Thanks! I might seek this out on discogs. I have many of the key songs from those albums on the Groovies' Greatest Grooves comp, but haven't gotten around to getting the full albums, and $37 for all 3 plus the bonus track doesn't sound like a bad deal.
Yes this is the one. You might be prompting me to do some Cecil listening. It's been a while since I've listened to the 78 - 84 unit with that crew. 3 Phasis is a good one. The Eighth is a fine quartet on hatART plus many more.
Francois Carrier, Michael Lambert & Rafal Mazur: Unknowable On Not Two records Carrier on alto saxophone, Mazur on acoustic bass guitar & Lambert on drums Under the radar very strong freely improvised jazz recorded live @ Alchemia Jazz Klub in Kraków on the "peaceful and soulful" afternoon of 6/2/2014 in pristine sound as is always the case with Not Two records.
I enjoyed it much more than Raven. But I'm not a fan of the drumming/tempo that some songs go into. Is his music called progressive rock? I don't know anything about that type music. Never listened to Genesis, Yes or King Crimson, if that is also some kind of progressive rock..?
Yes, we could call it prog rock (though I'm not a big fan of labels). I'm a big fan of the groups that you mentioned!
Yes I noticed that Not a big fan of labels either but since I don't know this type of music I need something to go by. King Crimson is the most likely of the three mentioned that I'm going to check out next. But it's not on spotify and I don't usually buy CDs anymore(except for Dave's picks and boxes) so it might take a while
Have 3 Phases, but not the Eighth. I also have a few of the Berlin 88 shows - the one with Lovens (Regalia), one with Moholo (Remembrance), and the one with Honsinger and Evan Parker (The Hearth) -- I guess at one point they released all the Berlin 88 shows in a box set.
My favorite with the Berlin related dudes is the 2 CD set of the large ensemble Alms/Tiergarten when we get Brotzmann piercing through the maelstrom at points going toe to toe with *the* original free jazz guy - Cecil Taylor. Great passages with Evan Parker as well breaking through to the forefront, I think Bennink is the drummer on that monstrous set but he might be joined by Paul Lovens.
Ken Vandermark Territory Band 6: Collide His original transatlantic band is joined by Fred Anderson on tenor. Recorded live 8/24/2006 live in Chicago On okkadisc - the last of the 6 Territory band recordings - I'm liking the last 3 the most with the added electronics care of Lasse Marhaug. Collisions indeed.
Check THIS out: Be warned: there is a much darker, sinister vibe going on then anything from the GD & family side of things. KC may be great musicians/improvisers, but they are most certainly NOT hippies.
Just find a copy of USA or any multi-track live recordings from 73-74 and dive in. Was just listening to some of 6/28/74 in Asbury Park, NJ tonight as a matter of fact. Point of reference is that the LP USA when I first bought it in 1979 was (followed closely by the studio albums Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Starless & Bible Black and Red) to me the greatest music I'd ever heard of any sort or any type up to that point in time to this 19 year old. Today I still find it comparable in genius to what was going on the same night at Boston Garden. Totally and thoroughly NOT hippies and totally and throughly genius music making on the same highest order of what was happening 5 hours north. Bruford/Wetton is the meanest most powerful drums/bass combination in the history of rock music. For perspective there is other improvised music that I've raved about here that is also comparable in quality to these ears these days as I've ventured into different realms of music over the decades. But still maybe nothing as viscerally powerful as 73-74 King Crimson. Maybe Peter Brotzmann
Speaking of "The Raven", the one I go for is the song/album by The Stranglers. It's a groovy bit of The Doors-inspired neo-psychedelia.
Yes, that is a wonderful reissue with great poster of gatefold info. I saw Tapscott at the strangest fern bar on University Ave. in Berkeley not sure of the year. Also a really great show at Koncepts Cultural Gallery in Downtown Oakland in '91 with Blythe and Tapscott. Wonderful talent!
Octahedron, by The Mars Volta. A song-oriented album, with the usual horrid mastering. A real pity, because with different sonics it could be a far better album than the one it already is.
Question: Why can't I find this video on my phone, nor play it? It works fine from my tablet and both are Samsung. I was going to send this to mom so she could play it on the TV via chromecast from her phone, but no can do
