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[okierambler]

The following CD is on the way to the distributors:

hatOLOGY 692

Lee Konitz, Don Friedman & Attila Zoller

Thingin

Remastered and redesigned

Barcode 752156069225

Next release on June 15th, 2010:

hatOLOGY 698

Sun Ra Arkestra

Sunrise In Different Dimensions

Remastered and redesigned

Barcode 752156069829

More good news. I've been lusting after the Konitz title since I ran across it. The Sun Ra title is one of my favorites by him. Does anyone know if the new edition will include the LP tracks that were left off the previous CD release?

Also, just got my shipment from Berkshire. Joe McPhee's Oleo is delightful. Anyone know why Hat hasn't reissued more of McPhee's early material on CD?

Edited May 28, 2010 by okierambler

[B. Clugston]

Next release on June 15th, 2010:

hatOLOGY 698

Sun Ra Arkestra

Sunrise In Different Dimensions

Remastered and redesigned

Barcode 752156069829

More good news. I've been lusting after the Konitz title since I ran across it. The Sun Ra title is one of my favorites by him. Does anyone know if the new edition will include the LP tracks that were left off the previous CD release?

No, unfortunately the missing LP tracks aren't on the new edition.

[colinmce]

Well, the May-August release cycle is over and new releases are (or should be) pending. Hopefully we'll hear soon. Here are some of the contenders. Obviously, a few of these are a familiar sight on this list, but who knows, maybe this will be the year!

617 Albert Ayler Quintet · Lörrach, Paris 1966 [reissue of hatOLOGY 573]

664 Lucien Johnson, Alan Silva & Makoto Sato · Pieces Of Eight

665 Joe Maneri, Tyson Rogers & Jacob Braverman · In The Shadow

667 ICP Orchestra · Jubilee Varia [reissue of hatOLOGY 528]

669 Jimmy Lyons & Sunny Murray Trio · Jump Up [reissue of hatART 6139]

671 Vienna Art Orchestra · The Minimalism Of Erik Satie [reissue of hatOLOGY 560]

674 Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann & Gary Peacock · Annette [reissue of hatOLOGY 564]

676 Michael Adkins Quartet · Flaneur

2-678 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 [reissue of hatART 2-6190]

2-680 Cecil Taylor · Garden [reissue of hatART 6050 & 6051]

681 Russ Lossing Trio · Oracle

682 Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet · System Of 5

685 Anthony Braxton · Trio & Quintet (Town Hall) 1972

[reissue of hatART 4-6119]

688 Noah Kaplan Quartet · Descendants

689 Stephen Haynes Quartet · Hebeshebewebe

691 Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins & Jim Black · One Great Day...

[reissue of hatOLOGY 502]

693 Joe Morris Kit Ensemble

694 Joe McPhee Po Music · Topology [reissue of hatART 6027]

695 Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran · Open House [reissue of hatART 6155/6175]

697 Albert Ayler Quintet · Berlin, Stockholm 1966

699 Ran Blake with Ricky Ford and Steve Lacy · .......... [reissue of hatART 6077]

4-700 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Willisau) 1991 [reissue of hatART 4-6100]

[jlhoots]

Well, the May-August release cycle is over and new releases are (or should be) pending. Hopefully we'll hear soon. Here are some of the contenders. Obviously, a few of these are a familiar sight on this list, but who knows, maybe this will be the year!

617 Albert Ayler Quintet · Lörrach, Paris 1966 [reissue of hatOLOGY 573]

664 Lucien Johnson, Alan Silva & Makoto Sato · Pieces Of Eight

665 Joe Maneri, Tyson Rogers & Jacob Braverman · In The Shadow

667 ICP Orchestra · Jubilee Varia [reissue of hatOLOGY 528]

669 Jimmy Lyons & Sunny Murray Trio · Jump Up [reissue of hatART 6139]

671 Vienna Art Orchestra · The Minimalism Of Erik Satie [reissue of hatOLOGY 560]

674 Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann & Gary Peacock · Annette [reissue of hatOLOGY 564]

676 Michael Adkins Quartet · Flaneur

2-678 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 [reissue of hatART 2-6190]

2-680 Cecil Taylor · Garden [reissue of hatART 6050 & 6051]

681 Russ Lossing Trio · Oracle

682 Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet · System Of 5

685 Anthony Braxton · Trio & Quintet (Town Hall) 1972

[reissue of hatART 4-6119]

688 Noah Kaplan Quartet · Descendants

689 Stephen Haynes Quartet · Hebeshebewebe

691 Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins & Jim Black · One Great Day...

