T.D.

Thanks! I only have a Japanese import CD with microscopic illegible liner notes. Maybe I should buy the New World reissue for these excellent notes.

Shoji Aketagawa (with Hiroshi Hatsuyama), Nojiri No Tasogare This is weird but pretty cool and in the upper tier of Aketagawa recordings IMO, although his trademark vocalizing is loud and likely to turn some listeners off.

Exactly (emphasis added). I only know of his playing with Metheny.

Thanks. News to me. It'll probably get shown around here and I intend to see it.

"New" archival release: Marty Ehrlich and Julius Hemphill, Circle the Heart on Relative Pitch https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/circle-the-heart While on the bandcamp site, I saw that Ahmed's Giant Beauty 5-CD box set is getting a "third edition" repressing, ETA March 6.

True. That's what I most often did. Squidco looks the most reliable here if DG isn't offering preorder.

Physical CDs don't seem easy to buy [I assume you want CDs]. Squidco shows lots of titles. Price is $16.95 a CD. They have the Lyons, but prior titles in the series are not in stock. DG probably gets a few, but you'd have to act very fast, preorder if possible. Back in the day I used to buy from the label on eBay, but that (at least for CDs) seems NLA. Bandcamp has many titles, but physical CDs are 16 Euros + shipping from Europe so US outlets would be better if they have 'em.

Lightmen, Free as You Wanna Be

That is a superlative entry in the series!

On youtube:

Re. 12, Guy Klucevsek comes to mind as an accordion player with some classical overlap, but I've no idea whether he's included. I'm enjoying listening to this BFT so far, but expect not to have any IDs or even decent guesses.

Just ordered it. Tani Tabbal often plays in this area. Listening on bandcamp, it was really cool to hear his recognizable drumming.

RIP. Sad news. I always enjoyed Sanford and Son, and Wilson was great. The episodes featuring his buddy Rollo were always hilarious.

I like this obscure release because it includes one of my favorite Feldman pieces, I met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg, which has rarely been recorded.

I like box sets a lot. First got into them in the classical genre. Don't recall my first jazz box set. I only deal with CDs, not vinyl. Having amassed lots of recordings, I'm beginning to downsize and box format has become important. I find Mosaics bulky and have stopped buying them unless something truly compelling is released. I prefer cardboard sleeves for the individual discs, a nice color booklet and compact outer box. The Julius Hemphill box on New World is practically a model in that respect. Listening-wise, once I pull a box off the shelf I generally prefer to listen to the whole thing. Barring the classical mega-boxes, which can include dozens of CDs. 🤪

Judging from the cast, it must have been! But I stopped watching TV in 2010 and never saw any of the series.

I just logged into the forum to start a thread. Thanks for getting one going. RIP. Sad loss, sorely missed indeed. I've gotten out of touch with popular culture, but I loved the old SCTV shows, which is how I got familiar with her. Plus more recently the "mockumentary" films Best In Show, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind.

Dusty carries such Japanese books occasionally. On one blurb I read a while back, they claimed that intrepid buyers could use their phones to translate the Japanese text. I don't see that claim in the above blurb, but it still might be possible. 😉

I just found out about this compilation that was released last Fall. Seems to be a Cherry Red release, which are generally excellent. It has a chunk of Morricone's avant-garde work plus some other interesting material by Berio (incl Sinfonia w. Swingle Singers!), Nono and Maderna. Doesn't fit into the budget right now, but on the long-term wish list.

Will be there weather permitting. A snowstorm prevented me from getting anywhere near the last Tubby's event. 😢

Therein the Liszt.