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I had no idea the 1982 recording was "in a legal limbo". Definitely worth hearing. It is on Youtube. I bought the Enja 2-CD set several years ago and there was no scarcity premium; discogs currently has it as low as US$10 + shipping, (which might not help you in Canada, of course). I'll try to listen to the forthcoming BBC release, but it'll have to be really good to merit a purchase. Thanks for posting.

Mavericks GM Fired After 3-8 Start, Fan Uproar Over Doncic Trade In the "I'm shocked!!!..." category. 😁 No link...I saw the story on Bloomberg, which probably has a paywall, but it'll be on every sports site.

That's long been rumored and I think it's plausible. I read Davis/Troupe first, then Chambers. Yeah, Troupe is the guy who should take the rap for any plagiarism, sloppiness, etc.

I've been waiting in vain for decades, but the long hoped for classical album Iannis Xenakis for Lovers has never appeared. 😭

Bump (this week).

Damn, that's right about the 15th, thanks for the reminder. I overlooked the Ted Daniel event. But the Lace Mill is half the travel, so that's probably what I'll go for.

Planning to go to the Saturday, not sure about Friday.

Thanks. Wow, that was recorded in 2019, released in 2020 and AFAICT (admittedly via Wikipedia) is Carla Bley's last recording.

Andrew Hill: Andrew!!!, Compulsion!!!!!, Grass Roots and Smoke Stack.

Based on the foregoing posts, I'll venture that my first thought for the #5 vocalist was Rickie Lee Jones. It does kinda sound like her IMO (I was a fan of her first couple of albums, but then lost track). I dismissed that as unlikely and resolved to listen further. Busy weekend so haven't gotten around to it yet.

You mean the guitarist is GG? 🤣 I thought I heard the trademark repeated note lick. Plus the single line solos. But overall seemed to play faster and in a higher register than GG, almost like someone trying to pay homage.

This would be a hassle of a drive for me, over 2 hours each way, but I might have to do it. https://www.facebook.com/events/1731558840826798/

I enjoy #6 and it's interesting because it reminds me of some people who aren't involved. Dig the saxist who goes the "Texas Tenor" route in many passages, someone I ought to be able to ID but can't right now. Piano comp is sort of in Jaki's style, not so much the solos, can't be Jaki but ditto on the ID. Guitarist does some single-line things similar to GG but it's definitely not him. I'm not that big a guitar listener so won't attempt ID, though I suspect the reveal will cause a forehead slap.

My computer sound is so bad that I thought it was a duet until the third listen 🤪...I was really taken by the piano, which vaguely reminds me of quasi-minimalist "classical" composers such as Howard Skempton (some of whose work I greatly enjoy, though I find him uneven). The saxist is pretty much in the ECM/"moody" bag, which generally doesn't engage me deeply, but this tune works well. I hesitate to comment on the bassist because I initially couldn't perceive him, but the knee-jerk guess is Gary Peacock, of whom I'm a fan.