From: Neil Enet Subject: Live Masada albums (was: My Favorite Masada) Date: 01 Apr 2000 05:54:03 MST Of the three TZADIK MASADA live albums, I prefer the TAIPEI one. I know = this is the one with the worst sound (someone said that it sounded like it was= recorded in the '70s, and that's correct), but I think it's the one with = the more energy. The JERUSALEM and MIDDELHEIM albums have excellent quality, but I prefer= the MIDDELHEIM one because it's - again - more energetic and wild. = OH, and the TAIPEI album has MIDBAR and GEVURAH, two great songs. It's = sad that there's no studio recording of GEVURAH (with the ZORN, DOUGLAS, COHE= N, BARON line up). ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=3D= 1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: fishes Subject: CortexBomb Date: 01 Apr 2000 07:56:31 -0700 WARNING! SHAMELESS CROSSPOSTED PLUG (hopefully my dj won't attack me like last time ;)- If anyone is interested, mockbrawn records has added creditcard processing. You can oder Tucson's agressively kept (for good reason) secret, CortexBomb's full length cd "need to scream have no mouth." online. listen to samples- http://www.mp3.com/cortexbomb read reviews?- http://www.mockbrawn.com/bands/cortex/cd/need.html here is a review for ya- "Cortex Bomb? yeah they are like John Zorn, or Mr. Bungle without the talent or originality." buy strange music from the desert- http://www.mockbrawn.com/order.html also i just picked up the new mixmasta mike ep, "eye of the cyclops" pretty awesome check it out if you like the cool sounds of a true master of the turn-tablas. cya CoverYourAss, RS... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lev \"Ljova\" Zhurbin" Subject: Seeking Appartment in the Village Date: 03 Apr 2000 01:37:56 -0400 Dear Friends: I am thinking of making a move from my "lavish" digs on Central Park West to the village. Starting June, I will no longer be at Juilliard, and would like to live more downtown, where I believe life is more interesting. So, I'm seeking: A Studio or One Bedroom in either East or West Village for under $1500 a month. If you are thinking about moving out in June, or know someone that is, or, if you have any leads, suggestions, etc., anything at all, please email me. Thanks a million, Ljova -------- Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin L@Ljova.com http://www.Ljova.com/ Listen to my music: http://www.mp3.com/LevZhurbin (compositions) http://www.mp3.com/Ljova (improvisations) "Do not fear mistakes - there are none." -Miles Davis - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "rogerbatty" Subject: Zorn advice Date: 03 Apr 2000 13:26:58 +0100 Hi, I'm new to list and new to mr Zorn's great music-I've only got "taboo and exile", which I think is great.Could anyone advise some other items of his work worth getting-there seems so much I'm not shaw were to start and also does any one have any reveiws of his stuff- they could email me rogerbatty@btinternet.com - I'd be most grateful. thanks for your time Roger - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: May Tonic schedule/lots o' Derek Date: 03 Apr 2000 11:16:54 EDT OK, courtesy of today's Euro Free Improv site update=20 (http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/), here's the bulk of the dates for=20 Tonic in May, which Mr. Bailey is mostly curating. how about that first one=20 to kick things off? Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com * 3 May: Cecil Taylor solo + Cecil Taylor/Derek Bailey duo=20 * 4 May: Susie Ibarra Project=20 * 5 May: Storm and Stress=20 * 6 May afternoon: James Blood Ulmer and Derek Bailey: solos and duos=20 * 6 May evening: Rashied Ali groups=20 * 10 May: first performances in NY by various players=20 * 11 May: Bob Musso Band + Tin Hat Trio=20 * 12 May: John Butcher/Jo=EBlle L=E9andre/Ron de Jong/Derek Bailey=20 * 13 May afternoon: Jo=EBlle L=E9andre solo=20 * 13 May evening: William Parker groups=20 * 16 May: Dance event: Katie Duck + Jo=EBlle L=E9andre/Zeena Parkin/Derek=20 Bailey=20 * 17 May: Dance event: Katie Duck + Jo=EBlle L=E9andre/Zeena Parkin/Derek=20 Bailey=20 * 19 May: John Zorn's Cobra - 2 performances=20 * 20 May afternoon: Ikue Mori solo=20 * 20 May evening: Jamaal Tacuma/Calvin Weston/Derek Bailey Incus Event 23-25 May: * 23 May: Alex Ward/Derek Bailey + Jim O'Rourke/Mats Gustafsson/Ikue Mori=20 * 24 May: Fred Frith/John Zorn=20 * 25 May: Susie Ibarra/Derek Bailey + Shaking Ray Levis=20 * 31 May: Jim Staley Group + David Watson/Chris Mann/Christian Marclay/Jim= =20 Pugliese/Christine Bard - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: May Tonic schedule/lots o' Derek Date: 03 Apr 2000 10:49:47 -0500 On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 11:16:54AM -0400, JonAbbey2@aol.com wrote: > * 20 May evening: Jamaal Tacuma/Calvin Weston/Derek Bailey FWIW, their album, "Mirakle", on Tzadik is hands down my favorite CD of the year so far. I'm generally not a fan of Derek Bailey, but what he does works with/against Tacuma and Weston. I've been a hard core Tacuma fan since "Dancing in Your Head", and this is just about the best thing I've ever heard him do. Snarf immediately. -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Artur Nowak" Subject: new MP3 samples of Masada, Bar Kokhba, Douglas, MMW, Naked City... Date: 03 Apr 2000 18:44:40 +0200 Hi Philozorners, next bag of MP3 samples of live performances: BAR KOKHBA: Teli; Joey BARON: Slow Charleston; Tim BERNE; CHARGED; Dave DOUGLAS: Spring Ahead; DOUGLAS-SCLAVIS-CHEVENEMENT-MERVIL; Bill FRISELL: Goodbye, What the World Needs Now Is Love; MASADA: Zebdi, Lakum; MASADA STRING TRIO: Tahah; MASSACRE: Legs, Aging with Dignity; MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD: Coconut Boogaloo; Paul MOTIAN Trio: Misterioso; NAKED CITY: Hawaii 50, Snagglepuss, Ujaku, Skatekey, You Will Be Shot; PAINKILLER; SECRET CHIEFS 3: Renunciation. Available at http://www.emd.pl/emd/pl4/mp3.htm Again, to make myself clear: I'm against piracy and I fully support the artists, I have all their official records and just want to share the amazing live music I have in my collection. I hop it will encourage people to buy the official relases. Take care __________________________________________________________________ Artur Nowak [arno AT emd.pl] www.emd.pl - Discography of Bill Frisell - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jesse Kudler" Subject: Re: May Tonic schedule/lots o' Derek Date: 03 Apr 2000 14:25:15 -0400 Wow. And good to see that a respected hardcore improvisor like Bailey has the good sense to like Storm and Stress (assuming he booked that one as well). They're first, self-titled album is really amazing. Great, great free drumming and very smart bass and guitar playing twelve minute pieces that can't decide if they're improv or songs, but seem to be leaning towards the former. Buy. -Jesse ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 11:16 AM > OK, courtesy of today's Euro Free Improv site update > (http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/), here's the bulk of the dates for > Tonic in May, which Mr. Bailey is mostly curating. how about that first one > to kick things off? > > Jon > www.erstwhilerecords.com > ----------------------------------- > > * 3 May: Cecil Taylor solo + Cecil Taylor/Derek Bailey duo > * 4 May: Susie Ibarra Project > * 5 May: Storm and Stress - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MethodKev@aol.com Subject: Zorn research paper Date: 04 Apr 2000 01:07:26 EDT I'm currently working on a research paper on John Zorn for my history of Jazz class. I was wondering if anyone could point me towards any books with sections written about or by John Zorn (im not allowed to use internet sources). Any help would be appreciated, and if people would like it, ill put the paper on the list when im done. If this is general information, you can just send it straight to me at Methodkev@aol.com Thanks in advance. -kevin - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Marcel Cobussen Subject: radical new jewish culture Date: 04 Apr 2000 10:44:37 +0200 Hi everybody, In a German magazine I read a kind of manifesto from Zorn and Marc Ribot. It is written in 1992 and entitled (translation) 'What exactly is this Radical New JEwish Culture?'. I suppose this manifesto is written and published in English as well. Can somebody tell me where I can find this text? Is it true that Ribot soon after publication dissociated himself from the content of it? -- Marcel Cobussen Erasmus University Rotterdam FHKW Postbus 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam tel. 010-4082474 (work) tel. 010-2800081 (private) fax. 010-4089135 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Caleb T. Deupree" Subject: Re: Zorn research paper Date: 04 Apr 2000 06:35:36 -0400 At 01:07 AM 4/4/00 EDT, MethodKev@aol.com wrote: >I'm currently working on a research paper on John Zorn for my history of Jazz >class. I was wondering if anyone could point me towards any books with >sections written about or by John Zorn (im not allowed to use internet >sources). Any help would be appreciated, and if people would like it, ill >put the paper on the list when im done. Andrew Jones' book, Plunderphonics, Pataphysics, and Pop Mechanics: an introduction to musique actuelle (Wembley, 1995) has a chapter on Zorn. -- Caleb Deupree cdeupree@erinet.com It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. -- Raymond Chandler - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Julian" Subject: new ribot Date: 04 Apr 2000 22:02:07 +1000 Hi, just thought a few people would be interested in a new cd from Marc Ribot with his Cuban project, coming out on the 25th of April. Its title: Muy Divertido (Very Entertaining)... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com Subject: chicago Date: 04 Apr 2000 10:41:45 -0500 hello -- can somebody send me details on how to get onto the chi-improv list? planning a summer trip there, wanna know what's doing. speaking of chgo, picked up two recent ethnic heritage ensembles, one with archie shepp the other with fareed haque. surprised to find i like the latter better. it's quite good. np: the residents: the king & i - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: heddy Boubaker Subject: Arcana Date: 04 Apr 2000 16:50:31 +0200 Hi, I heard about a book by Mr Zorn called "Arcana" something like that, could anybody explain more please ? thanks -- - heddy - http://listen.to/heddy/ - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: chicago Date: 04 Apr 2000 11:22:07 EDT In a message dated 4/4/00 10:42:08 AM, kurt_gottschalk@scni.com writes: << hello -- can somebody send me details on how to get onto the chi-improv list? planning a summer trip there, wanna know what's doing. >> try this page: http://www.cs.nwu.edu/~tisue/chicagonow/ Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ssmith36@sprynet.com Subject: Re: Re: Zorn research paper Date: 04 Apr 2000 11:31:21 -0400 Also don't miss William Duckworth's excellent chapter on Zorn in his book "Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers." Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com "Caleb T. Deupree" wrote: > At 01:07 AM 4/4/00 EDT, MethodKev@aol.com wrote: >I'm currently working on a research paper on John Zorn for my history of Jazz >class. I was wondering if anyone could point me towards any books with >sections written about or by John Zorn (im not allowed to use internet >sources). Any help would be appreciated, and if people would like it, ill >put the paper on the list when im done. Andrew Jones' book, Plunderphonics, Pataphysics, and Pop Mechanics: an introduction to musique actuelle (Wembley, 1995) has a chapter on Zorn. -- Caleb Deupree cdeupree@erinet.com It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. -- Raymond Chandler - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: wlt4@mindspring.com Subject: ESP reissues Date: 04 Apr 2000 11:40:52 -0400 Has anybody seen the new series of ESP reissues? Are they truly "remastered" and what about the packaging? And any idea if they're planning on doing the whole series? LT - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jennifer Dahmus Subject: RE: kronos "caravan" Date: 04 Apr 2000 11:58:42 -0400 Julian wrote: > Does anyone have any info on the new Kronos Quartet CD "Caravan", for > example even just a track listing? Pannonia Boundless / Aleksandra Vrebalov Cancao verdes anos / Carlos Paredes=20 Aaj ki raat / Rahul Dev Burman La muerte chiquita / Enrique Rangel Turceasca / Sapo Perapaskero Szomor=FA v=E1sarnap / Rezso Seress Cortejo f=FAnebre en el Monte Diablo / Terry Riley Responso / Anibal Troilo Romance no 1 / Carlos Paredes Gallop of a Thousand Horses / Kayhan Kalhor Ecstasy / Ali Jihad Racy=20 Miserlou Twist / Nicholas Roubanis Guest performers: Carlos Paredes, Zakir Hussein, Kayhan Kalhor, Ziya Tabassian, Souhail Kaspar, Ali Jihad Racy Release date: April 18 Jeni =20 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com Subject: aprildiscs Date: 04 Apr 2000 12:18:37 -0500 in addition to the new ribot, a few other interesting things (culled from the Philadelphia Daily News listings) today: Sonic Youth, Air, Beck, Pavement and others pay tribute to the Groovebox synthesizer on "At Home with the Groovebox" (Tannis Root/Grand Royal/Capitol), working out with just the box and their voices. 4/11 Chamber jazz group Tin Hat Trio inflates "Helium" (Angel), showing infuences from tango to bluegrass to Eastern European, and featuring a guest appearance by Tom Waits. 4/18 Pere Ubu lead singer David Thomas visits "BayCity" (Thirsty Ear), a collaboration with Danish musicians. 4/25 Chicago's super Liquid Soul pours on "Here's The Deal" (Shanachie) with acid jazz, funk, hip hop, rock and Latin flavored music co-mingled in slamming style. Check out the vocals of Simone, daughter of Nina Simone, and their apt tributes to Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Medeski, Martin & Wood down "Tonic" (Blue Note). np: Rabih Abou-Khalil: Arabian Waltz - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim McLoughlin" Subject: Pointers to UK music info Date: 04 Apr 2000 12:29:21 -0400 Hi I'll be traveling form NYC to the UK in April and was wondering if anyone has pointers to good music: in London 4/15 in Birmingham 4/16 - 4/19 Reply privately if you have any info. Thanks... .. . . . Jim - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Waxman Subject: Re: ESP reissues Date: 04 Apr 2000 12:53:16 -0400 (EDT) Not seen, but talked (by e-mail) with the guy doing the notes. The first 10 or so have the original CD notes (barely in English and very weird). He's trying to get better info into the next set (buit of course he had to do them overnight). No idea about how the discs sound. The whole series should be released, but as is, that is no additional tracks etc. Ken Waxman On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 wlt4@mindspring.com wrote: > Has anybody seen the new series of ESP reissues? Are they truly "remastered" and what about the packaging? And any idea if they're planning on doing the whole series? > > LT> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bruno Bissonnette" Subject: NNBB/Sun Ra Date: 04 Apr 2000 15:40:42 EDT Hi -- would anyone share opinions, reviews, comments, recommendations, etc. on the No Neck Blues Band? And who are the band members and what's the instrumentation? Secondly... where to start with Sun Ra? I've never heard him, so I'd appreciate someone pointing out the high points in his output. As always, please reply privately if you feel this is irrelevant to the rest of the list-members. Thanks, Bruno ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Waxman Subject: Re: NNBB/Sun Ra Date: 04 Apr 2000 16:52:57 -0400 (EDT) Bruno: Since there are entire Web sites and discussion groups devoted to Mr. Ra it's hard totell you where to start. Do you want the swing/big band Ra? the electronic pioneer Ra? the Afro-centric Ra? the space Ra? the experimental Ra? For a quick, fun look, I'd pick up either of the sessions titled Space Is the Place on Impulse and Evidence. After that go for the Evidence and ESP CDs before anything else. By the time you've heard two or three Arkestra sessions you'll probably be able to decide where to go from there. Ken Waxman On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Bruno Bissonnette wrote: > Secondly... where to start with Sun Ra? I've never heard him, so I'd > appreciate someone pointing out the high points in his output. > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dante Sawyer Subject: cd shelves Date: 04 Apr 2000 17:09:51 -0500 i have some cd shelves for sale that hold 1000 cds. if any one is interested, please contact me privately. dante - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TempoBlock@aol.com Subject: Zorn on Raymond Scott Date: 04 Apr 2000 21:30:37 EDT JOHN ZORN: ''The Raymond Scott legacy is one of the most varied and vital i= n=20 20th century American culture, and it is well served by MANHATTAN RESEARCH=20 INC. Tireless dedication, impeccable taste, and uncompromising perfectionis= m=20 is evident in every detail of this wonderful collection, which uncovers a=20 neglected library of this maverick's pioneering electronica. From the=20 astonishing sounds to the beautiful packaging, MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. is an= =20 essential release."=20 =20 =20 =20 MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. (Basta 3090 782) 2-CD set of Raymond Scott unreleased electronic music * available now * RaymondScott.com is accepting pre-orders for MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC., a= =20 2-CD, 69-track edition of over two hours of RAYMOND SCOTT's unreleased=20 electronic recordings from the 1950s-60s. These works feature music machines designed and built by Raymond Scott,= =20 such as the Electronium, Clavivox, Circle Machine (early sequencer), Bandito= =20 the Bongo Artist (early drum machine), and more. MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. includes maverick (and decidedly "non-kiddie")=20 collaborative works with pre-Muppet-era JIM HENSON, and comes packaged in a=20 144-page, full-color, hard-bound book. The text features interviews with=20 those who knew and worked with Scott (e.g., Moog synthesizer inventor ROBERT= =20 MOOG), along with previously unseen photos, lab notes, US patents, and=20 scrapbook items. Raymond Scott (1908-1994) was a renowned bandleader, composer and=20 pianist from the 1930s-50s whose melodies found their way into countless BUG= S=20 BUNNY cartoons through adaptation by Warner Bros. music director CARL=20 STALLING. During Scott's career in the spotlight, there were reports of an=20 alter ego -- inventor, professor in the lab coat, electronic music pioneer.=20= =20 But little of this work received public exposure. In 1946, Scott formed MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC., billed as "Designers and= =20 Manufacturers of Electronic Music and Musique Concr=E8te Devices and Systems= ." =20 His colleague ROBERT MOOG said, "Raymond Scott was definitely in the=20 forefront of developing electronic music technology and in the forefront of=20 using it commercially as a musician." =20 The "personnel" on MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. consists of such Scott=20 inventions as the CLAVIVOX, a keyboard theremin that was later modified to=20 produce an array of sounds similar to a synthesizer; the ELECTRONIUM, an=20 instantaneous composition-performance console (conceived in the '50s,=20 developed in the '60s, used at MOTOWN in the '70s); polyphonic sequencers,=20 including his "CIRCLE MACHINE"; the Rhythm Modulator; and the Bass Line=20 Generator. The recordings range from commercial jingles to decidedly non-commercia= l=20 experimental adventures in sound sculpture. =20 Also included, for the first time in commercial release, are several=20 mid-1960s film soundtrack collaborations between Scott and Jim Henson. MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. was produced by Beau Hunks leader Gert-Jan Blom= =20 with Jeff Winner, creator of RaymondScott.com. =20 =20 MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. is now available in the USA exclusively from RaymondScott.com For ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS, e-mail: info@RaymondScott.com More info & preview MP3 clips here: http://RaymondScott.com/mripr.html =20 =20 ''Tireless dedication and uncompromising perfectionism is evident in=20 every detail of this wonderful collection. From the astonishing sounds to=20 the beautiful packaging, MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. is an essential release of=20 pioneer electronica, adding yet another page to the ever-growing legacy of=20 American maverick Raymond Scott.'' --JOHN ZORN =20 =20 ''Raymond Scott's electronic work had been long out of print, but the=20 pieces of music on MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC., recorded in the fifties and=20 sixties, sound like nothing so much as the future.'' --Peter Buck, R.E.M. =20 =20 ''MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. is truly an inspiring album. Very well=20 compiled and presented, it gives you a good look at Raymond Scott's great=20 work which has many repercussions in various fields relating to sound. =20 Scientific, futuristic, novel, as well as humorous and dreamlike. Mad, but=20 the kind of mad I aspire to be. Raymond Scott truly was ahead of his time.'' --Keigo, a.k.a. CORNELIUS =20 ''MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. is a brilliant collection of Raymond Scott's= =20 difficult-to-find electronic work. I love the packaging, and the interviews= =20 are incredibly interesting and informative.'' --Adrian Utley, PORTISHEAD =20 =20 ''Whaaaaat?? This is from the fifties and sixties? I'm trying to=20 achieve something like this now! Raymond Scott belongs to the phalanx of=20 unique people like Les Paul, Oscar Sala, and Leon Theremin, to whom we owe s= o=20 much in developing our own musical identity today. MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC.=20 is one of the best CD presentations I have ever had my hands on.'' =20 --Holger Czukay, CAN =20 ''I rate Raymond Scott as one of the greatest music technology=20 innovators the 20th century. Many musicians on the charts today are using=20 his ideas fairly directly. His vision was so wide, that today it is=20 impossible to turn on a piece of equipment in your studio without=20 automatically issuing a benediction to the spirit of Raymond Scott.'' --Matt Black, COLDCUT =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: NNBB/Sun Ra Date: 04 Apr 2000 22:48:11 EDT In a message dated 4/4/00 3:42:49 PM, burningwater@hotmail.com writes: << Hi -- would anyone share opinions, reviews, comments, recommendations, etc. on the No Neck Blues Band?>> while the NNCK are best appreciated live, their last two projects are somewhat representative of what they've been up to lately. last year, they released a double CD (The Birth Of Both Worlds) and a double LP (Meets The Clear People...) simultaneously on their own label, Sound @ One. either of these will give you an idea as to whether they're your cup of tea or not. I'm partial to Birth, which documents two different concerts ended abruptly by the arrival of the police. <> there are nine members of the band, I believe, with the only two known at all outside of the band being Matt Heyner (Test) and Dave Nuss (ex-White Out). the instrumentation varies from concert to concert, usually at least a couple of percussionists, some guitars, Matt on bass, and a woman who usually plays a very shrill saxophone, which I love. they rarely play outside NYC, but if you get a chance to see them, do it. <> I'd say start somewhere around 1965, and get anything you can between '65 and '75. this is my favorite period of his, where he was at his wildest. start with Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy/Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (Evidence) if you can find it. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Herb Levy Subject: Extra digest delay: Les Noces, Nancarrow, Duckworth, Denyer Date: 04 Apr 2000 15:07:10 -0500 Besides my usual digest delay, I've spent a lot of time away from e-mail lately (entirely UNrelated, I'm happy to say, to Forth Wort's recent tornado), so this is in response to a thread from a couple of weeks or so ago. I agree with Patrice that the work is one of Stravinsky's best, I'd like to point to a couple of odd recordings of Stravinsky's Les Noces that I find more compelling than most of the straight classical ones, which are often dry as dust. On Nonesuch (H79335) there's a disc by the Pokrovsky Ensemble, a chorus with instruments that usually performs Russian folkloric material. In addition to Les Noces, they also perform lots of traditional Russian pieces that illuminate the kind of works that Stravinsky drew on as influences to the piece. The other disc is, perhaps, stranger still. Stravinsky's piano reduction of the score (with no vocals) performed on a pianola, a player piano with a performer controlling dynamics and rhythmic shadings. This disc is called the Virtuoso Pianolist by Rex Lawson on the Other Minds label. I've never seen this in stores but you can get it at the Other Minds Web site . Other Minds has also released a wonderful CD of previously unreleased music by Conlon Nancarrow called Lost Music, Last Music. There are automated versions of some early works as well as the last four pieces written after the Wergo set was recorded. These works are performed on instruments designed by Trimpin (most, but not all, on automated pianos), and are just about the first and only audio recordings he's made of his own automated instruments. (Trimpin was the person who designed a player piano to MIDI interface to transcribe all of Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano.) The album also contains about 30 minutes of interview with Nancarrow (there's about half an hour of music too). This may be more for Nancarrow completists, but much of the music is very good. I know a lot of folks really like the recently mentioned Ensemble Modern disc, but I have major qualms about it. As usual, the group plays very well, & the recordings of works composed for live performers are quite good. I think Yvar Mikhashoff's transcriptions of Nancarrow's Studies for chamber ensemble are much too slow (the selection heard on the CD last more than 1.5 times as long as the versions for player piano) and the orchestrations are all too often simply corny. I guess it's interesting as a way to hear the distinct lines of the various canons more clearly, but since so much of Nancarrow's music was based on the timbral effects of speed and sound of player pianos, these pieces seem to be to be analogous to a black & white movie that's been colorized. They just seem to make more sense to me as automated piano works. Brian asked about music by William Duckworth other than Time Curve Preludes. There's nothing I know of recorded by Duckworth that comes close to this piece in it's combination of structure and content. Both Southern Harmony, a choral work loosely (sometimes VERY loosely) based on shape-note hymns, and Thirty -One Days, for saxophone, are good, and there's a good piece on a CD by pianist Lois Svard, but none of these are as strong, for me, as Time Curve. I've heard a few things live that I wish were recorded (). Someone (Brian again?) asked, a long time back, about a CD by composer Frank Denyer. As far as I know, the only one available is Finding Refuge in the Remains on Etcetera. I'll dig it out & give it another listen. I don't remember much about it, except that I thought it was odd that he didn't play on it. That's all I noticed that didn't seem to be covered by some one else by the time I got back to reading the backlog of digests round here. Bests, Herb -- Herb Levy NEW MAILING ADDRESS: P O Box 9369 Forth Wort, TX 76147 NEW PHONE: 817 377-2983 same old e-mail: herb@eskimo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bill Ashline" Subject: Re: Sun Ra Date: 05 Apr 2000 04:12:40 GMT I think if one can land a copy of the out of print "Live At Montreux," one has achieved the high point of Sun Ra's prolific output. But I agree with Jon mostly that the 65-75 period stuff is the best, and my faves include Cosmos, the Heliocentric Worlds, and the Solar Myth Approach. I've been wondering about getting the Ann Arbor releases "Life is Splendid" and "Outer Space Employment Agency". Any input on these would be appreciated. If one has a chance, one should certainly see the film "Space is the Place," perhaps the kitschiest piece of blaxploitation going. When I was in NYC the last time a year ago, I saw a vinyl copy of "Live at Montreux" sitting at Other Music for a very steep price. It may still be around. