Two has been moved to Archives

Joel Futterman - Jimmy lyons - Robert Adkins:
"In-Between-Position(s)" (Bellaphon).

Bill Barron: Higher Ground - JAZZ CORNER ARTIST - the late great sax player in a 1989 date with Eddie Henderson, Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid, and Ben Riley. Another great Joken Records release produced by Kenny and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.

Tim Buckley: Live at the Troubador 1969 - another late great, on stage at his creative peak.

John Coltrane: The Ultimate Blue Train - the classic with two alternate takes and enhanced-CD video, sound and graphics.

Jacqueline Du Pre: Chopin and Franck sonatas - the late great cellist with with hubby Daniel Barenboim on piano.

Ella Fitzgerald: The Best of the Songbooks - I admit it, I was cheap: I didn't want to buy them all.

Steve Howe: Turbulence - Yes guitarist's 1991 solo CD with Bill Bruford on drums. Two living greats.

Meat Loaf - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Herbie Hancock - Three Bags Full
Howlin Wolf - Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
Roland Kirk - Three For The Festival
Donald Byrd - Three Wishes
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces Of Balal
Charles Mingus - Self-Portrait In Three Colors
Ravi Coltrane - In Three For Thee

Okay, I was bored. I searched my library. These are the songs I have listened to "three".

Lynne Arriale Trio "Live at Montreux". Beautiful trio music.

Got my Cadence order yesterday. Though they claim they are out of print of Joe Maneri's Dahabenzapple. So I still have no idea what that will sound like.

So the next two days will be spent listening to these in no particular order.



Cecil Taylor-Nailed, Foundation Maeghts Nights Vol .3, Spring of Two Blue J's.
Peter Brotzmann-Stone Water
Krzysztof Komeda-Astigmatic In Concert
Barry Guy-Study/Witch Gong Game, 3 Pieces
Reggie Workman-In Concert.
Marilyn Crispell-The Woodstock Concert, Live at Yoshi's, Live in S.F.
Ivo Perlman-Sound Hierarch
Anthony Braxton-12 Compositions

Marty Ehrlich - Malinke's Dance
Ellery Eskelin - Ramifications
Marc Cary - Trillium

Andrew Hill - One For One

Sam Rivers - Contours

Jimmy Lyons - Other Afternoons

Mongo Santamaria -- "Afro Blue"

John Zorn/ George Lewis/ Bill Frisell -- "More News For Lulu"

Von Freeman -- "Lester Leaps In"

Billy Bang -- "Big Bang Theory"

David Murray Octet -- "Ming"

Bo Diddley -- "His Greatest Sides"

Giorgio Gaslini - Ayler's Wings

the Cecil McBee Band - Unspoken

Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head

Air - Live Air

Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts

a medley of tunes from:

Peter Brotzmann's Chicago Tentet

Giant Sand's Center of the Universe

Television's self-titled comeback album of the early 1990's

AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark' Live at the Glenn Miller Cafe


nice easy listening selection for my visiting neighbor

I'm doing a partial re-posting, since I'm afraid that Shrugs (our deep-water man), may not get to Archives:

Dave, I dumped my copy of Dresser's "Cabinet". Do you think I made a mistake?


NP: Sam Rivers, "Culmination"
Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble, "Live in Greenfield"

and I finished up the classic Can album, Tago Mago

Jazzfans,
Getting in on part III with:
Eric Dolphy-Out To Lunch
John Coltrane-Live @ The VV
James Carter- In Carterian Fashion
Patricia Barber-Companion
Stefon Harris-Black Action Figure
George Micheal-Songs From the Last Century
Nicholas Payton-Payton's Place
And while I post KMHD from Portland,Or on the net(cool)
Peace and all that.

walter, luckily I will only go deep one more time! less than 4 months on the pig!
I like the Cabinet, it is different. Though, I need to play it again at a much higher volume. I picked mine up in a used store by the way, so ma7ybe somebody else felt the same as you.

Dave Burrell Windward Passages
Wayne Shorter The All-Seeing Eye
Dewey Redman The Struggle Continues

Lan Xang - Hidden Gardens
David Liebman - Water
Andrew Hill - Dusk
Lee Konitz/Don Friedman/Attila Zoller - Thingin
tape of Bill Cole/Sam Rivers/Joe Daley at Dartmouth College

At the moment listening to

Peter Brotzmann's new one Stone/Water. So far this sounds pretty good. Though still prefer Machine Gun and the 3CD Box Octet/Tentet. This is actually mellow in comparison to those. My least favorite Brotz being Dare Devil. His playing is good, the other musicans on the other hand have no clue. Especially the drummer.

Next It think will be Cecil Taylor's new one Nailed.

Andrew Hill-Point of Departure
Kenny Wheeler-Angel Song
Kenny wheeler-The Widow in the Window
Duke Ellington-And his mother called him Bill...
Chick Corea-Now he sings,Now he sobs..
Thomas Chapin-Third Force(off the boxset)
Mark Helias-Loopin the Cool
Keith Jarrett-Survivors' Suite

Christoph Stiefel - "Sweet Paradox" from 1997.
Piano-Trio with Christoph Stiefel (piano), Michel Benita (double-bass) und Peter Erskine (drums & percussion) 66:50 Min. Jazzline CD

Marty Ehrlich "Can You Hear A Motion?"

Re Maneri's "Dahabenzappel": I tried unsuccessfully in NY to get that one and had planned to get it from Cadence. But if they don't have it, I have no idea. If anyone sees it in circulation, could you please let me know right away? I will pay you for it promptly. Thanks.

Try Bernd Alois Zimmermans's Cello Concerto and other works -- CPO Records, Hans Zender, Saarbrucken Orch. -- if want "outside", this was some 35 or so years past and to my ears renders a lot of "free" jazz pretty archaic. Also, Feldman's "Coptic Light" and Piano and Orchestra won't hurt either.

Bobby Previte Claude's Late Morning

Air - Air Lore

McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean - It's About Time

John Surman (+ Bley, Peacock and Oxley) - Adventure Playground

Lan Xang - Hidden Gardens

Had on all day.Jazz Crusaders:

Rhapsody & Blues.
The Thing.
Tough Talk.
Lookin` Ahead.
Healing the Wounds.
Live in Japan.
Happy Again.

Evan Parker-Barry Guy-Paul Lytton: At The Vortex

Gary ... I see "Dahabenzappel" in Toronto stores now and then ... next time I will collect it ...

I have

Denis Charles IVtet - Captain of the Deep

Donal Byrd / Kenny Burrell - All Night Long

Andrew Hill - Les Trinitaires

Evan Parker - Chicago Solo

mjb-how is Captain of the Deep? Is Moondoc in good form?

Bob B., I love Zimmerman and thought "Coptic Light" was one of Feldman's best pieces in a long time.

Steve, I wasn't too hot on "Captain of the Deep". Moondoc is so-so on it and the tunes aren't much. I love Charles, though.

Today I got the chance to hear:

The Remote Viewers, "Persuasive with Aliens" (OK, but worse than both of their first two disks)

Sam Rivers, "Culmination" (Funky big band stuff with some excellent solos)

Mujician, "Colours Fulfilled" (Levin and Dunmall are both fabola. I wish Rogers were easier to hear.)

hey Walter-talk to your friends @ cadence and get them on the Time of Brightness search-:)

I searched a few stores in NYC on saturday and came up empty

and didn't you also complain about not hearing Guy well enough on Nailed?

or was it someone else?

love those bass players, eh?


Jon Lloyd Sextet: Praxis


for those following the Matt Wilson thread, this one has drummer # 4 in a subtle, yet detailed, mood.

Boppers,
Humpday Happenings:
Don Byron-Romance With the Unseen
Jomi Mitchell-Both Sides Now
Terence Blanchard-Wandering Moon
Donald Harrison-Free to Be
Peace and all that.

Walter,

Certainly we hear what we hear ... but to offer a counter view, and one most similar to mine own, here is the AMG review of Captain of the Deep:

"AMG EXPERT REVIEW: Recorded at the Zuid-Nederlands Jazz Festival in Holland, this piano-less quartet features drummer Denis Charles with Jemeel Moondoc on alto saxophone, Wilber DeJoode on bass, and Nathan Breedlove on trumpet. With a sound often approximating the work of early Ornette Coleman, the two horns spurt attractively dissonant themes, after which the four players turn out repeatedly fascinating solos and interactive lines. Underrecorded Breedlove is surprisingly agile and charmingly ragged, with a clear debt to Don Cherry and Bobby Bradford. Unsung giant Moondoc is stunning throughout, with twisted, winding lines stretched across a brush of vibrant colors. Charles smolders with excitement, driving hard and pushing forcefully, but laying low when necessary. Its great melodies and adventurous solos make Captain of the Deep a vital inside/outside document of the 1990s. -- Steve Loewy"

I sure wish I could "spurt attractively dissonant themes."

Steve R., I think it was f-pop that complained about not hearing Guy on "Nailed".

I like Loewy, but he's an easier grader than I am.

Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim Black - One Great Day...

Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton/Marilyn Crispell - After Appleby

AMM - AMMUSIC 1966

Harry Partch - The Bewitched

Simon Fell - Compilations 1 & 2
Howard Skempton - Well Well Cornelius
Carl Stone - Mom's
Hoahio - Ohayo! Hoahio!
Yoshihide/Muller/Sachiko M - Filament 2
Miles - E.S.P.

Billy Strayhorn --> Lush Life
Wolter Wierbos --> X-Caliber
Robin Eubanks --> Karma
John Lindberg --> Quartet Afterstorm
Cyrille/Dresser/Ehrlich --> C/D/E
Kenny Dorham --> Hot Stuff from Brazil
Vienna Art Orchestra -->Nightride of a lonely Saxophonplayer

Jack Dejohnette - Parallel Realities (w/ Metheny,Hancock)
Herbie Nichols - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love
Joanne Brackeen - Breath of Brazil
Larry Young - Unity

MIcah

Oh yeah, speaking of Nichols. I love the Blue Note boxed set. Some of the most original music I've heard. Some great melodies and solid support. Thanks to all who recommended it to me!

Micah

Tobias Delius - Toby's Mloby

Ligeti - String Quartets and Duets

Metheny/Coleman - Song X

Thirteen Ways - Focus

Arthur Blythe - Illusions

Joelle Leandre - Project

Derek Bailey - Domestic & Public Pieces

Fred Anderson & Steve McCall - Vintage Duets Chicago 1-11-80

Steve Lacy Three - N.Y. Capers & Quirks

Ken Vandermark's Sound in Action Trio - Design in Time

Misha Mengelberg-Mix

two selections-both exactly 34:37

do you think he planed this?

Mats Gustafsson/Ingebrigt Hĺker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love - The Thing

Chris Speed-Deviantics

Herbie Nichols Blue Note Box Disc 3
Artur Schnabel - Sonata for Violin and Piano (Paul Zukofsky/Ursula Oppens)
Joseph Jarman - Song For
Roach/Braxton - One in Two Two In One
Getz/Byrd - Jazz Samba
Dominic Duval CT String 4tet - Under The Pyramid

Ari Brown Ultimate Frontier

Don Cherry -- "Complete Communion"

Anthony Braxton/ George Lewis -- "Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976"

Manhattan Transfer -- "Tubby the Tuba"

"Ellington At Newport"

Vivaldi -- "Five Cello Concerti"

Albert Ayler - 'At Greenwich Village'

Keith Tippet - 'Mujician III-august Air'

Kenny Wheeler - 'Music For Large & Small Ensemble'

Ellery Eskelin- Forms
Masada- Live at Middelheim
Hersch/Moore/Hemingway- 13 Ways
Anthony Braxton- For Two Pianos (Ursula Oppens and Frederic Rzewski)

Jemeel Moondoc Trio:
"Tri-P-Let" (Eremite)

Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

i finally got tired of Verve America rescheduling"john mclaughlin heart of things live in paris" and bought it as an import. it is well worth the 24.99. everyone on the album plays incredibly well,especially bass player matteo garrison. gary thomas' playing on the CD reminds me why i look at him as the best kept secret on tenor.
garrison,chambers, thomas,ruiz,williams and of course the great master himself,mclaughlin. he just gets better and better.

Tommy Bolin - Teaser
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Leonard Cohen - Best of...
Miles Davis - Circle in the Round
Al Kooper - Al's Big Deal/Unclaimed Freight (BST/Super Session/solo compilation)

G.Hemingway --> Cooked to Perfection
G.Hemingway --> Perfect World

Thoams Borgmann/Wilber Morris/Denis Charles Trio:
"The Last Concert - Dankeschön" (Silkheart)
(Denis Charles' last recording)

Sam Rivers - Waves

Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Dancing On My Bedpost

The Vandermark 5 - Single Piece Flow

Christer Boustedt Quintet - Blues, Ballads & Bebop

Today's Listening Pleasure:

Trane-Kulu Se Mama
Trane-New Thing at Newport, I cant figure out why they would only have Coltrane play two songs to Shepps 5 or if he played more songs only record two of them? Was hoping for more Trane on this one.
Trane-Intersteller Space
Anthony Braxton-Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976
Marilyn Crispell-Gaia
Jane Ira Bloom-Art & Aviation
Bird-Bird and Fats Live at Birdland
Roswell Rudd-The Unheard Herbie Nichols Vol. 1
Edward Vesala-Nordic Gallery
Vienna Art Orchestra-Concerto Piccolo

OHM: the early gurus of electronic music/1948-1980 - 3-cd box

Wagner, "Gotterdammerung"
Getz, "Mona" & "I Remember Clifford"
And a bunch of Sir Michael Tippett

Peter Brotzmann Chicago Octet/Tentet - disc 1

Myra Melford's Same River, Twice - Above Blue

John Abercrombie - Open Land

Cecil Taylor/Roswell Rudd Mixed
Bobby Watson The Inventor

among others-Andrew Hill's Dusk-and although the album might not be great(maybe very good), 15/8 is.

Closing out the day with:

Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers

Tomorrow's Listening Pleasure:

Charles Gayle-Kingdom Come
Bird-Disc 2 of The Complete Dial Sessions
Lee Konitz-I Concentrate On You
Cecil Taylor-Looking (The Feel Trio)
McCoy Tyner-The Real McCoy
Mal Waldron-The Seagulls Of Kristiansund
Miles Davis-Live Evil
Ornette Coleman-Town Hall 1962
Lol Coxhill-Boundless
Andrew Cyrille-My Friend Louis
Trane-My Favorite Things

Jelly Roll Morton -- "Whinin' Boy Blues"

Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- "Shaka Zulu"

Larry Young -- "Into Somethin'"

George Graewe & GrubenKlangerOrchester -- "Songs and Variations"

Trilok Gurtu -- "The Glimpse"

Clusone 3 -- "Love Henry"

Cecil Taylor -- "One Too Many Salty Swift..." disc 2

Simon Fell - Composition No. 30
Luc Ferarri - Presque Rien
Anton Fier - Dreamspeed
Fong Naam - Music from New Siam

Stitt plays Bird
the Hawk flies high
Mathew Shipp Pastoral Composure
James Carter Chasin the gypsy & layin in the cut

Peter Brötzmann Trio:
"Noise Of Wings" (Slask)

Bert Jansch - Jack Orion

Henry Cow - Legend

Soft Machine - Volume Two

Herbie Hancock - Dedication

Gavin Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic

Music Revelation Ensemble - No Wave

Dollar Brand - The Journey

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Farewell Aldebaran

Kaleidoscope - Side Trips

The Stooges - The Stooges

Andrew Hill - But Not Farewell

The Vandermark 5 - Simpatico

David Murray Octet - New Life

Laz--Not sure which version of "Sinking" you have, but if possible, try to find the 1990 recording on Les Disques du Crepuscule. Spectacular! Even better than the original, imho, and easily better than the Point release.

part or all of:

Booker Little-Out Front

Jason Moran-Soundtrack to Human Motion

Ben Allison's Medicine Wheel-Third Eye

Matthew Shipp Trio-The Multiplication Table

Branford Marsalis-The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born

ICP performs Monk & Nichols

David S Ware Quartet-Surrendered

Tim Berne's Bloodcount-Saturation Point

Gianluigi Trovesi-Around Small Fairy Tales

Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd-Monk's Dream

Andrew Hill-Dusk

Cecil Taylor-Evan Parker-Barry Guy-Tony Oxley-Nailed

Gerry Hemingway-Waltzes...Heart

Mario Pavone-Dancers Tales

Grant Green-Sunday Mornin'

Mujician-Poem About The Hero

Booker Ervin-Blues Book

Simon Nabatov-Sneak Preview

jackie mc lean Bluesnik
Fred Anderson quartet live at the velvet vol2
tony martinez Maferefun
Tim Berne's Bloodcount-Saturation Point
James Carter chasin the gypsy

John Hicks Trio - East Side Blues

Alexander von Schlippenbach & Sunny Murray - Smoke

Clusone 3 - Clusone 3
Clusone 3 - Love Henry
Ari Brown - Venus
Fuhler/Bennink/De Joode - Bellagram
Ivo Perelman/Jay Rosen - The Hammer
John Coltrane - Ole
Bob Moses - When Elephants Dream of Music

Jack Walrath - Serious Hang

right now--the late tete montelieu w/charlie mariano "standard time, volume 1". before:
double six of paris (terrific vocal group from the sixties)
michael moore trio--"bering"

Steve, I just played "Surrendered" for the first time today. The Shipp intro to the last track, "African Drums" is virtually the same as the second eight bars of McCoy Tyner's intro on the studio version of Trane playing "My Favorite Things." Play them back to back, how strange! In fact, the entire "A" section is reminiscent of MFT, the way Trane played it. Shipp plays the "McCoy" line over and over again behind Ware's solo. The tune was written by Beaver Harris. I wonder if it is written this way or if Shipp made his own decision.

