. I found some great discs I would otherwise have missed this way. So far I haven't really heard too many 2003 cds, so it is going to be tough to come up with a list. The Brotz . Drake / Parker will definitely be up near the top...that set smokes! I still haven't heard the new Shorter...why didn't it work for you?

I was lucky enough to find a new copy of this disc for $12 in a store in Providence a few years back. I really enjoy it. If you are a serious fan of Patton's you will really dig it. back to the original subject: check out Luther Thomas' Funky Donkey on Atavistic's Unheard Music Series. This one definitely has the funky grease that you are looking for and is definitely a lot more "out" than the BN Rare Grooves mentioned below.

Ellery Eskelin - The Sun Died Bardo Pond - vol. 4 Medeski Martin & Wood - Farmer's Reserve Phish - Live Phish 20 Les McCann - In New York Coltrane - Stellar Regions tonight: Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass Band, live in Burlington

last night: Andrew Hill Quartet live in Burlington, VT today: Acid Mother's Temple - In C Ellery Eskelin - One Great Day... Ellery Eskelin - Kulak 29 &30 Keith Jarrett - Dark Intervals Ellington - ...and His Mother Called Him Bill MMW - Live Tonic

yes. good call!

I've never heard a Roxy Music album, so I sort of feel like I shouldn't be posting in this thread, but I went to AMG to read up on them and came across this: Brian Peter George St. Baptiste de la Salle Eno now that is one hellof a name! talk about parents being unable to make up their minds and going with thir five favorite choices...

It might be quicker if I were to ask you who you don't know in the rock world.

my sister told me about interpol quite a while ago, before their album came out. she used to work with the brother of one of the members. It is a really enjoyable album.

first I would have you talk with these guys: and then them: but, in the end, listening to this album should make it all clear:

Rooster Ties - what is your new avatar? The one that replaced the Osby...I like it a lot! mine is a photo of Hamid Drake live at last year's Vision Fest.

when I first bought Wayne Shorter's Ju Ju I played it four or five times back to back. It was my first introduction to his work as a leader and I was blown away.

Lee Konitz, Don Friedman & Attila Zoller - Thingin Cecil Taylor - Indent Reid Anderson - Dirty Show Tunes Chucho Valdes - Solo Piano

some more: Jesus Lizard ( while they were on Touch & Go) Man...or Astroman? - on e of my favorite bands to see live, a few years back. Great surf music and a great sense of humor.