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Laferty Subject: Re: Sun Ra Date: 04 Apr 2000 00:22:29 -0400 I have to agree with Bill about "Live at Montreux" as one of the best...it's got the range and sounds damn good. I lucked out and found a fairly cheap copy on an online auction...but I guess that there's little point talking about an unknown record. I have good luck turning non-jazzers on to the Ra with the Impulse "Space is the Place" and "jazzers" or at least more trad ones seem to appreciate "Outer Planes of There" matt Bill Ashline wrote: > I think if one can land a copy of the out of print "Live At Montreux," one > has achieved the high point of Sun Ra's prolific output. But I agree with > Jon mostly that the 65-75 period stuff is the best, and my faves include > Cosmos, the Heliocentric Worlds, and the Solar Myth Approach. I've been > wondering about getting the Ann Arbor releases "Life is Splendid" and "Outer > Space Employment Agency". Any input on these would be appreciated. If one > has a chance, one should certainly see the film "Space is the Place," > perhaps the kitschiest piece of blaxploitation going. When I was in NYC the > last time a year ago, I saw a vinyl copy of "Live at Montreux" sitting at > Other Music for a very steep price. It may still be around. > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Scott Handley" Subject: koji asano: who is he? Date: 05 Apr 2000 04:45:52 GMT The Verge April update lists a whole slew of CD releases by someone named Koji Asano, all on the Spanish SOLSTICE label. He looks like an experimental composer who works with traditional and new instrumentation, and does evade noise. Can anyone give me some info on him, and let me know what these discs are like? thanks, ----s ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "ADM" Subject: Re: Zorn on Raymond Scott Date: 05 Apr 2000 00:51:36 -0400 yes allow me to be the first person to mention how awesome this new Raymond Scott CD/Book package is. Go get it now if you are even remotely interested in Raymond Scott. You will not be disappointed. -Aaron - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Scott Handley" Subject: new cecil taylor, brotz.....and coupons for everyone! Date: 05 Apr 2000 04:55:04 GMT I should have consolidated all this in my last post, but: How is the (not that) new Cecil Taylor, NAILED, with Oxley, Barry Guy, and Evan Parker? How is the thankfully reissued THREE POINTS AND A MOUNTAIN by the fabled Brotzmann/van Hove/Bennink trio? If I dug LIVE IN BERLIN 1971, would I like THREE POINTS? Finally, at the risk of propagating spammish bandwaste, coupons can be found at the following site, for places like CDnow: http://finditnow.8m.com I've been using the CDnow and Barnes and Noble couppons for some time now; it seems legit and is a great way to save a little cash. ------s ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: koji asano: who is he? Date: 05 Apr 2000 01:21:04 EDT In a message dated 4/5/00 12:46:49 AM, c123018@hotmail.com writes: << The Verge April update lists a whole slew of CD releases by someone named Koji Asano, all on the Spanish SOLSTICE label. He looks like an experimental composer who works with traditional and new instrumentation, and does evade noise. Can anyone give me some info on him, and let me know what these discs are like? >> not a lot of info is available about him. I belive Solstice is his own label, and he moved to Spain from Japan in the last year or two. I've heard parts or all of about six of these discs, and there's really not too much to them. the bulk of the discs are piano-based, and he plays in a lo-fi amateurish minimalist style. not worth your time, if you ask me. there's some reviews at the Motion site (http://motion.state51.co.uk/). Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: malczewski@earthlink.net (Frank Malczewski) Subject: Re: country & western / bluegrass / thank you! Date: 04 Apr 2000 23:54:23 -0600 Hey, I'm a little behind (and haven't read all of this thread yet), but haven't seen anyone mention Doc Watson yet... I'd defer to someone more intimate with his work (and current catalog), but not being one to particularly like much from these genres, Doc is (was?) a notable exception for me. -- Frank Malczewski - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lev \"Ljova\" Zhurbin" Subject: Ra Ra Disney Date: 05 Apr 2000 01:58:14 -0400 Hi. With this latest infusion of Sun Ra recommendations, I wanted if someone could elaborate briefly on the Disney (?) Album that Sun Ra made. It was highly recommended to be by a friend of mine today, but I'm not sure what it's called, what to expect, etc... Thanks, Ljova -------- Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin L@Ljova.com http://www.Ljova.com/ Listen to my music: http://www.mp3.com/LevZhurbin (compositions) http://www.mp3.com/Ljova (improvisations) "Do not fear mistakes - there are none." -Miles Davis - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: myke cuthbert Subject: Re: Zorn research paper Date: 05 Apr 2000 02:30:25 -0400 MethodKev@aol.com wrote on Apr 4: > I'm currently working on a research paper on John Zorn for my history of Jazz > class. I was wondering if anyone could point me towards any books with > sections written about or by John Zorn (im not allowed to use internet > sources). Any help would be appreciated, and if people would like it, ill > put the paper on the list when im done. > If this is general information, you can just send it straight to me at > Methodkev@aol.com > Thanks in advance. This is part of a bibliography I used in a recent short paper on Jewish aspects of Zorn's recent works. There are some more entries on Patrice Roussel's great discography (see below) and it's not as jazz oriented as I would want it to be if I had free range over the topic. Myke Cuthbert cuthbert@hcs.harvard.edu Department of Music, Harvard University John Knowles Paine Hall Cambridge, Mass. 02138 http://hcs.harvard.edu/~cuthbert/ Bailey, Derek. Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music. 2nd edition. London: British Library National Sound Archive, 1992. Blumenfeld, Larry. Response to Adam Shatz, "Crossing Music's Borders" (q.v.). The New York Times, 17 October 1999. p. AR4. Blumenfeld, Larry and John Zorn. "John Zorn: Scene by Scene." Jazziz 16.8 (August 1999). http://www.jazziz.com/current/pages/feature/John_Zorn.html. Douglas, Dave. Response to Adam Shatz, "Crossing Music's Borders" (q.v.). The New York Times, 17 October 1999. p. AR4. Duckworth, William. Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers. New York: Schrimer, 1995. Gagne, Cole. Soundpieces 2: Interviews With American Composers. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1993. pp. 507-542. Graves, Jamie. "The Unofficial John Zorn Homepage." Internet website: http://members.tripod.com/~jfgraves/zorn-index.html. Last modified 23 December 1999. Kaplan, Fred. "Horn of Plenty: The composer who knows no boundaries." The New Yorker, 14 June 1999. pp. 84-90. Lange, Arte with John Zorn. "Der Architekt der Spiele; Gespra:ch mit John Zorn U:ber seine musikalischen Regelsysteme" ("The Architect of the Game: A Conversation with John Zorn about his System of Musical Rules"). Translated into German by Peter Nikas Wilson. Neue Zeitschrift fu:r Musik, February 1991. pp. 33-37. Larkin, Colin, editor. "Zorn, John," in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Third edition, 8 volumes. London: Muze, 1998. vol. 8, p. 6003. McNeilly, Kevin. "Ugly Beauty: John Zorn and the Politics of Postmodern Music." Postmodern Culture, 5.2 (January 1995). http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture/toc/pmcv005.html. Milkowski, Bill. Response to Adam Shatz, "Crossing Music's Borders" (q.v.). The New York Times, 17 October 1999. p. AR4. Novick, Peter. The Holocaust in American Life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Pareles, Jon. "Klezmer Keeps Growing: Was That Beethoven?" The New York Times, 7 March 1998. p. B9. Roussel, Patrice. "Discography of John Zorn." Internet website: http://www.nwu.edu/jazz/artists/zorn.john/discog.html. October 1998. Shatz, Adam. "Crossing Music's Borders In Search Of Identity; Downtown, a Reach For Ethnicity." The New York Times, 3 October 1999. Strickland, Edward. American Composers: Dialogues on Contemporary Music. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1991. pp. 124-140. Wilson, Peter Niklas. "Fru:chte des (John) Zorn: Improvisierte Musik im Zeitalter der Simulation" ("Fruit of Anger [Zorn=Anger]: Improvised Music in the Age of Simulation"). Neue Zeitschrift fu:r Musik, February 1991. pp. 40-43. Wolk, Douglas. "Beyond the Fringe: The Knitting Factory's Jewish New-Music Scene." Village Voice 43:18 (5 May 98). pp. 74-75. Wong, Deborah. "Thai Cassettes and Their Covers: Two Case Histories." Asian Music 21.1 (Fall/Winter 1989/1990). pp. 78-104. Yaffe, David. "Avant-trad." Village Voice 42:22 (3 June 1997). p. 55. __________. "Sweat Shop." Concert Review. Village Voice 43:27 (7 July 1998). p. 112. Zerubavel, Yael. Recovered Roots: Collective Memory and the Making of Israeli National Tradition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1995. zorn-list. Various contributors. zorn-list@lists.xmission.com. Subscription requests, archival information, and frequently asked questions at http://www.browbeat.com/zornlist.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Caleb T. Deupree" Subject: Re: koji asano: who is he? Date: 05 Apr 2000 06:54:18 -0400 At 04:45 AM 4/5/00 GMT, Scott Handley wrote: >The Verge April update lists a whole slew of CD releases by someone named >Koji Asano, all on the Spanish SOLSTICE label. He looks like an >experimental composer who works with traditional and new instrumentation, >and does evade noise. Can anyone give me some info on him, and let me know >what these discs are like? I've picked up two of them, Sunshine Filtering Through Foliage is all sort of feedback electronics, very similar to Arcane Device, and not too bad (and no piano at all). I later got Monsoon, which was recommended by a Wire review, and have still had a hard time getting into it. It sounds like he laid paper across the strings of the piano then hit the same notes over and over. I can't really recommend Monsoon, but Sunshine isn't bad at all. -- Caleb Deupree cdeupree@erinet.com It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. -- Raymond Chandler - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Simon Hopkins Subject: Re: koji asano: who is he? Date: 05 Apr 2000 11:32:11 +0000 We've got several soundfile-accompanied reviews of Koji's work on motion, which should make things a little clearer: http://motion.state51.co.uk Cheers Simon - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Stephen Fruitman Subject: Re: koji asano: who is he? Date: 05 Apr 2000 16:32:36 +0200 I wrote one of the Motion reviews and for the most part, rather dug _Preparing for April_, his next-to-last release. He also just sent me his latest, _Momentum_, but this one leaves me stone cold: the sound of a microphone hovering between two speakers and creating mmm-mmm sounds and feedback. Colour me perplexed. According to his bio, he=B4s relatively young (born in the seventies), been indeed residing in Barcelona for several years, has fifteen albums of various sorts of electronic and acoustic experiments to his credit, and does some installation work, too. Soon in Tokyo with some similarly-minded artists. All the best, Stephen Bj=F6rn Olsson, Inst. f=F6r id=E9historia, Ume=E5 universitet 901 87 Ume=E5 tel. 090-7867982 fax 143374 e-post: bjorn.olsson@idehist.umu.se - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daryl Loomis Subject: Re: Sun Ra Date: 05 Apr 2000 07:27:19 -0700 I feel like "Heliocentric Worlds" is my favorite, with the "Concert for the Comet Kohotek" coming in a close second. However, there is a new (or reissued? I'm not sure) CD called "The Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab in Egypt" on Leo Lab's Golden Years Label. It's live from 74-75 and very good. It seems pretty accessible to an uninitiated person, and probably most accessible to a world music fan. Daryl Loomis drl@valley-media.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daryl Loomis Subject: Re: Doc Watson Date: 05 Apr 2000 07:31:03 -0700 In my opinion, Doc Watson is one of the best flat-pickers ever. I love some of his song. However, on all the albums of his that I've heard, there are sooooo many stories (which I don't find terribly funny) that I find myself fast-forwarding through half the album. Be that as it may, he has some great albums. His album with his son Merle is my favorite, just stay away from his children's music albums. Daryl Loomis drl@valley-media.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Reaboi@aol.com Subject: Mark Dresser US Tour Date: 05 Apr 2000 10:52:52 EDT ** Mark Dresser Trio and Video Project Tour ** featuring Denman Maroney-hyper-piano, Matthias Ziegler-flutes, and Mark Dresser-bass and composition In April, Mark Dresser will perform a stateside tour which includes the U.S. premier of a contemporary silent video by the Kunst Brothers--a collaboration with acclaimed video artist Tom Leeser and celebrated sculptor Alison Saar. This new work made expressly for Mr. Dresser's composition "Subtonium," will be performed live with video. The trio will also perform recent original music composed for the silent film collaboration of Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali, "Un Chien Andalou." This music was released on the 1998 Knitting Factory release Eye'll Be Seeing You. The evening will be structured in two parts. The first part with videos and trio and the second half a concert of new music for trio alone. April 6 Concert Venue: Trafalmadore Cafe address: 100 Theatre Place Main St, Downtown Buffalo phone: T: 716 851 8725 fax: F: 716 881-0452 concert time 8PM April 7 Venue: Hot House address: 31 E. Balbo,Chicago, IL t: 312 362 9707 f: 312.362.9708 website:www.hothouse.net Concert time 8:PM April 8 Venue: MacKenzie Fine Arts Center Henry Ford Community College address:. 5101 Evergreen, Dearborn, MI t: 313-845-9676 concert at 9PM April 9 Venue:Drinko Recital Hall, located in Cleveland State University's Music & Communication Center, 2001Euclid Ave. The concert is part of our Sundown Jazz Concert Series and is free and open to the public. T: 216 371 8897 f: concert time: 4PM April 10 Venue: Northern Illinois University, Recital Hall- Music Bldg. address:. De Kalb t: 815 753 8010 f: contact person:Mel Warner concert at 6:30 Friday, April 14, Venue: Kleinart/James Arts Center-34 Tinker St. address:. Center-34 Tinker St. Woodstock, NY t: 914 679 2079 concert at 8PM Saturday April 15 Venue: MASS MoCA address:. 87 Marshall St. North Adams, MA 0214 t: 413 684 4481 f: 413 663 8348 concert at 7:30 Sunday April 16, Venue: Central Presbyterian Church of Montclair $15 reception will follow for info calladdress:. 46 Park St Montclair,NJ t: 973.655.1830 concert at 7:30PM - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hywel Davies Subject: jim black/berne Date: 05 Apr 2000 07:56:15 -0700 (PDT) any thoughts on the new releases with jim black on drums; carlos bica/azul - Twist(enja) cuong vu - Bound also, the bbc radio 3 jazz prog. at 23.30 on sat 15 april ,will broadcast a gig by Berne's big satan; if it's on the web, you can listen at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DRoyko@aol.com Subject: Re: Doc Watson Date: 05 Apr 2000 11:36:41 EDT In a message dated 00-04-05 10:28:28 EDT, DRL@valley-media.com writes: >In my opinion, Doc Watson is one of the best flat-pickers ever. I love some >of his song. However, on all the albums of his that I've heard, there are >sooooo many stories (which I don't find terribly funny) that I find myself >fast-forwarding through half the album. Try "Riding the Midnight Train," on Sugar Hill. Doc's one and only actual bluegrass album, with Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, and others, and not one single story;-) One of Doc's best albums, and the final album Merle made before he died. Dave Royko - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Waxman Subject: Re: new cecil taylor, brotz.....and coupons for everyone! Date: 05 Apr 2000 11:45:59 -0400 (EDT) Both are great. It's good to see CT play with musicians of his own (high) level. As for Three Points Han's schtick is under control, but it often sounds as if there's a duo (Brotz-Ben) and a soloist (Misha) playing. Still as good (and unsual) a discs as Berlin '71. I don't need coupons. If I order something from Verge I get fast, fairly-eficient service at very good prices, which after all are in Canadian $$$. Ken Waxman On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Scott Handley wrote: > I should have consolidated all this in my last post, but: > > How is the (not that) new Cecil Taylor, NAILED, with Oxley, Barry Guy, and > Evan Parker? > > How is the thankfully reissued THREE POINTS AND A MOUNTAIN by the fabled > Brotzmann/van Hove/Bennink trio? If I dug LIVE IN BERLIN 1971, would I like > THREE POINTS? > > Finally, at the risk of propagating spammish bandwaste, coupons can be found > at the following site, for places like CDnow: > > http://finditnow.8m.com > > I've been using the CDnow and Barnes and Noble couppons for some time now; > it seems legit and is a great way to save a little cash. > > ------s > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > - > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Laferty Subject: Re: Doc Watson Date: 05 Apr 2000 11:52:07 -0400 I feel compelled to add this, based on my experience with Doc's music. He is an incredible flat-picker, but he strikes me more as compellingly humane. In concert, he is heart-warming and the stories are an integral part of that. Doc's two albums with Bill Monroe on Smithsonian Folkways are incredible bluegrass. Also on SF is that Doc Watson Family album which is a master of the many shades of old time music. And beautiful, esp. his mother's old-time ballad singing. matt At 11:36 AM 4/5/00 EDT, DRoyko@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 00-04-05 10:28:28 EDT, DRL@valley-media.com writes: >>In my opinion, Doc Watson is one of the best flat-pickers ever. I love some >>of his song. However, on all the albums of his that I've heard, there are >>sooooo many stories (which I don't find terribly funny) that I find myself >>fast-forwarding through half the album. > >Try "Riding the Midnight Train," on Sugar Hill. Doc's one and only actual >bluegrass album, with Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, and others, and >not one single story;-) One of Doc's best albums, and the final album Merle >made before he died. > >Dave Royko > >- > > --- Matt Laferty Department of English, General Literature, & Rhetoric Binghamton University PO Box 6000 Binghamton, NY 13902 607.777.2754 bg60009@binghamton.edu - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DRoyko@aol.com Subject: Re: Doc Watson Date: 05 Apr 2000 12:05:35 EDT In a message dated 00-04-05 11:54:21 EDT, you write: >Doc's two albums with Bill Monroe on Smithsonian Folkways are incredible >bluegrass. Actually, I think you might mean the two Monroe albums on Smithsonian Folkways, one of which is a CD of Monroe/Watson duets. And I agree, both are excellent discs. Dave Royko - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Given Subject: Re: Sun Ra Date: 05 Apr 2000 09:31:01 -0700 > Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 07:27:19 -0700 > From: Daryl Loomis > Subject: Re: Sun Ra > > I feel like "Heliocentric Worlds" is my favorite, with the "Concert for the Comet Kohotek" coming in a close second. However, there is a new (or reissued? I'm not sure) CD called "The Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab in Egypt" on Leo Lab's Golden Years Label. It's live from 74-75 and very good. It seems pretty accessible to an uninitiated person, and probably most accessible to a world music fan. > > Daryl Loomis Golden Years also has just reissues Live at Praxis 1984 (2 discs) which, in my opinion, is far better than the one mentioned above. The two hour concert comes off very much like a jam session, with some older Ra compositions, some standards (such as Tea for Two, a really fun version of Mack the Knife with Ra doing a great Louis Armstrong vocal) and some free improvs by the whole band. Probably a good intro to the latter part of his career. As for earlier, more out there material, I think that Black Myth/Out in Space is probably pretty easy to find these days (I may be wrong though). It is another 2 disc set -- two concerts I think, formerly editted onto a double LP, and now complete. It is from 1970, and has some pretty 'out there' moments with Ra on synth. Worth picking up. Also, has Live at Montreux ever been issued on CD? If so, another good place to start. Dan ____________________________________________________________________ For the largest MP3 index on the Web, go to http://mp3.altavista.com ____________________________________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin_Wisckol@link.freedom.com Subject: Recent Sam Rivers, Steve Lacy, Sun Ra Date: 05 Apr 2000 10:40:55 -0800 I saw a Sam Rivers Orch on a major label in the record store -- any recommendations on this? While there, I picked up Lacy/Rudd reunion on Verve -- very fun, more extroverted and even a bit sunny when compared to much Lacy. While I find it hard to disagree with any of the Sun Ra recommendations so far, let me say that my first exposure to Sonny was his late '50s stuff and I continue to have a special fondness for his slightly warped jazz combo sound of this period. "Fate in a Pleasant Mood'' is one title that makes it through the wreckage of my memory this morning.... Martin NP Roscoe Mitchell -- Sound (lord do i love this!) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Scott Handley" Subject: Re: Zorn research paper Date: 05 Apr 2000 16:44:46 GMT >MethodKev@aol.com wrote on Apr 4: > > I'm currently working on a research paper on John Zorn for my history of >Jazz > > class. I've yet to hear mention of Stephen Drury's fine analysis of CARNY, called "Playing John Zorn's CARNY for Fun and Profit," published perhaps five years or so ago (sorry, don't have info at hand) in the journal PERSPECTIVES OF NEW MUSIC. It's a fun read from a performer's perspective, and is also a useful look-see into the appropriations and perversions of genres. Very, very short jump from that to an Ives comparison. ----s ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "s~Z" Subject: Re: Recent Sam Rivers, Steve Lacy, Sun Ra Date: 05 Apr 2000 10:10:02 -0700 While there, I picked up Lacy/Rudd reunion on Verve -- very fun, more extroverted and even a bit sunny when compared to much Lacy. ___________________ Their current tour is a delight as well. Rudd plays the perfect trickster to Lacy's dignified gentlemanly persona. Exquisite music. And if ever there were a bassist deserving wider recognition...Avenel is a master. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moudry Subject: Re: Sun Ra Date: 05 Apr 2000 12:49:54 -0500 Dan (& Zorners), At 09:31 05-04-00 -0700, you wrote: >> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 07:27:19 -0700 >> From: Daryl Loomis >> Subject: Re: Sun Ra >> >Golden Years also has just reissues Live at Praxis 1984 (2 discs) which, in my opinion, is far better than the one mentioned above. The two hour concert comes off very much like a jam session, with some older Ra compositions, some standards (such as Tea for Two, a really fun version of Mack the Knife with Ra doing a great Louis Armstrong vocal) and some free improvs by the whole band. Probably a good intro to the latter part of his career. Live @ Praxis is a very good set and I'm also delighted that Leo has made it available for the first time on CD. However, the Satch-like vocal in "Mack the Knife" is by the lamented James Jacson, who could do Louis perfectly. >As for earlier, more out there material, I think that Black Myth/Out in Space is probably pretty easy to find these days (I may be wrong though). It is another 2 disc set -- two concerts I think, formerly editted onto a double LP, and now complete. It is from 1970, and has some pretty 'out there' moments with Ra on synth. Worth picking up. Again, I concur with your assessment. The Motor City two-fer finally gives us the Arkestra's complete concerts from two German jazz festivals. Back in the early Seventies BASF issued parsts of both as "It's after the end of the world". >Also, has Live at Montreux ever been issued on CD? If so, another good place to start. Unfortunately, Live @ Montreux has only been released on vinyl, first on Saturn and then the (slightly) more-readily available Inner City (US) versions. >Dan Saturnally, Joe Moudry Office of Academic Computing & Technology, UAB Master of Saturn Web (Sun Ra, the Arkestra, & Free Jazz): - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bodine, Dennis" Subject: Cobra (or any other game piece) Date: 05 Apr 2000 10:54:47 -0700 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF9F29.E7A2C7E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello - I checked over the FAQ and various other Zorn sites, and have yet to find a satisfactory answer to my question - What are the rules for Cobra? I ask because although I understand its value as art, my musician friends and I think it would be a blast to try it out ourselves (in private, of course). Donning headbands, guerilla actions, flash cards....this sounds like way too much fun to keep to yourself....has Zorn ever published a set of rules for Cobra or any of his game pieces? If so, lemme at em, I'm ready to make some noise. It seems only fair that he should share the fun, I think the largest practical joke you could play on the world would be to release this sort of seeming cacophony on the world and let it propagate. Perhaps if the kids were playing Cobra they'd be less likely to spend their parents' money on crap like Britney Spears. Anyway, thanks for reading, sorry if this is a repeat question, but it wasn't in the FAQ. dB Dennis W Bodine, Web/Java Developer Silicon Energy 1250 Marina Village Parkway Alameda, CA 94501 tel (510) 749-9400 x 6526 cell (415) 378-6247 ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF9F29.E7A2C7E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cobra (or any other game piece)

Hello -

I checked over the FAQ and various = other Zorn sites, and have yet to find a satisfactory answer to my = question -

What are the rules for = Cobra?  

