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I'd never heard of him before. I had a look and the cover art is... pretty heavy. Definitely going on the list too.

I’ll definitely be checking that out. I’ve been enjoying his playing on the new Daniel Carter / Matthew Shipp. Thanks for the recommendation.

Thank you, all. Bendito it is.

Very nice. This is a great record, as is it's horrible sound quality follow up Turkish Women.

I like the write up for Oliver Lake. It's succinct.

Thanks everyone. Is there a general view on which of the Shipp duets is the best? I've liked Shipp when I've seen him, but I'm sensing that people are a bit lukewarm on them.

Thanks! Also, I notice that the Free Jazz Collective also has an albums of the decade list which would be another good place to start: https://www.freejazzblog.org/p/the-free-jazz-collectives-top-101.html

I'm with you on that one. Seasons is two and a half hours well spent. Presumably Jouck's somewhere in the surge of electric strings on side six. I was hoping that he was one of the horn soloists on the first disk. I've been enjoying his playing on that Esprits de Sel album and wondered if I had him on anything else.

I like those 60s Schoof/enbachs a lot. I’ve just noticed that Jouck Minor is also on Seasons by Alan Silva. Is there any way of telling when he’s up? (AllMusic suggests it might be from the LP, which I don’t have). From a cast list that I found online, he seems to be down as playing electric viola...

Thanks everyone! I think I'll start with Sad Life, and then dig in. There's some intriguing looking sidemen and duets in these recommendations.

Just listened to these again. What on earth is the contraption that Schoof is playing on the cover of Distant Thunder? It looks like something a Bond villain would use to blackmail the world's governments.

Thank you. And I second Face of the Bass’ request - Its not that easy to track down this music. I’ve been picking through the Funny Rat thread for some time now (it replays close archeological attention), but that still leaves a decade of music unspoken for.

Hello, I'd be grateful if someone could recommend me two or three Ivo Perelman records (either his own leadership dates or where he is co leading) I have been wanting to find out more, but he seems have released three albums a week for the past thirty years, and his discography is a bit on the daunting side. Thanks!

Interesting. What's this like? I've seen Pat Thomas gigging around North London quite a few times and I really like his playing, but I don't know him as a leader at all.

Thank you. Good to hear it - I was getting worried that that would be it. I've been mining the last few months for new recommendations as well as listening ideas for old friends. It's a really fantastic resource that you are creating.

Mort à Credit by Kaoru Abe

Always underrated. It's got a great, very full, sound for an album from the early 80s. Pullen is good on it too.

I finally got to these today. Love them. I'm surprised (not sure why) at just how gutsy they both sound, compared to Mokujiki or other Japanese records at the time by artists who I know better like Abe or Togashi. Also, Yamashita seems, to my ears, to have quite an original piano style - less like Cecil Taylor and Don Pullen and closer to classic energy music type as played on the saxophone. That might just be me, though.

Thumbs up for Blues for Walls from me too. I like it almost as much as Red Clay.

What is this? An early version of Plus 4?

I've really been enjoying this blog. Old friends and new acquaintances.

Thanks both. Mokujiki is the only album of his with which I am familiar, so I'll definitely nose these out.

Murray? He’s technically a “Sunny” but you see it spelt with an “o” sometimes (e.g., “Sonny’s Time Now”).

I will check it out. I have been meaning to look into Yamashita.