From: owner-zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (Zorn List Digest) To: zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: Zorn List Digest V2 #625 Reply-To: zorn-list Sender: owner-zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-zorn-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk Zorn List Digest Wednesday, March 17 1999 Volume 02 : Number 625 In this issue: - Re: The Alter Rebbe's Nigun Re:Gentlemen, start your engines RE: Warsaw Summer Jazz Days montreal info Roscoe's 'Nine To Get Ready' Re: great news for (old) Terry Riley lovers Re: great news for (old) Terry Riley lovers Wadada Leo Smith Re: Dion McGregor(?)'s Dreams Felix Lajko Tom Waits en francais Laswell on Tzadik? Re: Tom Waits en francais Alter Rebbe's Nigun/ Secret Chiefs/ Angelus Novus/ radio R: thelonious monk Couldn't be more off topic than this ! Re: Couldn't be more off topic than this ! Re: Tom Waits en francais? Tabernacle! Two Christians Re: Roscoe's 'Nine To Get Ready' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:53:08 +1100 From: Peter Hollo Subject: Re: The Alter Rebbe's Nigun Phlegm (or rather Ambarchi & Avenaim) do come from an orthodox upbringing. However, the photos on the CD definitely aren't of them - these days Oren has short hair (of differing colour depending when...) and Robbie has something like dreadlocks... somehow I think they've transcended their upbringing ;) Great CD too. Peter. - -- Peter Hollo raven@fourplay.com.au http://www.fourplay.com.au/me.html FourPlay - Eclectic Electric String Quartet http://www.fourplay.com.au Raven: experimental electronic http://www.fourplay.com.au/sound.html "Of course, dance music can be a music where you lie on your back and your brain cells dance" -Michael Karoli of Can, quoted in Wire mag. - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:26:18 -0500 From: Dan Given Subject: Re:Gentlemen, start your engines >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 01:23:29 -0500 >From: Steve Smith >Subject: Gentlemen, start your engines - Live Masada series begins in April >Also announced in the Koch book for April: another Cortical Foundation >release of archival Terry Riley (Untitled Organ, Dorian Reeds, In C - >Mantra); a disc from the Knitting Factory's Jewish Alternative Movement >imprint titled "Zohar" by Uri Caine, Aaron Bensoussan, DJ Olive and >others; and, at long last, a CD pressing of the Anthony Braxton / Gino >Robair duo album long available only on fairly flimsy vinyl from >Rastascan. Street date for all of the above is Tuesday, April 20 for >the U.S. Hasn't the Braxton/Robair disc been out for a long time? I remember some email with Gino months ago about what the extra material was, and I'm sure I've seen it listed by both Verge and Cadence. Haven't bothered getting it, because there's only one short piece not on the record. And, the CD doesn't come with that great cover. BTW, Steve, how is the Rich Halley Beanbenders disc that was your NP last week. I was listening to Umatilla Variations a few days ago, and love it. How does it compare? Dan - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:27:55 +0100 From: Marcin.Witkowski@wor.tvp.com.pl Subject: RE: Warsaw Summer Jazz Days Hi Artur Nowak wrote: >Just to remind to some of you: this festival starts right afer Warsaw Summer >Jazz Days, where you have a chance to listen during 4 days to: Elliott Sharp >Trio, Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos, David Torn / Vernon Reid / Elliott >Sharp, Masada String Trio, Masada quartet, Bar Kokhba, Henry Threadgill, >Steve Coleman Big Band, Bill Laswell / Jack DeJohnette / Sultan Khan / Paul >Schutze, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Boccio / Gibbs / Rypdal, Critters Buggin. WSJD'99 program has changed a little. All updates you can find at my trade site: http://witkowski.tvp.com.pl Bye Marcin - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:31:50 -0300 From: "J.A.Bueno" Subject: montreal info I will be visiting Montreal,Canada for a couple of days . I will need some advice from any Zornie living in this city (hotels,music stores ,live music, etc.). Any help will be welcomed. Please mail me privately. Thank you in advance . Antonio - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 99 09:36:38 -0500 From: brian_olewnick@smtplink.mssm.edu Subject: Roscoe's 'Nine To Get Ready' Eric Ong gave a brief and, as I recall, favorable review of this a week or so back and I'd just like to chime in and then some. What a fine album! This is easily the best thing Mitchell's released since 'The Flow of Things' and possibly since one