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.....What does Di Pietro say? "Do you understand me?!" : Fusillo keeps going, no sympathy here..... . Regards!;-)

As you can see Lucypher, you are absolutely right, and there was no doubt about it, after all.

Stay calm, Fusillo; not only your thoughts, but you are very noble. "Don't pay attention to them but look and pass..."

And then I believe it is not at all "a true turning point."

As a fan of the genius from Baltimore, I find this work amusing and enjoyable, but a bit too sung (and this has happened in other periods as well). It pairs well with "Apostrophe" just as "Grand Wazoo" pairs nicely with "Waka/Jawaka." However, I must express my inability to fully understand the schizophrenia of the reviewer who, on one hand, praises the delights of Enzo Ghinazzi and his Greatest Hits, and on the other, in a full frenzy of Dr. Jekyll, comes out with a Zappa-like review. Well. It’s certainly always cool to review the mustachioed one and await any potential hornet's nests. Review without infamy or praise.

...thank you! I will take note.

A wholehearted appreciation for one of the most beautiful pages I've read here. I rarely give five stars, but this truly deserves it; and moreover with the valuable addition at no. 16. It's wonderful to read such passion, precision, and joy in praising a piece of history from the Anglo-Saxon music of the '70s. I've followed (and still do whenever it happens) the adventures of the Canterbury heroes since their beginnings, and they undoubtedly represent a delightfully distinctive and valuable chapter for those who have been able to appreciate it. So, kudos to Giona for putting this overlooked (and posthumous) work in the right light. Thanks also for the precious details about the recent publications of Henry Cow. But... what figures are we talking about, just to get an idea?

@Fusillo: don't pay attention to the guy at 21. He has spent quite some time on the lines of debaser heavily offending me and insulting me for no reason, and as you can see, he hasn't backed down, on the contrary. Given his evident troubles, he's trying new persecutions against you (and who knows how many others, unfortunately). Just ignore him. Instead, let's talk about the GREAT Thad Jones :-;

Alright, I'll try not to "reheat" things, just because deep down, deep down, deep down, I believe you’re a good guy… or aren’t you? (But don’t come to me talking about irony; I suppose I know what it is and how to use it all too well :-)!!) Bye.

@$face$ : I read with curiosity and attention your long, convinced, and well-argued reflections, with which I still feel I can largely agree. However, while it is true that there are no particularly bright, clearly visible, or absolutely new sources of innovation, I believe we can consider that, in the realm of so-called "nu jazz," something—perhaps not much—has shifted. I'm referring to people like Bugge Wesseltoft, Molvaer, Aarset, Arve Henriksen. Once again, as it was for ECM at the dawn of the '70s, "new directions" seem to sprout from the lands of Northern Europe. It’s just an impression; how difficult it is nowadays to actually identify new languages, structures, and forms in the music of this turn of the millennium. Certainly, even though I have been, and in some ways still am, a fan of so-called prog, it isn’t easy for me to give up the pleasures of those setups and that philosophy. However, I believe that it is perhaps anachronistic to push things further than they can realistically go. Perhaps in certain cases, experience has helped to forge some compositional and stylistic aspects of new artists, but it really seems that it is hardly presentable nowadays, at least in the way it was conceived thirty years ago and more. As for fusion, if I understood correctly what you are alluding to, and personally considering what emerged from the original "jazz-rock," it seems that the scene, at least in our continent, is no longer (if it ever was, to some extent) followed as much as it was from the second half of the '80s, and that the "genre" has remained somewhat niche. But in general, there seem to be new signals, albeit hard to perceive, despite the current scenario often confusing and disorienting. Like Costanzo's husband.