Clunky

I was twenty and in my second year of medical school. I'd starting paying attention to JRR with the late Peter Clayton on BBC radio three. He played an Adderley track "Barefoot Sunday blues" which blew me away. This CD was the only Adderley I could find and was my very first modern jazz purchase. This lead to Somethin' Else and the rest is history.

new arrival - ---- a classic surely ....

Definitely getting this. I had some bias to Byas with a mix on 78/ LP

will this be distributed in the UK ?

Extra tracks are from Brownie with strings album IIRC. Sound wasn’t as good as other emArcy reissues

I’ll need to check that out. I rate Kris Davis highly but haven’t heard much from her in the past few years

Well Beyond Dragons arrived yesterday with the Stones album! Unusual combination. Any rate Niesceier’s Intakt release has real urgency. It’s a trio with the incredible Tomeka Reid and Savannah Harris ( new name to me I think) . I think all the Niescier I’ve heard has been on Intakt but once again she leaves a substantial positive impression. I’ll definitely keep her name on my must listen list. Recommended

Allen Kwela-----Black Beauty-----(Matsuli) Matsuli produce some really lovely reissues of South African music. Everything is done to the highest standards. This set has gentle SA township vibe.

Next ...Miyazawa Akira-----Bull trout------(Victor/HMV) -another very fine piece of Japanese free(ish) jazz. Recent reissue.

More Japanese jazz this morning its.. Masahiko Togashi-----We Now Create---(Victor Jpn) -recent reissue

CD on its way from Poland. Looking forward to hearing it.

Takeru Muraoka------Takeru-----(Superfly/Universal) 2021 reissue of 1970 date. Takeru sounds quite in debt to Wayne Shorter to my ears. Fine set

I’d agree. Intakt’s output is always interesting. I’m eagerly awaiting the new Angelika Niescier release.

Juhani Aaltonen-----Etiquette-----(Love) Fine Finnish free (ish) jazz

also on Altercat from seventies Argentina/Brazil

Hard to know how to categorise this music other than it's good. Cinematic, jazz, funk spiritual etc. Interesting stuff from Argentina 1976 - reissued on Altercat

Arne Domnerus 6tet (artist EP) nice 4 track EP from 1960 featuring Jan Allan, Rune Falk a.o. West coast vibe - not especially Scandi . Reminds me of “I want to live” .

this is a real cracker ,

I lent this to a friend having not listened to it in years. I thought it'd be right up his street. He hated it. I listened to it all the way the through this afternoon. Love it I do. It takes all sorts. Bengt Berger----Bitter Funeral Beer----(ECM)

Hacke Bjorksten----- All star sextet-----(Sonet Sweden) EP 1957 EP with a slightly more muscular west coast sound. Sonet pressing looks like a mogul field with multiple small 2-3 mm rimmed craters in the vinyl. I've only ever seen this pressing defect on other Swedish Sonet EPs. Plays through despite this.

Sound of the reissue is immaculate. Only minor grip is that the quality of the cover is pretty average.

Börje Fredriksson -------s/t---------(EMI Odeon) Posthumously issued in 1969. Its as least as good as Intervall which I think was the only album issued during his short lifetime. I keep hoping that more might come out but he's a pretty marginal figure despite his excellence. This , Intervall and a compilation on Caprice are all available on streaming sites. Intervall was reissued on CD and LP in fairly recent times. I've recommended him before and make no apology for doing so again.

Image of Phil Bancroft from 23/7/23 Edinburgh International Jazz Festival. In camera multiple exposure onto 35mm Ilford Delta 3200 film.

I’ll be passing. Mainly because I have all of it but also because Sonny’s trio albums underwhelm me.

I really like the Marion Brown Bremen set. The music is top notch and the sound superb. Its pretty timeless set that could have been recorded anytime over the past fifty years