I ask because although I understand = its value as art, my musician friends and I think it would be a blast = to try it out ourselves (in private, of course).   Donning = headbands, guerilla actions, flash cards....this sounds like way too = much fun to keep to yourself....has Zorn ever published a set of rules = for Cobra or any of his game pieces? If so, lemme at em, I'm ready to make some = noise.  It seems only fair = that he should share the fun, I think the largest practical joke you = could play on the world would be to release this sort of seeming = cacophony on the world and let it propagate.   Perhaps if the = kids were playing Cobra they'd be less likely to spend their parents' = money on crap like Britney Spears.

Anyway, thanks for reading, sorry if = this is a repeat question, but it wasn't in the FAQ.

dB
Dennis W Bodine, Web/Java = Developer
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------_=_NextPart_001_01BF9F29.E7A2C7E0-- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Risser Subject: RE: kronos "caravan" Date: 05 Apr 2000 12:49:53 -0700 (PDT) > Does anyone have any info on the new Kronos Quartet CD "Caravan", for > example even just a track listing? Rats. No versions of Ellington's Caravan. Anyone know any of these composers? It looks like a middle eastern version of their Pieces of Africa to me. Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Waxman Subject: Re: Sun Ra Date: 05 Apr 2000 16:16:46 -0400 (EDT) Are you sure that's Ra singing "Mack The Knife". I figure someone like Michael ray is more likely. Ken Waxman - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Caleb T. Deupree" Subject: Re: Ra Ra Disney Date: 05 Apr 2000 20:04:52 -0400 At 01:58 AM 4/5/00 -0400, Lev \"Ljova\" Zhurbin wrote: >Hi. > >With this latest infusion of Sun Ra recommendations, I wanted if someone >could elaborate briefly on the Disney (?) Album that Sun Ra made. It was >highly recommended to be by a friend of mine today, but I'm not sure what >it's called, what to expect, etc... Since none of the Ra gurus have responded to this query, I'll take a stab. I know next to nothing about Ra's music, but there is a single track by Sun Ra on the Hal Wilner Disney tribute album, Pink Elephants on Parade. Perhaps this is the album your friend mentioned. -- Caleb Deupree cdeupree@erinet.com It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. -- Raymond Chandler - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MethodKev@aol.com Subject: Research Paper (Thank You) Date: 05 Apr 2000 19:47:28 EDT I just want to thank everyone who sent me information to help me on my John Zorn research paper, you've been a great help. If anyone has anymore titles of books containing info on Zorn, I'd love to know about them. Thanks again, ill send out the paper to whoever wants it when I'm finished. Kevin, Methodkev@aol.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andreas Dietz" Subject: Re: Ra Ra Disney Date: 06 Apr 2000 12:29:46 CEST > >With this latest infusion of Sun Ra recommendations, I wanted if someone > >could elaborate briefly on the Disney (?) Album that Sun Ra made. It >was > >highly recommended to be by a friend of mine today, but I'm not sure what > >it's called, what to expect, etc... > >Since none of the Ra gurus have responded to this query, I'll take a stab. >I know next to nothing about Ra's music, but there is a single track by Sun >Ra on the Hal Wilner Disney tribute album, Pink Elephants on Parade. >Perhaps this is the album your friend mentioned. > >-- >Caleb Deupree The album is called SECOND START TO THE RIGHT (A TRIBUTE TO WALT DISNEY). It was recorded at the Ulrichsberg-Festival 1989 and issued on Leo records a few years back. I think it´s one of Ra´s better live performances on CD. Andreas Dietz ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Bill Ashline" Subject: Re: Ra Ra Disney Date: 06 Apr 2000 11:15:57 GMT >From: "Andreas Dietz" >The album is called SECOND START TO THE RIGHT (A TRIBUTE TO WALT DISNEY). >It >was recorded at the Ulrichsberg-Festival 1989 and issued on Leo records a >few years back. I think it´s one of Ra´s better live performances on CD. I saw Ra at this time in Philadelphia at basically an impromptu guerrilla gig at Haverford College and he played nothing but Disney stuff. A small crowd but an impressive show, just about a year before he had his crippling stroke. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christophe =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=FCndberg?= Subject: Zony Mash Date: 05 Apr 2000 19:51:33 -0600 Hello Peoples, I heard some of Wayne Horvitz's group on NPR the other day and was really intrigued. What do you all recommend? Where can I get it? And... Who else is in the group? Thanks, much obliged to all. Chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Julian" Subject: Re: Zony Mash Date: 07 Apr 2000 00:29:14 +1000 > I heard some of Wayne Horvitz's group on NPR the other day and was > really intrigued. What do you all recommend? Where can I get it? > And... Who else is in the group? Thanks, much obliged to all. I would personally recommend skipping Zony Mash in favour of some Pigpen. But since you ask about Zony Mash, the lineup is completed by Keith Lowe on bass, Andy Roth on drums and Tim Young on guitar. I have listened a lot to Cold Spell, and a bit to Brand Spankin' New and wasn't totally convinced, it sounded a bit lifeless perhaps. Apparently the new one Upper Egypt manages to capture more of a "live" feel, but I haven't managed to hear it yet. I have got the other new one, American Bandstand, where it's stripped back more, with Horvitz on acoustic piano and Lowe on acoustic bass. It is very nice indeed. Now, if you do happen to be interested in Pigpen, the lineup is Horvitz on keyboards, Fred Chalenor on bass, Briggan Krauss on alto sax and Mike Stone on drums. They have a bit more of an experimental edge than Zony Mash. My favourite album would be V As In Victim, but any of them are great. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: wlt4@mindspring.com Subject: Le Monde on Zorn Date: 06 Apr 2000 11:00:12 -0400 http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,2320,seq-2192-48028-QUO,00.html Maybe this was posted before but I don't remember seeing it. LT - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "dekater" Subject: Re: Ra Ra Disney Date: 06 Apr 2000 17:49:51 +0200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01BF9FF0.820CAF20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, there exists a cd with only disney-songs on it. In fact it's an = audience tape from the Arkestra's last tour in Europe. The quality is = fairly good. =20 The songs: - The forest of no return - Someday my prince wil come -Frisco fog - I'm wishing - Zip s dee doo dah - Second star to the right - High ho! High ho! - Whistle while you work All recorded live at the Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg Austria, April 29, 1989 =20 Full title: Sun Ra & his Intergalaxtic Arkestra - Second Star To The = Right (Salute to Walt Disney) Leo Records 1995 CD LR 230 =20 According to the liner notes there's still 100 minutes of material left, = which maybe will be released in the future. =20 Jan Luyben ------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01BF9FF0.820CAF20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Well, there exists a cd with only = disney-songs=20 on it. In fact it's an audience tape from the Arkestra's last tour in = Europe.=20 The quality is fairly good.
 
The songs:
- The forest of no = return
- Someday my prince wil = come
-Frisco fog
- I'm wishing
- Zip s dee doo dah
- Second star to the = right
- High ho! High ho!
- Whistle while you = work
 
All recorded live at the Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg = Austria,=20 April 29, 1989
 
Full title: Sun Ra & his Intergalaxtic Arkestra = - Second=20 Star To The Right (Salute to Walt Disney)
Leo Records 1995 CD LR 230
 
According to the liner notes there's still 100 = minutes of=20 material left, which maybe will be released in the future.
 
Jan Luyben
------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01BF9FF0.820CAF20-- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: APoesia794@aol.com Subject: john duncan in boston. Date: 06 Apr 2000 12:38:29 EDT for anyone in boston: Sound/Visual artist John Duncan will be doing a lecture/performance at massart on Monday April 10.00 admission is free but seats are limited. please email me to reserve a space. http://www.xs4all.nl/~jduncan/ MONDAY APRIL 10.00 8pm FREE ROOM N175 question, reservations: apoesia794@aol.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Stefan Verstraeten" Subject: Derek Bailey and tonic Date: 06 Apr 2000 18:28:55 +0200 Hi, As known, derek bailey will be the host of tonic in new york. As you can see from the email I got from karen brookman of incus records, some beautiful recordings will probably be made. YES ............. Best wishes Stefan Verstraeten stefan.annik@planetinternet.be >-----Original Message----- >From: INCUS RECORDS KAREN >To: Verstraeten Stefan >Subject: message for Stefan > > >Dear Stefan >Thanks for message. Looking forward to the time in New York,regarding >recording! We're not sure at this stage, its definately a possibility >that some recording may happen. >Best wishes >Karen > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Theo Klaase Subject: Re: Zony Mash Date: 06 Apr 2000 10:49:25 -0700 (PDT) I have all 3 Zony Mash releases, and have to say the latest one (Upper Egypt) is the best. The new line up works great, and the music seems well thought out. Cold Spell, the first album was pretty good, but steer clear of Brand Spankin' New. As far as Pigpen goes, I believe they were a better band and before I spent $$$ on the latest Zony Mash, I'd pick up a copy of V as in Victim, by Pigpen. All the Pigpen albums are worth getting, if you pick up albums as easily as I do. ...and that's my 2 cents. -Theo ===== -That which is Theodorus... "The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason." www.freeyellow.com/members7/theodorus/index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Neil H. Enet" Subject: Twin Peaks Music Date: 06 Apr 2000 13:57:54 -0400 Hello to all, Again, I need advice, and who else to ask? Here it goes: Anyone familiar with the Twin Peaks Soundtracks (Specially Fire Walk With Me)? Well, I'm trying to find something similar to that type of Jazz (I'm so new in the Jazz world I don't even no which TYPE of Jazz that is?) I hope you can help me .... again!! Thanks in advance Neil H. Enet ------------ NP: Sonny Clark - Dial "S" for Sonny (Don't remember who recommended this album to me, but thanks, it's great!!!) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moudry Subject: Re: Ra Ra Disney Date: 06 Apr 2000 12:55:58 -0500 >Reply-To: "dekater" >From: "dekater" >To: "zornlist" >Subject: Re: Ra Ra Disney >Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 17:49:51 +0200 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >Sender: owner-zorn-list@lists.xmission.com > > Well, there exists a cd with only disney-songs on it. In fact it's an >audience tape from the Arkestra's last tour in Europe. The quality is >fairly good. The songs: - The forest of no return - Someday my prince wil >come -Frisco fog - I'm wishing - Zip s dee doo dah - Second star to the >right - High ho! High ho! - Whistle while you work All recorded live at >the Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg Austria, April 29, 1989 & his Intergalaxtic >Arkestra - Second Star To The Right (Salute to Walt Disney) Leo Records >1995 CD LR 230 According to the liner notes there's still 100 minutes of= =20 >material left, which maybe will be released in the future. Jan Luyben=20 Actually, Leo has also issued the one hundred minutes as a two CD set. The discographical details, from the discography on my Saturn Web site are: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 120A. Sun Ra & His Intergalaxtic Arkestra Second Star to the Right: (Salute to Walt Disney) Leo LR 230 (CD, 1995)=20 1. The Forest of No Return [Bruns, Leven] (5:37) 2. Some Day My Prince Will Come [Churchill, Morey] (7:53) 3. 'Frisco Bay [Carr, Roberts] (3:19) 4. I'm wishing [Churchill, Morey] (10:17) 5. Zip a Dee Doo Dah [Allio, Wrubel, Gilbret] (7:26) 6. Second Star to the Right [Fain, Cahn] (9:57) 7. High Ho! High Ho! [Churchill, Morey] (9:06) 8. Whistle While You Work [Chuchill, Morey] (9:06) [total time: 64:13]=20 Sun Ra & His Intergalaxtic Arkestra: Michael Ray-tp, voc; Tyrone Hill, Julian Priester-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl, cl; Noel Scott-as, fl; Eloe Omoe-as, cl, bcl; James Jacson-bsn, ob, voc; Sun Ra-p, syn, voc; Bruce Edwards-eg; Arthur Joonie Booth-eb; Earl "Buster" Smith-d; Nelson Nascimento Santos-surdo, perc; June Tyson-vln, voc. Recorded live at Jazzatelier, Ulrichsberg, Austria, 29 April 1989. This is from the same concert as Stardust from Tomorrow, item 120B (beneath). [=96Data from CD leaflet. Added to the Discography 3 April 1998 by Moudry]=20 120B. Sun Ra & His Intergalaxtic Arkestra Stardust from Tomorrow Leo LR 235 / 236 (CD, 1996)=20 Disc 1: 1. Mystery Intro [Sun Ra] (18:07) 2. Untitled I [Sun Ra] (7:30) 3. Blue Lou [Edgar Sampson] (5:52) 4. Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7 [F. Chopin] (9:38) 5. Untitled II [Sun Ra] (6:20) [total time for disc: 47:27]=20 Disc 2: 1. Discipline 27 [Sun Ra] / I'll Wait for You [Sun Ra] (18:16) 2. Queer Notions [Coleman Hawkins] (2:49) 3. Back Alley Blues [Sun Ra] (9:56) 4. Prelude to a Kiss [Duke Ellington] (4:54) 5. Stardust from Tomorrow [Sun Ra] (3:11) 6. Yeah Man! [Noble Sissle, Fletcher Henderson] (3:22) 7. We Travel the Spaceways / Outer Spaceways, Inc / Rocket No. 9 Take Off for the Planet Venus / Second Stop Is Jupiter / Saturn Rings [all: Sun Ra] (8:40) [total time for disc: 51:08; total time for the two disc set:= 1:55:21]=20 Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra: Michael Ray-tp, voc; Tyrone Hill, Julian Priester-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl, cl; Noel Scott-as, fl; Eloe Omoe-as, cl, bcl; James Jacson-bsn, ob, voc; Sun Ra-p, syn, voc; Bruce Edwards-eg; Arthur Joonie Booth-eb; Earl "Buster" Smith-d; Nelson Nascimento Santos-surdo, perc; June Tyson-vln, voc. Recorded live at Jazzatelier, Ulrichsberg, Austria, 29 April 1989. This is from the same concert as Second Star to the Right, item 120A (above). The original sequence of the material in 120A & 120B is unknown. [=96Data from CD leaflet= . Added to the Discography 3 April 1998 by Moudry]=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Hope this helps, and apologies for not posting this data earlier (it's been one of those months (and with US Tax Day still looming ahead...). Saturnally, Joe Moudry Office of Academic Computing & Technology, UAB Master of Saturn Web (Sun Ra, the Arkestra, & Free Jazz): - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com Subject: 5Qs w/DD Date: 06 Apr 2000 14:16:11 -0500 somehow i've got a feeling if i offered this one up for personal email responses, i'd get swampd fast, so i'll lay claim to the bandwidth and post this associated press interview with dave douglas (which includes some nice words about his current contract, hi steve). enjoy. kg np: the carter family: anchored in love - their complete victor recordings 1927- 1928 $Adv00 For Immediate Release With AP Photo NY423 of April 5 Five Questions with Dave Douglas: Breaking down musical boundaries By CHARLES J. GANS Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Ask Dave Douglas what he's listening to and he'll give you an eclectic earful: the Emerson String Quartet playing Shostakovich, new records by Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell, and older recordings by pioneering female jazz pianist-composer Mary Lou Williams. Douglas believes in musical diversity - breaking down boundaries and using jazz as a vehicle to absorb other influences. The 36-year-old trumpeter and composer leads 10 different ensembles, including Magic Triangle, an acoustic jazz quartet; the chamber group Charms of the Night Sky; the Balkan-jazz band Tiny Bell Trio; the string ensemble Parallel Worlds; and the Indian-jazz group Satya. He also finds time for collaborations with choreographer Trisha Brown and performances as a sideman with John Zorn and other contemporary improvisers. The Montclair, N.J., native arrived in New York in 1984 and worked as a street performer while finishing his musical studies at New York University. In the 1990s, he emerged as a mainstay of the downtown alternative jazz scene, making more than 100 recordings, including 14 as a leader for independent labels. The most recent, "Leap of Faith" (Arabesque), features 11 Douglas tunes that serve as launching pads for his quartet's improvisatory flights. Douglas has won accolades from jazz critics, winning four categories at the 1999 New York Jazz Awards, including artist, composer and trumpeter of the year. He now stands poised to reach an even larger audience with the release of his major-label debut, "Soul on Soul" (RCA), with his sextet celebrating the musical legacy of Mary Lou Williams. 1. What inspired you to do this tribute to Mary Lou Williams? Douglas: Mary Lou Williams is really one of the giants of last century's music. .. but she has been somewhat overlooked. ... She was on the cutting edge of music beginning in the teens of the 20th century and ending in the late '70s. It's hard to think of too many other musicians who spanned all of those different stylistic periods and who really continued to challenge themselves. I look at her as an inspiration to myself to keep moving forward and keep challenging myself and doing new things. 2. In celebrating Williams, how do you see yourself relating to the jazz tradition? Douglas: I didn't feel that Mary Lou Williams would want someone to just play her music and re-create it. I think her vision was very much about creating new music on the remains of the old music. ... I felt the strongest thing I could do would be to write new music in celebration of her spirit, thinking about the elements she dealt with and the story of her life. ... So on the record, there are four of her pieces and nine of mine. ... I think that the tradition is here to be moved forward. 3. Why do you work in so many diverse ensembles rather than focusing on one band? Douglas: I like to make music in a lot of different ways. The luxury of living in New York is that there are more inspiring musicians around than you could ever have time to play with. So by writing for a lot of different ensembles, I'm able to work with a lot of these musicians. ... Each project has a very different sound because I'm writing specifically for the players that are involved. ... I enjoy the challenge of trying something different. 4. Have you had to make any artistic compromises by signing with a major record label? Douglas: It's actually been inspiring to be involved with the people at RCA because they have encouraged me to do exactly what I want to do and not to pull any punches. When I was offered the chance to sign with a major (label), several labels came along at the same time. It was RCA that really made it clear that they wanted me to continue doing what I'm doing. I'm making four records over two years for them and producing them myself. 5. Do you think your music can appeal to a wider audience? Douglas: I don't honestly know. I feel that already I'm seeing this record get to a lot of people who have never heard what I do and people seem to have a positive reaction. ... As I travel around the world playing this music, I see that audiences are aware of a much broader spectrum of music now than they used to be. People don't tend anymore to be just a jazz fan or just an opera fan. ... The people I see at my shows seem able to stay with me as I bring in all these different references to the music. ... People are not as shocked by music that crosses genre boundaries any more. On the Net: Dave Douglas official site: http://www.davedouglas.com End Adv for Immediate Release - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: 2L Subject: Re: Le Monde on Zorn Date: 06 Apr 2000 21:37:16 +0200 wlt4@mindspring.com a =E9crit : > http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,2320,seq-2192-48028-QUO,00.html > > Maybe this was posted before but I don't remember seeing it. > > LT > > - There was also an article in Liberation, a french daily newspaper as Le Monde. Follow the link: http://www.liberation.fr/quotidien/semaine/20000327lunzj.html Has anybody on the list been to this jazz festival in Amiens where Masada played at the end of last month? By asking that question, I'll see if there are some other french people on the list. Thanx. 2L. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Theo Klaase Subject: The Bionic Vapour Boy Date: 06 Apr 2000 14:20:49 -0700 (PDT) Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy Golem II: the self-perfecting Lie-rejecting Human mind correcting Totem of the living Self-organized, wrought from the clay Our king by night, our slave by the day Giga-giga-gilgamesh What do you know? Watch the human life show OK let's go O my double He can pop your bubble That means trouble Stronger than a lion Golem II: the bionic paper boy Self-perfecting World-inspecting Lie-detecting Our instructions His induction Big production Golem II: the bionic puppet boy Giga-gilgamesh Gigagigagigagiga Beast of burden Spirit lifting Master of shape-shifting Seamless drifting Shining spotlight Screaming mobs and stage fright You get it right Building a new zion Golem II: the bionic vapour boy War-directing Mind-inspecting Man-correcting Our instructions His induction Big production Golem II: the bionic vapour boy ===== -That which is Theodorus... "The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason." www.freeyellow.com/members7/theodorus/index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Theo Klaase Subject: sorry my bad.... Date: 06 Apr 2000 14:21:40 -0700 (PDT) I was sending the prior email to a friend... please excuse.. ===== -That which is Theodorus... "The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason." www.freeyellow.com/members7/theodorus/index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel) Subject: Re: Zony Mash Date: 06 Apr 2000 14:53:23 -0700 At 10:49 AM 4/6/00, Theo Klaase wrote: > I have all 3 Zony Mash releases, and have to say >the latest one (Upper Egypt) is the best. The new >line up works great, and the music seems well thought >out. Cold Spell, the first album was pretty good, but >steer clear of Brand Spankin' New. Actually, I like Brand Spankin' New the most of all 3 ZM discs, and probably Cold Spell the least. BSN seems to cover the most ground of all their records. But the records are pretty similar, it's probably not necessary to own all 3 unless you're a rabid fan like me. And, ZM are a live band not to be missed! > As far as Pigpen goes, I believe they were a >better band and before I spent $$$ on the latest Zony >Mash, I'd pick up a copy of V as in Victim, by Pigpen. > All the Pigpen albums are worth getting, if you pick >up albums as easily as I do. > >...and that's my 2 cents. > The Pigpen stuff is great, but I feel like ZM has really developed its own identity as a band too. I hear Wayne moving away from the gimmicky meters-ish stuff on the first record to a more personal sound. ____________________________________________ Dave Trenkel : improv@peak.org Minus Web Site: http://listen.to/minusmusic Minus MP3's: http://www.mp3.com/-minus- ____________________________________________ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Keldon Drudge Subject: Re: sorry my bad.... Date: 06 Apr 2000 23:30:37 +0100 (BST) not at all...we need more posts like that. On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Theo Klaase wrote: > I was sending the prior email to a friend... please excuse.. > >===== >-That which is Theodorus... "The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason." www.freeyellow.com/members7/theodorus/index.html > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > >- > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: =?iso-8859-1?q?A?