Besides "Surrendered":
Geri Allen- "Etudes"
Jimmy Giuffre- "1961". I can't believe it took me 39 years after its release to finally hear it. Great record, re-release of two Giuffre lps. Are the two hatArt recordings by this trio (Bley, Swallow) on par with this one?
DKV Trio- "Live in Wels & Chicago, 1998"

Charles Ives, "Orchestral Set #2"
Peter Mennin, "Symphony #7"

I also heard short selections from "Pastoral Composure" and "Dusk" from the Cat Austin jazz and improvised music website. Neither blew me away.

Gordon, I have not heard 1961 but do own Emphasis, Stuttgart and enjoy it a lot. Also the Owl Saturday/Sunday sessions. I think these(owl's) may be hard to find and the hat's will soon enter that domain.

Nat King Cole Hit that Jive, Jack
Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Side Up
Sonny Rollins Tenor Madness
Vienna Art Orchestra From No Time, To Ragtime
Glenn Spearman The Fields

Cecil Taylor - Student Studies
David Berkman - Communication Theory
Frank Kimbrough - Noumena
Susie Ibarra - Flower After Flower
Billy Harper - Soul Of An Angel

"I also heard short selections from "Pastoral Composure" and "Dusk" from the Cat Austin jazz and improvised music website. Neither blew me away."

Walter, short cuts don't do it. listen to it all, man.

Maferefun
the hawk flies high
both new James Carter
Sonny Stitt plays Bird
bluesnik

how licky cna one gets?

somehow I don't think Walter is gonna like *any* Shipp CD-no matter how many times he listens to it.

but one never knows, does one?

Jackie McLean - 'Rites Of Passage'

Joe Maneri - 'In Full Cry'

Roy Hargrove Quintet - 'With The Tenors Of Our Time'

Georg Graewe Quintet -- "Concert in Berlin 1996"

"The Best of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker"

"Mingus Ah Um"

Myra Melford -- "Above Blue"

Bobby Hutcherson -- "Stick Up!"

Carlos Montoya -- "Flamenco Direct"

"The Best of the Gipsy Kings"

still not entralled with Graewe's Berlin 1996 qiuintet disc. Mats is much too constrained by the compositional structure-and Sanders is not given any room to groove.

although groove is the last thing that this music is about, having Mark Sanders on a recording like this is kinda like having Larry Bird on your team-and only bringing him off the bench.

that being said, Grawe's playing througout is marvelous, and his concepts and ideas are intriguing.

Steve, I *LOVE* "Concert in Berlin". Maybe it's a bit too close to modern classical for your taste.

As for Mr. Shipp, I'll keep trying as long as people I respect continue to tell me I'm missing something. Actually, I'd love to be able to give something of his a rave review: maybe then he and his fans would stop threatening to kill me. (Apparently, about 11 of the 14 people who read my review of "Thesis" in "Cadence" disagreed with me.) FWIW, I haven't threatened to kill the guy who panned "Screwdriver" in the same mag.

And that guy was actually wrong. :>)

you might be right about the Graewe disc - and if that's the case, why do all you guys think I'd like modern classical?

or whatever stuff you all are tryin' to get me to listen to.

btw-Walter-disc 1 of After Appleby is very nice-and the 25 minute track with Evan featured on tenor is incredible.

maybe the filler is on the second(live) disc-:)

Today it's going to be Urs Leimgruber, "Blue Log" (solo sax).

- Cecil Taylor Big Band at Lush Life, NYC, 1982

- Jimmy Lyons w. Lindberg & Murray:
"Jump Up" (Hat Art)

Lee Konitz - Jazz at Storyville

Duke Jordan - Flight to Jordan

Brötzmann/Hopkins/Ali - Songlines

Ken Vandermark/Barrage Double Trio - Utility Hitter

Bloodcount Unwound - An Average Daze (disc 2 of the box)

Art Pepper - The Art of Pepper

Steve, I liked the 25 minute cut on the studio disk and the long cut (about 50 minutes?) on the live disk.

Eclectic day today.

"Miniatures" Liona Boyd

"Love's Been Rough On Me" Etta James

"Ballads" John Coltrane

"Born on a Friday" Cleo Laine

"Thelonius Monk, Live at the It Club" Thelonius Monk

"I'll Close My Eyes" Mark Murphy

"Jazz Standards" Mark Murphy

"Taking It To Hart" Ian Shaw

I envy all y'all with the multi-disc machines!

I'm listening to Etta James' tribute to Sammy Cahn. I't one of my favorite cds of '99. -- or is it 2K?

Braxton/Lewis --> Donaueschingen 1976, my first hearing
maybee Duetts become my favourites

never put more than one CD in a machine in my life


Walter-I agree-the 25 minute track featuring Parker's tenor was the highlight of the studio disc.

this might sound like Evan Parker heresy, but I seem to prefer Parker on the tenor quite a bit more than his more unique approach on soprano.

Cannonball - Somethin' Else (I love the bonus track, "Alison's Uncle," especially because I have a niece named Allison!)
Blakey - Moanin'
Dave Holland - Dream of the Elders*
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection**
Kansas City - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper

*I really enjoy Steve Nelson's vibeswork on this disc; any recommendations for more?

**Friend of mind in San Fran e-mailed me on Friday with a couple lines from a song that he couldn't get out of his head but didn't know who or what it was. I immediately identified it as "Love Song" from this album, which blew his mind because he's not what you might call an Elton John fan (neither am I, post-1975 or so). Anyway, he went right out and bought it and he's in heaven. That led me back to it and it is indeed a very lovely song. But it's not an Elton-Bernie Taupin composition; words and music by Leslie Duncan. Anyone know who she is?

Jazznuts,
John Coltrane-Gaint Steps
Harris,Moran,Osby,Shim-New Directions
Peterson,Brown,Jackson-The Very Tall Band
Cedar Walton-Roots
Peace and all that

Mats Gustafsson/Ingebrigt Hĺker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love - The Thing

Gul 3 - Soul

Evan Parker/Paul Lytton/Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell - After Appleby

The Pentangle - Sweet Child

First of all, I'm reading two facinating books, the first, an autobio and the second a collection of memoirs:
"The Straight Life' Art Pepper
and
"As Though I Had Wings" Chet Baker

Both are facinating and well worth while. dononjazz tells me that there is a biography on Chet Baker, yet to be released that he wants to read. Me too.

I'm listening to:
"Straight Life" Art Pepper

"Baker's Holiday" Chet Baker
and
"The Art of Chet Baker and Art Pepper"

I'm enjoying them all, immensely!!

part or all of:

Don Pullen's African/Brazilian Connection - Ode to Life

Joey Baron's Baron Down w/Steve Swell & Ellery Eskelin - Tongue in Groove

Georg Graewe Quintet - Concert in Berlin 1996

Vinny Golia - Dante No Longer Repents

Jon Lloyd Sextet-Praxis

Chico Freeman Quartet - No Time Left

Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton w/Marilyn Crispell - After Appleby

ICP plays Monk & Nichols

Joe Maneri Quartet - Dahabenzapple

Anthony Braxton Quartet - Live 1975/1976

Ehrlich/Formanek/Erskine - Relativity

Tim Berne's Bloodcount - Saturation Point

Art Pepper - The Art of Pepper

Air - Air Time

Gerry Hemingway Quintet - The Marmalade King

Bley/Peacock/Motian - Not Two, Not One

Jon Lloyd Quartet - By Confusion

Trilok Gurtu - "Usfret" - CMP 33
Lan Xang - "Hidden Gardens" - Naxos Jazz 86046
Tim Berne's Bloodcount - "Lowlife: The Paris Concerts" - JMT 124 054
Nicolas Simion - "Luca's Dream" - GM 3042
Anouar Brahem - "Thimar" - ECM 1641
John McLaughlin - "My Goals Beyond" - Knitting Factory Classics 3010
Ned Rothenberg/Sync - "Port of Entry" - Intuition 3249
Mark Nodwell - "(Co)incidents" - Songlines 1527
Peter Brötzmann/Die Like a Dog Quartet - "Little Birds Have Fast Hearts, No. 1" - FMP 97

Peter Brötzmann & Hamid Drake - The Dried Rat-Dog
Probably one of the best horn/drums recordings ever. If you're a Brötzmann and/or Drake fan and doesn't own this CD yet - go get it!

David Murray - Ming's Samba

Kenny Wheeler & Paul Bley - [Touché]

Andrew Hill - Dusk

The Quintet - March 28th 1999

Svein Finnerud - Sounds and Sights

Marty Ehrlich - The Traveller's Tale

Ari Brown - Venus

Glenn Spearman - Blues for Falasha

Cecil Taylor - Q'wa

Benny Carter - Further Definitions

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Spiral

Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake/Kidd Jordan/William Parker 2 Days In April disc one

didn't order The Dried Rat Dog - but I do have two more CD's with the *great* Hamid Drake on the way

Marc-interested to hear you comments on one of them-Little.....Hearts, vol 1

Marsalis, "Jazz" & "Jump Start"
Rivers, "Culmination"

Eva Cassidy -- "Songbird" (Gorgeous folkie-type version of Sting's "Fields Of Gold," stirring gospel belting on "Oh, I Had I A Golden Thread," and a stunning pop/jazz "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," among other gems from this singer who died much too young.)

Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection -- "Ode To Life"

Bailey/Lewis/Zorn -- "Yankees"

John Lindberg Ensemble -- "Bounce"

Hans Kennel -- "Mytha"

Eric Dolphy -- "Out To Lunch"

Asleep At The Wheel -- "Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys"

Brings clarinet playing nearer to me:
Trignition a "Duet" with three musicians
Barre-Phillips contrabass
Bertram Turetzky contrabass
Vinny Golia clarinets & saxophones
75 minutes of fine music from www.jazzloft.com shipped to
Germany's Hermann

Abraham Burton - Eric McPherson Quartet / Cause and Effect

Fred Forney / Into The Mist

Roswell Rudd / Broad Strokes

Bob Brookmeyer Quintet / Traditionalism Revisited

Medeski Martin & Wood / Tonic

Jelly Roll Morton / Last Sessions

Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano with Paul Motian in Tokyo

Neville Brothers - Brother's Keeper

New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra: Dvorak Symph No. 9/Tchaikovsky Pno Cto No. 1 Recorded live in Buenos Aires - probably can't get this outside of Boston, but a freelance article I wrote about their South American tour made it (byline intact!) into the CD booklet.

Max Roach - To the MAX!

Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson

Claude Lawrence Trio (w. W.Morris & D.Charles):
"Presenting" (CIMP)

Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity (2-CD-Set, ECM)
Another candidate for "Top Ten for 2000 so far"!

Anders Jormin - Once

3 very good Norwegian discs:
Sven Finnerud - Sounds and Sights
The Quintet - March 28th 1999
Vigleik Storaas Trio - Bilder

The Vandermark Five - Target or Flag

Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy - Sempre Amore

Trovesi/Damiani Quintet - Roccellanea

Guy/Gustafsson/Strid Trio with Marilyn Crispell - gryffgryffgryffs

if it wasn't for this place, not sure I would be listenin' to this, and if I was, I certainly might think that I would be the only person I would ever know that would like it.

but I don't just like this recording, I love it, as this is almost as good as the trio disc without the great lady of the piano, the incomparable recording, You Forget to Answer.

Boppers,
Trumpet Tuesday in Smallville:
Louis Armstrong-All Time Greatest Hits
Nicholas Payton-Nick@Nite
Marcus Pritnup-Nocturnal Traces
Irvin Mayfield Sextet-Live at The Blue Note
Terence Blanchard-Wandering Moon
Wynton Marsalis-Live @ VV
Peace and all that

Romero-Cuban Jazz Funk-If you like Chick,Cecil Taylor, Eddie Palmieri you should like this. What I like best is that its fresh. Great Pianist.

Drive time in L.A. Cd's in the car were:

Sonny Clark-"Cool Struttin'"
Michael Moore Quintet: "Home Game"
Randy Weston: "Spirits of our Ancestors" (w/guests Dizzy Gillespie and Pharoah Sanders. Horn section includes Dewey Redman & Billy Harper... Unbeatable)

Crispell/Brotzmann/Drake Hyperion

Ravi Shankar - "Concert for Peace" - Moment! 1013

Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim Black - One Great Day...

Mats Gustafsson/Ingebrigt Hĺker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love - The Thing

Gary Bartz - I´ve Known Rivers

Herbie Hancock - Dedication

Van Morrison - Saint Dominic´s Preview

Scott Walker - 4

Morton Feldman - Coptic Light

The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You/The Definitive Collection

Can - Tago Mago

Steve Turre -- "Rhythm Within"

James P. Johnson -- "Snowy Morning Blues"

Don Pullen -- "Evidence of Things Unseen"

Richie Havens -- "The Classics"

Joe Maneri -- "Coming Down The Mountain"

Christian McBride -- "Gettin' To It"

Coleman Hawkins -- "Body And Soul"

Bill Haley and The Comets -- "Shake, Rattle and Roll" {After a while, crocodile.}

SDC Steve-

Now, if the above list doesn't elicit a response from "you know who",I'm completely baffled!

I'm currently digging KPLU (88.5 Seattle/Tacoma) and Brubeck w/ Desmond's plaintive refrains on "Someday My Prince Will Come" from "Dave Digs Disney", . . . a classic! Wonderfully nostalgic and inventive.

I've also been enjoying Brad Mehldau's "Art of the Trio 4-Back at the Vanguard",thanks to a generous JC poster (you know who you are). Thanks for sharing!

And now,back to KPLU,featuring Rick Margitza. Ben Webster was waiting in the wings with his inimitable tone and vibrato on "That's All". Contrast and continuum . . . that's good!

Kenny Wheeler/Paul Bley - 'Touche'

Willi Johanns - 'With the German All-Stars' -great 'scat' singing!

Hands, sticks, and mallets, I'm percussing the day away:

Bahia Black - Ritual Beating System (w/Hancock, Shorter, Threadgill, and others, with a host of Brazilian and American drummers)

New Percussion Group of Amsterdam - Go Between (w/Bill Bruford as guest on 14-minute title track)

Steve Reich - Drumming

Family of Percussion & Archie Shepp - Here Comes the Family (w/Trilok Gurtu; percussion quartet and Shepp - hot mix!)

Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity

Billy Harper's CD Somalia. Been listening to it for about 3 days. Some very high intensity playing by Harper and Eddie Henderson on trumpet. I can't get enough of The Light Within. I love Harper's sound. Henderson has incredible chops, and gets to show them off on this CD.

I got this CD in 1997 at the free concert in Stern Grove in SF. That was almost a religeous experience to see that group for the first time.

Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity

Louis Jordan's Tympany Five

The Vandermark 5 - Simpatico

Mats Gustafsson/Ingebrigt Hĺker Flate/Paal Nilssen-Love - The Thing

Vigleik Storaas Trio - Bilder

Tom Varner - The Mystery of Compassion

Terry Riley - A Rainbow In Curved Air/Poppy Nogood And The Phantom Band

Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting

part or all of:

Chet Baker - Blues for a Reason

Greg Osby - Banned in New York

Matthew Shipp - Pastoral Composure

John Scofield - Shinola

Ellery Eskelin - Ramifications

Gustafsson-Guy-Strid - You Forget to Answer

Peter Brotzmann Die Like a Dog Quartet - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 1

David S Ware - Surrendered

Abdulla Ibrahim-Johnny Dyani - Echoes from Africa

What We Live - Quintet for a Day

Jon Lloyd - Four and Five

AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark - Live at the Glenn Miller

Plimley-Ellis-Robinson-Density of the Lovestruck Demons

Charles Gayle-William Parker-Sunny Murray - Kingdom Come

John Law - Exploded on Impact

Andrew Hill - Shades

John Carter - Castles of Ghana

Ran Blake/Clifford Jordan - Masters from Two Different Worlds

Gerry Hemingway - Perfect World

Paul Dunmall-John Adams-Mark Sanders - Totally Fried Up

Arthur Blythe-David Eyges-Bruce Ditmas - Synergy

Evan Parker-Marilyn Crispell-Barry Guy-Paul Lytton - After Appleby(disc 2)

Return of the Lost Tribe - Bright Moments(prime Kalaparusha)

Gerry Hemingway - Special Detail

Dennis Gonzalez - Hymn for the Perfect Heart of a Pearl

DKV Trio - Live in Wels & Chicago 1998 - disc 2-chicago CD

Freddie Hubbard - Hub Cap

Ivo Perelman-Marilyn Crispell-William Parker-gerry Hemingway - Sound Hierarchy

Mats Gustafsson-Barry Guy-Paul Lovens - Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities-the openeing 4:25 part 1 is the most original playing of any kind of saxophone that I have ever heard

this Cd might be better than the trio with Strid in place of Lovens. This is the recording that turned Ken Vandermark onto the great Swede-and prompted their long term, ongoing partnership.

can't wait for the 30th when the two take the stage together - with me-finally- in attendance.

including anything by the great ol' round man.

Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra - Live in Japan 1996
5

Today it's the Gerry Hemingway Quintet, "Waltzes, Two-Steps, & Other Matters of the Heart": Wolter Wierbos, Michael Moore, Ernst Reijseger, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway. - Beautiful music, full of fun, and easily accessible.

Ken Vandermark's Sound in Action Trio - Design in Time

Jim Pepper - The Path

Steve Lacy/Eric Watson - Spirit of Mingus

David Murray Quartet - I Want To Talk About You

Jimmy Lyons & Andrew Cyrille - Burnt Offering

Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity

Joe McPhee - As Serious As Your Life

Rahsaan Roland Kirk Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle

Jazzfans,
Eagle flying thursday(yeah baby)chilled out today with:
Brain Blade Fellowship-Perceptual
Don Byron-Romance With the Unseen
Donald Harrison-Free to Be
Rick Braun-The Best of Rick Braun
Spyro Gyra-Got The Magic
Peace and all that.

Vinny Golia Dante No Longer Repents(the group backing Golia plays Seattle tomorrow night w/John Gross)
8 Bold Souls Antfarm
Dennis Gonzalez Debenge-Debenge

Stockhausen - Kontakte


Today I´m going on a three-day Stockhausen festival. It will be very interesting. Of course the meistro himself will be there to mix the sound.

