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There's a Rickey Kelly album (presumably reissue or archive tapes) forthcoming on Jazzman. I saw it on the DG "Coming Soon" page: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/242843/Rickey-Kelly:My-Kind-Of-Music

Inclined to agree. Plus, the piano sounds out of tune (though that's not rare in clubs) and the sonics are not great (as might be expected from the tape source).

After reading some of the Black Saint / Soul Note thread:

Sometimes I'm Blue with Kim Parker also falls somewhat short of the best Mal IMO. 😉 On the positive side, Seagulls of Kristiansund is close to the best Mal and Andrew Hill's Shades is awesome. Lester Bowie's The Fifth Power is very good. Yes. Those Cyrille albums with Ted Daniel are killer. Shout out to Nick DiGeronimo (bass) on a couple of those. I like the Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus Spirit of Nuff Nuff.

I listened to one (the singleton at bottom of the page) so far. It's not bad. Electronica just isn't high on my list of priorities, so I'm in no hurry to decide on these. Which probably means I'll miss out, no disrespect intended but so it goes.

I'm a big fan of Kikuchi, but no way am I in on 6 CDs worth of electronics. If samples are available and impress, I could see going for one or two.

Already have it! The CD version regularly shows up in Dusty's "CD Deals" department.

I just acquired A New Shade of Blue (recent Japanese CD reissue). It is most excellent!

A good one and my favorite of their collaborations (all of which I enjoy).

Good album, although I could do without the one number with vocals by Hod's wife.

RIP. Sad news. I used to be a big fan, but my Dead interest falls off sharply after 1972 or so and I lost track over the years.

One of my best acquisitions of 2025. (I'm a few decades behind the times 🤪) As stated somewhere else on the forum, I never connected with the Bartok SQs until I heard this set.

That is a really neat interview. Pity it ended so early (in his life) / abruptly.

Is that the original release? I have the original (on 2 CD). It's excellent, but I couldn't bring myself to pay for the expanded (7 CD worth) reissue.

Japanese CD twofer (UCCD-9687/8) of Grumiaux and Haskil playing Mozart violin sonatas K.378, K.304, K.376, K.301, K.454 and K.526 I can't find an image. It seems to be a combination of 2 previously released single discs. I bought this because (at the time) it was the easiest way to get the K.454 and K.526. I already had (still do) this recording of the other 4:

My CD copy lacks the "VOL. 8" on the cover art (just black space), which is a funny blooper.

Good list. I'll definitely try to hear more Kissin. I've listened to his Bach-Busoni Chaconne on youtube a few times and think it's the best I've heard. When I lived in/near NYC and attended a lot of concerts, Kissin was one of the biggest star soloists at Carnegie Hall.

Peter, I also prefer Bach on piano. I do own a handful of harpsichord recordings, incl. Hantai's Goldberg Variations and Suzuki's Kunst der Fuge (the latter of which I really enjoy). Don't have any Bach by Kempff, but his Beethoven sonata cycle is my favorite. I have a bunch of Bach piano recordings. Listen to Sergey Schepkin the most. Other pianists include Feltsman, Schiff, Feinberg, Gould, Tipo and Martins, the latter two of whom are known for idiosyncratic interpretations (maybe Gould is in that category too, but he's much more respected 🙂).

Indicative of my bad taste (Bach purists would recoil in horror - for instance https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-11709/ )

I guess I can deal with the 1 track with Hod's wife on vocals.

One of my best recording buys of 2025

I am a fan of Grumiaux, and he's especially good in Mozart.