Stefan Wood Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) Just got this in the mail last Friday. Haven't played the music yet, but read the nice book that comes with it that has an overview of the New York city loft jazz scene. A nice complement to the George Lewis book. 3 cds and book enclosed in a slipcase. One can get it here. Edited February 23, 2010 by Stefan Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 this looks such an intriguing release. I'd love to hear your impressions of the music when you've listened some more, Stefan. I'm also interested to know about the quality of the live recordings - i'm no audiophile so as long as the music comes through that's more important to me. The sampled soundclips sound good enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Kind of weird... about 1.5 discs worth spread on 3 (fine with me), for 40€, and coming from Lithuania? I must say I am tempted, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 The label is legit and quite interesting. I have the LPs as well as the set and am glad to have it. Beautiful job they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Ok, ok, I gave in and ordered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted February 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'll give some sort of review tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Yeah, I'll be putting something in the next issue of Paris Transatlantic. Between the three of us, we'll have a consensus! I have to say I really like Mark Hennen. Too bad he was only with Muntu for a short time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 adding this with a spoiler alert as the link takes you to a very interesting article which I think is also included in the booklet so if you want to have it fresh and new from your booklet don't read this http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD27/PoD27Muntu.html but if you're just interested to know more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted February 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 I listened to the first disc - titled First Feedings. Three tracks, lasting just under 40 minutes. The sound quality is excellent. My first impression is that this is powerful and muscular music. Everyone is playing at full speed, with a vitality and skill that grabs you from the start and never lets go. It's not explosive like Frank Wright, as deeply spiritual as Ayler or Pharoah Sanders, or even as intellectual as Sam Rivers, but more direct and with weight. Everyone is on their game here, and it is thrilling to hear. I'll get to the other discs tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 adding this with a spoiler alert as the link takes you to a very interesting article which I think is also included in the booklet so if you want to have it fresh and new from your booklet don't read this http://www.pointofde...PoD27Muntu.html but if you're just interested to know more.... That was pretty interesting, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 I listened to the first disc - titled First Feedings. Three tracks, lasting just under 40 minutes. The sound quality is excellent. My first impression is that this is powerful and muscular music. Everyone is playing at full speed, with a vitality and skill that grabs you from the start and never lets go. It's not explosive like Frank Wright, as deeply spiritual as Ayler or Pharoah Sanders, or even as intellectual as Sam Rivers, but more direct and with weight. Everyone is on their game here, and it is thrilling to hear. I'll get to the other discs tomorrow. Stefan, thanks for these impressions - feel this is becoming a 'must buy' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Not everybody is into Moondoc - and admittedly I'm not always, all the time - but I always trust him as a player (still) and that goes a long way. The trio set is really nice, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Marvellous package, just got it and flipped through the book - wow! Thanks for letting me know about this reissue! Will report back once I've listened to the set, but that might be a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 I'm happy to say that I provided some photos from Studio Rivbea for the booklet. I just got this over the weekend and haven't listened to the music, but it's a excellent presentation! 1st Class all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 I'm happy to say that I provided some photos from Studio Rivbea for the booklet. I just got this over the weekend and haven't listened to the music, but it's a excellent presentation! 1st Class all the way. Cool! Didn't notice yet as I just flipped through. But allow me to say I enjoy your photos a lot! Many of them come from an era when jazz got less and less public attention and hence they document a lesser known era too (to a late-comer such as me, at least, who's familiar with tons of 50s and 60s photographs by Wolff et.al.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 I ordered this set on Friday. Looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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