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That's really interesting. Strange that it peaked in 2001 so clearly. I would have thought that with the recent crazes for Strata East etc It would have been at its peak now. I'd be interested to know what spiritual jazz might have entailed in 1925? Was it The Saints Go Marchin' On? Or was it just a bunch of spiritual jazz that people kept talking?

Slightly random re-up of an old thread, but does anyone have a feel for when the term "spiritual jazz" started to be used in this way? I don't really remember the term until around 2005. These days it's absolutely everywhere, and it's cultural visibility is having quite a big effect on what gets played, made or reissued and what doesn't.

Very sad. One of the real greats.

I'm not sure why I am surprised to be honest. His approach to percussion is so melodic that it might have been obvious in retrospect.

Tyshawn Sorey plays piano? Added it to the wishlist anyway.

Retribution Reparation by Nate Morgan has some good bassoon on it. Even weirder: Illinois Jacquet pulls one out for The Blues, That's Me!

It's been about as fun a working Saturday as could be expected.

The flute and double entendre album title seem to have been cropped.

Don't make me post the album cover. Please.

It is certainly difficult to re-package and re-commodify 12 CDs worth of standards and an 11 hour Blue Ray. That's certain.

Absolutely! The combo of him and Zenon really works.

Today's listening so far: Is there some documentary out or something? I've noticed a dramatic* increase in references to Henry Cow in the last week or so on social media. *A dramatic increase of 300% from 0 to 3.

As long as Yamamoto is better at keeping his top on than Herbie Mann, I am in.

Is this one how it looks? Full on jazz shakuhachi?

What about Riffs by Jimmy Lyons? From September 1980.

What do you mean by this statement - Both with respect to how a narrative about Braxton is likely to be repurposed (and by whom) and how a release schedule of this nature would defend against such repurposing? Do you mean that by releasing so many long records with so many extended versions of Standards Braxton plans to protect his legacy from similar attacks to those launched on his 70s work during the early 80s? (He can't play, Braxton can't swing, etc.?)

Ha! I did not know this at all.

Oh! I am not going off the rails. I knew I had received it.

Thanks!

I see. Thanks.

I have bad form with forcing well meaning onlookers to watch Seijun Suzuki films. My wife has learned to tolerate them.

Is the second the one with the chipmunk cheeks?

One artist who appears rarely on this forum is Masahiko Satoh. He's one of those musicians from Japan who flowered in the 70s and 80s across styles and who, as a result, left a fairly inaccessible discography that I have never known where to start with.

Hunh. I got some marketing email that I instantly deleted saying 12 CDs of something Braxtonian. Maybe I got my Braxton mega releases mixed up. Edit: Oh. It's the title. I misread it and assumed because it was Braxton that it was twelve CDs of material.

What a great post. Thanks so much. I know, love, but don't own that Toyozumi, which I think I first heard about on this forum. It's basically perfect for me. Thanks for the brilliant write ups of the Aketagawas. Unexpectedly, I note that your number one selection is actually available to stream. Possibly streaming takes the magic out of it, but that's my listening for tomorrow sorted at least. The Sabu is recommended, for sure. It is exactly as described above. Who is the Yamamoto you mention? Houzan? The only record of his that I know is Ginkai, and I'd be interested in learning more. Throw in some Yosuke Yamashita trio I think, and that's my own current hierarchy too. Wasn't Shindo American? I'm enjoying the idea of queuing Tak Shindo up with Masayuki Takayanagi. That would be a fun evening. I'm not sure what sort of cocktail that mash up would merit. Possibly curdled Baileys and tears, on a rum base.