[reissue of hatOLOGY 502]

693 Joe Morris Kit Ensemble

694 Joe McPhee Po Music · Topology [reissue of hatART 6027]

695 Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran · Open House [reissue of hatART 6155/6175]

697 Albert Ayler Quintet · Berlin, Stockholm 1966

699 Ran Blake with Ricky Ford and Steve Lacy · .......... [reissue of hatART 6077]

4-700 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Willisau) 1991 [reissue of hatART 4-6100]

As always nice list. I'd buy a bunch of those.

[colinmce]

#699, Ran Blake/Steve Lacy/Ricky Ford - Something to Live For: The George Gershwin Songbook is now available from JazzLoft

http://www.jazzloft.com/p-52888-that-certain-feeling-george-gershwin-songbook.aspx

Now, #698 (Sun Ra) was the previous release. #700 is Braxton's Willisau 1991 ... fingers crossed.

edit: It appears that #667. ICP Orchestra - Jubilee Varia is also out.

Edited September 29, 2010 by colinmce

[Cliff Englewood]

hatOLOGY 692

Lee Konitz, Don Friedman & Attila Zoller

Thingin

Remastered and redesigned

I picked this one up, I've only listened to it once but I was very impressed, especially the last track. :tup

[colinmce]

VAO - The Minimalism of Erik Satie and Bley/Peacock/Koglmann - Annette are out now.

[jlhoots]

VAO - The Minimalism of Erik Satie and Bley/Peacock/Koglmann - Annette are out now.

I have Annette (6118). It's a good one.

The Braxton I want is Santa Cruz.

Of course, I already have Willisau.

[Adam]

Dear Friend,

The early February releases:

hatOLOGY 682:

Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet : System Of 5

Matt Langley -tenor saxophone

Jeff Galindo -trombone

Pandelis Karayorgis -piano

Jef Charland -double bass

Luther Gray -drums

Barcode: 7 52156 068228

NEW recording

For this occasion Pandelis Karayorgis fronts a new band and so, drawing upon both

his own and a few adapted tactics, System of 5 is a bit different….Refocusing our

view of tradition from several distinctive contemporary perspectives, the music of

System Of 5 seems somehow familiar and surprising at the same time. It’s difficult,

but it’s what art is meant to do, and these musicians do it well. – Art Lange

Pour l’occasion, Pandelis Karayorgis est à la tête d’un nouveau groupe. Mettant

ainsi en œuvre à la fois ses propres stratégies de jeu et quelques autres adaptées,

son album System Of 5 est un peu inhabituel... En recentrant notre vue sur la

tradition à partir de plusieurs perspectives contemporaines caractéristiques, la

musique de System Of 5 semble aussi familière que surprenante. Difficile certes,

mais c'est ce que l'art est censé faire et ces musiciens le font bien. – Art Lange

Pandelis Karayorgis hat nunmehr eine neue Band zusammengestellt, die sowohl

seine eigenen wie auch einige auf die Situation abgestimmte Taktiken anwendet,

sodass System Of 5 ein bisschen anders klingt ... Indem sie unserem Blick auf die

Tradition ganz neue zeitgenössische Perspektiven eröffnet, erscheint uns die Musik

auf System Of 5 irgendwie vertraut und hält doch so manche Überraschung bereit.

Sie ist schwierig, macht aber auch das, was Kunst machen soll und hier das

besondere Verdienst dieser Musiker ist.– Art Lange

hatOLOGY 685:

Anthony Braxton : Town Hall (Trio & Quintet) 1972

Trio: Anthony Braxton – alto saxophone

Dave Holland – double bass

Philip Wilson – drums

Quintet: Anthony Braxton – alto- & soprano saxophones, flute,

contrabass clarinet,

soprano & B-flat clarinets and percussion

John Stubblefield – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet,

gong and percussion

Jeanne Lee – voice

Dave Holland – double bass

Barry Altschul – percussion and marimba

Barcode: 7 52156 068525

remastered & redesigned reissue

***** reviews by customers on Amazon.com!

By 1972 we still only had a vague and partial knowledge of Braxton’s more formal

nature. So Town Hall was a “coming out” in one sense, albeit an atypical one. In

some ways, this concert reminds us of Braxton’s roots in the collective experiences

of the AACM, and at the same time anticipates the multi-logics and expanded

resources of later endeavors. – Art Lange

En 1972, nous n’avions encore qu’une connaissance vague et partielle de la nature

structurelle de la musique de Braxton. Ainsi, Town Hall fut en un sens un «coming out»,

mais très atypique. À certains égards, ce concert nous rappelle que les racines de

