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and a couple of discs from

Saw this new release Not really recommended, though it has a decent jazz score by Rob Mazurek. Billed as "moody", but IMO unfolds at a glacial pace, and the protagonist (who is onscreen almost the whole time) is a puzzling nondescript cipher who evokes no sympathy and I found of negligible interest. Josh O'Connor, who plays him, does a good job.

As far as I can tell (I ordered one in a test cart), USA is not on the list of countries they ship to (presumably due to tariff issues), so many (most?) of us on the forum are SOL.

I only noticed this a few days ago. JIB Bandcamp showed CD sold out. DG had CD for preorder but I dithered, it arrived within a day or two and showed "Just Sold Out" almost immediately. Moral: I should follow the JIB Bandcamp page.

Weird because Blue Note, who I wouldn't expect to be the cheapest, still shows the CD for preorder at $19.98.

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/in-concerts

"The Bastards" have the vinyl and CD available for preorder.

This. Also, and this is just personal taste, many of his announcements, press releases, etc. display an overweening ego which irritates me and seems inconsistent with the QC issues.

Thanks, I'll try to buy direct if paperback available. I try to avoid Amazon if economically feasible. University Press distribution is weird. I see occasional U. Press titles on the shelves at that same shop, but apparently small special orders are too expensive. Then again, the last U P title I remember actually buying there was Krin Gabbard's book on Mingus, which would have been 8 or 9 years ago, so the situation may have changed.

That was Randy's hint I followed up on. He said a current BFT participant had included a track from the same album on a BFT "from a previous decade". I randomly looked at some old Reveal threads from thread participants and lucked out on about the fifth one I checked, using "1980s" recording date as an added criterion. It was from one of yours, but I didn't write down the BFT # or date. 😉

There is an AACM connection with #4 (I only found out from opening frames of the youtube video), which maybe accounts for my "that sounds vaguely familiar" reaction.

A couple of years ago I asked my (semi-)local bookshop to order a jazz book (Sun Ra, I forget the title) for me. They told me they couldn't do it because it was published by a university press (although they sometimes stock university press releases 🤔). The shop is generally accommodating on special orders. Either the shop let me down or there's something strange about university press operations.

I sleuthed #4 with some luck from above hints. I'd never have guessed it, my only thought was "on Black Saint". Not really "big name" players. Track B3 here for the impatient, youtube here.

Thanks for posting. Looking forward to this.

Thanks, Thom. I own the album of #3, have posted it on a listening thread on the forum but don't recall outright praising it (though it's good). Completely whiffed on the ID...a Tribe lineage even occurred to me, but memory failed and the tune didn't seem familiar enough. The hint got me thinking again in that direction, but I didn't get around to following up. 😞

Good catch. It was here: Horace Tapscott & Pan Afrikan People Arkestra - Live at IUCC 11/2678 2CD - Page 15 - New Releases - organissimo forums ,where it was noted that PAPA has started their own bandcamp releasaes.

Interesting that the releasing entity, "Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra", shows only three bandcamp releases.

Sorry, my bad. I got threads confused with the recent RRK (which isn't even Zev) and mistakenly thought there was a forthcoming Dolphy release. 🤪

Zev also turns me off, but I bought that 3-CD Resonance set and it's good. Dunno about this new release.

It's a 2-LP set. I think there's a vinyl bubble going on, but 50 Euros for 2 LPs doesn't seem that high by current standards.

This (UPS horror story) is NOT relevant to cdjapan. But a cautionary note about strange things going on. UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Dusty Groove (US) has Vol 1 and Vol 2 separately available for preorder (ETA Nov. 10) at US$51.99 per LP. I guess those are "standard" versions, but the price is still on the high side.

Thanks. I didn't think cdjapan was adding anything for tariffs, and I expected shipping prices to go up for the reasons you mentioned. But I expected the "customs clearance fees" to be a percentage of the pre-shipping total...i.e. I figured tariffs would be collected. Your experience is positive IMO, as you didn't pay tariffs, just hassle fees. I'm still not confident enough to order. It'd be just my luck to get nailed with customs fees/tariffs, or have the shipment impounded by Customs, or some damned thing. 😨 Although cdjapan sent out a coupon offer yesterday.

Thanks, that's useful info. I always thought the breakeven/crossover point for Japanese imports from cdjapan vs DG was about a 4-CD order. My last 2 cdjapan shipping charges, pre-tariff, were 3864 yen for 9 CD and 4042 yen for 10. I've always received orders very quickly, even within 2 days of shipping, so that appears to have slowed (though still reasonably fast). Don't have time at the moment, but I'll have to make some test carts and try to back out the formula for "customs clearance fees" vs regular shipping. Maybe also compare Fedex and DHL in that regard.

I really enjoy #3, which is somewhat of a surprise as I don't have so many recordings with electric piano and many of those have a Japanese connection (which is unlikely here). No idea of personnel. The trumpet particularly impresses. Hannibal Marvin Peterson (of whom I'm a fan) played on some records kinda like this (e.g. with Roy Haynes and Gil Evans), so he came to mind. But I don't believe he's involved. Nor Haynes or Gil, for that matter.