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wow, I'm shocked to see that Mr. Joy has never been on CD. Strange! Ballads/Virtuosi were supposed to be packaged as a double LP on ESP; obviously the sound and pressings on those individual albums from ECM and IAI are much better than anything we would have gotten from ESP, but it would still be cool to see what Bernard might have chosen for cover art.

Yeah, that is a fabulous set indeed. Glad you picked one up. I wonder what goodies the Black Editions/Graves archive will uncover in the near future; I have heard that another trio set with Brötzmann is in the offing, and am hopeful that the Graves-Brötzmann duo also gets representation. I saw that duo once, at the Berlin Jazztage (or Berlin Jazz Fest, if you prefer), and would enjoy revisiting that music.

He certainly was. Saw him quite a number of times over the years (as well as William & to a lesser extent, Gayle).

It is a statue/sculpture. Ordered the book from Forced Exposure for $43 + shipping.

yeah, great music, though I am not super excited by the ezz-thetics PD action.

good one. I am partial to Kanai's "Ode To Birds."

yeah, different beast, I'd think -- the Prestige Jazz Quartet didn't really do "jam sessions" as far as I am aware.

very good one.

aha, ok, thanks for the additional info.

If I look up the Cookers on google, much current or recent-enough pr on the band still lists Harper as a member. I don't know the whole story (and maybe nobody outside the band does), but wasn't following closely enough to realize that he'd split.

wow, would've been great to see Hucko.

nope, Olio is with Frank Wess... nice record, though. Teo with the Prestige Jazz Quartet is another story.

the only "Kennedy" that should be mentioned here without issue has a name that begins with Edward and ends with Ellington. The other guy, well......

https://open.substack.com/pub/dadadrummer/p/what-is-the-artist-to-fascism?r=7ikr1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web good piece by Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi)

huh! ordered one the other day...

Jim Cullum would get my vote. Saw him & his band in San Antonio, where he had a club. Definitely seemed like a solid group of players that he brought together. https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2019-08-11/jim-cullum-jr-jazz-band-leader-and-cornetist-dies-at-77?_amp=true

New York Contemporary Five -- Consequences -- (Fontana, NL orig)

Backordered copy just arrived; I was glad to see several shows represented that give me fond memories.

yeah, Bob Bruno of Noah Howard fame as well. Met him once, seems like a sweet guy.

Very interesting. I too am very into the playing of Yamashita and Akiyoshi.

that's awesome!

Yup, first few cuts on disc two.

good lord... I knew about the Birdland aspect, but not the other messiness.

yeah, wasn't aware of that one until yesterday. Looks great.

Looks like there is a fair amount of overlap between these Chant du Monde boxes and the Pablo box (which I have and love). It would be nice to have this stuff without buying part of it twice!