Braxton se trouvent dans les expériences collectives de l'AACM et, en même temps,

il anticipe sur les ressources multi-logiques et élargies des tentatives ultérieures.

– Art Lange

Followed early March by:

hatOLOGY 681:

Russ Lossing Trio : Oracle

Russ Lossing - piano

Masa Kamaguchi - bass

Billy Mintz - drums

Barcode: 7 52156 068129

NEW recording

Russ Lossing continues to collaborate and create at a voracious pace… Though this disc

marks a recording debut, this particular trio has been active for the past six years,

operating out of the musical hotbed that exists around a handful of cross-pollinating

venues in Brooklyn, New York. As Lossing describes it: “That’s where we developed

our particular language as an ensemble in terms of the interdependence, functionality,

and expressiveness of each individual within the whole. Each sacrifices something for

the sound of the trio and in so doing nothing is lost from the one"…

Testament to the trio’s shared fortitude, spontaneity also supplanted premeditation in

the studio. Lossing pulled selections from a stack of pieces they had been working up

and allowed the compass of collective experience to take over. The date was recorded

without isolation or headphones in an intimate studio space.

No second takes were necessary. – Derek Taylor

hatOLOGY 697:

Steve Lacy Five : Blinks...Zürich 1983

Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone

Steve Potts - alto- & soprano saxophones

Irène Aebi - cello, violin & voice

Jean-Jacques Avenel - double bass

Oliver Johnson - drums

Barcode: 7 52156 069720

remastered & redesigned reissue

***** reviews by customers on Amazon.com!

On "Blinks", the listener hears the Steve Lacy group winning one of these games

(kicking ass and taking names, as a friend of mine puts it), caught live 1983 in the

big hall at the Rote Fabrik, Zürich. The band plays with such simultaneous together-

ness and fire; they've already well-past cleared the ground and taken off as a cohesive

ensemble, passed "stiff" period by, able to prod, push, surprise even itself. Just to

hear Lacy take over soloing from Potts on "Blinks", like some Hendrix sharpened

tendril of feedback: aggressive, interceptive, but continuous. Model of collectivity,

balancing trust and risk. – John Corbett

Best regards,

Werner X. Uehlinger

Hat Hut Records LTD.

Box 521

4020 Basel, Switzerland

wxu.hathut.com@bluewin.ch

Phone +41.61.373.0773

http://www.hathut.com

[king ubu]

***** reviews by customers on Amazon.com!

so?

I still don't get this "user review" culture... but I guess that's what lots of folks tend to fall for, these days... but it seems to fit Germany's Next Top (ha!) Model or these silly jungle shows much better than a high quality operation like Hat!

Anyway, the Braxton looks mighty interesting!

[colinmce]

Good lineup!

Also, prices on new single disc titles dropped from $18.95 to $16.95 at JazzLoft!

[B. Clugston]

Steve Lacy's Blinks appears to have two tracks missing from the previous 2-CD release. It looks like this release will only contain the quintet tracks.

[Adam]

Dear Friend,

Available early March 2011 two more CDs on the series hatOLOGY:

hatOLOGY 681:

Russ Lossing Trio : Oracle

Russ Lossing - piano

Masa Kamaguchi - bass

Billy Mintz - drums

Barcode: 7 52156 068129

NEW recording

Russ Lossing continues to collaborate and create at a voracious pace… Though this disc

marks a recording debut, this particular trio has been active for the past six years,

operating out of the musical hotbed that exists around a handful of cross-pollinating

venues in Brooklyn, New York. As Lossing describes it: “That’s where we developed

our particular language as an ensemble in terms of the interdependence, functionality,

and expressiveness of each individual within the whole. Each sacrifices something for

the sound of the trio and in so doing nothing is lost from the one"…

Testament to the trio’s shared fortitude, spontaneity also supplanted premeditation in

the studio. Lossing pulled selections from a stack of pieces they had been working up

and allowed the compass of collective experience to take over. The date was recorded

without isolation or headphones in an intimate studio space.