= Subject: Re: Le Monde on Zorn Date: 06 Apr 2000 20:38:31 -0700 (PDT) http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,2320,seq-2192-48028-QUO,00.html Maybe this was posted before but I don't remember seeing it. LT ------------ Please... Translation! Translation! A __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Marcin.Witkowski@ccmail.eu.sony.co.jp (Marcin Witkowski) Subject: Warsaw Summer Jazz Days 2000 Date: 07 Apr 2000 09:26:12 +0100 Hi Updated final WSJD 2000 program at my web site: http://www.geocities.com/bromwit Bye Marcin - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave Egan" Subject: RE: Zony Mash Date: 07 Apr 2000 01:37:23 -0700 Zony Mash is Wayne Horvitz - Hammond B3 and keyboards, Tim Young - guitar, Keith Lowe - bass, Andy Roth - drums. Zony Mash is less of a Naked City inspired band than Pigpen was, but it definitely has its moments. The band has grown tremendously in the last year and a half or so and is now what I'd call a world-class bar band. The electric band is definitely best heard live - the sound hasn't made the jump to record all that well, although each succesive CD has been a step in the right direction. The acoustic band (same players, new songs) definitely does come across well on record though. American Bandstand is a first-rate recording. Upper Egypt and American Bandstand are my Zony Mash picks. They're both easy to find at www.amazon.com Since people keep mentioning Pigpen, I'll put my two cents in. V As In Victim is not my first pick, although Briggan's solo in the title track is worth the price of admission IMHO. I really like all of the Tim/Kerr releases, although I don't know if any of them are still in print. The EP Halfrack is especially worth searching for in the used bins - it's the screamingest of the Pigpen CDs if that's the kind of thing you like. I'd also snap up Miss Ann or Daylight if I saw them. - Dave > I heard some of Wayne Horvitz's group on NPR the other day and was > really intrigued. What do you all recommend? Where can I get it? > And... Who else is in the group? Thanks, much obliged to all. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Julian" Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Music Date: 07 Apr 2000 19:01:37 +1000 > Again, I need advice, and who else to ask? Here it goes: > > Anyone familiar with the Twin Peaks Soundtracks (Specially Fire Walk With > Me)? Well, I'm trying to find something similar to that type of Jazz (I'm > so new in the Jazz world I don't even no which TYPE of Jazz that is?) > I hope you can help me .... again!! Apart from those 2 cds (the show and the film) you may want to check out the Lost Highway soundtrack which also has Angelo Badalamenti stuff on it. As far as my listening has gone, it is a fairly unique sound, I can't really think of anything else too much like it (that could just be me of course). Barry Adamson gets somewhere in the same realm and his stuff is also on the Lost Highway soundtrack, or maybe check out his albums - maybe go for Oedipus Schmoedipus. How to describe it? I don't know, spooky lounge jazz? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Theo Klaase Subject: Bobby Previte. Date: 07 Apr 2000 04:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Have you heard the album "My Man in Sydney" featuring Bobby Previte's band Latin for Travelers? This is a kick ass jazz disk. Like Naked City being funky/groove oriented. If you goto www.com, under jazz - avant garde, they play a few tracks from the album everyday. Check it out Naked City/Wayne Horvitz fans.... ===== -That which is Theodorus... "The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason." www.freeyellow.com/members7/theodorus/index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: pm.carey@utoronto.ca (Patrick Carey) Subject: April Sale Items (non-zorn) Date: 07 Apr 2000 11:12:34 -0400 I have the following items for sale that some on this list may be interested in. Prices are in _US $_ and are POSTAGE PAID within North America. Shipping on orders outside NA can be arranged. If you don't like a price, please don't hesitate to let me know what you'd be willing to pay. OFFERS -- Arcane Device - "Diabolis Ex Machina" HOL CD (Korm Plastics) 1992 [David Myers with some agressive, cyclic, speaker shredding work.] OFFERS -- Cop Shoot Cop - "White Noise" UK CD (Big Cat) 1991 [2nd full length by this excellent NYC act. Out of print.] OFFERS -- Dissecting Table - "Between Life & Death" JAP CD (U.P.D.) 1990 [Excellent mid-period (1989) work by Tsuji. Long out of print.] $ 7 -- Masonna - "Masonanie Viva Los Angeles" US 7" (P-Tapes) 1993 [Green vinyl. Limited & numbered (804/1005) w/ insert. 2 of Maso's first US live performances from 11/23-24/93.] $ 6 -- MEV - "Live '94" MEX 7" (Stomach Ache) 1994 [Curran, Rzewski, Tietelbaum & Lewis live @ Philgena in Oakland, CA, 2/11/94.] OFFERS -- Mimir - "Mimir" GER CD (Flabbergast - CD 21083) 1990 [Original German pressing. Long out of print.] $ 8 -- Moonshake - "Eva Luna" US CD (Matador/Too Pure) 1992 [Pre-Laika with Margaret Fiedler, Guy Fixsen, David Callahan, John Frennet etc. Includes "Secondhand Clothes" EP.] more at: [ http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~carey/sofa/muse.html ] Thanks for looking. -Patrick pm.carey@utoronto.ca - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Simon Hopkins Subject: recent motion reviews Date: 07 Apr 2000 17:08:42 +0000 Apologies for such a blatant plug, and also for any cross-postings, but I thought some of you might like to know about these recent Zorn-related sound-accompanied reviews on motion: Zorn - String Quartets Zorn - Godard Spillane Zorn - Taboo & Exile Death ambient - Synasthaesia Various Artists - Knitting on the Roof Cobra Strike - The 13th Scroll Don Byron - Romance with The Unseen Otomo Yoshihide - Cathode Also, over the next couple of months, we'll have the following interviews going up (with text, audio and video options): Tim Berne, Arto Lindsay, Vinicius Cantuaria, Paul Bley, Tomasz Stanko, Martin Archer and Steve Reich. Plus we'll be hooking up with a whole bunch of artists participating in David Toop's Sonic Boom event in London. So keep looking in. As ever, we're at: http://motion.state51.co.uk Plug over. Cheers Simon simon hopkins a state51 rhoda street london e2 7ef t 00 44 (0)171 729 8493 sh is a member of the state51 conspiracy, incorporating motion http://motion.state51.co.uk the skam http://skam.com musicbee the knowhere guide http://www.knowhere.co.uk/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Neil H. Enet" Subject: Which Spillane? Date: 07 Apr 2000 16:50:20 -0400 Hello again, I'm interested in getting a copy of Spillane, but I noticed that there are two versions: one, I guess it's the original, from Elektra (features Strage Fruit, among other songs), and the second one it's the Tzadik reissue with Godard and Blues Noel. Which one do you recommend? Please, tell me all about the songs, the artwork, the liner notes, everything. Thanks again ... Neil H. Enet ------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Neil H. Enet" Subject: The Individualism of Gil Evans Date: 07 Apr 2000 16:50:22 -0400 Hello List, I'm looking for this CD, but it looks like it's out of print. I've looked in CDNOW, AMAZON, BUY.COM, BORDERS, etc. Anyone know where I can find it online? Thanks Neil H. Enet ------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: Re: The Individualism of Gil Evans Date: 07 Apr 2000 14:01:35 -0700 On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:50:22 -0400 "Neil H. Enet" wrote: > > Hello List, > > I'm looking for this CD, but it looks like it's out of print. I've looked > in CDNOW, AMAZON, BUY.COM, BORDERS, etc. Anyone know where I can find it > online? To my knowledge, the last CD reissue was a Japanese one in 1996 (?): 1964 - Verve, V-8555 and V6-8555 (LP) 1964 - Verve, MGV S6-8555 (LP) ???? - Verve, 2683 045 (LP) ???? - Verve (Japan), MV 2054 (LP) 1988 - Verve, 833 804-2 (CD) 1996 (?) - Verve (Japan), POCJ-9110 (CD) Patrice. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daryl Loomis Subject: Re: Which Spillane? Date: 07 Apr 2000 14:06:53 -0700 I have not seen the Godard/Spillane reissue, but from what I understand, it is just the song "Spillane," along with Godard (which I have not heard, either). The original Elektra/Nonesuch recording remains one of my favorite Zorn pieces. It is the title song (which is a great piece, though sometimes I like "The Bribe" better), along with a great extended blues piece, "Two-Lane Highway" by Zorn & Albert Collins (w/Robert Quine, Big John Patton, Wayne Horvitz, Melvin Gibbs, Shannon Jackson and Bobby Previte) and "Forbidden Fruit" with the Kronos Quartet, Christian Marclay on Turntables and Ohta Hiromi on vocals. I think the music is great and there are a number of essays in the notes (on his music, on Japan, on Jazz & Pop, on Carl Stalling, and on the pieces on the album). I enjoy the album to no end. Now, without having heard the new release, my verdict would be to get both. Daryl Loomis drl@valley-media.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Waxman Subject: Re: The Individualism of Gil Evans Date: 07 Apr 2000 17:11:24 -0400 (EDT) Have you tried contacing Verve directly? I got mine in a plain old record store a few years ago. If it really isn't in print, maybe they'll suggest in which chain they may have dumped it. Ken Waxman On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Neil H. Enet wrote: > Hello List, > > I'm looking for this CD, but it looks like it's out of print. I've looked > in CDNOW, AMAZON, BUY.COM, BORDERS, etc. Anyone know where I can find it > online? > > Thanks > > Neil H. Enet> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jennifer Dahmus Subject: Upcoming performance of Le Momo in NYC Date: 07 Apr 2000 17:19:23 -0400 Attention Zornlisters in NYC and vicinity: Violinist Jennifer Choi will perform Zorn's Le Momo in her upcoming recital. The program will also include works by John Corigliano, Schumann (Sonata in A Minor, Op. 105), Prokofiev (Sonata in D Major, Op. 94), and Gershwin-Heifetz ("It Ain't Necessarily So"). When: Sunday, April 9, 2000, 8:30 pm Where: Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th St., NYC With pianists Stephen Drury and Robert Koenig Jeni - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: James Ripley Subject: Re: The Individualism of Gil Evans Date: 07 Apr 2000 19:05:15 -0500 It looks like wmimusic.com has a copy of a German import for about $14 postage paid (US). Very much worth the price. It is easily one of my favorite Gil recordings. James http://www.wmimusic.com >On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Neil H. Enet wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > I'm looking for this CD, but it looks like it's out of print. > I've looked > > in CDNOW, AMAZON, BUY.COM, BORDERS, etc. Anyone know where I can find it > > online? > > > > Thanks > > > > Neil H. Enet> > >- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Craig Rath Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Music Date: 07 Apr 2000 19:30:04 -0500 At 01:57 PM 4/6/00 -0400, you wrote: > > Anyone familiar with the Twin Peaks Soundtracks (Specially Fire Walk With >Me)? Well, I'm trying to find something similar to that type of Jazz (I'm >so new in the Jazz world I don't even no which TYPE of Jazz that is?) Of all the jazz I've listened to over the years, the stuff I've found which most closely resembles the mood and overall feeling of Badalamenti's TP stuff is Miles Davis - Kind of Blue. That album in particular and that era of his music in general put me most in the same frame of mind as Badalamenti's TP stuff. Even other Badalamenti soundtracks don't have the same feel. Craig M. Rath H: fripp@mn.mediaone.net W: rathc@questarweb.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Music Date: 07 Apr 2000 21:40:27 EDT In a message dated 4/7/00 8:35:47 PM, fripp@mn.mediaone.net writes: << Of all the jazz I've listened to over the years, the stuff I've found which most closely resembles the mood and overall feeling of Badalamenti's TP stuff is Miles Davis - Kind of Blue. >> yup, agreed. also worth looking for is something by Little Jimmy Scott, who has a bit part in the movie, singing a song in the Black Lodge, as I recall. I'd go for one of the more recent ones on Warner Bros. on a somewhat related note (I think they were both Peter Guralnick-inspired projects), Charlie Rich's Pictures and Paintings (Sire) is a pretty unheralded and amazing record. after 40 years, Rich finally got the chance to make the record he wanted, and it's beautiful, right at the nexus of blues and country and jazz. two other records I love that I never hear anyone talk about are the two companion volumes of New Orleans pianist James Booker on Rounder, Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah and Spiders On The Keys. compiled from a bunch of shows at the Maple Leaf Bar, Spiders is solo piano, while Resurrection adds Booker's unmistakable croaked vocals. these capture the spirit of New Orleans on record better than any other recorded document I can think of. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Music Date: 07 Apr 2000 21:27:43 -0500 On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 09:40:27PM -0400, JonAbbey2@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/7/00 8:35:47 PM, fripp@mn.mediaone.net writes: > > << Of all the jazz I've listened to over the years, the stuff I've found which > most closely resembles the mood and overall feeling of Badalamenti's TP > stuff is Miles Davis - Kind of Blue. >> > > yup, agreed. also worth looking for is something by Little Jimmy Scott, who > has a bit part in the movie, singing a song in the Black Lodge, as I recall. > I'd go for one of the more recent ones on Warner Bros. If memory serves, Little Jimmy Scott's appearance was in the Twin Peaks TV finale, rather than the movie, though the track appeared on the CD of the movie soundtrack. The stuff I remember... Actually the movie soundtrack sounded to me like Badalamenti having fun with bass players. And while "Kind of Blue" struck me immediately as a next step, I don't know of much else that sounds quite like "The Black Dog Runs at Night" or "A Real Indication", though I'd like to. -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stephen drury Subject: new music performance institute in Boston Date: 08 Apr 2000 08:00:46 -0400 Listmembers who are performing pianists or percussionists, or just really into the new music scene in general, may be interested in this week-long festival at New England Conservatory in Boston, June 12 - 16. Anyone wanting more info can email me privately. Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano and Percussion New England Conservatory, Boston, MA An intensive performance seminar on music of the twentieth century for advanced pianists and percussionists Monday, June 12 - Friday, June 16, 2000 Stephen Drury, Artistic Director Guest Artists: Emanuele Arciuli, John Mark Harris, Shannon Wettstein, Yukiko Takagi, Robyn Schulkowsky, William Winant, Jennifer Choi The Institute will feature discussions and masterclasses (held daily in Williams Hall from 10am to 1pm) on a broad range of modern repertoire for pianists and percussionists, conducted by Stephen Drury and guest artists working with the seminar participants. Music for piano alone, percussion alone, or any combination or multiple may be offered. Every student will have an opportunity to perform and be coached in masterclass. Auditors who do not perform are also welcome. This year the Institute will present five evening concerts of music for piano and percussion. Guest artists from Germany, Italy, New York, San Francisco and San Diego will play music by Cage, Stockhausen, Sciarrino, Xenakis, Zorn and others. Prospective students should submit a list of works they intend to perform to NEC Summer School , 290 Huntington, Boston MA 02115. Composers represented in past years include Karlheinz Stockhausen, William Bolcom, John Zorn, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, John Cage, Charles Ives, Conlon Nancarrow, Milton Babbitt, Luciano Berio, Arnold Schoenberg, Olivier Messiaen, Luigi Dallapicolla, Lee Hyla, Pierre Boulez, Gyorgy Ligeti, Frederic Rzewski, Morton Feldman, and Giacinto Scelsi. We welcome the opportunity to hear any contemporary music you may be performing. Auditors may simply register with the NEC Summer School office. Some housing may be available at a reduced rate if reserved early. Please call 617-585-1126 for information. Auditor: $75 Non-credit: $235 1 NEC School of Continuing Education credit: $320 NEC Undergraduate and Graduate credit also available. For more information on the web, go to www.StephenDrury.com Well-known as a champion of twentieth-century music, Stephen Drury's performances of music ranging from the piano sonatas of Charles Ives to works by John Cage and Gyorgy Ligeti have received the highest critical acclaim. He has appeared as conductor, pianist, and teacher throughout Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Drury has commissioned new works for solo piano from John Cage, John Zorn, Terry Riley, Lee Hyla and Chinary Ung. He premiered John Zorn's concerto for piano and orchestra "Aporias" with Dennis Russell Davies at the Koln Philharmonie, and Cage's 1O1 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Stephen Drury's recordings are available on Mode, New Albion, Catalyst, MusicMasters, Tzadig, Avant, and Neuma. He teaches at New England Conservatory. --steve http://www.stephendrury.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Waxman Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Music Date: 08 Apr 2000 14:38:38 -0400 (EDT) I'd actually go for Jimmy's earlier work on Savoy. Not only was his voice less frayed and more distinctive (you figure that's where Nancy Wilson and Carmen McRae got their style), but his accompaniests include top jazzers like Mingus. Another interesting Rich record (which I have somewhere in the basemenT) is somewthing I bought as a delete about 20 years ago. It's on RCA, has Rich with slicked back *black* hair and has him working out on standards like "River, Stay Away From My Door". The Anita Keer singers (or someone get in the way), but it's the closest Rich could get to the jazz crooner he wanted to be. Ken Waxman On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 JonAbbey2@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/7/00 8:35:47 PM, fripp@mn.mediaone.net writes: > > << Of all the jazz I've listened to over the years, the stuff I've found which > most closely resembles the mood and overall feeling of Badalamenti's TP > stuff is Miles Davis - Kind of Blue. >> > > yup, agreed. also worth looking for is something by Little Jimmy Scott, who > has a bit part in the movie, singing a song in the Black Lodge, as I recall. > I'd go for one of the more recent ones on Warner Bros. > > on a somewhat related note (I think they were both Peter Guralnick-inspired > projects), Charlie Rich's Pictures and Paintings (Sire) is a pretty > unheralded and amazing record. after 40 years, Rich finally got the chance to > make the record he wanted, and it's beautiful, right at the nexus of blues > and country and jazz. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Orangejazz@aol.com Subject: recent purchases... Date: 08 Apr 2000 23:36:17 EDT one of my many joys of the vague definition, Avant-garde (and all of it's synonyms) is not having to be exposed to the hype that comes with other releases..it's really a fantastic feeling to be able to develop your own assesment of the music...having that said..here's a list of music i've picked up lately and felt necessary to rave about.. Harry Partch - Delusion of the Fury : i don't know how to describe this. i've never really heard any partch that i didn't like, however sometimes the singing (and i do ackowledge the amount of effort that he put into composing for voice) can be deterring. Perhaps it's due to not being able to see the staged version of some of these works, regardless, Delusion is an exciting, wonderful piece of music...i really get the feeling that Partch is communicating himself through it..ok..i hope that wasn't too incoherent. Ikue Mori - a hundred aspects of the moon : another release with voice..i think bukowski or john fahey said they listen to classical music to get away from humans, and hate to hear voices.....anyway...forget that. this is one of the finest releases on Tzadik this year, has anyone noticed that the quality seems to be getting better lately? there is no doubt in my mind that Ikue Mori is brilliant, I look forward to hearing whatever she can concoct next...still, if i were reccomending a starting place, i'd probably go with "Garden", which eludes any description. The Magical Sound of FennO'berg - This is a very textured album...I was sort of anticipating something incredibly harsh when I picked it up, but it's not really harsh at all..it displays a virtuoustic interplay between three musicians who use instruments capable of any sound. ok. from, matt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "T" Subject: Date: 09 Apr 2000 05:08:00 -0400 > Again, I need advice, and who else to ask? Here it goes: > > Anyone familiar with the Twin Peaks Soundtracks (Specially Fire Walk With > Me)? Well, I'm trying to find something similar to that type of Jazz (I'm > so new in the Jazz world I don't even no which TYPE of Jazz that is?) > I hope you can help me .... again!! There are actually quite a few jazz recordings that have a similar sound and vibe as does Twin Peaks. a great on that comes to mind though is Grant Greens Idle Moments. if fact i would bet that this is the record that they used as a guide for the music for Twin Peaks. toddbolton@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christophe =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=FCndberg?