Rabshakeh Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 2 hours ago, colinmce said: ymmv, much of his work is sort of community-based, political, and in continuation of certain strains of post-60s black urban art. In that context, I like it and appreciate it very much, particularly the two Positive Knowledge albums on Music & Arts (there's also a 2xCD on another label that adds Wilbur Morris & Michael Wimberly that's good). If you appreciate some of the more text-based spiritual jazz & spoken word of the 70s, or William Parker's vocal projects, I think you'll find a lot to like here. If you're looking for something more straightforward, his date on NoBusiness with Wimberly & Sirone is quite good and the duo with Henry Grimes on Not Two is nice. Thanks 48 minutes ago, colinmce said: Another roundup of recent & upcoming releases of note: -Two new William Parker trio albums from Aum Fidelity. One with Daniel Carter & Hamid, the other with Ava Mendoza & Gerald Cleaver https://aumfidelity.com/ -Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey duo on Burning Ambulance. It took me time, but I came around to these frequent Shipp/Dickey/Perelman/Wooley musical chair releases. These are guys who undoubtedly can all play and, contrary to my initial apprehensions, are pushing themselves deeper all the time. The recent Ivo/Nate duo on BA is fantastic https://matthewshippwhitdickey.bandcamp.com/album/reels -Wandering The Sound Quintet on Not Two. Mazur, Gregorio, Tamura, Fuji, and Lopez; a combination of musicians I will always be down to hear -Butcher/Solberg/Barre Phillips on Relative Pitch https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-met-and-then -Duck Baker - Confabultions. Encounters dating 1994-2017 with an interesting range of players https://duckbakeresp.bandcamp.com/album/confabulations -Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio + Alexander Schlippenbach - The Field. Not yet formally announced on NoBusiness, but hopefully coming very soon. Also really looking forward to the new This Is Our Language album on Trost -Keith Rowe - Absence. His final solo guitar performance. https://www.erstwhilerecords.com/store/p268/Keith_Rowe_-_Absence_%28CD%29.html Second the Ivo / Nate on BA. Have you had a chance to listen to any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Third that duo, terrific album. I'll be interested to sample the Parker albums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Thee is a new one by Northwoods Improvisors as well, have not listend to it yet: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3a36NPSlZtXaO9K1KAhNKw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Some interesting new releases on Ayler recently, according to Bandcamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted June 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 The Sam Rivers title was mentioned in another thread, but NB is releasing several other awesome-looking discs at the same time: Joel Futterman - Creation Series 5xCD box set http://nobusinessrecords.com/creation-series.html Total Music Association - Walpurgisnacht archival reissue of a 1971 LP http://nobusinessrecords.com/total-music-association-walpurgisnacht.html Mototeru Takagi - Live At Little John, Yokohama 1999 http://nobusinessrecords.com/live-at-little-john,-yokohama-1999.html Itaru Oki - Live at Jazz Spot Combo 1975 http://nobusinessrecords.com/live-at-jazz-spot-combo-1975.html Szilard Mezai Tubass Quintet - Rested Turquoise http://nobusinessrecords.com/rested-turquoise.html Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio + Alexander Von Schlippenbach - The Field http://nobusinessrecords.com/the-field.html The label is offering all these at a package price. 72 euro shipped worldwide without the Futterman box, 110 with it. "All of them should be ready to be sent out around the 20th July, 2021" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 The Oki is the one for me in that list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Not the fourbass tubass quintet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 I have several of those already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 A bit off topic, but the Free Jazz Blog's Clean Feed anniversary lovefest is getting a little cloying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 Funny, I was just thinking how it was doing a good job of reminding me of the label's output. There was a time 15+ years ago, when they were in the brown cardboard, when I checked their releases religiously. They then seemed to up the release rate exponentially and quality suffered and I drifted away 10 years or so ago. I now stream the occasional release. It's work in highlighting the scene in Portugal has been invaluable and it does provide opportunities for lots of debut recordings I think it's been a very important label in its time and probably deserves a birthday celebration. 