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Track 1 — no idea, but I love it. Did a little discographical sleuthing and couldn’t line up Elvin with this ensemble. Stumped. I assume this music is from Detroit? Track 2 — “Recorda Me” but I cannot identify the group or the bari player, who seems to be coming out of Ronnie Cuber (not him, though, I don’t think) Track 3 — already identified (I peeked) but it is nice to hear this group for sure. Track 4 — never heard this before. Not really my cuppa, personally. Track 5 — again, no idea, but a bari and bass sax duo is pretty unique. I both liked it all right and wished for more inventiveness or openness… something. Track 6 — already identified but a record I’ve never spent any time with. Should rectify that. Track 7 — excellent. Sounds left coast-y to me, but I can’t quite nail it down. Track 8 — feels like it was done in the last 20 years; guitarist reminds me a bit of David Torn or Bill Frisell, but seems unlikely to be either. I do like this. Trumpeter is good but I cannot identify them. Track 9 — definitely has bite, both the alto and the piano are tugging at things. The bassist has a beautiful tone. Feels relatively recent as well, and I’d like to hear more. Track 10 — wow. Lovely. Definitely not Ran — less spacious, less capricious — but another one I’d like to hear more from. Track 11 — I agree with Jim, but I do like this piece. I hear what they're going for, and while that thing occurred some time before this date came around, it’s honest. Track 12 — Cables, McBee, Hart?

Yeah, I’m curious as well. The only recordings of Huss that I know of are on congas, and later than this Dorham.

Denis also had a percussionist brother named Huss Charles. I don’t think he played trap set, though, so I’d be surprised if he was on this Kenny Dorham recording.

I think of it as tearing/ripping, though it can also mean to harry or denounce. regardless, it’s a fun album!

yeah, or at least inspired by what the Strata organization were up to. Yes, the artists owned their masters.

Paris is Wonderful has some excoriating alto from Mr Kühn, which I do enjoy. But worth being prepared!

Yeah, the Ra box is wanted. I have the Shandars, and they’re good.

That is too bad. RIP. I hadn’t seen a post from him in quite some time.

The Joachim Kühn Actuels are both very good.

Yeah, post-tonal modern composition. Puig has a really nice one on Philips with the Percussions de Strasbourg as well. Technically there are five “contemporary” Actuels: Puig, Acting Trio, Pierre Mariétan/GERM, and the two Musica Elettronica Viva LPs. The second MEV is really a Spacecraft record, though — French kosmische/Krautrock-adjacent music. It is very, very good.

Yeah, for sure — that accident probably kept him alive by curtailing his appetite for substances. The only Softs member I ever saw live was Daevid Allen, but I’m thankful for that experience at least.

RIP. Very sad to hear this; the Softs were really something else. Robert Wyatt is the only surviving original member, though I understand he’s in pretty rough shape these days.

Thanks for the quick fix! All good now.

having this issue across different browsers, so whoever handles such updates should probably be contacted. Not only on the forum homepage, but also subforums — getting an expired security certificate before proceeding.

yep, just ordered mine there too.

never heard Another Unity. Intrigued.

Nice. I still hope the complete Town Hall concert gets a proper issue someday. Have some of these boots but not all of them. More with Yoko would be cool to hear.

Hard to fathom.

yeah, I too thought the tapes were gone. Maybe not all? Who knows; the label has never been exactly forthcoming with details.

Neat music that I'm glad to have. Not something I put on deck often, but glad it's available to hear.

Could be interesting -- the process of writing about music from different perspectives is something that seems valuable.

Nice one! Have this as a Japanese Epic pressing from, I believe, the 70s.

thanks for this. Yeah, a few things I need to scoop.

Jonas Kullhammar founded it, though he may not run it today. I'll admit to not being as caught up as I was 15 years ago.

Right. Well put. I like the Japanese LPs better. The Blue Note material is okay, but I think I preferred the trio tracks (like "Drone", as an example). It has been a while. The ECM felt a little stiffer to be honest, though at the time, when I was like 19-20, the parallel interests I had in Dolphy/Coltrane/Ayler/Cecil and Stockhausen/Berio/Webern found a strong footing in Circle. There's other Braxton I prefer, of course, but those records are pretty important. Will have to dig them out as it's been close to 25 years since they were on deck!