of my all time faves, 'Snurdy McGurdy and her Dancin' Shoes'. Every track here is strong, richly arranged and wonderfully recorded. Special mention for Hugh Ragin (seems silly to say after about 20 years, but he's _still_ probably the most underrated trumpeter around...well, with Andy Altenfelder) and the great, great George Lewis, who solo with true invention and, with Roscoe, form a powerful front line. Mitchell's compositions strike this listener as _so_ much deeper than his recent output on releases like 'Hey, Donald' and others, that I wonder if he was saving them for an ensemble of the right size and caliber and the appropriate recording situation. Whatever, I'm elated they made it to disc. Kudos to ECM for continuing to come up with the (very) occasional rough-edged gem. Brian Olewnick NR: Murakami's 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland...' On deck: Garland's 'The Tesseract' - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:05:11 -0800 From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: Re: great news for (old) Terry Riley lovers On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:54:47 EST JonAbbey2@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 3/17/99 12:47:47 AM, ssmith36@sprynet.com writes: > > << Also from Koch in March, a new label called > Xeric bows with a single CD solo disc by Mats Gustafsson, "The Education of > Lars > Jerry." But about the Xeric label I know nothing at all. >> > > I looked at this catalog a few weeks ago, and I thought I remembered the > Gustafsson disc had interesting sidemen, but I can't remember who, and maybe > I'm wrong. You are right. The record was initially not a solo one. I don't know what happened but it is a solo record now. Patrice. - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:06:06 -0800 From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: Re: great news for (old) Terry Riley lovers On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:54:47 EST JonAbbey2@aol.com wrote: > > Xeric is a new sublabel of Table Of The Elements, who Koch is also now > distributing. they have a Paul Panhuysen CD slated in March, along with a new > Richard Youngs CD. we'll see if TOTE is able to hit their release dates any > better now that Koch is distributing them. From what I understood, Xeric is to focus on improv. Patrice. - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 99 11:46:25 -0300 From: hulinare@bemberg.com.ar Subject: Wadada Leo Smith I need to know the complete Wadada Leo Smith's discography. Please help! You can email me privately. Thanks in advance. Hugo. - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:02:32 GMT0BST From: DR S WILKIE Subject: Re: Dion McGregor(?)'s Dreams Heard one track from this on the radio the other night. Absolutely mind-boggling! Has anyone picked it up yet? Sean Wilkie - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:49:43 +0200 From: Stephen Fruitman Subject: Felix Lajko Regarding the recent "gypsy"/Balkan thread: I=B4d like to suggest a remarkable CD by one Felix Lajko entitled _Es Zenekara_ (1997) on the Hungarian Rana in Fabula label. Remarkable stuff - Lajko is a little over twenty years old and is an ethnic Hungarian living in Slovenia. In his t-shirt and jeans he looks just like a scrawny punk - and that=B4s exactly how he plays his violin (and occasionally zither): like a punk but one with a deep understanding of the music of his region. It=B4s raucous but extremel= y melodic, rough-hewn but well-recorded. The thirteen-minute cut "Ethno Camp", for example, sounds like a late-night hoedown in some seedy backwater Balkan Inn that just won=B4t end. He is backed up by a band consisting of muffled drums, darbouka, trombone, guitar and various basses and just rips through their solid backing so that you are left marvelling how he can saw away at his instrument like that without the strings igniting. Have no idea if the label has any sort of North American or West European distribution deal, but inquiries can be sent to: Rana in Fabula H-1464 Budapest Pf 1377 Hungary (Fax: +36 1) 117 26 88 All the best, Stephen Stephen Fruitman Dept of Historical Studies Umea University SE-901 87 Umea Sweden - ------------------- Bj=F6rn Olsson, Inst. f=F6r id=E9historia, Ume=E5 universitet 901 87 Ume=E5 tel. 090-167982 fax 143374 - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:51:19 +0200 From: Stephen Fruitman Subject: Tom Waits en francais Anyone on the list a reader of French interested in a nice little 30-page magazine supplement entitled "Jim Jarmusch sur la route avec Tom Waits"? =46ascinating dialogue between the director and Waits about Waits=B4 music, featuring excellent photos of the latter by the former. Free upon request to the first man/woman interested. Btw, I understand that his new CD is just about to be released. Anyone heard anything yet? All the best, Stephen Stephen Fruitman Dept of Historical Studies Umea University SE-901 87 Umea Sweden - ----------------- Bj=F6rn Olsson, Inst. f=F6r id=E9historia, Ume=E5 universitet 901 87 Ume=E5 tel. 090-167982 fax 143374 - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:52:07 +0200 From: Stephen Fruitman Subject: Laswell on Tzadik? Could anyone who has heard the new Bill Laswell release on Tzadik please post an impression? Very curious, but Uncle Bill veers off in many different directions, and some of them I am not interested in following. Thanks in advance. Stephen Stephen Fruitman Dept of Historical Studies Umea University SE-901 87 Umea Sweden - --------------------------------------------- Bj=F6rn Olsson, Inst. f=F6r id=E9historia, Ume=E5 universitet 901 87 Ume=E5 tel. 090-167982 fax 143374 - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 10:16:27 -0800 From: s~Z Subject: Re: Tom Waits en francais > Btw, I understand that his new CD is just about to be released. Anyone > heard anything yet? April 20 with a small tour possibly. http://www.sonicnet.com/news/archive/singlestory.jhtml?id=511741 - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 13:55:41 -0500 (EST) From: William York Subject: Alter Rebbe's Nigun/ Secret Chiefs/ Angelus Novus/ radio > > Just bought this record and I think its amazing. Does anybody know > > anything about this guys or about PHLEGM, the "punk unit" to which they I agree, I liked this one too. Some of it reminded me of Captain Beefheart or, like they mention in the promo, Mark Ribot (in an aggressive mode). > They're two pretty regular looking guys (not like the picture!) who enjoy > playing (or perhaps trying to play) anything in that punk/improv/noise > field - they've been involved with Australian tours of Mr Bungle and Secret > Chiefs (and others), playing improv/game pieces with them. Their latest I thought they do pretty well for 2 guys doing all the instruments, and its better than most punk/improv/noise I hear. Actually, a lot of it is more in the drone/sparse percussion vein, to put it loosely, and again its above average for its type. I thought their recording and sound effects (like the backward Rabbi voice in the last song) were especially impressive, so the connection with Bungle and the Secret Chiefs makes sense b/c those guys know what they're doing with that. Just wondering if anyone else has heard much of the stuff from the 'Gallery of Essentials' on the Secret Chiefs site. I got Peter Thomas' "Raumpotroille", the Andre Popp CD, and one of the Dumitrescu albums (Medium III, etc) and think they're great, although I'm not on the same level of enthusiasm as whoever writes those glowing reviews (who is it?). Oddly, they list Zorn's "Angelus Novus" as an essential album for those continually let down by his other recent work while also ranting about post-modernism ruining music... If anything he's done is going to be called post-modern I'd have to say "Live and Let Die" would be at the top of the list. And I'm not sure how much if any Angelus Novus stands out against other stuff from the last few years. Anyway, his coments are interesting. I would guess its Trey Spruance..... Actually this topic was sort of talked about a few months ago on the list, so sorry for rambling. WY P.S. Now up to 50 of the 59 or 60 "Radio" references. Thanks for the help. Even found Septic Death. That show will be this Thursday at 9PM-12PM Eastern time, at www.wxyc.org/ - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:15:17 +0100 From: "Francesco Martinelli" Subject: R: thelonious monk >From what I heard, the Dewilde is a great book on Monk written from a pianist >perspective. It does not really fit the definition of a bio in the traditional >sense and might disappoint a reader looking for the nitty-gritty details >about the life of the musician. I read the book. I'm not into nitty gritty but I'd rather read about monk than dewilde's reactions and relationship with him. I think the Gourse is bad, and the Fitterling is up to now the best, including a section with a record by record discussion that would be very helpful for a novice. - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:00:18 EST From: "James Adrane" Subject: Couldn't be more off topic than this ! Absolutely no Zorn content but I would just like to share this with as many people as possible. Instructions For Life 1. Give people more than they expect, and do it cheerfully. 