Chet Baker "Baker's Holiday"

Just picked up "Homeland" by Miriam Makeba
Hadn't listened to her since the sixties and was curious.
She has newly recorded a fresh version of "Pata Pata" adding "2000" to the title. The whole collection is fresh and new. I'm quite taken with the South African rhythms and the inclusion of the instruments unique to South Africa. Very heavy percussion.

Laz, Stockhausen's kind of a wacko, isn't he?

Tom K. Can you tell us more about "Waltzes & Two-Steps"? I've been thinking of picking it up. It's not nursery-rhymey is it? (I know one piece is in 7/4, but that's about all.) Thanks.

I'm going to have to pay some attention to Bill Coles' "Live in Greenfield" today.

not nursery-rhymish at all

great album, bad title

Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet - More Study in Brown

David Murray Quartet - Black and Black (w/Roy Haynes and Santi Debriano)

Various Artists - For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson

Santana - Borboletta (Stanley Clarke and Airto are on this one)

Steely Dan - Katy Lied (this to me means summer)

Trio da Paz - Black Orpheus (Nilson Matta is part of the trio, guests include Herbie Mann, Nana Vasconcelos, and Cyro Baptista)

oh laz, that should b fun to hear the whacko!

Walter Horn (#138) - As Steve R says, a great album. I'm not so sure if the title really is that bad, though. Anyway, in parts it sounds pretty European, European classical I mean, but not sterile in any way; on the other hand also European folk music the way the great composers used to treat it. And Hemingway is one of the ten greatest drummers anyway and gives proof of it here again. Well, you know. A winning team. - But this is only the first time I've heard the CD, so I don't really know it well yet.

Today's Listening pleasure:

Sonny Rollins-Disc one of the RCA Box
Ernie Watts-Reaching Up
Grant Green-Matodor
Bobby Hutcherson-Stick Up
Joe Lovano-Live at the Village Vangaurd
Dizzy Gillespie-Live at the Village Vangaurd
David Murray-Fast Life
Keith Jarrett-Facing You
Cecil Taylor-Winged Serpent
Bobo Stenson-Reflections

Miles Davis-disc 5 from the 65-68 box
Peter Brotzmann Die Like a Dog quartet - Little Hearts Have Fast Hearts, No 1

Jazznuts,
Its the weekend Baby!!! In the Groove with:
Joshua Redmond-Beyond
Les McCann & Eddie Harris-Swiss Movement
George Benson-Absolute Benson
Rick Braun&Boney James-Shack it Up
Weather Report-Black Market
Peace and all that.

Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity

Joe McPhee - As Serious As Your Life

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

Bennie Wallace - The Talk Of The Town

NRG Ensemble - Bejazzo Gets A Facelift

Georg Graewe -- live and terrific in Berkeley, in the most excellent company of Brian Olewnick and my son Daniel!

Working my way through the day's new albums will take a spell --

Two wonderful loaners from Brian (Thank You!), Frederic Rzewski *himself* on piano on his own:

"North American Ballads and Squares"

"The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"


The haul from our post-concert safari to Rasputin's Records' used CD bins:

AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark -- "Live At The Glenn Miller Cafe"

Fritz Hauser -- "Zwei"

Cecil Taylor -- "Olu Iwa"

Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys -- "The Tiffany Transcriptions, vol. 7"

Thomas Chapin Trio plus Strings -- "Haywire"

"The Harry Partch Collection, CRi vol. 3"

Jan Garbarek -- "The Visible World"


Earlier I listened to:

Trilok Gurtu -- "The Glimpse"

Uri Caine -- "The Sidewalks Of New York"

Oregon -- "Music Of Another Present Era"

Abdullah Ibrahim -- "Desert Flowers"

Dexter Gordon -- "Settin' The Pace"

Walcott/Cherry/Vasoncelos -- "Codona"

SDCS-is the Hauser Cd a solo set?

and how do you like it so far?

and I would love to know your intial thoughts about that AALY disc, and expecially your in depth thoughts on what(if anything) does their performamce of 'Ghosts' does to you, either mentally, physically or otherwise.


I can't imagine that it wouldn't have some kind of severe effect on any listener, no matter in which direction the severity appears.

and it's amazing how Olewnick jetsets from coast to coast!!!


see you on friday, bud!!

Fritz Hauser is something else, Steve! This is an album of duets. On my first time through, I found the highlights to be the 3 duets with Christy Doran on guitars, the 3 with the wonderful Lauren Newton, and the extraordinary, extended duet with fellow percussionist Rob Kloet. "Zwei" also has Hauser doing duets with Pauline Oliveros on accordian, Stephan Gieder on piano and Rene Krebs on Stereo-Flugelhorn (what's that?) and seashell.

Daniel and I listened to the AALY album on the way back, and both dug it, finding it scary in a good way. It surprised me that my son like it, too -- that makes this the most *out* record he's ever enjoyed (replacing "Sky Piece").

as I've said before, I think quite a few Hendrix fans might love this record.

Jimi Hendrix - Cry of Love

John Swana/Chris Potter - Tug of War

Eric Friedlander - Skin

David Ware - Surrendered (new, in used section for 5.95)

Art Pepper - Early Art (on Bluenote)

Air - Air Lore

Mats Gustafsson/Ingebrigt Hĺker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love - The Thing

Oregon - Moon and Mind

DKV Trio - Baraka

Svein Finnerud - Sounds and Sights

Miles Davis - Aura
David Liebman - The Elements: Water
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Confrontation
Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (the ca. 1955 Atlantic session
reissued on Koch Jazz)
Angelique Kidjo - Logozo

Clifford Brown Memorial Album
Big Mama Thornton - Complete Peacock Recordings
Mahalia Jackson - The Ultimate Collection
Monk Live At The It Club
Nilsson Sings Newman
Callas' Tosca

and the Cuban music channel on Spinner (just waitin' for my Omara Portuondo CD to come in.)

And are you *the* Bill Barton who started Jazz Spectrum? You don't have to answer if this is too personal a question.

Oh, and also my latest live recording - 'Eighth Annual Women of Gospel Music Conference'

Not available in stores!

Today's Listening Pleasure:

Cecil Taylor-Nailed, a hell of a way of to jump start your body from sleep. The playing on this is amazing.
LJCO-Ode
Trane-Disc 6 of the "supposed" Complete Classic Quartet
Pops-Columbia Reissue of Hot Fives Vol. 1
AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark-Stumble
John Lindberg-Dodging Bullets
Fred Hersch-Plays Monk
Joe McPhee-Oleo & A Future Retrospective
Anthony Braxton-Six Monk Compositions
Borah Bergman-The Human Factor

part or all of:

Thomas Chapin-Insomnia

Thomas Chapin Trio-Live on Tour

Bennie Wallace-Mystic Bridge

Billy Drummond-Dubai

Johnny Griffin Sextet

Sakoto Fujii Orchestra-Jo

John Law-Extremely Quartet

Jimmy Lyons-Wee Sneezawee

Roy Campbell-New Kingdom

Joe Morris w/DKV Trio-Deep Telling

Ellery Esklin-Ramifications

Mujician-Colours Fulfilled

Andrew Hill-disc 5 from the box

Stab Getz-Serenity

Charles Brackeen-Worshippers Come Nigh

John Coltrane-Living Space

What We Live-Quintet for a Day

Arthur Blythe Trio-Spirits in the Field

Steve Wilson Quartet-Four for Time

Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra-Blu Blu Blu

Leimgruber-Leandre-Hauser-No Try No Fail

Misha Mengelberg-Two Days in Chicago

John Lindberg-Quartet Afterstorm

Closing out the day with:

Duke, Mingus, Roach-Money Jungle

Today's Listening Pleasure:
Ahmed Jamal-Cross Country Tour 58-61
Gene Ammons-Boss Tenor
Cecil Taylor-Cell Walk for Celeste
Bill Evans-Conversations with Myself
Albert Ayler-My Name is Albert Ayler
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan-Trouble In Mind
Horace Silver-Blowin' The Blues Away
Art Tatum-The Standard Transcriptions Disc 1
Marion Brown-Three for Shepp
Matthew Ship-DNA
Billie Holiday-Disc 1 of the Verve Box

Telepathy - Cindy Blackman

Code Red - Cindy Blackman

Arcane - Cindy Blackman

Tenor Conclave - Grand Central

Jazzlovers,
Chilling on a hot day in Dixie with homemade Peach Pie and Ice Cream while digging:
Wynton Marsalis-Blackcodes from the Underground
Joshua Redmond-Beyond
Duke Ellington Live at Newport
Miles Davis Quintet-Cookin,Workin and Steamin
Peace and all that.

Picked up a Dave Brubeck CD today that was, swear, the only jazz CD among dozens of other stuff, Country, Pop, Boy Bands etc. It's called "The Essense of Dave Brubeck" and has "Take Five", "Tangerine" and others. Nice.

Don in Toronto::::: Whatever happened to Guido Basso and Moe Kaufman? The reason I ask is that I caught "The Swinging Shepherd Blues" on the radio the other day.
Are they still alive. Two of my favourite Canadians.