No second takes were necessary. – Derek Taylor

Russ Lossing continue de collaborer et de créer à un rythme effréné... Bien que ce disque

marque un premier enregistrement, ce trio a été actif au cours des six dernières années,

opérant à partir du foyer musical constitué par quelques lieux cross-pollinisateurs à

Brooklyn, New York. Comme Lossing l’explique : « C'est là que nous avons développé

notre langage spécifique d’ensemble, caractérisé par l'interdépendance, la fonctionnalité

et l'expressivité de chaque individu au sein d’une totalité. Chacun sacrifie quelque chose

pour le style du trio et, ce faisant, n'y perd pourtant rien de lui-même »... Témoignage

de la force partagée du trio, de la spontanéité qui supplante en studio la préparation.

Lossing a établi une sélection de morceaux élaborés auparavant et a laissé la boussole

de l'expérience collective donner l’orientation. Ce rendez-vous a été enregistré sans

isolation ni casques dans un espace intime de studio.

Aucune seconde prise n’a été nécessaire. - Derek Taylor

hatOLOGY 697:

Steve Lacy Five : Blinks...Zürich 1983

Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone

Steve Potts - alto- & soprano saxophones

Irène Aebi - cello, violin & voice

Jean-Jacques Avenel - double bass

Oliver Johnson - drums

Barcode: 7 52156 069720

remastered & redesigned reissue

On "Blinks", the listener hears the Steve Lacy group winning one of these games

(kicking ass and taking names, as a friend of mine puts it), caught live 1983 in the

big hall at the Rote Fabrik, Zürich. The band plays with such simultaneous together-

ness and fire; they've already well-past cleared the ground and taken off as a

cohesive ensemble, passed "stiff" period by, able to prod, push, surprise even itself.

Just to hear Lacy take over soloing from Potts on "Blinks", like some Hendrix

sharpened tendril of feedback: aggressive, interceptive, but continuous. Model of

collectivity, balancing trust and risk. – John Corbett

--------

Dear Friend,

hatOLOGY 682 & 685 are available from our distributors.

Best regards,

Werner X. Uehlinger

hatOLOGY 682:

Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet : System Of 5

Matt Langley -tenor saxophone

Jeff Galindo -trombone

Pandelis Karayorgis -piano

Jef Charland -double bass

Luther Gray -drums

Barcode: 7 52156 068228

NEW recording

For this occasion Pandelis Karayorgis fronts a new band and so, drawing upon both

his own and a few adapted tactics, System of 5 is a bit different….Refocusing our

view of tradition from several distinctive contemporary perspectives, the music of

System Of 5 seems somehow familiar and surprising at the same time. It’s difficult,

but it’s what art is meant to do, and these musicians do it well. – Art Lange

Pour l’occasion, Pandelis Karayorgis est à la tête d’un nouveau groupe. Mettant

ainsi en œuvre à la fois ses propres stratégies de jeu et quelques autres adaptées,

son album System Of 5 est un peu inhabituel... En recentrant notre vue sur la

tradition à partir de plusieurs perspectives contemporaines caractéristiques, la

musique de System Of 5 semble aussi familière que surprenante. Difficile certes,

mais c'est ce que l'art est censé faire et ces musiciens le font bien. – Art Lange

hatOLOGY 685:

Anthony Braxton : Town Hall (Trio & Quintet) 1972

Trio: Anthony Braxton – alto saxophone

Dave Holland – double bass

Philip Wilson – drums

Quintet: Anthony Braxton – alto- & soprano saxophones, flute,

contrabass clarinet,

soprano & B-flat clarinets and percussion

John Stubblefield – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet,

gong and percussion

Jeanne Lee – voice

Dave Holland – double bass

Barry Altschul – percussion and marimba

Barcode: 7 52156 068525

remastered & redesigned reissue

***** reviews by customers on Amazon.com!

By 1972 we still only had a vague and partial knowledge of Braxton’s more formal

nature. So Town Hall was a “coming out” in one sense, albeit an atypical one. In

some ways, this concert reminds us of Braxton’s roots in the collective experiences

of the AACM, and at the same time anticipates the multi-logics and expanded

resources of later endeavors. – Art Lange

[Adam]

Just received from Werner, images removed:

Dear Friend,

The following 4 Summer CDs are all reissues, all remastered and new designed,

partly for over 10 years out of print:

Early June 2011:

Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins & Jim Black / One Great Day, hatOLOGY 691

originally on hatOLOGY 502 from 1997.

