Avant-Garde, "New Music", Now Playing>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The 17 minute take of "Bebop" on disc 2 is some of Braxton at his best, going at the speed of sound and warring with Paul Smoker and Misha Mengelberg. I like to imagine that somewhere Bird and Diz are laughing their butts after hearing this.

 

Gerry Hemingway Quintet Waltzes, Two-Steps & Other Matters of the Heart

Last album from the Quintet, a smoker

 

Aksak Maboul's Un peu de l'ame des bandits (1980). This landmark avant-prog release out of Belgium features Henry Cow's Chris Cutler and Fred Frith. Lots of varied experimentation going on here.

 

Les Rallizes Dénudés – Double Heads 1980 - 1981: Maximum Psychedelic Blues Years

 

It's everything I can do not to spring for the one vinyl copy I found for $225. And I'm getting weaker.

 

https://adamrudolph.bandcamp.com/album/wildflowers

 

Oh, that sucks. Forced Exposure had it last week for $140, which is where I grabbed it, but like 2 days later they scrubbed it from the site entirely as opposed to just marking it out of stock.

It sounds as good as the CDs I had, which is basically all you can hope for with this sort of thing. Got it cranked right now in between meetings...

 

Must've been one of the days that I didn't check their site Must be like 5 copies of it worldwide

It will come along again, or not. Or I'll give myself the only live once speech and buy it anyway.

 

Yeah, i find that i only buy a handful of things from them a month, but i too try to check their new releases daily.

 

How do you like the collection?

 

Pacifying myself with this monster

 

Do you mean the Double Heads set? It's great, all blown out scuzzy psych-blues rock; it actually sounds pretty good as well, at least as far as these recordings go.

Need to grab a copy of this; when it came out I was still not buying LPs.

 

There are a couple of releases in what could be thought of as a series. These are early Riley recordings, and they're effectively bootlegs (although well done). Essentially this is a recording of a performance at a time when tape loops were the thing. It's crude, imperfect, and inside a slightly rough outer shell, a real diamond. In fact, we're lucky to have these types of recording.

I actually have two copies of this. This one comes in a digipac which does the job. However, the earlier version (same sound quality) was a standard Jewelcase, and is better aesthetically.

 

I've always wondered if the title "Motorcycle '66: Reflections & Ruminations" is a Bob Dylan reference. Unlikely, but they were both around the Village in the early '60s. Who knows - maybe Dylan was a big booster of the October Revolution in Jazz?

 

I've never heard that theory, although it's a fun one to ruminate on.

 

Amelia Cuni – Parampara Festival 13.3.1992



Black Truffle really just doesn't miss.

Complete side note, but it might appeal to some frequent visitors on the thread - Alga Marghen is repressing Eliane Radigue's Opus 17, and - per label copy - it's a new and improved pressing. It's my personal favorite album of hers and, despite having the first press, I immediately ordered the new one.

 

Art Ensemble of Chicago Les Stances a Sophie

Great, great music!

 

Bonjintan (梵人譚) - Dental Kafka (Trost, 2020) **** ~ The Free Jazz Collective

 

Is their live album good? There's a video at the link you posted of them playing live, and it sounds great

 

I haven't heard it. It's a Japan only release AFAIK and rather difficult to find in the States. But I have no doubt they're great live, and the album I'm listening to is incredible.

 

Cool, I'm going to check it out. I have a couple other things with similar lineup.