Reissues and Comps This has been a great year for reissuesall the ESP and Actuel disks in particular, but other important reissues also. 1. An Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music/First A-Chronology, Sub Rosathe idea of an a-chronological ordering of music is superb and necessary. Were too hung up on dates rather than streams of influence. The aforementioned Jeck/Otomo/Tetreault appears here as does the Mumma and Pauline Ontiverosplus early works by the Russolo brothers, Pousseur, Cage, and Varese. The Ikeda piece is not well-chosen but the rest are. 2. Albert Ayler, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght 1970, Watermy favorite Ayler of all. 3. John Coltrane, The Olatunji Concert, Impulsepoorly recorded but divine. 4. Marion Brown, Why Not? ESP 5. Albert Ayler, Lorrach, Paris 1966, Hatology 6. Sonny Murray, SST, ESP 7. Sunny Murray, Sunshine & An Even Break (Never Give a Sucker), Fuel (Actuel 7) 8. Alan Silva and Celestial Communication Orchestra, Seasons, Sunspots (Actual 42-44) 9. Sonny Sharrock, Monkey-Pockie-Boo, Sunspots (Actuel 37) 10. Don Cherry, Eternal Rhythm, MPS 11. Anthony Braxton, Dortmand 1976, Hatology 12. Anthony Braxton, B-X&, Fuel (Actuel 6) 13. Art Ensemble of Chicago, Reese and the Smooth Ones, Sunspots (Actuel 29) 14. Derek Bailey, Pieces for Guitar, Tzadik 15. Don Cherrry, Orient, Fruit Tree 16. Don Cherry, Blue Lake, Fruit Tree 17. Archie Shepp & the Full Moon Ensemble, Live in Antibes 2CD, Fuel (Actuel 9) 18. Charles Tyler, Ensemble, ESP 19. Peter Brotzmann, Nicky Skopelitis, Shoji Hano, Organized Chaos, Konnex 20. Alice Coltrane, Transfiguration, Sepia Tone & Universal Consciousness, ImpulseI bought about six reissues from Alice. These were the best of them. Eternity was awful and Transcendence not much betterboth also on Sepia Tone. Revelations 1. Ocora releases 2. The Necks (bought Sex and want more) 3. Ethiopiques 1-11I owe a big thanks to the person who turned me on to the Allegro site where I got all of these. Thanks again. 4. The Silk Road on Smithsonian Folkwayswonderful collection of central Asian music. Ive played it consistently all year. 5. Ustad Mohammad Omar, Virtuoso from Afghanistan, Smithsonian Folkwaysfeatures Zakir Hussain and recalls what traditional music must have been like in this country pre-Taliban. Sorry to have missed: 1. Ekkehard Ehlers, Plays, Staubgoldwill get my copy sometime soon, but couldnt manage for this list. Liked all the stuff I heard previously on the Staubgold comp put out on the Wire.