Selected by The Penguin Jazz Guide : The History of the Music in the Best Albums!***

.pdf of packaging attached

Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran / A B D, hatOLOGY 695

A compilation of the 2 CDs on hatART 6155 & 6175 from 1994 and 1996.

.pdf of the packaging and photo of the tree attached.

Early July 2011:

Bobby Bradford-John Carter Quintet / Comin' On, hatOLOGY 693

originally on hatART 6016 from 1991.

Matthew Shipp Duos with Mat Maneri & Joe Morris, hatOLOGY 696

A compilation of the 2 CDs on hatOLOGY 506 & 530 from 1997 and 2000.

***

We contributed to the 1001 in The Penguin Guide:

Warne Marsh : Ne Plus Ultra on hatOLOGY 603 (page 370)

Vienna Art Orchchestra : The Minimalism Of Erik Satie on hatOLOGY 560, new on 671 (page 481)

Lee Konitz & Martial Solal : Start Eyes 1983 on hatOLOGY 518, new on 668 (page 483)

Mike Westbrook Orchestra : On Duke's Birthday on hatOLOGY 635 and not on Voiceprint JPVP 138 (page 485)

Franz Koglmann : A White Line on hatART 6048 sold out, reissue on hatOLOGY 705 during 2011 (page 534)

Horace Tapscott : The Dark Tree on hatOLOGY 2-630 (page 537)

Dave Douglas : Constellations on hatOLOGY 666 and not 673 (page 588)

Joe McPhee : As Serious As Your Life on hatOLOGY 514 sold out, reissue during 2011 on 704 (page 602)

Ellery Eskelin : One Great Day on hatOLOGY 502 sold out, reissue during 2011 on 691 (page 606)

Quest (Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Ron McClure, Billy Hart) : Redemption on hatOLOGY 642 (page 710)

Werner X. Uehlinger

Hat Hut Records LTD.

Box 521

4020 Basel, Switzerland

wxu.hathut.com@bluewin.ch

Phone +41.61.373.0773

http://www.hathut.com

The Journey Continues the 37th Year too!

Edited May 12, 2011 by Adam

[Adam]

Why is the font so big?

[king ubu]

I fell out of the mailing list... thanks for the update. Here's hope the McPhee will indeed come this year!

The Konitz/Solal has a "t" too much there, btw.

[colinmce]

Thumbs way up on the Carter-Bradford! I definitely thought I'd have to shell out for the 90s Hat Hut CD.

edit: now I see the price for used copies has magically dropped from $50 to $30 on Amazon.

Edited May 19, 2011 by colinmce

[AmirBagachelles]

I really love several 90s titles with Christy Doran (one is solo), and I am surprised Hat keeps skipping over the Braxton Santa Cruz title. Mine is now gone (really, forgot to burn it!), sold in anticipation...

[JETman]

I really love several 90s titles with Christy Doran (one is solo), and I am surprised Hat keeps skipping over the Braxton Santa Cruz title. Mine is now gone (really, forgot to burn it!), sold in anticipation...

Just wondering why you'd sell a cd you have in anticipation of a later version being released???

[IanFenton]

Just wondering why you'd sell a cd you have in anticipation of a later version being released???

Bubble exploitation.

[Adam]

Dear Friend,

The 10 releases of the 1st semester 2011

in the sequence of introduction:

hatOLOGY 682

Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet

System Of 5

(new)

hatOLOGY 685

Anthony Braxton

Trio & Quintet (Town Hall) 1972

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

hatOLOGY 681

Russ Lossing Trio

Oracle

(new)

hatOLOGY 697

Steve Lacy Five

Blinks...Zurich Live 1983

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

hat(now)ART 153

John Cage

Ryoanji

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

hat(now)ART 182

Women Composers I

Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich

(new)

hat(now)ART 180

Morton Feldman

Neither (Opera)

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

hat(now)ART 184

Arnold Schoenberg

Works For Piano

(reissue)

hatOLOGY 691

Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins & Jim Black

One Great Day...

