John French - O Solo Drumbo - amazing solo drum cuts from the Magic Band drummer including some songs from Trout Mask Replica
Since the original question asked about the last five years, I didn't want to say anything but Drumbo has got to be one of my all-time favorite drummers.
I really dig Nilssen-Love on the School Days records, particularly his interaction with Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten on their version of Rosmosis. Extremely loose feel but with a bad-ass, heavy groove.
Not really a comment on the rhythm section but generally, when I first got that NY Art Quartet ESP LP, it was really hard to get my ears into what they were doing. Milford Graves doesn't even seem to be on the same planet really but rather orbiting them or something. And LeRoi Jones' poem was somewhat offensive (and I'm not even white). But after many listens, I can't listen to that School Days version of Rosmosis anymore. It's like Vandermark took this piece and took out most of the searching, yearning, explorative quality and turned it into a piece to blow on. I generally like Vandermark but just felt compelled to say this. --davy np Captain Beefheart "Lick My Decals Off, Baby" _________________________________________________________________ Broadband? Dial-up? Get reliable MSN Internet Access. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp