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i too, hope a cd of this surfaces. it was broadcasted over kfjc, so their should be some recordings floating around in the netherworlds.

Hello all, A friend of mine burned copies of both night's broadcasts so I should have them shortly (though I don't have a burner myself). I went to the 1st night and my impressions were similar to Graham's. The 1st 2 pieces Rova did that dated back to the 70's were both very rhythmic and powerful with very strong playing. When the larger ensemble came on for Lacy's "Saxophone Special" , a lot more was open to the musician's interpretation as not a whole lot of it was composed. Nels was very strong and inventive (a little too loud in the mix at the beginning), using his pedals, boxes, and egg beater to maximum effect. I was less impressed with Ikue Mori, who seemed to play the same splashes of sound over and over, regardless of what everyone else was playing. Very similar to the splashes of sound she played over and over when I saw her perform with Dave Douglas a few years ago. Otomo was interesting. I never saw anyone bow turntables before. I couldn't see a lot of what he was doing because a music stand was in the way. Rova was amazing themselves, not only with their solos, but also in their direction of all the players, to keep things moving, varied and focused. I picked up Otomo's New Jazz Quintet cd "Live"on DIW where he plays guitar. Exceptionally well I might add. Does he have any other jazz cds out there that are similar to this? Cheers, John Threadgould