Had a little Tomasz Stanko fest here at the office--

MUSIC FOR K (Power Bros)
LITANIA (ECM)
FROM THE GREEN HILL (ECM)

That last is the new one; absolutely stunning. Working on reviewing it and I'm running out of superlatives.

Also on the playlist--

Edward Ratliff's Rhapsodalia, WONG FEI-HONG MEETS LITTLE STRUDEL (strudelmedia) [Great fun.]
Coleman Hawkins/Johnny Hodges, IN PARIS (Disques Vogue) [I'll say one thing about this series--they offer all-too-rare chances to hear Don Byas.]
Von Freeman, DOIN' IT RIGHT NOW (Koch)
James Carter, CHASIN' THE GYPSY (Atlantic)
David Haney Collective, OFF THE CUFF

Steve Reynolds, if you can possibly find the Haney disc, it's worth it. (It's self-published and probably didn't see much distribution.) Haney's a pianist who splits time between Alberta and Oregon. The contents of OFF THE CUFF are taken from six different shows all over the West and include Roswell Rudd, Julian Priester and Han Bennink as guests. There's a great cover of Jim Pepper's "Water," and Rob Scheps' tenor solo on "Bourbon and Blues" is one for the ages, in my opinion. (Priester also guests--somewhat less impressively--on that cut.)

Haney's ARCTIC RADIO is worth looking for too.

Jeff

George Schuller and the Schulldogs - "Tenor Tantrums" - New World 80522
Bobby Previte - "Weather Clear, Track Fast" - Enja 6082
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness! - "Klezmer NY" - Tzadik 7127
Michael Cain - "Circa" - ECM 1622
Benoît Delbecq 5 - "Pursuit" - Songlines 1529
Dave Holland Quintet - "Prime Directive" - ECM 1698
Tom Christensen - "Gualala" - Naxos Jazz 86050 - EXCELLENT!
Joelle Léandre Project - "Joelle Léandre Project" - Leo 287
Ted Nash Double Quartet - "Rhyme and Reason" - Arabesque 146
Shakti - "The Best of Shakti" - Moment! 1011
Zakir Hussain - "Magical Moments of Rhythm" - Eternal Music 9003

Question:
Anyone here enjoy saxists Tony Bevan (British) or Michel Doneda (French)?
Which recordings of theirs, respectively, would you recommend to start out with?

Jimmy Lyons - Other Afternoons. Fine session, but my lp has no credits or liner notes. Can anyone enlighten me about the band members(trumpet, bass, drums)? Thanks.

Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer and Super Nova

Warne Marsh - Warne Out

David Ware - Surrendered. Took Steve's advice and gave this a dedicated listening. He's right, this cat will connect with you after a while. Ware has internalized the history of this music(as well as the tenor sax), and come up with his own spin, which is about spirituality and soulfulness. This cd appears to be David's personal take on ALS, and it ain't too shabby. "Peace Celestial" and "Sweet Georgia Bright"(the 1st 2 tracks)are quite effective, stark in their simplicity, and seem to be an attempt to reach a wider audience. I haven't heard much Ware, but I suspect that this cd is his most accessible, and probably the best place for a Ware novice to begin.

Jetsetting Olewnick reporting in, just back from the left coast, having met and thoroughly enjoyed the illustrious sqdcSteve and son Dan (who seems likely to give Steve a run for his money in illustriousness one of these days). Great fun, fun Graewe and...thanks for the drive Steve (!!)

Other Steve: one of my purchases at Rasputin's (which has a better used jazz bin than anything I've seen in NYC) was your beloved Mr. Dunmall's 'Bebop Stardust'; it's due for first airing tomorrow morning. Other's were Vandermark's 'Designs in Time' and Cecil's 'Akisakila', vol 1, finally encountering its companion in my collection after several years.

Mario Pavone Nu Trio -- Remembering Thomas, my new favorite CD. Just awesome. I've just been hitting the repeat button. Anyone who thinks the piano trio is tired or who thinks they won't like this because they don't like the "a.v.", think again. This CD can be appreciated by any jazz fan. Had I heard it last year, I'd definitely have put it up as my favorite of 1999. My highest recommendation.

Jazzfriends,
Monday and hot as HELL.If you are headed to Dixie make sure your AC is bumping.Nothing like cool jazz on a hot day:
Wynton Marsalis-Live at The VV disc 3
Dave Holland-Prime Directive
Najee-Songs fron the key of life
Terence Blanchard-Jazz in Flim
Cyrus Chestnut-Cyrus Chestnut
Ella Fitsgerld & Louis Armstrong-Ella & Louis sing Gershwin
Peace and all that.

among other CD's, Complete Combustion-which is exactly what the title implies


the Alexander von Schlippenbach trio with Evan Parker and yes, the *great* Paul Lovens

among other CD's, Complete Combustion-which is exactly what the title implies


the Alexander von Schlippenbach trio with Evan Parker and yes, the *great* Paul Lovens

John Law - Extremely Quartet

Air - Air Time

Frode Gjerstad Trio (William Parker & Hamid Drake) - Ultima

CT: The Quartet Parker/Taylor/Guy/Oxley - Nailed

Charles Mingus - Alternate Takes (Ah Um & Dynasty)

John Butcher - 13 Friendly Numbers

Joe McPhee/Ken Vandermark/Kent Kessler - A Meeting In Chicago

Stockhausen - Ave/Tierkreis(trio-version)/Bijou/Libra/Telemusik

back from the Stockhausen festival. Very nice event. Mr Stockhausen was relaxed, smiling and seemed to be a very nice person. Over twenty works in three days. Most of his classic electronic works from the 50:s and 60:s. "Telemusik" was a high point. Amazing in a concert hall when played in 4-channel.
The 3 soloists was incredible. Suzanne Stephens (bassetthorn, clarinet), Kathinka Pasveer (flutes) and Markus Stockhausen (trumpet, piano). They played some solo-, duo- and trio-pieces with and without electronic sounds from the 70:s and 80:s.
It was a fantastic weekend. I didn´t like everything but some of the music is among the greatest I have ever heard.

tell me more about the Gjerstad trio-label-what reed instruments does he play?

part or all of:

Yosuke Yamashita-Spider

Javon Jackson-For One Who Knows

Von Freeman-Dedicated to You

Joe Morris w/DKV Trio-Deep Telling

Don Byron-No Vibe Zone

Joe Lovano-52nd St Themes

Ed Blackwell-Walls/Bridges

Jackie McLean-One Step Beyond

Tim Berne's Bloodcount-Saturation Point

David S Ware-Go See The World

Evan Parker-Barry Guy-Paul Lytton-At The Vortex 1996

Abdullah Ibrahim-Yarona

Paul Dunmall-John Adams-Mark Sanders-Ghostly Thoughts

Michael Formanek-Nature of the Beast

Lee Morgan-Leeway

Leimgruber-Crispell-Leandre-Hauser-Quartet Noir

Michael Marcus with the Jaki Byard Trio-Involution

I'll bet U picked up that Javon Jackson for 2.99.

no-less-but it's a damn good record-now this is how Billy Drummond should be recorded.

not posted here in awhile but here's what i've been diggin' the last few days:
(now) tete montelieu trio (w/john heard and the great billy higgins)--el gran senor from catalonia

available jelly-happy camp (michael moore and crew)
paul bley group- live at sweet basil's
steve lacy-futurities 2
david murray- spirituals
monitor trio-(another michael moore disc)

tomorrow-paul bley's "ornette" tribute (newly arrived from the jazz loft) and pete christlieb quartet w/warne marsh.
fred hersch trio- horizons

Re post # 172

Very short Steve:

Cadence Jazz Records (CJR). Alto sax. Just 1 listen so far and I think it's a very good CD (The Jazziz reviewer didn't - June 2000 - but he didn't like "Not two, not one" either).

Closing out the day with a couple from Keith Jarrett that I just picked up.

Facing You-Half way through and think this is some amazing playing.
Belonging

Tomorrow's Listening Pleasure:

Miles-Kind of Blue
Max Roach-Deeds, Not Words
David Ware-Passage to Music
Paul Bley-Mindset
Jimmy Lyons-Jump Up
Keith Jarrett-Changeless
Count Basie-April In Paris
Albert Ayler-Vibrations
Borah Bergman-First Meeting
Jimmy Giuffre-Fly Away, Little Bird
Andrew Hill-Verona Rag

Stockhausen - Gesang Der Jünglinge/Kontakte/Hymnen

Still left in the Stockhausen sound universe. I Bought some cd´s they sold at the concerts. Stockhausen is releasing his complete body of work on his own Stockhausen Verlag label. The designs are awful but the sound and the information in booklets with often more than 100 pages are great.
He seems to have complete control over his work. They only sells directly from Stockhausen Verlag without any middle-hands. If retail dealers wants to buy from them they pays the same price as anyone else so if you see any S.V.-cd´s in the stores they´re probably ridiclously expensive.



God bless the wackos

jazzfans,
Tuesday Tunes:
Bille Holiday-Lover Man
James Hurt-Dark Grooves&Mystical Rhythms
Herbie Hancock-Gerswhin World
Pat Mathent-99-00
Brad Mehldau-The Art of The Trio vol.3
Rick Braun-Full Stride
Peace and all that

Forgot it was coming, but
Chet Baker "songs for lovers"
First of all, I had no idea that Chet had such a wonderful singing voice and was enchanted by this collection. He reminds me of the first time I heard Johnnie Ray in that his voice has such a delicate quality that at first I thought is was a woman. That's the parrellel in that the same reaction was mentioned with regard to Johnnie Ray.
Having said that, a lot of the songs are ones that they both recorded, notably, "My Ideal" and "Embraceable You". His versions are not necessarily better but, softer and finer. Altogether, very enjoyable.

patricia: Chet Baker's version of "Goodbye" from that album pins me to the wall!

The two Rzewski-plays-Rzewski loaners from Brian are incredible!!! He's a marvelous and passionate pianist, as well as a terrific composer.

Finding Harry Partch's "Windsong" on the CRi #3 was like meeting an old, dear friend again. Part of a great haul from Rasputin's.

Been listening to:

Don Pullen -- "Tomorrow's Promises"

"Illinois Jacquet" (Roy Eldridge, Sir Charles Thompson, Kenny Burrell, Jo Jones, Amazon cut-out bargain.)

V/A -- "Viper Mad Blues -- 15 Songs Of Dope and Depravity" (Fats, Cab, Stuff, Leadbelly, more)

Trilok Gurtu -- "The Glimpse"

AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark -- "Live At The Glenn Miller Cafe"

"Earl Hines Orchestra"

Fritz Hauser -- "Zwei"

Fredric Rzewski -- "The People United Will Never be Defeated!"

Oregon -- "Crossing"

squaredancecalling <pins me to the wall>
Me too. Love it. Can't believe I don't remember hearing him sing before. Must have though.

My new acquisition is Randy Weston "The Spirits Of the Ancestors" Looks interesting, just brought it home.

Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim Black - Kulak, 29 & 30

Prima Materia with Rashied Ali - Bells

Dave Douglas - Magic Triangle

Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum - Open Aspects (Duo) 1982

Schlippenbach Trio - Complete Combustion

Right on, Patricia! Ain't Chet a mother? His singing is so laid back, yet lyrical and emotional(like his trumpet sound)

Charles McPherson - Come Play With Me

David Murray - Octet Plays Trane

Joey Calderazzo - Joey Calderazzo

patricia: Blue Moses is the track that led me to Spirits Of Our Ancestors. Pharaoh Sanders lays out with some funky kind of instrument I'm not familiar with, but it's an entrancing performance.

Don and Jasontis,
Thanks for the postive feed-back. As Don knows, I'm an old broad and have only recently re-discovered jazz. I feel sad that I'll be limited by years here to what I can listen to now. I've wasted a lot of years. Onward!!!

Steve:

What do you think of Complete Combustion?


Today's Listening Pleasure:

Joe Henderson-Page One
Pops-Plays W. C. Handy, really like this reissue. It deserves a higher rating in Penguin in my opinion.
Trane-Coltrane Jazz
Braxton-Donaueschingen
Albert Ayler-Love Cry
Misha Mengelberg-The Root of The Problem
Jelly Roll Morton-Piano Solos
Bird-The Bird Returns
Mahavishnu Orchestra-The Inner Mounting Flame
Oscar Peterson-We Get Requests

Complete Combustion is the shit....as penguin might say, three masters in their pomp.

Peter Brotzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet

"Little Birds Have Fast Heart No 1"

with:

Toshinori Kondo - trumpet & electronics
William Parker - double bass
Hamid Drake - drums


the two horn players are great foils for each other-and the rhythm team is nearly untouchable.

Julius Hemphill Blue Boye disc one
Sam Rivers/Alex Von Schlippenbach Tangens
Joe McPhee Tenor/Fallen Angels

paul bley: "notes on ornette"

pete christlieb quartet featuring warne marsh: "conversation
with warne vol 2"--a terrific set. it's the first recording i've heard where i can see how marsh influenced braxton. christlieb not only was a great foil. he lit a fire under an underrated master !

lee konitz quartet-"jazz a juan"- konitz is in peak form in this seventies set featuring some terrific piano by martial solal.

Fredric Rzewski -- "North American Ballads and Squares"

Clusone 3 -- "I Am An Indian"

Mujician -- "Colours Fulfilled"

Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys -- "The Tiffany Transcriptions, vol. 7"

Thomas Chapin -- "Haywire"

"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -- the soundtrack"

Pepper Adams -- "The Adams Effect"

Sting -- "Fields of Gold"

Trilok Gurtu -- "The Glimpse"

Jurrassic 5 -- Quality Control
baybeeeezzzzzzz!

Today's Listening Pleasure:

Grant Green-Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark
Dennis Gonzalez: Debenge-Debenge
Paul Bley-Not Two, Not One
Jimmy Smith-Groovin' At Smalls Paradise
Marilyn Crispell-Santuerio
Clifford Brown-Disc 7 of the Emarcy Box
Lol Coxhill-Three Blokes
Eric Dolphy-Far Cry
Marty Ehrlich-New York Child

Don Cherry - Complete Communion
Anderson/Drake/Jordan/Parker - 2 Days in April
Charlie Haden/Ornette Coleman - Soapsuds, Soapsuds
Hank Mobley - Third Season

Richard Grossman & Friends - In The Air

w/Vinny Golia, Ken Filiano, Alex Cline and Dr. John Carter

Gustafsson-Guy-Lovens - Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities

Alexander von Schlippenbach's Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra - The Morlocks (and other pieces) with Evan Parker in a featured role

Shelly Manne - Boss Sounds
w/ Strozier, Candoli, Freeman, Budwig

Sam Rivers Orchestra - Inspiration
w/ Osby, Steve Coleman, Gary Thomas, Chico Freeman, Bluiett, Alessi, Ray Anderson, Baikida, Bob Stewart, etc

Grant Green - Solid
w/ Joe Henderson, Spaulding, McCoy, Cranshaw, Elvin

Sonny Rollins - Alfie
w/ Burrell, JJ, Oliver Nelson, Roger Kellaway

Larry Goldings - Caminhos Cruzados
w/ Bill Stewart, Peter Berstein, Guilherme Franco, J. Redman

tom harrell-the art of rhythm
mal waldron-what it is
available jelly-(w/greg and michael moore)

Arnold Schoenberg - Moses und Aron

Karl Heinz Stockhausen - Hymnen(solist-version)

Don Cherry - Complete Communion

Dave Douglas - Magic Triangle

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness

Jazzfriends,
Happy 4th of July to all my friends hanging out on The Corner.I'm OFF and Hyped for a Holiday of Bar-B-Que,Baseball,Fireworks and of course JAZZ.All topped of Monday Night at The Wolf Trap in Vianna,VA digging Wynton Marsalis and the LCJO(YES!!!!!)also get to meet my JC friend Marrianne and her Hubby.Getting the Jammin started with:
Terence Blanchard-Wandering Moon
Boney James & Rick Braun-Shake It Up
Donald Harrison-Sprits of Congo Square
Dave Holland-Prime Directive
John Patiucci-Imprint
Harris,Osby,Moran,Shin-New Directions
Joshua Redmon-Beyond
Nicholas Payton-Payton Place
Peace and all that.

Today's Listening Pleasure:

Grant-Green-Matador
Trane-Interstellar Space
David Ware-Surrendered
Cecil Taylor-Fondation Maeght Nights Vol 1-3
Bud Powell-Bud Plays Bird
Louis Sclavis-Les Violences De Rameau
Bergman, Braxton, Brotzmann-Eight By Three
Clusone 3-Soft Lights and Sweet Music
Eric Dolphy-At the Five Spot Vol 1 & 2

Mnytime, tell us about the Sclavis disk and the Berg/Brax/Brotz, please. BTW, is it true that you're buying about 100 disks per month? Are you a Rockefeller? (And if so, would you like to subsidize a couple of forthcoming releases?) (>:

"Moses und Aron" und "Hymnen"?!? Laz, you da mensch!

Guido Manusardi The Village Fair
Tina Brooks Minor Move

too fired up to sleep

starting with:

Ken Vandermark's Joe Harriott Project-Straight Lines

Matthew Shipp-Pastoral Composure

Ted Nash-Rhyme & Reason

Gordan Lee-Land Whales in New York


figuring out a wat to sneak into the city to see the band again-if only to force the hand of my friend Anthony

Chucho Valdes -- "Briyumba Palo Congo"

Charlie Parker -- "South of The Border"

Don Pullen -- "Tomorrow's Promises"

Bela Bartok -- "String Quartet #5"

Joe Maneri -- "Dahabenzapple"

Chet Baker -- "Songs For Lovers"

John McLaughlin/ Trilok Gurtu -- "Que Alegria"

J. S. Bach -- "Lute Suites" (John Williams)

John Coltrane-Ascension
Ravi-from the round box
George Freeman-Birth sign
Papo Vasquez-At the point,vol one (got a get two as well)
roy Haynes-Praise

Tomas Franck Quartet - Crystal Ball. The great Swedish tenor man, stongly influenced by Trane and Wayne. Nice.