20 years is a good stretch. FJB has always paid close attention to the label from its days as SFJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 I am being a bit uncharitable, perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: I am being a bit uncharitable, perhaps I’m not sure. I read the last 2 day’s comments. I’ll stream a couple of them but it seems they hear greatness that I just don’t hear. I still think the sound quality (lack of openness and dynamics) isn’t up to snuff. Inferior to Astral Sprits, Not Two, Intakt, Firehouse 12, No Business and various other specialty labels. I’m listening to the Fog Horn releases from 10 to 20 years ago from Tony Bevan and they ALL sound better than any Clean Feed recording I’ve ever heard. sometimes I think they could even ruin the sound of John Edwards & Sunny Murray Edited July 11, 2021 by Steve Reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Steve Reynolds said: I’m not sure. I read the last 2 day’s comments. I’ll stream a couple of them but it seems they hear greatness that I just don’t hear. I still think the sound quality (lack of openness and dynamics) isn’t up to snuff. Inferior to Astral Sprits, Not Two, Intakt, Firehouse 12, No Business and various other specialty labels. I’m listening to the Fog Horn releases from 10 to 20 years ago from Tony Bevan and they ALL sound better than any Clean Feed recording I’ve ever heard. sometimes I think they could even ruin the sound of John Edwards & Sunny Murray I think that maybe because many CF releases are recorded by the musicians themselves rather than by CF. This I believe is certainly true from when the release schedule went mad after the initial period of a more measured release schedule. Most of those other labels get the musicians into a studio I think, don't they? Foghorn was very 'boutique' that's for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 Btw the Selva trio from 2019 Canicula Rose is quite good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: I think that maybe because many CF releases are recorded by the musicians themselves rather than by CF. This I believe is certainly true from when the release schedule went mad after the initial period of a more measured release schedule. Most of those other labels get the musicians into a studio I think, don't they? Foghorn was very 'boutique' that's for sure Yes they get them into a studio but the live recordings released by these and other labels over the past 15-20 years often sound incredible. Think of the Brotzmann 3 nights in Oslo box set and of course the 4 Barry Guy box sets on Not Two. They make a mockery of what Clean Feed puts out. Edited July 11, 2021 by Steve Reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said: Yes they get them into a studio but the live recordings released by these and other labels over the past 15-20 years often sound incredible. Think of the Brotzmann 3 nights in Oslo box set and of course the 4 Barry Guy box sets on Not Two. They make a mockery of what Clean Feed puts out. I'm not disagreeing. All I was saying was that with all its faults CF is still worthy of a celebration on FSB and that especially in their early years they released some very good albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 I think that Clean Feed started very good indeed and has since turned into something I'm not into at all. What grated a bit about the FJC coverage is how it has skewed to the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 really enjoying my first listen to XT's Deorlaf from Café Oto. Spiky stuff indeed from Seymour Wright and Paul Abbott. Wright's playing with Pat Thomas, Noble and Edwards coming up, may have to check that one out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 That had passed me by. I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted July 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Looking forward to hearing this: https://bluerealityquartet.bandcamp.com/ Joe McPhee, Michael Marcus, Jay Rosen, and Warren Smith recorded in the studio last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 42 minutes ago, colinmce said: Looking forward to hearing this: https://bluerealityquartet.bandcamp.com/ Joe McPhee, Michael Marcus, Jay Rosen, and Warren Smith recorded in the studio last year. That one track sounds very good Indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted July 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 The Flow Trio + McPhee album on ESP is shaping up to be my favorite release of the year. Joe is playing at an extremely high level these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 I’m enjoying this recent release by John Butcher and Tony Buck. Recommended if you fancy some free improv with a bit of emotional engagement in your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 56 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: I’m enjoying this recent release by John Butcher and Tony Buck. Recommended if you fancy some free improv with a bit of emotional engagement in your life. "free improv with a bit of emotional engagement", is that even allowed? Call the hairshirt police now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 minute ago, mjazzg said: "free improv with a bit of emotional engagement", is that even allowed? Call the hairshirt police now... it was only a bit of emotional engagement. Promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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