2. Memorize your favorite poem. 3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want. 4. When you say "I love you" - mean it. 5. When you say "I'm sorry" look the person in the eye. 6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. 7. Believe in love at first sight. 8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. 9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it's the only way to live life completely. 10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling. 11. Don't judge people by their relatives. 12. Talk slowly but think quickly. 13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?" 14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 15. Call your mom. 16. Say "Bless you" when you hear someone sneeze. 17. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. 18. Remember the three R's : Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions. 19. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship. 20. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. 21. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. 22. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as nay others. 23. Spend some time alone. 24. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. 25. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. 26. Read more books and watch less TV. 27. Live a good, honorable life. When you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time. 28. Trust in God but lock your car. 29. Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home. 30. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past. 31. Read between the lines. 32. 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James Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 13:33:06 -0800 From: Gene Natalia Subject: Re: Couldn't be more off topic than this ! 46. Do not send platitudinous lists of "Instructions for Life" to the Zorn list. - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:00:01 -0500 From: Matthew Shepherd Subject: Re: Tom Waits en francais? Tabernacle! Stephen Fruitman wrote: > Anyone on the list a reader of French interested in a nice little 30-pa= ge > magazine supplement entitled "Jim Jarmusch sur la route avec Tom Waits"= ? > Fascinating dialogue between the director and Waits about Waits=B4 musi= c, > featuring excellent photos of the latter by the former. Free upon reque= st > to the first man/woman interested. Zut alors! I'm a French staggerer but with two Franco roommates who could help me read (and poss. rough translations for the French impaired, if wanted/needed.) Waits speaks FRENCH? I heard he was dying of throat cancer. Goofy rumour? matthewshepherd@hotmail.com - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 99 16:09:47 -0500 From: brian_olewnick@smtplink.mssm.edu Subject: Two Christians Marclay and Wolff, that is. I believe they're performing together at Columbia University on March 26. Just heard a rather vague annoucement of same on KCR; if anyone has more detailed info, please post. Thanks. Brian Olewnick - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:28:57 EST From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: Roscoe's 'Nine To Get Ready' In a message dated 3/17/99 11:08:12 AM, brian_olewnick@smtplink.mssm.edu writes: << Kudos to ECM for continuing to come up with the (very) occasional rough-edged gem. >> I haven't heard the Mitchell record yet, although I'm looking forward to it. but I'd like to chime in with congrats to ECM, a label which I typically have very little tolerance for, for the Wachsmann/Lytton record they just put out. very highly recommended. it's good to hear these two get a chance to stretch out a bit on their own, after so many records in the shadows as sidemen. and, as always, I'm a sucker for great free improv mixed with electroacoustic experimentation, which these two guys both excel at. Jon - - ------------------------------ End of Zorn List Digest V2 #625 ******************************* To unsubscribe from zorn-list-digest, send an email to "majordomo@lists.xmission.com" with "unsubscribe zorn-list-digest" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. A non-digest (direct mail) version of this list is also available; to subscribe to that instead, replace all instances of "zorn-list-digest" in the commands above with "zorn-list". Back issues are available for anonymous FTP from ftp.xmission.com, in pub/lists/zorn-list/archive. These are organized by date. Problems? Email the list owner at zorn-list-owner@lists.xmission.com