= Subject: Recent Purchases: Painkiller Bar Kokhba Date: 09 Apr 2000 17:19:12 -0600 Went to my local Avant-Garde record store today, got Painkiller's "Execution Ground" (SD 7008-2) which is a 2-disc set on the Subharmonic label. The first disc is three tracks of really nice stuff. The second disc really intrigues me, it's ambient versions of two of the songs (Pashupatinath & Parish Of Tama). I'll try and remember to post more about it when I listen to them more. The second thing I got was the 2-disc Bar Kokhba/Masada Chamber Ensembles set (TZ 7108-2). This I really like, but had a huge choice between this and "The Circle Maker." So, i was wondering, did I make a good choice, or should I purchase TCM mnext tiem I stop by, are they both equally as good? Also question, is the organ/piano player, John Medeski, the same Medeski from Medeski, Martin, and Wood? If so, that strikes me as kind of really weird. Zorn is an odd boy though, so it makes sense. Chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Zach Griffin Subject: Something Funny almost Zorn-related; Zorn playing Bell Atlantic Jazz Date: 09 Apr 2000 19:25:56 -0400 Here's something thats kinda funny. I came across this at Pollstar's website. This Wedensday night at a place called Don Hill's in New York. There is a triple bill of bands. One of them is called Naked City. In my gut I know that it's not the Naked City that we all know and love. But I do wonder how this band got away with calling themselves Naked City. Also, does anyone on this list know if John Zorn has been booked to play at this years Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival in NYC? And if so who is he going to be playing with. I really enjoyed the Masada and his show with Laswell, Frith, Lombardo and the special appearance by Eye from last year. Thanks, Zach Griffin - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Smith Subject: Re: Zorn playing Bell Atlantic Jazz Fest? Date: 09 Apr 2000 20:20:54 -0400 Zach Griffin wrote: > Also, does anyone on this list know if John Zorn > has been booked to play at this years Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival in > NYC? And if so who is he going to be playing with. Don't know yet... the schedule has not yet been announced. Keep an eye on www.jazfest.com (the mis-spelling is intentional), which has no content as yet but does indicate that tickets go on sale on Friday, April 14. Zorn WILL, interestingly enough, be part of the JVC Jazz Festival. Generally a reasonably moribund affair, this year's JVC Festival includes an entire series of avant-themed shows at Symphony Space. These include an evening of Masada (quartet, string trio and chamber ensemble) on June 21, a new Dave Douglas nine-piece band called Witness on June 22, a new Frisell quartet plus Kelly Joe Phelps on the 24th, a Don Byron silent film project on the 20th. Also, the 20th Anniversary celebration of the Lounge Lizards (previously booked at the Knit and then cancelled by Lurie) has been announced for this series but doesn't currently appear on the website... cancelled again? Something funny going on, clearly. Nevertheless, a pretty amazing display for JVC and a gauntlet thrown down at the Knit's collective feet. See the whole schedule at http://festivalproductions.net/jvc/ny/Schedule.shtml Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - nada - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Julian" Subject: Re: Recent Purchases: Painkiller Bar Kokhba Date: 10 Apr 2000 10:22:04 +1000 > The second thing I got was the 2-disc Bar Kokhba/Masada Chamber > Ensembles set (TZ 7108-2). This I really like, but had a huge choice > between this and "The Circle Maker." So, i was wondering, did I make a > good choice, or should I purchase TCM mnext tiem I stop by, are they > both equally as good? Both are certainly worth getting, but The Circle Maker just has the trio (Feldman/Friedlander/Cohen) and the sextet (trio/Ribot/Baron/Baptista) while Bar Kokhba uses all those wonderful ensembles, with the likes of David Krakauer and John Medeski (both unfortunately absent on The Circle Maker). Another difference, most tunes on The Circle Maker are generally shorter than on Bar Kokhba and the second disc is quite loungy, and easy to listen to. > Also question, is the organ/piano player, John Medeski, the same Medeski > from Medeski, Martin, and Wood? If so, that strikes me as kind of > really weird. Zorn is an odd boy though, so it makes sense. Yes, same Medeski. That's not really that weird is it? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Peter Marsh" Subject: plug (sorry!) Date: 10 Apr 2000 11:46:40 +0100 apologies for crosspostings etc... for anyone interested, a mutated one off lineup of kozmik jazz beat perverts Lob will be treading the boards this Friday 14th April at the Gregson in Lancaster, UK. the lineup will be... Rex Casswell (Stock Hausen & Walkman, Bark! etc) - prepared guitar, samples Ian R. Watson (Gallon Drunk, Bows, Test Dept etc) - trumpet, flute, duck calls, effects Peter Marsh (no-one you've heard of) - bass, low frequency squelching with Richard Scott - beats, atmospherics etc James Ford - drums expect mutant garage/drum n'bass laced with sub aether spacejazz improv. details: check http://www.lentils.demon.co.uk thanks peter - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andreas Dietz" Subject: Re: Zorn playing Bell Atlantic Jazz Fest? Date: 10 Apr 2000 15:14:01 CEST >Zach Griffin wrote: > > > Also, does anyone on this list know if John Zorn > > has been booked to play at this years Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival in > > NYC? And if so who is he going to be playing with. > >Don't know yet... the schedule has not yet been announced. Keep an eye on >www.jazfest.com (the mis-spelling is intentional), which has no content as >yet but does indicate that tickets go on sale on Friday, April 14. > >Zorn WILL, interestingly enough, be part of the JVC Jazz Festival. >Generally a reasonably moribund affair, this year's JVC Festival includes >an >entire series of avant-themed shows at Symphony Space. These include an >evening of Masada (quartet, string trio and chamber ensemble) on June 21, a >new Dave Douglas nine-piece band called Witness on June 22, a new Frisell >quartet plus Kelly Joe Phelps on the 24th, a Don Byron silent film project >on the 20th. Also, the 20th Anniversary celebration of the Lounge Lizards >(previously booked at the Knit and then cancelled by Lurie) has been °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° I´ve heard this but nothing about the reasons. I´m sure there´s someone with details!? Andreas Dietz >announced for this series but doesn't currently appear on the website... >cancelled again? Something funny going on, clearly. Nevertheless, a >pretty >amazing display for JVC and a gauntlet thrown down at the Knit's collective >feet. See the whole schedule at >http://festivalproductions.net/jvc/ny/Schedule.shtml > >Steve Smith >ssmith36@sprynet.com >NP - nada ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Douglas Tapia Subject: Medeski in Bar Kokhba?!?! Date: 10 Apr 2000 10:29:32 -0600 >Also question, is the organ/piano player, John Medeski, the same Medeski >from Medeski, Martin, and Wood? If so, that strikes me as kind of >really weird. Zorn is an odd boy though, so it makes sense. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why's that? Medeski is a great player, even if he doesn't always show it in MMW. He has played with the Either Orchestra, and the somewhat unfortunate "Surrender To The Air" project. I realize that many of people have written off MMW because of their popularity or their hippie following (I stoped going to their shows because I find the mixture of patchouli (sp?), BO, and cloves to be pretty unappealing, but they are good players). MMW's first release, "Notes from the underground" has some very nice piano work from Medeski. John played jazz casuals with Jaco when he was still quite young, and he was also a first call accompanist for a hand full of opera divas while he was still in high school. He can hold his own quite well in Bar Kokhba. FWIW, Doug n.p. ELLERY ESKELIN, ANDREA PARKINS, JIM BLACK "Kulak 29 & 30" (is Parkins' use of the sampler outside of the "jazz tradition?" do we care?) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nervenet@aol.com Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Date: 10 Apr 2000 12:29:49 EDT Neil wrote: <> People have recommended Miles Davis already but nobody's mentioned his album "Blue Moods," which sounds to me like a prototype for Badalamenti's work made 35 years before. The instrumentation is trumpet, bass, drums (mostly brushed drums like in the soundtrack) trombone, and vibraphone (which is what really makes it sound like a ringer for the soundtrack). Much closer to the exact sound of Badalamenti's score than anything else I've heard, by Miles or anyone (except Badalamenti, of course). If you want to know more about miles, however, I'm always happy to talk that. Patrick M. Brown Nervenet@aol.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert A. Pleshar" Subject: Cadence Date: 10 Apr 2000 11:32:22 -0500 Apologies for cross posting. I have most issues of Cadence from about 1988 to 1995 laying around in my basement and if anyone wants some or all of them, they are available for the taking if you will pay postage. Some of them may have some writing, highlighting or bent corners. Ralph - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jason Tors Subject: Re: Medeski in Bar Kokhba?!?! Date: 10 Apr 2000 13:34:08 -0400 I saw MMW play an absolutely amazing live acoustic set at tonic about a year ago. All three players performed so much better than in the simplified groove stuff they have been working into. And it was the usual lower east side tonic crowd, with a few hippies that found out about the shows. I am getting really excited for their acoustic sets at orensanz arts center. I wrote off their groove projects, but acoustic they are bad. Some of the best piano work I have heard of medeski is on that bar kokhba record. > >MMW's first release, "Notes from the underground" has some very nice >piano work from Medeski. John played jazz casuals with Jaco when he was >still quite young, and he was also a first call accompanist for a hand >full of opera divas while he was still in high school. He can hold his >own quite well in Bar Kokhba. > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Gannushkin Subject: Re[2]: Medeski in Bar Kokhba?!?! Date: 10 Apr 2000 14:15:47 -0400 Hello Jason, This "amazing live acoustic set at tonic" will be released on Blue Note in two weeks. I don't know what is wrong with MMW organ trio. I really love it. And I saw John playing Hammond B-3 in a trio with Joey Baron and Marc Ribot. It was one of the most amazing shows I ever seen. He is playing piano on a very good record of drummer Dougie Bowne trio with Fred Hopkins on bass which was issued on DIW and co-produced by Zorn. My point of view is probably not so objective because I like almost all recordings with him including Marc Ribo's Los Cubanos and wonderful CD of Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Monday, April 10, 2000, you wrote: JT> I saw MMW play an absolutely amazing live acoustic set at tonic about JT> a year ago. All three players performed so much better than in the JT> simplified groove stuff they have been working into. And it was the JT> usual lower east side tonic crowd, with a few hippies that found out JT> about the shows. JT> I am getting really excited for their acoustic sets at orensanz arts center. JT> I wrote off their groove projects, but acoustic they are bad. JT> Some of the best piano work I have heard of medeski is on that bar JT> kokhba record. >> >>MMW's first release, "Notes from the underground" has some very nice >>piano work from Medeski. John played jazz casuals with Jaco when he was >>still quite young, and he was also a first call accompanist for a hand >>full of opera divas while he was still in high school. He can hold his >>own quite well in Bar Kokhba. >> JT> - -- Best regards, Peter Gannushkin e-mail: shkin@shkin.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Hewins Subject: Re: Zorn playing Bell Atlantic Jazz Fest? Date: 10 Apr 2000 14:34:24 -0400 Are tickets really $31 dollars to these shows or is it some kind of package for more than one show or what? If it's 31 for one show, damn! Dan Hewins > >Zorn WILL, interestingly enough, be part of the JVC Jazz Festival. >Generally a reasonably moribund affair, this year's JVC Festival includes an >entire series of avant-themed shows at Symphony Space. These include an >evening of Masada (quartet, string trio and chamber ensemble) on June 21, a >new Dave Douglas nine-piece band called Witness on June 22, a new Frisell >quartet plus Kelly Joe Phelps on the 24th, a Don Byron silent film project >on the 20th. Also, the 20th Anniversary celebration of the Lounge Lizards >(previously booked at the Knit and then cancelled by Lurie) has been >announced for this series but doesn't currently appear on the website... >cancelled again? Something funny going on, clearly. Nevertheless, a pretty >amazing display for JVC and a gauntlet thrown down at the Knit's collective >feet. See the whole schedule at >http://festivalproductions.net/jvc/ny/Schedule.shtml > >Steve Smith >ssmith36@sprynet.com >NP - nada > > >- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: XRedbirdxx@aol.com Subject: Tonic improv Date: 10 Apr 2000 15:23:22 EDT Anyone care to offer a response to the JZ improv at Tonic this past Thursday for those of us unable to attend? Who were the "special guests?" Thanks. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Hewins Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 10 Apr 2000 15:45:30 -0400 I was there for the first set. It was a good show. The players involved were not all known by me. John Zorn (as), John Lindberg (b), Tony Scherr (b, acoustic g), Adam Levy (g), Roberto Rodriguez (perc), Adam ? (d), and ? (p). The drummer was a young guy whose name I didn't catch entirely. He was pretty good. The pianist was an asian woman (I couldn't tell her ethnicity). So there were 7 people but they never played all at once. They broke off into smaller groups and did about 10 minute improvs in each grouping. If I can remember them all, here they are: 1) Scherr, Lindberg, Rodriguez (b, b, perc) 2) Zorn, [drums] (as, d) 3) Levy, Rodriguez, [piano] (g, p, perc) oh, hell, I can't remember the order but another was like this: Zorn, Lindberg, Scherr (g), [drums] I can't remember any more specifics but it was fun. The drummer looked a little nervous before the duo with Zorn but he got a big pat on the back by Zorn afterwards. He did a good job. I was hoping Jim O'Rourke would have been there. Dan Hewins At 3:23 PM -0400 4/10/00, XRedbirdxx@aol.com wrote: >Anyone care to offer a response to the JZ improv at Tonic this past Thursday >for those of us unable to attend? Who were the "special guests?" > >Thanks. > >- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matt Krefting" Subject: medeski Date: 10 Apr 2000 13:19:26 PDT <> anyone who was at the zorn/medeski/ribot/wolleson shows last august knows that medeski can hold his own. there were a bunch of mmw hippie-types there, smoking pot through the whole show and being jerk-offs, but whatever. one of my favorite zorn quotes comes from that night: "asshole! hey, motherfucker, stop smoking that shit!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 10 Apr 2000 16:32:30 EDT In a message dated 4/10/00 4:06:09 PM, dan@synsolutions.com writes: << I was hoping Jim O'Rourke would have been there. >> he's currently in Japan, touring with Mouse On Mars.=20 anyone lucky enough to be in Tokyo tomorrow should check out this concert,=20 and report back on what it was like: April 11: Filament: Yoshihide Otomo (guitar, electronics) and Sachiko M=20 (sampler), Kevin Drumm (guitar, electronics), and Taku Sugimoto (guitar,=20 6-string bass, etc.) at Theater POO in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com NP: G=FCnter M=FCller/L=EA Quan Ninh (Erstwhile 009), hopefully out in the n= ext few=20 months. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 10 Apr 2000 14:08:11 -0700 On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:32:30 EDT JonAbbey2@aol.com wrote: > > NP: Günter Müller/Lê Quan Ninh (Erstwhile 009), hopefully out in the next few > months. Jon, that's no fair (NP of records that only you can listen to) :-). Patrice. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jesse Kudler" Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 10 Apr 2000 21:14:36 -0400 > Rodriguez (perc), Adam ? (d), and ? (p). The drummer was a young guy > whose name I didn't catch entirely. He was pretty good. The pianist > was an asian woman (I couldn't tell her ethnicity). Possibly Yuko Fujiyama? I'm not too familiar with her, but she plays on this record with the horn players from Test, Susie Ibarra, and Wilber Morris. Good, quite blues-based free jazz. The piano playing didn't leave much of an impression that I can recall now, but anyway. . . -Jesse - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rick Lopez Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 10 Apr 2000 21:36:35 -0400 on 4/10/00 9:14 PM, Jesse Kudler at jkudler@mail.wesleyan.edu wrote: > Possibly Yuko Fujiyama? I'm not too familiar with her, but she plays on > this record with the horn players from Test, Susie Ibarra, and Wilber > Morris. Good, quite blues-based free jazz. This record: One World Ensemble - Breathing Together http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k/IBARRA.disc.html#95.10.18 -- Marilyn Crispell, Susie Ibarra, William Parker, Sam Rivers, Matthew Shipp, David S. Ware, and Reggie Workman Discographies--Samuel Beckett Eulogy--Baseball & the 10,000 Things--Time Stops--LOVETORN--HARD BOIL--etc., at: http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k UPDATE January 10, 2000: vids, a few CDs, baseball books, a few Cadence back issues, a few more CDs... ***Very Various For Sale: ***http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k/4SALE.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andreas Dietz" Subject: Re: Medeski in Bar Kokhba?!?! Date: 11 Apr 2000 11:57:14 CEST >MMW's first release, "Notes from the underground" has some very nice >piano work from Medeski. John played jazz casuals with Jaco when he °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° do you mean Jaco Pastorious? >was still quite young, and he was also a first call accompanist for a hand >full of opera divas while he was still in high school. He can hold his >own quite well in Bar Kokhba. > >FWIW, > >Doug ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hywel Davies Subject: wintsch / cage Date: 11 Apr 2000 05:00:18 -0700 (PDT) anyone heard the new cd "identity" on Leo by Wintsch/Oester/Hemingway? how does it compare to the trio with Graewe? also, forthcoming on ECM is a cd of Cage pieces, called The Seasons... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com Subject: 13WAYS Date: 11 Apr 2000 13:02:53 -0500 from the knight-ridder news wire: FRED HERSCH/MICHAEL MOORE/GERRY HEMINGWAY "Thirteen Ways" (Palmetto, 3 1/2 stars) This trio recording is partly a free jazz excursion among some like-minded folks. But that freedom is handled carefully. Pianist Fred Hersch, saxophonist Michael Moore and drummer Gerry Hemingway never treat the free concept as a license to go nuts. They go to beautiful places, find some handsome skeins, and rework them in such a spontaneous way that it's hard not to get gushy. The CD opens with the plaintive, "Focus," whose somber beauty announces the recording's direction. "En Tee" is about as brittle and chilly as things get. "Tango Bittersweet" finds tragedy in a dance while "Bug Music" mimics the mania of its subjects. The set closes with Jaki Byard's boppish and humorous "One Note to My Wife" and "Habanera," an ethnic, dance-inspiring number that goes to some unexpected places. Even this free jazz isn't for the overworked or the attention-deficient. But Hersch is an artful colorist who could probably find romantic poetry in the phone book. Hemingway and Moore rise to the challenges. -Karl Stark np: Roosevelt Sykes "The Honey Dripper" - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Douglas Tapia Subject: Re: Medeski in Bar Kokhba?!?! Date: 11 Apr 2000 11:14:07 -0600 > >>MMW's first release, "Notes from the underground" has some very nice >>piano work from Medeski. John played jazz casuals with Jaco when he > = =83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83= =83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83=83 >do you mean Jaco Pastorious? > Yes! That's what I read in an interview. Aparently Medeski grew up = in south Florida, and when Joco wasn't out on the road, he had some = house gigs in the area that John played on. Small world, eh? -Doug - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Hugo Linares" Subject: RE: Tonic improv Date: 11 Apr 2000 19:34:35 -0300 Jon Abbey wrote: April 11: Filament: Yoshihide Otomo (guitar, electronics) and Sachiko M (sampler), Kevin Drumm (guitar, electronics), and Taku Sugimoto (guitar, 6-string bass, etc.) at Theater POO in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Have they ever recorded in studio? Are there any in print cds easily available? Label? BTW, opinions on Otomo's Shabondama Elegy? Thanks in advance, Hugo Linares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 11 Apr 2000 18:44:52 EDT In a message dated 4/11/00 6:34:33 PM, hlinares@utenet.com.ar writes: << April 11: Filament: Yoshihide Otomo (guitar, electronics) and Sachiko M (sampler), Kevin Drumm (guitar, electronics), and Taku Sugimoto (guitar, 6-string bass, etc.) at Theater POO in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Have they ever recorded in studio? >> Drumm and Otomo have never recorded together; I'm not even sure if they've played together before. <> I don't recall seeing it listed for sale outside of Japan yet. Kevin Drumm is playing Tonic, 4/27-28, although with some odd pairings (Lee Ranaldo, White Out, Ikue Mori, maybe one other). hopefully they'll let him play some solo material also. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Smith Subject: Attn: Ribot, Tacuma and Weston fans Date: 12 Apr 2000 01:14:32 -0400 Hey there: Just wanted to drop a line to those who took note at the header: One of the two upcoming James Carter CDs on Atlantic, 'Layin' in the Cut,' is an electric funk disc featuring a band comprised of Carter, Marc Ribot (gtr), Jef Lee Johnson (gtr), Jamaaladeen Tacuma (el b) and G. Calvin Weston (dr). On one listen I can safely report that it's righteously and raucously funky, and James blows his lil' brains out on at least one track. Lotsa fun, if not really groundbreaking in any way... The other James Carter disc to be released by Atlantic on the same day is described as a "Django Reinhardt tribute." As I've not yet seen or heard this one, I can't report as to whether Ribot is on it, or whether it has anything to do with Ribot's own long-rumored Reinhardt tribute that featured Eyvind Kang. If I hear before you do, I'll let you know. I think both are due to be released this month. And of course, as has already been mentioned, there's a new Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos disc due out from Atlantic any day now as well, titled 'Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!)' Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Ronald Shannon Jackson & the Decoding Society, "Chocolate Envy," 'Live at Greenwich House' (KnitClassics) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Smith Subject: Bell Atlantic Festival Press Release Date: 12 Apr 2000 00:56:17 -0400 Here's what we've all been waiting for, announced a little less than an hour ago (at www.JazzE.com). Perhaps I wish I could be a little more cynical, given personal past history, and there are a few laughable things here, yes (though fewer than anyone might have guessed, all things considered). But all in all I'd have to say that this is perhaps the best Knit festival in quite a number of years. And yes, Zorn is at least in some small way included. But Ornette, Cecil/Max (a free concert, as in "free of charge"), and the Art Ensemble all figure quite largely - read on. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, "Sacred Language," 'Live at Greenwich House' (KnitClassics) April 12, 2000 Bell Atlantic Jazz Fest dates announced The Festival, which runs from May 4 to June 9, begins with four days of performances in Washington D.C., ranging from the Charlie Haden Quartet West with a 22 piece chamber Orchestra on May 4 at Lincoln Theater to a free show at Kennedy Center on May 7 featuring Los Lobos and Sex Mob. Indian sarod master Ali Akbar Khan, the Paul Bley Trio, The Jazz Mandolin Project, The David Grisman Quintet, The Slip, viperHouse, Chico Hamilton & Euphoria, the Ravi Coltrane Quintet, The Legends of the Bandstand featuring Percy Heath on bass, Cedar Walton on piano, David Fathead Newman on tenor saxophone, Curtis Fuller on trombone and Bobby Durham on drums, Young and Rollins and Lake Trout are also in the lineup. The D.C. festival also presents the first performance of To Louis Armstrong, Roz Nixon=92s musical/theatrical/spoken word tribute to the legendary jazz trumpeter, whose centennial will be celebrated beginning in July. To Louis Armstrong will be performed by three different groups of musicians; this version consists of Melba Joyce, vocals; Craig Haynes, drums; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Christian McBride, bass; and Roy Meriwether, piano. To Louis Armstrong also opens the Philadelphia festival program at Irvine Auditorium on May 11 with a lineup including Joyce, Haynes and McBride with Terell Stafford on trumpet and John Hicks on piano. That same night the Sun Ra Arkestra and tenor saxophonist David S. Ware perform at the Theater for the Living Arts and The Dave Liebman Group, with Liebman on soprano and tenor saxophones, Vic Juris on acoustic and electric guitar, Tony Marino on acoustic bass and James Haddad on drums and percussion, performs at Ortlieb=92s Jazzhaus. The Philadelphia festival runs through May 14, when the Charlie Hunter Band, Groove Collective, The Flying Neutrinos and Sex Mob play a free concert at the University of Pennsylvania campus. The David Grisman Quintet, Mickey Hart, Jazz Mandolin Project, David Sanchez Quintet, Jeff =93Tain=94 Watts Experience, Joey Calderazzo Trio, The Mickey Roker Quint= et, Duane Eubanks, Yellowman, Bobby Zankel and Lake Trout will also perform during the weekend. The Boston leg of the festival opens on Wednesday, May 17 with the first of two nights with Medeski, Martin and Wood at Jordan Hall and the Jane Monheit Quartet at Scullers. The festival finishes the following Sunday with a free concert by the Sun Ra Arkestra, Groove Collective, The Flying Neutrinos and Sex Mob at City Hall Plaza. The Sonny Fortune and Rashied Ali Duo =93In the Spirit of John Coltrane,=94 Roy Hargrove, Ravi Coltrane, Greg Osby, Ali Akbar Khan, Mark Elf, David Sanchez, Dave Douglas, David S. Ware, William Hooker, Joey Calderazzo, Ryles Jazz Orchestra with Ed Calle and the Lance Martin Band are also scheduled to play. Ornette Coleman and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the twin peaks of 20th century avant-garde jazz, frame the 10-day New York festival with special performances that are expected to place them at the forefront of the 21st century=92s most forward-looking music as well. Coleman opens the festival on Thursday, June 1 with newly-composed work assembled for An Evening with Ornette Coleman, which will include a reunion with Coleman=92s classic rhythm section of Charlie Haden on bass and Billy Higgins on drums; the Global Expression Project, featuring Denardo Coleman and Charnett Moffett with special guests Badal Roy, Sultan Khan and Probaker Karaker; and Freedom Symbol: Composition for 20 piece Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Other major shows scheduled for the festival include: Funky Meters, Me=92Shell Ndegeocello and the Jazz Mandolin Project (June 2); Stereolab, and Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore and Friends (June 3); a free concert on the steps of Columbia University with the Max Roach and Cecil Taylor duo, Joey Baron and Ron Carter duo and the David S. Ware quartet (June 4); Roswell Rudd and Sonic Youth (June 5); Galactic and Dr. John (June 6); Al Green, Odetta and Curtis Fowlkes=92 Catfish Corner (June 7); Welcome t= o the Voice, an opera by Steve Nieve and Muriel Teodori featuring Elvis Costello and the Brodski Quartet (June 9); a free concert at the World Trade Center Plaza featuring The Neville Brothers, Robert Cray, Jon Lucien and Elliott Sharp=92s Terraplane with special guests Sex Mob (June 10, 1 pm)) and a free Latin American music festival at World Trade Center Plaza with Los Lobos, Los Van Van, Barbarito Torres, The David Sanchez Sextet and Bobby Sanabria Y Ascension. (June 11, 1pm). One of the most innovative bookings is the day-long showcase of street musicians June 1 at the Times Square Subway Station, which includes the Music Under New York Big Band under the leadership of Henry P. Warner (7pm); flutist Suki Rae and her Ensemble (5pm); New York Express, a funk/jazz group led by guitarist Andy Friedberg (3pm); the abstract jazz action band Test (1pm); and the Cuban jazz ensemble Masterpiece, featuring Lorenzo LaRoc on violin (11am). Another free show on June 11 will take place at Town Hall, starring Chick Corea & Origin and The Microscopic Septet 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert. As ever, the Knitting Factory will be a hotbed of activity throughout the festival. In addition to the Art Ensemble of Chicago performances, other festival events at the Knitting Factory include the third performance of To Louis Armstrong, this time with Melba Joyce on vocals, Roy Hargrove on trumpet, John Hicks on piano, Bernard =93Pretty=94 Purdie= on drums, Christian McBride on bass and Wycliffe Gordon on trombone. (June 2); the debut American performance of Crispell, Peacock, Motian (June 8); and =93Tim Berne presents an evening of Raw Space,=94 a night of projects from saxophonist Tim Berne including Paraphrase, with Drew Gress on bass and Tom Rainey on drums; the Big Satan Trio with Rainy and Marc Ducret on guitar; Quicksand with Rainey and Craig Taborn on keyboards; and Composure, with Rainey, Ducret and Taborn (June 7). The Knitting Factory will also present the Charley Hunter Band, Gutbucket and Russell Gunn and Ethnomusicology (June 1); D.D. Jackson Quintet and Myra Melford=92s Crush (June 2); Joe Gallivan Rainforest Initiative (June 3); David Murray (June 4); Tom Harrell Quintet (10pm), Roswell Rudd and Broad Strokes with special guest Sonic Youth (8pm), (June 5); Greg Osby Quintet (10pm) and the JazzTimes Super Band (8 pm) (June 6); The Other Quartet (June7); Matthew Shipp String Trio (June 8); Jeff =93Tain=94 Watts Experience (8pm) and the Ravi Coltrane Quintet (10p= m) (June 9); and the Dave Douglas Sextet (June 10). Also, each night during the festival one of the participating musicians will host a free midnight jam session at the Knitting Factory main space open to all the players in the festival lineup. The festival will also be staged at various other New York clubs. The Jazz Standard will host Uri Caine=92s Mahler Project (June 1,2), Uri Caine=92s Debut of the Goldberg Variations (June 3,4) and =93As Long As You=92re Living Yours=94: The Music of Keith Jarrett (June 6-11). Sweet Basil will present Renee Rosnes (June 1-4), Spirit of Life Ensemble (June 5) and Kenny Garrett (June 6-11). Operazone will appear at the Angel Orensanz Foundation (June 5), as will the United States premiere of String and Jazz: New York Stories (June 6), and John Zorn=92s Chamber Works with a string quartet (June 9). Makor presents The Klezmatics (June 3) and the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band (June 10). Location One presents reedman Ned Rothenberg with special guest Marcus Rojas on tuba (June 7) and Galapagos will host Kroyt and Spacebopcircus (June 9th). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Smith Subject: Bell Atlantic Festival Press Release Date: 12 Apr 2000 00:56:17 -0400 Here's what we've all been waiting for, announced a little less than an hour ago (at www.JazzE.com). Perhaps I wish I could be a little more cynical, given personal past history, and there are a few laughable things here, yes (though fewer than anyone might have guessed, all things considered). But all in all I'd have to say that this is perhaps the best Knit festival in quite a number of years. And yes, Zorn is at least in some small way included. But Ornette, Cecil/Max (a free concert, as in "free of charge"), and the Art Ensemble all figure quite largely - read on. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, "Sacred Language," 'Live at Greenwich House' (KnitClassics) April 12, 2000 Bell Atlantic Jazz Fest dates announced The Festival, which runs from May 4 to June 9, begins with four days of performances in Washington D.C., ranging from the Charlie Haden Quartet West with a 22 piece chamber Orchestra on May 4 at Lincoln Theater to a free show at Kennedy Center on May 7 featuring Los Lobos and Sex Mob. Indian sarod master Ali Akbar Khan, the Paul Bley Trio, The Jazz Mandolin Project, The David Grisman Quintet, The Slip, viperHouse, Chico Hamilton & Euphoria, the Ravi Coltrane Quintet, The Legends of the Bandstand featuring Percy Heath on bass, Cedar Walton on piano, David Fathead Newman on tenor saxophone, Curtis Fuller on trombone and Bobby Durham on drums, Young and Rollins and Lake Trout are also in the lineup. The D.C. festival also presents the first performance of To Louis Armstrong, Roz Nixon=92s musical/theatrical/spoken word tribute to the legendary jazz trumpeter, whose centennial will be celebrated beginning in July. To Louis Armstrong will be performed by three different groups of musicians; this version consists of Melba Joyce, vocals; Craig Haynes, drums; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Christian McBride, bass; and Roy Meriwether, piano. To Louis Armstrong also opens the Philadelphia festival program at Irvine Auditorium on May 11 with a lineup including Joyce, Haynes and McBride with Terell Stafford on trumpet and John Hicks on piano. That same night the Sun Ra Arkestra and tenor saxophonist David S. Ware perform at the Theater for the Living Arts and The Dave Liebman Group, with Liebman on soprano and tenor saxophones, Vic Juris on acoustic and electric guitar, Tony Marino on acoustic bass and James Haddad on drums and percussion, performs at Ortlieb=92s Jazzhaus. The Philadelphia festival runs through May 14, when the Charlie Hunter Band, Groove Collective, The Flying Neutrinos and Sex Mob play a free concert at the University of Pennsylvania campus. The David Grisman Quintet, Mickey Hart, Jazz Mandolin Project, David Sanchez Quintet, Jeff =93Tain=94 Watts Experience, Joey Calderazzo Trio, The Mickey Roker Quint= et, Duane Eubanks, Yellowman, Bobby Zankel and Lake Trout will also perform during the weekend. The Boston leg of the festival opens on Wednesday, May 17 with the first of two nights with Medeski, Martin and Wood at Jordan Hall and the Jane Monheit Quartet at Scullers. The festival finishes the following Sunday with a free concert by the Sun Ra Arkestra, Groove Collective, The Flying Neutrinos and Sex Mob at City Hall Plaza. The Sonny Fortune and Rashied Ali Duo =93In the Spirit of John Coltrane,=94 Roy Hargrove, Ravi Coltrane, Greg Osby, Ali Akbar Khan, Mark Elf, David Sanchez, Dave Douglas, David S. Ware, William Hooker, Joey Calderazzo, Ryles Jazz Orchestra with Ed Calle and the Lance Martin Band are also scheduled to play. Ornette Coleman and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the twin peaks of 20th century avant-garde jazz, frame the 10-day New York festival with special performances that are expected to place them at the forefront of the 21st century=92s most forward-looking music as well. Coleman opens the festival on Thursday, June 1 with newly-composed work assembled for An Evening with Ornette Coleman, which will include a reunion with Coleman=92s classic rhythm section of Charlie Haden on bass and Billy Higgins on drums; the Global Expression Project, featuring Denardo Coleman and Charnett Moffett with special guests Badal Roy, Sultan Khan and Probaker Karaker; and Freedom Symbol: Composition for 20 piece Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Other major shows scheduled for the festival include: Funky Meters, Me=92Shell Ndegeocello and the Jazz Mandolin Project (June 2); Stereolab, and Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore and Friends (June 3); a free concert on the steps of Columbia University with the Max Roach and Cecil Taylor duo, Joey Baron and Ron Carter duo and the David S. Ware quartet (June 4); Roswell Rudd and Sonic Youth (June 5); Galactic and Dr. John (June 6); Al Green, Odetta and Curtis Fowlkes=92 Catfish Corner (June 7); Welcome t= o the Voice, an opera by Steve Nieve and Muriel Teodori featuring Elvis Costello and the Brodski Quartet (June 9); a free concert at the World Trade Center Plaza featuring The Neville Brothers, Robert Cray, Jon Lucien and Elliott Sharp=92s Terraplane with special guests Sex Mob (June 10, 1 pm)) and a free Latin American music festival at World Trade Center Plaza with Los Lobos, Los Van Van, Barbarito Torres, The David Sanchez Sextet and Bobby Sanabria Y Ascension. (June 11, 1pm). One of the most innovative bookings is the day-long showcase of street musicians June 1 at the Times Square Subway Station, which includes the Music Under New York Big Band under the leadership of Henry P. Warner (7pm); flutist Suki Rae and her Ensemble (5pm); New York Express, a funk/jazz group led by guitarist Andy Friedberg (3pm); the abstract jazz action band Test (1pm); and the Cuban jazz ensemble Masterpiece, featuring Lorenzo LaRoc on violin (11am). Another free show on June 11 will take place at Town Hall, starring Chick Corea & Origin and The Microscopic Septet 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert. As ever, the Knitting Factory will be a hotbed of activity throughout the festival. In addition to the Art Ensemble of Chicago performances, other festival events at the Knitting Factory include the third performance of To Louis Armstrong, this time with Melba Joyce on vocals, Roy Hargrove on trumpet, John Hicks on piano, Bernard =93Pretty=94 Purdie= on drums, Christian McBride on bass and Wycliffe Gordon on trombone. (June 2); the debut American performance of Crispell, Peacock, Motian (June 8); and =93Tim Berne presents an evening of Raw Space,=94 a night of projects from saxophonist Tim Berne including Paraphrase, with Drew Gress on bass and Tom Rainey on drums; the Big Satan Trio with Rainy and Marc Ducret on guitar; Quicksand with Rainey and Craig Taborn on keyboards; and Composure, with Rainey, Ducret and Taborn (June 7). The Knitting Factory will also present the Charley Hunter Band, Gutbucket and Russell Gunn and Ethnomusicology (June 1); D.D. Jackson Quintet and Myra Melford=92s Crush (June 2); Joe Gallivan Rainforest Initiative (June 3); David Murray (June 4); Tom Harrell Quintet (10pm), Roswell Rudd and Broad Strokes with special guest Sonic Youth (8pm), (June 5); Greg Osby Quintet (10pm) and the JazzTimes Super Band (8 pm) (June 6); The Other Quartet (June7); Matthew Shipp String Trio (June 8); Jeff =93Tain=94 Watts Experience (8pm) and the Ravi Coltrane Quintet (10p= m) (June 9); and the Dave Douglas Sextet (June 10). Also, each night during the festival one of the participating musicians will host a free midnight jam session at the Knitting Factory main space open to all the players in the festival lineup. The festival will also be staged at various other New York clubs. The Jazz Standard will host Uri Caine=92s Mahler Project (June 1,2), Uri Caine=92s Debut of the Goldberg Variations (June 3,4) and =93As Long As You=92re Living Yours=94: The Music of Keith Jarrett (June 6-11). Sweet Basil will present Renee Rosnes (June 1-4), Spirit of Life Ensemble (June 5) and Kenny Garrett (June 6-11). Operazone will appear at the Angel Orensanz Foundation (June 5), as will the United States premiere of String and Jazz: New York Stories (June 6), and John Zorn=92s Chamber Works with a string quartet (June 9). Makor presents The Klezmatics (June 3) and the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band (June 10). Location One presents reedman Ned Rothenberg with special guest Marcus Rojas on tuba (June 7) and Galapagos will host Kroyt and Spacebopcircus (June 9th). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Olewnick Subject: Francesco's Braxton Discography Date: 12 Apr 2000 18:29:45 -0400 This morning, I received Francesco Martinelli's new and very complete Anthony Braxton Discography. He's done a wonderful job--it's a handsome book, a valuable tool and a must for all confirmed Braxophiles. The format is simple enough: one page devoted to each commercial release that AB either plays on or has his music performed, stretching from Muhal's 'Levels and Degrees of Light' from 1967 through Kevin Norton's 'For Guy Debord' of 1999, 183 releases in all (does this number strike anyone else as small? I would've guessed there'd be more, though I certainly can't identify any omissions here.) Aside from all pertinent discographical information, often corrected and clarified by Francesco, there are extracts from previously published criticism (culled from well known writers from likely sources--Coda/Cadence/WIRE, etc. as well as Lock, Radano, Heffley et al) as well as newer observations from entirely more obscure admirers (several z-listers are represented, including yours truly). Also has lotsa photos, cover shots, score pages, etc. There's considerable drool-value for those items we relative completists have never been lucky enough to grab (like some of those early Circle things, in my case!). Highly recommended! It's available, as far as I know, only through order from www.felmay.it Last I checked, the book wasn't actually listed on the site, but if you e-mail them and request info, you'll get it. The price, which I imagine fluctuates with the lire, was $31 and change. Excellent job, Francesco. I trust we can expect to see supplements every few years, yes? Brian Olewnick - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Francesco Martinelli" Subject: R: Francesco's Braxton Discography Date: 13 Apr 2000 05:11:00 +0200 > This morning, I received Francesco Martinelli's new and very complete > Anthony Braxton Discography. He's done a wonderful job--it's a handsome > book, a valuable tool and a must for all confirmed Braxophiles. thank you very much. > 183 releases in all (does this number strike > anyone else as small? I would've guessed there'd be more, though I > certainly can't identify any omissions here.) Due to certain reissues irregularities the number is slightly higher, some page featuring two cds (the Kimus samplers for example are associated with the main release from the same session. By the way, I heard from hatHUT that Kimus 6 was announced but never released, and the material with Braxton that was planned for it will be soon out on a new sampler Cd. > It's available, as far as I know, only through order from www.felmay.it > Last I checked, the book wasn't actually listed on the site, but if you > e-mail them and request info, you'll get it. The price, which I imagine > fluctuates with the lire, was $31 and change. this includes postage, of course - the book is fairly substantial and weighs about 0,6 kilos, so needs about 6 dollars of postage. I hope that others will stock it too, as it's available for wholesale price to distributors as well, and maybe their price will be lower (note: MAYBE) > Excellent job, Francesco. I trust we can expect to see supplements every > few years, yes? this is according to our man's activities... amazingly enough the book is not outdated yet and has been out for a month! Thank you again. I do appreciate your comments and hope you'll have fun with the book. Francesco - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "John L. Scott / Tonic" Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 13 Apr 2000 13:30:49 -0400 >> Rodriguez (perc), Adam ? (d), and ? (p). The drummer was a young guy >> whose name I didn't catch entirely. He was pretty good. The pianist >> was an asian woman (I couldn't tell her ethnicity). > >Possibly Yuko Fujiyama? I'm not too familiar with her, but she plays on >this record with the horn players from Test, Susie Ibarra, and Wilber >Morris. Good, quite blues-based free jazz. The piano playing didn't leave >much of an impression that I can recall now, but anyway. . . > The pianist was Shoko Nagai and the drummer was Andrew Barker (Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra). >Kevin Drumm is playing Tonic, 4/27-28, although with some odd pairings (Lee >Ranaldo, White Out, Ikue Mori, maybe one other). hopefully they'll let him >play some solo material also. > Drumm will be playing solo 4/28 before his set with Ranaldo... John jls@tonic107.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 13 Apr 2000 13:37:50 EDT In a message dated 4/13/00 1:31:30 PM, jls@tonic107.com writes: << Drumm will be playing solo 4/28 before his set with Ranaldo... >> great news! although he's played a couple of brief solo sets here over the last few years (one sparsely attended Tonic show with Alan Licht and Tamio Shiraishi playing in different combos, and a short set with not such great acoustics at the School Of Visual Arts), this will essentially be his NYC solo debut. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "John L. Scott / Tonic" Subject: Re: Tonic improv Date: 13 Apr 2000 13:30:49 -0400 >> Rodriguez (perc), Adam ? (d), and ? (p). The drummer was a young guy >> whose name I didn't catch entirely. He was pretty good. The pianist >> was an asian woman (I couldn't tell her ethnicity). > >Possibly Yuko Fujiyama? I'm not too familiar with her, but she plays on >this record with the horn players from Test, Susie Ibarra, and Wilber >Morris. Good, quite blues-based free jazz. The piano playing didn't leave >much of an impression that I can recall now, but anyway. . . > The pianist was Shoko Nagai and the drummer was Andrew Barker (Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra). >Kevin Drumm is playing Tonic, 4/27-28, although with some odd pairings (Lee >Ranaldo, White Out, Ikue Mori, maybe one other). hopefully they'll let him >play some solo material also. > Drumm will be playing solo 4/28 before his set with Ranaldo... John jls@tonic107.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MorMovies@aol.com Subject: Prelapse 4-12-00 gig Date: 13 Apr 2000 16:46:30 EDT I was one of the handful of people who at Prelapse's 10pm gig at CBGB's in NYC last night. If you get the chance, check them out (hopefully you already have the Avant cd)! They refrained from any Zorn/Naked City covers last night and played new original pieces for a 50+ minute set. The new stuff is like a cross between Naked City and Fantomas! KILLER! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Neil H. Enet" Subject: Ponga Date: 13 Apr 2000 18:39:52 -0400 Hello all, people have been talking about Wayne Horwitz's ZONY MASH, but what about PONGA. I remember someone suggested it when we were having the TRIP HOP/JAZZ discussion a couple of months ago, so I would like your opinion on their album, and the remix CD. Thanks in advance, Neil H. Enet ------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: Re: Ponga Date: 13 Apr 2000 15:48:49 -0700 On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:39:52 -0400 "Neil H. Enet" wrote: > > Hello all, > > people have been talking about Wayne Horwitz's ZONY MASH, but what about > PONGA. I remember someone suggested it when we were having the TRIP > HOP/JAZZ discussion a couple of months ago, so I would like your opinion on > their album, and the remix CD. The original album is quite amazing. It is a very successful mix of improv with a rock feeling, making it less abstract and allowing both the head and the body to move. Patrice (pissed for having missed the band twice :-(). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Alastair Wilson" Subject: Spilllane's missing tracks Date: 13 Apr 2000 23:59:31 +0100 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01BFA5A4.4F329D80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Excuse me if this has been covered before, but does anyone know whether = JZ will be reissuing "Forbidden Fruit" and "Two-Lane Highway" from the = Elektra version of "Spillane" on Tzadik at any time? I always used to = recommend that version of "Spillane" to potential new Zorners, and still = think it's possibly his most rounded and representative single disc. I'm = aware that "Forbidden Fruit" is available on a Kronos Quartet release, = but as far as I know "Two-Lane Highway" is now unavailable anywhere. On a related note: Any chance that JZ's version of Weill/Brecht's "The = Little Lieutenant of the Loving God", will turn up anywhere again? It's = well worth a revival. ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01BFA5A4.4F329D80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Excuse me if this has been covered = before, but does=20 anyone know whether JZ will be reissuing "Forbidden Fruit" and "Two-Lane = Highway" from the Elektra version of "Spillane" on Tzadik at any time? I = always=20 used to recommend that version of "Spillane" to potential new Zorners, = and still=20 think it's possibly his most rounded and representative single disc. I'm = aware=20 that "Forbidden Fruit" is available on a Kronos Quartet release, but as = far as I=20 know "Two-Lane Highway" is now unavailable anywhere.