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

hatOLOGY 695

Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran

A B D

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

Upcoming releases July, August, September

and October 2011 in the sequence of introduction:

July 2011:

hatOLOGY 696

Matthew Shipp Duos

with Mat Maneri & Joe Morris

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

August 2011:

hatOLOGY 693

Bobby Bradford-John Carter Quintet

Comin' On

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

September 2011:

hatOLOGY 689

Marc Copland-David Liebman Duo

Impressions

(reissue, redesigned & remastered)

hatOLOGY 706

Samuel Blaser Quartet

with Marc Ducret

Boundless

(new)

October 2011:

hatOLOGY 617

Albert Ayler Quintet

Stockholm, Berlin 1966

(new)

These performances are receiving their first

authorized release by the estate of Albert Ayler.

hatOLOGY 688

Noah Kaplan Quartet

with Joe Morris

Descendants

(new)

And more to come.

Best regards,

Werner X. Uehlinger

Hat Hut Records LTD.

Box 521

4020 Basel, Switzerland

wxu.hathut.com@bluewin.ch

Phone +41.61.373.0773

http://www.hathut.com

The Journey Continues the 37th Year too!

Since 1975, an ear to the future

Depuis 1975, une oreille vers le futur

Seit 1975, ein Ohr in die Zukunft

Edited February 22, 2012 by Adam

[mjazzg]

as the thread title says "all things...". does anyone know whether andre jaume / joe mcphee featuring raymond boni - tales and prophecies has been issued on CD?

[colinmce]

No, the only one of theirs not to.

[mjazzg]

No, the only one of theirs not to.

thanks for that colinmce. Just scored a vinyl copy

[colinmce]

The Bennik/Doran/Anderson and One Great Day are out.

I stumbled on this bit from a Ken Peplowski blindfold test that's got me very excited to hear the Carter-Bradford that will be out in the next batch:

10. John Carter, “Encounter” (from “Comin’ On,” Hat Art, 1988) Carter, clarinet; Bobby Bradford, cornet; Don Preston, synthesizer; Richard Davis, bass; Andrew Cyrille, drums.

PEPLOWSKI: I like this very much. The writing sounds a little bit influenced by Miles, and I love the use of electronics as pure sound sometimes instead of trying to imitate another instrument. It’s pretty refreshing. [PAUSE]

John Carter. Guessed it. As soon as he started doing the upper register thing, I knew it was him. [PAUSE]

As most stars as I can give, 5-6, whatever. This is very refreshing music to me. I think it’s completely not pretentious. It’s fresh, it’s exciting, interesting writing and playing, and the use of electronics is really well done and really integrated into the ensemble. It’s really great. [PAUSE] The thing that strikes me is that it really sounds like a band playing together. This is the way music is supposed to be. And John Carter is completely unbridled. It’s really open. I have a feeling that he does exactly what he wants to do, and he doesn’t have any limits to what he’s trying to achieve. It’s great. I think his music is as important, maybe more so, than Ornette’s music as far as this kind of thing. The writing is as interesting, and I just love the way they use the electronics. It’s really free and open, and yet at the same time it’s got a structure to it, and everybody is listening and reacting to each other.

TP: Talk about his clarinet style. Is he an innovative clarinet player?

PEPLOWSKI: He’s innovative in the sense that he does on the clarinet what people like Ornette and maybe Eric Dolphy did on the saxophone. He kind of plays completely free and open… You know, a lot of clarinet players sound a little bit too controlled. It’s part of the nature of the instrument. You’re taught from the beginning that you have to play with this rigid embouchure, and the ideal sound on the clarinet is this wooden, kind of round sound, and as soon as you start fluctuating from that, the tone kind of goes. The technique is a little bit difficult. So it’s refreshing to hear somebody that’s gone past some of those restrictions. The only way I can describe is he’s a completely open player, which on the clarinet is kind of rare to hear.

...

The Bobby Bradford-John Carter was definitely the best thing I heard, because it’s the most refreshing. Frankly, sometimes I get bored just hearing the same things over and over. Sometimes you get the feeling that it’s all been played, and then you hear something like that, and you realize there’s life yet in music. It’s an eye-opener.