Joe McPhee - Oleo & Future Retrospective. My first exposure to McPhee; quite interesting and original. Which instrument is his primary and most memorable tool?

The International Hashva Orchestra - All's Well. The band: Nat Su, alto; Mark Turner, tenor; Joe Martin, bass; Jordi Rossi, drums. Strongly inspired by Konitz/Marsh, extends the flowing, lyrical, conversational style. Su sounds much like Lee here, and these cats really listen to each other. Turner continues to impress.

Evan Parker with Ghost-In-the-Machine

Joey Calderazzo - Joey Calderazzo

Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy - Serious Fun

Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro

Steelwool Trio - International Front

Andrew Cyrille/Mark Dresser/Marty Ehrlich - C/D/E

The Quintet - March 28th 1999

Pops "Plays W.C. Handy"

Cool or hot, it's all jazz, baby!

Fred Anderson Quartet - Live at the Velvet volume two

I truly believe that if more people would be listening to the real shit, a many a Tenor-, Guitare- or bass player and a couple of drummers would get kicked from many a list - like hot potatoes, baby!

Illinois Jacquet-the blues, that's me!
Tomasz Stanko-from the green hill
charles Gayle-ancient of days
James Carter-layin in the cut

dononjazz, McPhee uses all of his instruments frequently but on some recordings chooses to use just one or two. I listened to Oleo yesterday too, what do you think of the sidemen? I always recommend his latest solo release on hatology entitled As Serious As Your Life. It is a lim ed of 1500 and while it is safe to say that it's still going to be available for a good while, you never know when they will disappear forever.

Von Freeman Never Let Me Go
Dewey Redman The Struggle Continues

Shrugs, thanks for the info. I was especially impressed with Francois, the bassist; Jaume and Boni managed to get my attention also. Thought I'd miss the drums here, but it seems to open things up a bit for the soloists. Very interesting. In your opinion, Shrugs, on which instrument does McPhee shine or impress the most?

Ben Webster - At Work in Europe

David Murray - Lovers. Assisted by the masterful Fred Hopkins and others, I'm now convinced that Murray is one of the most exciting, lyrical, and creative sax players on the scene today. And "Lovers" moves into contention as one of his very best. Grab this one! OH MY!!!

Frank Sinatra - Only the Lonely

Roland Kirk Quartet - Rip, Rig and Panic

Warne Marsh - Warne Out

Walter:

Les Violences De Rameau (The Violence of Rameau) is based on
Baroque works of fellow Frenchman Jean-Philippe Rameau.

Most of the numbers are based on material from Les Boreaees.

There are 11 songs:

1. le diable et son train
2. de ce trait enchante'
3. venez punir son injustice
4. charmes
5. la torture d'alphise
6. usage de faux
7. réponses ŕ Gavotte
8. charmes
9. pour vous... ces quelques fleurs
10. ismenor
11. post-mésotonique

I enjoyed listening to it. It was interesting to hear a Jazz version of a classical piece.

The Bergman, Braxton, Brotzmann CD you can get from Cadence for $14. Though it's listed under Braxton's name. Even though Penguin and AMG list under Bergman's name.

It's a good record though I think Bergman's playing out shines the other two in my opinion.

Though I don't know your tastes. I would have no problem recommending either recording to someone who enjoys this style of jazz.

Today's Listening Pleasure:

Jelly Roll Morton-Disc 1-2 of Complete RCA Victor Rec.
Art Tatum-Disc 1 of Complete Pablo Group Masterpiece
Thomas Chapin-Inversions
Evan Parker-at the Vortex
Alexander Schlippenbach-Elf Bagatellen
Art Pepper-Smack Up
Paul Motian-Trioism
Lee Konitz-Zounds
Steve Lacy-Schooldays

part or all of:


Evan Parker-John Edwards-Mark Sanders - Two Seasons-disc 1

AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark - Hidden in the Stomach

Eric Boeren - Joy of a Toy

Paul Dunmall - Trio(Babu), Quartet & Sextet - disc 2

Elton Dean - Rumours of an Incident

Air - Air Mail

John Law - Exploded on Impact

Steve Lacy - The Window

Leimgruber, Crispell, Leandre, Hauser - Quartet Noir

Maneri-Phillips-Maneri - Tales of Rohnlief

Gerry Hemingway - Johnny's Corner Song

Ellery Eskelin - Ramifications

Joe Morris w/DKV Trio - Deep Telling

Guy-Gustafsson-Strid - You Forget to Answer - now possibly the favorite recording in my collection - immense

Ray Anderson-Christy Doran- Han Bennink - Cheer Up

Steve:

How is Tales of Rohnlief?

Tales of Rohnlief is wonderful

Mnytime, who plays on the Rameau disk?

Coleman Hawkins & Chu Berry - Tenor Giants

Ben Webster and Associates

Four Improvising Trios (Chicago)with Ken Vandermark - Standards

David Murray Quartet - Tenors

Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity

Walter:

The musicians are:


Louis Sclavis-clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone.
Yves Robert-trombone
Dominique Pifarély-acoustic and electric violins.
François Raulin-piano, keyboards.
Bruno Chevillon-double bass
Francis Lassus-drums

Cecil - The Eighth, It Is In The Brewing Luminous, One Too Many Salty Swift.., The Hearth, Alms/Tiergarten, Nailed

in a row?

that takes some strength, emotional & physical, to listen to the man for hours on end, especially since you chose some of the most explosive group recordings in the canon.

I will say that The Eighth & Nailed make some bookends


Andrew Hill - Shades

What We Live - Trumpets

how is the Eigth?
are the penguin cats correct?

no-they are missing the boat on this one-one of the most blistering Taylor dates on record-and Lyons is what you expect him to be.

I don't know what Penguin says, but Steve is correct about this one - blistering it is - Nothing like having your senses assaulted for a few hours on a peaceful Sunday in July - Next Sunday, maybe I'll mellow out with some Brotzmann

After the Cecil marathon - retiring with Plugged Nickel Disc Three - Yeah Baby! - Wayne's the man, not to mention THE MAN, MILES.

Thanks for the info, Mny.

Gonna take in some Daunik Lazro in a bit. And maybe the MJ Stevens/Whitecage duo.

Boppers,
Getting pumped and ready to dig Wynton and The LCJO Monday at The Wolf Trap outside of D.C.Getting in the mood all day with Marsalis:
Big Train
Monk's Mood
Gold Collection
Reeltime
Live at Blues Alley
Hot Houes Flowers
In This House on This Morining
Black Codes From the Underground
Joe Cool Blues
The Midnight Blues
Wynton Marsalis
Got the Live @ The VV in the car for the 5hr ride to D.C
Peace and all that.

"The Harry Partch Collection, CRi vol. 3"

Joe Locke/ David Hazeltine -- "Mutual Admiration Society"

Steve Turre -- "Rhythm Within"

Cecil Taylor -- "Olu Iwa"

"Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band in Concert featuring Chano Pozo" (Pasadena '48)

dance sample tapes

I'm having trouble tracking down Codona #2 & #3 -- if anyone spots either, I'd appreciate knowing. Thanks.

Bobby Hutcherson - Happenings

Stockhausen(my favorite wacko) - Tierkreis/Ave/Libra/Oberlippentanz/Bijou
performed by Suzanne Stephens(bassetthorn,clarinet) and Kathinka Pasveer(flute). Two of the most fantastic instrumentalists and performers I have ever seen.

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way

Checking out some gee-tar today:

Bill Frisell: Have a Little Faith - with Don Byron, Guy Klucevsek, Kermit Driscoll, and Joey Baron

Stanley Jordan: Stolen Moments - with Kenwood Dennard and Charnett Moffett

Pat Metheny Group: Offramp - with Lyle, Rodby, Gottlieb, and Vasconcelos

Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages - with Pharoah, Elvin, and Charnett

Dave Stryker: Guitar on Top - with Mulgrew Miller, Rovert Hurst, and Victor Lewis

David Torn: Cloud About Mercury - with Bruford, Levin, and Isham

Candid Dolphy
Lecouna: Rapsodia Cubana & Danzas Afro-Cubanas
Dave Kiskoski: Dave Kikoski (and Al Foster, baby)
Santi Debriano- Panamaniacs
Conrad Herwing- Latin Side of John Coltrane
Hargrove Moment to Moment
denis charles IVtet-captain of the deep

dononjazz:

"Oleo" was my first exposure to McPhee, and I'm nuts about him. I don't know that I could pick his "best" instrument, as you ask. He's excellent across the board. I highly recommend "Topology", though I dig pretty much everything I've heard from him.

I found what may be the last copy of "Sweet Freedom-Now What?" last weekend at the Jazz Record Mart. Very exciting! (Also very pricey: 20 bucks! Cadence had it for 11 just a couple of months ago, until they sold out--ain't that a kick in the head?) I believe I'd better keep it wrapped up for a while, since I'm officially broke now and won't be buying anything for some time. Will need something "new" to listen to in a few weeks.

Oh, yes, this morning I've been listening to Miles at the Plugged Nickel disc 6.