 
On a related note: Any chance that JZ's = version=20 of Weill/Brecht's "The Little Lieutenant of the Loving God", will = turn up=20 anywhere again? It's well worth a=20 revival.
------=_NextPart_000_0036_01BFA5A4.4F329D80-- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: Re: Spilllane's missing tracks Date: 13 Apr 2000 16:03:07 -0700 On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:59:31 +0100 "Alastair Wilson" wrote: > > On a related note: Any chance that JZ's version of Weill/Brecht's "The = > Little Lieutenant of the Loving God", will turn up anywhere again? It's = > well worth a revival. But the record is still in print, no? And what about the incredible Monk cover "Shuffle Boil"? Patrice (still trying to recover from discovering it 15 years ago). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Alastair Wilson" Subject: Re: Spilllane's missing tracks Date: 14 Apr 2000 00:17:16 +0100 I just assumed that seeing as the only time I'd ever seen (and snapped up) the Willner Weill tribute it was second hand, that it was long out of print *sigh*. I've never found the Monk one, more's the pity. > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:59:31 +0100 "Alastair Wilson" wrote: > > > > On a related note: Any chance that JZ's version of Weill/Brecht's "The = > > Little Lieutenant of the Loving God", will turn up anywhere again? It's = > > well worth a revival. > > But the record is still in print, no? > > And what about the incredible Monk cover "Shuffle Boil"? > > Patrice (still trying to recover from discovering it 15 years ago). > > - > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andreas Dietz" Subject: Re: Ponga Date: 14 Apr 2000 12:21:23 CEST >From: "Neil H. Enet" > >people have been talking about Wayne Horwitz's ZONY MASH, but what about >PONGA. I remember someone suggested it when we were having the TRIP >HOP/JAZZ discussion a couple of months ago, so I would like your opinion on >their album, and the remix CD. > I think Ponga is one of the best livebands today. I had the luck to see them last August at the Saalfelden Festival in Austria - Horvitz and Previte together are a dream team. I got the CD a few months later and was a little dissapointed but it could be to high expectations after the amazing live experience. It´s still very interesting stuff but you have to hear it several times to go really into. I haven´t heard the remix but ordered a few days ago. Andreas Dietz ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Andreas Dietz" Subject: Re: Spilllane's missing tracks Date: 14 Apr 2000 12:39:08 CEST >I just assumed that seeing as the only time I'd ever seen (and snapped up) >the Willner Weill tribute it was second hand, that it was long out of print >*sigh*. I've never found the Monk one, more's the pity. > I purchased my copy of LOST IN THE STARS one year ago. It should be in print. There´s a version of SHUFFLE BOIL by the great dutch band AVAILABLE JELLY (Michael Moore, Michael Vatcher among others) on their CD AL(L)WAYS issued 1989. Andreas Dietz ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Stefan Verstraeten" Subject: recent cd buy (Otomo Yoshihide) Date: 14 Apr 2000 14:14:59 +0200 Hi all, to be honest, I bought these some time ago, but never had the chance to discuss, and recommend them on this list. Both of them are by otomo yoshihide and his new jazz group. -Film music from shabondama ellegy (a movie by Ian Kerkhof) I have not seen the movie yet, but the soundtrack is great. Don't expect ground zero blasts of noise (god, i miss this band), but lots of humor. Two track are called police impossible, and yes, what you hear is very crazy song based on mission impossible. More of these please.... The rest of the album is typical sound track style: Some themes (for example: elagy, bath cream, sad theme) that are played by different line ups: solo, jazz version, film version. But hey, these tracks are differently each time in their own way, so why bother. -Otomo Yoshide plays the music of takeo yamashita (cartoon music) Remember 'ground zero plays standards'. Well, same style here: Starting point is music by takeo yamashita (except the last track: a song by sashiko m and yoshihide) and 'covered' by yoshihide. As I said before: his new jazz band is a lot about humor. I don't know what they are singing (it is japanese), but it sounds so funny, so innocent. The album has a wide variety of styles: from pure japanese popsongs to soundscapes and free jazz blasts. Anyway, these albums are not so great as the ground zero albums (in my opinion of course) but are worthwile. Unfortunately, they are japanese imports, so quite expensive. Best wishes Stefan Verstraeten stefan.annik@planetinternet.be - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Stefan Verstraeten" Subject: new derek bailey releases Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:56:59 +0200 Hi, Incus-records is definitely hard-working again, since four new releases are available: -Derek Bailey & Steve Lacy: Outcome (potlach label) For the record: our very own Patrice Roussel is mentioned here in the thank you list. My opnion on this record? A good album, that's for sure, but not a superb record. I heard duo recording of these two before (Lacy recordings on emanem, and I believe on FMP, not so sure about the last one since i don't have my records here with me), but i am not so convinced about this one. Reason: the two of them have very distinctive styles, ways of playing notes,... And yes, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. In my opinion, this album has more moments when bailey and lacy just go their own way... Yes, the album has some moments where bailey plays more melodic, and moments when lacy goes beyond... but not as often as one would hope. Conclusion: if you are a big fan, go for it, but this album is not suited for those who occasionally buy records by bailey. -Derek Bailey and Susie Ibarra: Daedal (incus records) You have to have the guts to go as a drumplayer on a stage-recording studio and play duo with derek bailey. Yes, john stevens was THE PERCUSSION player that could fit with derek perfectly. What to expect form Ibarra? I am not familiar with her other recordings, so she was new to me. And yes, these two go well together. Derek is on electric guitar (this means a lot of power), but Ibarra knows how to handle: She doesn't answer with free-noise but most of the time very subtle playing.... great. Although I have one little remark: one can hear on the album that she really admires derek bailey.... this means that most of the time she follows the lead by derek bailey, and sometimes forgets that she is a player with her own way of playing. But hey, l do not forget that is difficult to maintain your own style when playing with bailey (remember the duo album with keiji haino, even this very typical guitar player went along with derek bailey's style). Conclusion: superb album, both players interact very good. Personally, this was a very good introduction for me with Ibarra. -Bailey-Rutherford-Guy: Iskra 1903 Chapter One (Emanem label) Yes, emanem brought us in the past a cd by this superb trio, but here we get three (!!!) cds. The only negative thing to say is the sound quality... Most of these recordings were made live (sometimes audience recordings) and some parts are copied from the old incus vinyl records. But hey, it is on cd right now, so forget about the sound quality. As a big bailey fan (but hey, aren't we all on this list?) I really dig this album: the album has a very laidback, calm sphere, and so is derek bailey. No aggressive, harsh bursts of noise, but very subtle playing, almost melodic. Perhaps strange to hear a trombone in this context, but hey, it works, so why bother? Conclusion: A very fine record indeed, if you like derek bailey, but doesn't like his harsh playing, I say, go for this one. This album can even be recommended for starters. -Bailey, Tacuma, Weston: Mirakle (tzadik label) Man, what a blast. Everyone should go for this album. And if you have doubts: go in a record store and skip to number two (track title: What it is). What it is? A very groovy steady beat, a phat bass, and on top of that derek bailey in a great form. Whow, what an album. The funny thing about this album is that it appeals to a lot of people, from funk to free jazz and noise rock. I just can't say more: this album is great. I immediately thought of the arcana album (with tony williams and bill laswell), but this album is more conventional, more rock/funk oriented... SO GO BUY THIS ONE. How to order these albums? For those who live in europe, the cheapest way to order these (12 pounds, except the three cd set, 24 pounds), is to order them from incus records. You can email Karen Brookman of incus records on: INCUS RECORDS KAREN E-mail Address(es): 113426.2337@compuserve.com and give her my regards. Best wishes, Stefan Verstraeten stefan.annik@planetinternet.be - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Olewnick Subject: Two recent killer releases Date: 14 Apr 2000 10:03:28 -0400 Both have been mentioned here already, but: Morton Feldman All Piano (John Tilbury) London Hall A 4-CD compilation documenting most, if not all, of Feldman's work for solo piano, this might be THE Feldman release. The first disc documents 21 shortish pieces from 1950-64, in varying approaches, some of which presage the later masterworks; the second consists of fine performances of 'Piano 77' and 'Palais de Mari'. But it's the last two discs, containing 75+ minute renditions of 'Triadic Memories' and 'For Bunita Marcus' that blow one away. Hard to imagine any other pianist bringing to bear such phenomenal touch and concentration to these works. I harken back to Feldman's oft-cited analogy to Turkish rugs and imagine the musical equivalent of minutely observing a series of beautiful weaves, each growing perfectly out of its predecessor. A great, great album. Cecil Taylor Nailed FMP A volcanic performance from 1990, with the quartet of CT, Evan Parker, Barry Guy and Tony Oxley. Intense as hell from the get-go, it's recordings like this that make me much less tolerant of the post-CT, NYC jazz-improv community, as represented by much of the younger Vision fest crowd (with exceptions, of course). Here, these fifty-somethings (Cecil was already 60, I think) create with such rigor, volleying ideas back and forth in astonishing abundance, as to make most similar attempts sound flaccid in comparison. Kinda like the difference between a DeKooning and a Leroy Niemann (!). Highlights abound, but there's a passage at the beginning of the second piece, a soft, romantic duet between Taylor and Guy, that should be listened to by every improvising musician. Stellar stuff. Brian Olewnick NP: David Tudor, Neural Syntheses #6-9, Lovely Music. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dan hill Subject: Re: Ponga Date: 14 Apr 2000 17:34:22 +0100 >From: "Neil H. Enet" > people have been talking about Wayne Horwitz's ZONY MASH, but >what about >PONGA. I remember someone suggested it when we were having the TRIP >HOP/JAZZ discussion a couple of months ago, so I would like your opinion on >their album, and the remix CD. they're both great albums. i prefer the original album on the whole, but the remix cd has its moments, particularly the awesome amon tobin mix. there are reviews, accompanied by soundclips, at motion: ponga http://motion.state51.co.uk/reviews/396.html ponga - remixed http://motion.state51.co.uk/reviews/509.html shame that loosegroove records seems to have gone out of business, but hopefully ponga live on ... hope this helps, dan. -- ---+ dan hill [state51] ---+ new reviews on motion [14.4.2000]: < headtop | phuturistix | ram trilogy | zen bias | jah wobble & deep space | yo la tengo | korekyojin | takashi hirayasu & bob brozman | john zorn > http://motion.state51.co.uk/ +--- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matt Krefting" Subject: Re: new derek baily releases Date: 14 Apr 2000 11:36:51 PDT ibarra's quickly becoming one of my fav's i saw while she was still w/ david ware, and then w/ pauline oliveros, plus a couple of duos w/ thurston moore and she's been absolutely fantastic. i've found that she's able to adapt to different improvising situations remarkably well, while retaining her own style. however, because of the $ i'm spending on these upcoming festivals,i wasn't planning on checking out her duo w/ baily in may, but i think now i will, thanks for the review. later... matt <<- -Derek Bailey and Susie Ibarra: Daedal (incus records) You have to have the guts to go as a drumplayer on a stage-recording studio and play duo with derek bailey. Yes, john stevens was THE PERCUSSION player that could fit with derek perfectly. What to expect form Ibarra? I am not familiar with her other recordings, so she was new to me. And yes, these two go well together. Derek is on electric guitar (this means a lot of power), but Ibarra knows how to handle: She doesn't answer with free-noise but most of the time very subtle playing.... great. Although I have one little remark: one can hear on the album that she really admires derek bailey....this means that most of the time she follows the lead by derek bailey, and sometimes forgets that she is a player with her own way of playing. But hey, l do not forget that is difficult to maintain your own style when playing with bailey (remember the duo album with keiji haino, even this very typical guitar player went along with derek bailey's style). Conclusion: superb album, both players interact very good. Personally, this was a very good introduction for me with Ibarra.>> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: wlt4@mindspring.com Subject: Tom Verlaine & silent film Date: 14 Apr 2000 14:44:58 -0400 Thought this might be of interest: 4/16 Richmond, Virginia: James River Film Festival http://www.flicker.org/jrff.htm TOM VERLAINE PERFORMS MUSIC FOR FILM 1pm: Ex-Television singer/guitarist Tom Verlaine with long-time accompanist Jimmy Rip serves up fresh scores for old classics in this special festival presentation. Featuring films from Man Ray, Fernand Leger, and the rarely seen THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413, A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (photographed by Greg Toland, [CITIZEN KANE]), all newly struck on 35mm. Verlaine and Rip have appeared at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH; The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OH: and St. Ann's, Brooklyn, NY. Verlaine found working with silents especially challenging: "There's no click track, nobody saying 'I want music for this scene; it's constant music..." This event will take place at the Byrd Theatre, 2908 West Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia. For more information, call (804) 355-6537. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Maurice Rickard Subject: Old JZ interview Date: 14 Apr 2000 14:44:19 -0400 In just randomly poking around for some info, I came across this 1998 interview with the Montreal Mirror--before the big New Yorker thing. Apologies if this is way old news to people. http://www.montrealmirror.com/old/may071998/music1.html Maurice Rickard http://mauricerickard.com/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Maurice Rickard Subject: Re: Tom Verlaine & silent film Date: 14 Apr 2000 14:58:33 -0400 Wow--two posts from me in one day. I saw the Columbus, OH show, and this is highly recommended. The curious can read my review of it here: http://mauricerickard.com/culture/music_listening.html And other reviews of this and other performances are here: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/7784/films.htm Enjoy! -Maurice At 2:44 PM -0400 4/14/00, wlt4@mindspring.com wrote: >Thought this might be of interest: > > >4/16 > Richmond, Virginia: James River Film Festival > http://www.flicker.org/jrff.htm > TOM VERLAINE PERFORMS MUSIC FOR FILM > 1pm: Ex-Television singer/guitarist Tom Verlaine with long-time >accompanist Jimmy Rip serves up fresh scores for old classics in >this special festival presentati... This event will take place at >the Byrd Theatre, 2908 West Cary > Street in Richmond, Virginia. For more information, call (804) 355-6537. Maurice Rickard http://mauricerickard.com/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Joshua Valocchi" Subject: Philly Philers - Cobra-esque event Date: 14 Apr 2000 12:45:11 PDT Thought I'd pass this on as it may be of some interest here... T H E F O U N D A T I O N A Community Arts Initiative >Newsletter 04.11.00 > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >Saturday, April 15th, 8pm - Games and Theory #2 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Our second evening of classical / new music. This time we feature Philadelphia-based ensemble counter)induction, who will perform 21st century music for solo instruments and electronics, as well as multiple large group improvisations using John Zorn’s COBRA system. When improvising in COBRA, performers make musical decisions using an elaborate series of rules or calls, written on cardboard placards held up by a conductor. Players can even go outside of the rules, as guerrillas,and undermine the authority of the conductor. Always surprising, and frequently hilarious, COBRA is a post-modern classic, a touchstone for avant-garde improvisers around the world. Electronic works to be performed include "Respiro" by Ragnhild Berstad (Norway) for amplified clarinet and tape, an atmospheric exploration of breath, and the sound of moving air; and "Oddjob" by Jukka Tiensu (Finland) for solo viola and electronics, a work employing amplification and digital delay to create a virtual performance space for an acoustically extended viola. Percussionist Jeffrey Irving will perform Kevin Volan's "She Sleeps with a Small Blanket." Guest artist Mark Rimple will perform a new work by Temple University ’s Mathew Greenbaum for archlute. Join us for an evening of mind-bending musicality. At St. Mary's Church, 3916 Locust Walk. Doors open at 8pm. FREE! For more information, visit http://www.electrotone.com/ci ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: William Crump Subject: Beat the Donkey on Food Network?! Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:36:49 -0700 Cyro Baptista completists who get the Food Network cable channel should check out "Gordon Elliott's Door Knock Dinners" -- yes, trust me. Gordon invaded some New Jersey home with a chef who cooked whatever was in their house, and when the meal was presented, none other than Beat the Donkey was on hand to serenade. It was the episode that aired this past.... uh... Monday, I think. Food Network thrives on reruns (though there's a new "Iron Chef" tonight, woo-hoo!), so don't worry if you missed it -- it'll be back soon. William Crump - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Scott Handley" Subject: michel, f., cote, e., parker, and, r. lussier Date: 14 Apr 2000 20:57:09 GMT No, not together. But, from the Verge site.... COMPIL ZOUAVE ($17.00 CD) Cote, Michel F. Michel Cote and his ensemble of 20 zouaves (soldiers): Pierre Bastien, Wakako Kano, Diane Labrosse, Eric Bernier, Serge Boisvert, Luc Bonin, Jean Derome, Guillaume Dostaler, Bernard Falaise, Claude Fradette, Normand Guilbeault, Joane Hetu, Wakako Kano, Robert Langlois, Frank Martel, Julien Poulin, Martin Tetreault Emiko Toguchi, Guy Trifiro, Tom Walsh and The Belly Button Brothers. Cote brings a scientific and alcoholized approach, along with a battery of defective phonometers, to this collection of semi-jazz, neo-reggae, lo-fly selections. [snip] This album is brand new, apparently. Has anyone heard it? Who is this Cote, and what is his music like? I noticed another record with the Martin Tetreault "connection", called : L'AME DE L'OBJET Bruire & M.F. Cote Description Michel F. Cote, drums, live electronics; Serge 'Golden' Boisvert, trumpet, singing; Jean Derome, alto & baritone sax, flutes, small instruments, live electronics; Claude Fradette, guitars, bass; Martin Tetreault, turntables, pickups. [SNIP] Neat, neat, neat---These Quebecois (sp?) avant-guardians really float my boat. I'd also like to solicit some Rene Lussier suggestions, which I hope I haven't yet asked for. DUR NOYAU DUR and some of his work with Jean Derome has really impressed me. Finally, has anyone heard Parker-Guy-Lytton + Crispell's newest double album on Leo, AFTER APPLEBY? I imagine the results are what you'd expect, but my "want" list is pretty damn long. Cheers, group! ----s ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dgasque@aol.com Subject: Re: michel, f., cote, e., parker, and, r. lussier Date: 14 Apr 2000 17:52:03 EDT In a message dated Fri, 14 Apr 2000 4:58:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Scott Handley" writes: > COMPIL ZOUAVE ($17.00 CD) > Cote, Michel F. > This album is brand new, apparently. Has anyone heard it? Who is this > Cote, and what is his music like? > Likely from the wonderful Ambiances Magnetique label- a wonderful Quebec-based label featuring the best avant-gardists/jazzers/new-music composers of that small but thriving scene. I have yet to buy a CD from the label I didn't care for. Probably the best "little known" label out there. IIRC, the label was begun by Derome and Lussier, both ex-Conventium- one of the best folk/prog bands out of Canada in the 70's/80's. I noticed another record with the Martin > Tetreault "connection", called : > > L'AME DE L'OBJET > Bruire & M.F. Cote > > Description > Michel F. Cote, drums, live electronics; Serge 'Golden' Boisvert, trumpet, > singing; Jean Derome, alto & baritone sax, flutes, small instruments, live > electronics; Claude Fradette, guitars, bass; Martin Tetreault, turntables, > pickups. [SNIP] > > Neat, neat, neat---These Quebecois (sp?) avant-guardians really float my > boat. > > I'd also like to solicit some Rene Lussier suggestions, which I hope I > haven't yet asked for. DUR NOYAU DUR and some of his work with Jean Derome > has really impressed me. > The best way to learn what this label's all about is via their inexpensive samplers- whose count is up to 5, IIRC. -- =dg= - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Waxman Subject: Re: michel, f., cote, e., parker, and, r. lussier Date: 14 Apr 2000 20:26:43 -0400 (EDT) Scott: Oh go ahead and add it to your "want" list (you should see mine). It's a one live, one studio extension of the Natives and Aliens band, with different groupings as well as quartet pieces. On the other matter I'm afraid after having seen Rene and Jean in group after group both here and in Victo the "act" is starting to wear on me. Too much praise to soon has made them think they can play anything and everything. I think they need some stronger direction by someone hors de Quebec. Ken Waxman On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Scott Handley wrote: > > Finally, has anyone heard Parker-Guy-Lytton + Crispell's newest double album > on Leo, AFTER APPLEBY? I imagine the results are what you'd expect, but my > "want" list is pretty damn long. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Julian" Subject: dave douglas style Date: 15 Apr 2000 23:56:23 +1000 I've been listening quite a lot to the Tiny Bell Trio lately, and was wondering whether anyone knew of anything else that has a similar feel about it? I'm also curious what sort of stuff would have influenced DD to write his odd non-linear melodies, for example Prolix and Head-On Kouvlodsko? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LostinmyDreamz@aol.com Subject: Naked City at Don Hill's??? Date: 15 Apr 2000 14:31:41 EDT This weeks Village Voice lists the Naked City playing at Don Hill's in Manhatten on Wednesday April 19th. Does anyone know if this is John Zorn's Naked City or just another group with the same name? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tom Gatzen Subject: I am happy today!!!! Date: 15 Apr 2000 12:44:01 -0700 (PDT) I just received the japan TV recording of Naked City Live at the marquee in NYC 1992. I was at this show in the front row. Rock on folks!!!!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Smith Subject: New James Carter Discs Date: 15 Apr 2000 19:47:37 -0400 To all who might have been intrigued by my recent posts regarding two upcoming new James Carter discs (the electric one with Marc Ribot, Jef Lee Johnson, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and G. Galvin Weston, and the acoustic "Django Reinhardt Tribute" with Cyro Baptista and others), I've since learned that they are to be released on June 6. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marcin Gokieli" Subject: Odp: New James Carter Discs Date: 16 Apr 2000 12:20:50 +0200 BTW, Does anybody know whether that lineup will be performing live? James Carter? Jamalaadeen Tacuma are scheduled for Warsaw Summer Jazz fest... > To all who might have been intrigued by my recent posts regarding two > upcoming new James Carter discs (the electric one with Marc Ribot, Jef > Lee Johnson, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and G. Galvin Weston, - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marcin Gokieli" Subject: New crimson Date: 16 Apr 2000 12:23:35 +0200 The new Crimson 'construction of light; was supposed to have its Japan release on 4 april? Has anybody here heard it? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Olewnick Subject: Metallurgic Question Date: 16 Apr 2000 17:09:49 -0400 Does anyone know if the Fripp/Eno composition, 'An Index of Metals' (surely one of the great song titles) is available on disc? Why it wasn't included on 'The Essential Fripp & Eno' from a few years back instead of those mediocre 'Healthy Colors' tracks is beyond me, but I think it would benefit from discafication as much as the 'No Pussyfooting' tracks did. Thanks. Brian Olewnick NP: what else? Fripp/Eno, 'Evening Star' - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: johnzorn Subject: FT:David Shea/DJ Grazzhoppa (no zorn content) Date: 16 Apr 2000 20:18:58 -0500 Is anyone interested in: David Shea/DJ Grazhoppa: Down River, Upstream (Downsail Plastics) I'm looking to trade it.....let me know if your interested and what you would be willing to trade it for. Thank you for your time. -matt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Smith Subject: Re: Metallurgic Question Date: 16 Apr 2000 23:39:03 -0400 Brian Olewnick wrote: > Does anyone know if the Fripp/Eno composition, 'An Index of Metals' > (surely one of the great song titles) is available on disc? Both 'Evening Star' and 'No Pussyfooting' have been available on disc for quite a long time (a glance at Amazon.com a moment ago confirms that they are both listed there, and thus presumably still in print), although I don't think they've ever enjoyed a remastering that would make them sonically as up to date as 'Essential Fripp & Eno' was. Agreed that the 'Healthy Colors' tracks were of dubious value - to be honest, the true 'Essential Fripp & Eno' would have included all tracks from both original albums and nothing else, unless it were expanded to include Fripp's playing on Eno's albums and would thus have to include "Baby's on Fire," "St. Elmo's Fire," "I'll Come Running" and a few others. The King Crimson albums are all currently being remastered and the results have been outstanding so far. Perhaps we can hope the same for the Fripp & Eno albums at last. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: aaron chua Subject: morton feldman Date: 16 Apr 2000 20:44:02 -0700 (PDT) if anyone has saved prior discussions on his works on this list sometime ago could they please send them to me offlist ( or otherwise give me a hint as to which digest(s) they were on.) and while on the subject, i was about to purchase For John Cage( on a japanese label I think) when i noticed that hat art has(?) released a recording of this as well. anyone care to cast their vote on which recording floats their boat? thanks. regards aaron __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tom Gatzen Subject: prelapse/zorn/patton Date: 17 Apr 2000 08:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Hi folks...if anyone is interested in a trade, I have a Prelapse show and a Zorn/Mike Patton show from Amherst Mass..either 1995 or 1996 I dont remeber the year..I can make cd's of it.The sound quality is amazing. Let me know.. Thanks Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marcin Gokieli" Subject: Odp: Metallurgic Question Date: 17 Apr 2000 10:31:40 +0200 I do think that both original fripp and eno are available in shops. I have both on vinyl, and as i have the 'essential', i do not need those cds that much. Speaking of those remasters, i'd love to have the remastered versions of early Eno albums (that featured fripp, fritth, wyatt, etc): 'here come the warm jets', 'taking tiger mountain', 'Another Green World', 'before and after science'. They all have an incredible sound - eno's creativity as producer and 'sound organizer' - and suffer horribly from not being remastered. Oh! And also 'my life in the bush of ghost'... ----- Original Message ----- Cc: Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 5:39 AM > Brian Olewnick wrote: > > > Does anyone know if the Fripp/Eno composition, 'An Index of Metals' > > (surely one of the great song titles) is available on disc? > > Both 'Evening Star' and 'No Pussyfooting' have been available on disc for > quite a long time (a glance at Amazon.com a moment ago confirms that they > are both listed there, and thus presumably still in print), although I > don't think they've ever enjoyed a remastering that would make them > sonically as up to date as 'Essential Fripp & Eno' was. Agreed that the > 'Healthy Colors' tracks were of dubious value - to be honest, the true > 'Essential Fripp & Eno' would have included all tracks from both original > albums and nothing else, unless it were expanded to include Fripp's > playing on Eno's albums and would thus have to include "Baby's on Fire," > "St. Elmo's Fire," "I'll Come Running" and a few others. > > The King Crimson albums are all currently being remastered and the > results have been outstanding so far. Perhaps we can hope the same for > the Fripp & Eno albums at last. > > Steve Smith > ssmith36@sprynet.com > > > - > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com Subject: Butch Morris Conduction Workshop Date: 18 Apr 2000 13:15:27 -0500 Jump Arts and Neues Kabarett are proud to present the Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris CONDUCTIONsm Workshop Saturday April 22nd - 4pm *Bring your instruments and prepare to be conducted! All are welcome - Musicians and spectators alike! The conduction workshop is an excellent opportunity for both student and professional alike to get a glimpse into a music that has been described as "....... one of the most challenging and exciting contributions to 20th century music". @ The Brecht Forum 122 West 27th Street 10th Floor $10 Also... don't miss the second weekend of J U M P F E S T I V A L T E N Friday 4/21 8 p.m. - Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris Conduction #110 9 p.m. - Music for Percussion & Strings (Ryan Sawyer, Matt Heyner, Mat Maneri, John Blum) 10 p.m. - The Oscar Noriega Group 11 p.m. - Andrew Bemkey Trio (w/ Tom Abbs & Chad Taylor) Saturday 4/22 7 p.m. - Gold Sparkle Band CD release party (free) 8 p.m. - Gold Sparkle Band performance 9 p.m. - The David Boykins Outet 10 p.m. - Mark Whitecage solo 11 p.m. - Steve Swell's Unified Theory of Sound (Jemeel Moondoc, Jackson Krall, Wilber Morris) @ The Brecht Forum 122 West 27th Street 10th Floor $6 per night +plus+ The Creative Sound Workshop A free music workshop for kids of all ages Saturday, April 22 - 1 p.m. at the Brecht Forum Log on to http://JumpArts.org CD's, mp3's, books and more! Check out the Artists! Get a Free Jump Mail Account! Search the Web with Jump Search! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com Subject: nyc laswell sundays Date: 18 Apr 2000 15:34:28 -0500 anyone know anything about bill laswell w/dj's sunday nights at walker's (near the knit)? it's been advertised in the voice the last few weeks, in teeny print at the bottom of the knit's ad. np: Lyle Lovett: Step Inside This House - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Alejo88@aol.com Subject: Re: prelapse/zorn/patton Date: 19 Apr 2000 00:10:35 EDT Wow! Someone has that?! That was a good gig - it was actually 4 years ago tonight: 4/18/96. It was at Northampton, MA, part of the Loud Music Fest, and it was with our old drummer, RJ Rabin. There's some Zorn tunes premiered that night that will never see the light of day, as per Zorn's request. . . . Give me your address, Tom, and I'll send you the song titles. Later, Alex Prelapse P.S. Prelapse at Ottobar in Baltimore, MD; Thurs Apr 20! >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-zorn-list@lists.xmission.com > >[mailto:owner-zorn-list@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Tom Gatzen > >Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 11:44 AM > >To: zorn-list@lists.xmission.com > >Subject: prelapse/zorn/patton > > > >Hi folks...if anyone is interested in a trade, I have > >a > >Prelapse show and a Zorn/Mike Patton show from Amherst > >Mass..either 1995 or 1996 I dont remeber the year..I > >can make cd's of it.The sound quality is amazing. Let > >me know.. > > > > > >Thanks > > > >Tom - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: upcoming NYC gigs Date: 20 Apr 2000 01:35:45 EDT sorry for the NYC-centric nature of this message, but there are a lot of potentially great shows coming up this week that I thought I'd make sure people knew about: tomorrow through Sunday is 4 nights of Evan Parker, with different collaborators each night, at the Knitting Factory. Monday night at the Cooler is the duo of Dean Roberts and Christof Kurzmann, fresh from last week's Taktlos appearance (in the larger group Shabotinski). both of these musicians have upcoming Erstwhile releases, Roberts with Werner Dafeldecker and Kurzmann with Burkhard Stangl. if you can't make it to this show, all four musicians will be at Tonic on 5/24. the Cooler show is free. Wednesday at Tonic at 10, after Georg Grawe/Mark Dresser, is another set from Roberts, this one probably with some of the musicians on his recent Ritornell record and more rock-oriented. and Thursday and Friday at Tonic are four sets of Kevin Drumm, three with Ikue Mori, Lee Ranaldo, and White Out respectively, and one set solo. helluva week, huh? Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patRice Subject: angelica festival in italy Date: 20 Apr 2000 11:28:06 +0200 hi there a friend of mine handed me the programme of the angelica festival in bologna/italy. taking place, as far as i can make out with my bad italian, from may 5 to may 14 and july 5 o july 6. their webpage is at www.aaa-angelica.com appearances by: bar kokhba (special edition for angelica; it says!!!) terry riley la monte young eyvind kang mike patton vs. the x-ecutioners (!) guus janssen ensemble modern playing frank zappa stuff and many more... there are also pre-concert talks with some of the composers; yes, with jz too! are any of the european members of this list attending any of the shows? yours, patRice - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "in.out" Subject: derek & the ruins Date: 20 Apr 2000 16:57:13 +0200 Viergehello zorner just a word to ask you which label released the Derek & the ruins album ? thanks mikl --------------------- In-Out Cd Store 15 avenue N=F4tre Dame 06000 Nice Tel/Fax : +33 (0)4 93 80 54 54 e-mail : in=2Eout@wanadoo=2Efr - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Ljova" Subject: [Non-Zorn] Voquette Date: 20 Apr 2000 17:58:04 -0400 Hi, everyone! Just wanted to let you know of a product called "voquette", which lets you save files from the internet -- files you're not really supposed to save, such as Herb Levy's "Mappings" Broadcasts and such. I'm not sure if such a system is legal, but that it exists... all you law-oriented people can append to this message if you like. Sorry if this system has already been discussed... http://www.voquette.com -Ljova Disclaimer: I have no connections, no investements, and receive no profit of any kind from Voquette.com -------- Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin L@Ljova.com http://Ljova.com/ Listen to my music: http://www.mp3.com/LevZhurbin/ (compositions) http://www.mp3.com/Ljova/ (improvisations) "Do not fear mistakes - there are none." -Miles Davis - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jennifer Dahmus Subject: RE: upcoming NYC gigs [& Carny] Date: 20 Apr 2000 18:20:15 -0400 > sorry for the NYC-centric nature of this message, but there > are a lot of potentially great shows coming up this week that I thought > I'd make sure people knew about: Also noteworthy is the upcoming performance of Zorn's Carny as part of Juilliard's Piano Century series. (Carl Cranmer, pianist) Tuesday, April 25, 8 pm, Paul Recital Hall, FREE Other works by Vierk, Birtwistle, Carter, Danielpour, Murail, Shapey, Ades, Kernis, Zwilich, and Harberg Carny is first on the program. Jeni - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Caleb T. Deupree" Subject: Re: derek & the ruins Date: 20 Apr 2000 20:16:25 -0400 At 04:57 PM 4/20/00 +0200, in.out wrote: >Viergehello zorner > >just a word to ask you which label released the Derek & the ruins album ? The first one is on Tzadik and the second on Paratactile. -- Caleb Deupree cdeupree@erinet.com It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. -- Raymond Chandler - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "samuel yrui" Subject: more cobra/game pieces Date: 21 Apr 2000 13:58:29 CDT It's been asked so many times. Where can I acquire the guidlines or rules for Cobra or any other game pieces. It seems like people keep asking, I'm not sure if I've asked before, or a million times before, but if I have I've never gotten an answer. And if anyone else who's asked has gotten an answer, they've gotten it privately. So will someone just tell me either where I can get my hands on this, or if not, would someone tell me why I can't or why people are ambivalent or unwilling to share. I have heard that in Bard College's music program there is a class that utilizes various new methods of improvisation, from Pauline Oliveros' meditations to Zorn's game pieces. As a music student I would like to try them with a college ensemble. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PRIVATE PURPOSES ONLY. -samuel ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "samuel yrui" Subject: boston punk question Date: 21 Apr 2000 14:01:27 CDT Okay, two Boston punk bands I like a lot. Fat Day and Bullroarer. I know this is somewhat off-topic but I was hoping someone knew. I am moreso interested in Bullroarer. I was wondering if anyone could give me the names of some "If you like Bullroarer, you'll love ______" kind of bands. Just any other bands in this vein that you know of and where I can get their albums from? or websites, etcetera? thanks, -samuel ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Vincent" Subject: Re: angelica festival in italy Date: 21 Apr 2000 23:02:37 +0100 Hi The question should be: Is anyone going to racord the shows/performances? Any chance of a radio broadcast. Vincent On 20 Apr 00, at 11:28, patRice wrote: > hi there > > a friend of mine handed me the programme of the angelica festival in > bologna/italy. taking place, as far as i can make out with my bad > italian, from may 5 to may 14 and july 5 o july 6. > > their webpage is at www.aaa-angelica.com > > appearances by: > bar kokhba (special edition for angelica; it says!!!) > terry riley > la monte young > eyvind kang > mike patton vs. the x-ecutioners (!) > guus janssen > ensemble modern playing frank zappa stuff > and many more... > > there are also pre-concert talks with some of the composers; yes, with > jz too! > > are any of the european members of this list attending any of the shows? > > yours, > patRice > > - > > My address is Catherine Vercheval PO BOX 859 B-1000 Brussels Belgium Please DO NOT use my name as it is my wife's po box. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: Re: angelica festival in italy Date: 21 Apr 2000 16:23:57 -0700 On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:02:37 +0100 "Vincent" wrote: > > The question should be: Is anyone going to racord the > shows/performances? Any chance of a radio broadcast. Wny? Not enough Masada records yet :-). Patrice. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: KOMFORT 2000 by Martin Siewert Date: 21 Apr 2000 16:26:12 -0700 Any comments on the following record: *** - KOMFORT 2000: Martin Siewert Martin Siewert: guitar, lapsteel, devices; Wayne Horvitz: Nord Lead; Heige Hinteregger: sampler, saxophones; Werner Dofeldecker: bass, electronics, table guitar; Tony Buck: drums, percussion. ???? - Charhizma (Austria), cha007 (CD) Also, does anybody (read: Jon Abbey) know when it came out? Thanks, Patrice. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: KOMFORT 2000 by Martin Siewert Date: 21 Apr 2000 21:21:33 EDT In a message dated 4/21/00 7:26:55 PM, proussel@ichips.intel.com writes: << Any comments on the following record: - KOMFORT 2000: Martin Siewert >> I don't have a copy of this yet, although I'm getting one this weekend. like most Charhizma titles, it has minimal US distribution. <> it's actually Dafeldecker, who's also just been added to my list of upcoming artists, in duo with Dean Roberts. <> it came out on March 2. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marcin Gokieli" Subject: Odp: angelica festival in italy Date: 22 Apr 2000 11:14:16 +0200 BTW: does anybody whether Ensemble Modern will play the zappa stuff somewhere else? Do they have a website? And what is the 'special edition' of bar kokhba? > hi there > > a friend of mine handed me the programme of the angelica festival in > bologna/italy. taking place, as far as i can make out with my bad > italian, from may 5 to may 14 and july 5 o july 6. > > their webpage is at www.aaa-angelica.com > > appearances by: > bar kokhba (special edition for angelica; it says!!!) > terry riley > la monte young > eyvind kang > mike patton vs. the x-ecutioners (!) > guus janssen > ensemble modern playing frank zappa stuff > and many more... > > there are also pre-concert talks with some of the composers; yes, with > jz too! > > are any of the european members of this list attending any of the shows? > > yours, > patRice > > - > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mathieu Belanger" Subject: recommandation Date: 22 Apr 2000 10:38:35 EDT Hello, First of all, sorry for this message which is not related to Zorn... Could anyone give me more details on the following recording of Ernst Reijseger with Alan Purves. Is it good or should I avoid it? Cellotape - Scotchtape Data Records 822 Thank you very much, Mathieu - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "samuel yrui" Subject: more cobra/game pieces Date: 22 Apr 2000 13:13:27 CDT I'm hitting myself. I feel silly, I only own the Tokyo operations. I didn't know I could find it in such an obvious and convenient way. Thank you very much :) -samuel if my memory serves me..it was located in the first cobra CD on hatart... Tom --- samuel yrui wrote: Hi, blah blah blah, obtain scores blah blah Cobra. > -samuel ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicholas G Williams Subject: Zorn and Snagglepuss Date: 22 Apr 2000 16:08:07 -0500 (CDT) Hi, I'm new to Zorn, and I was wondering if someone could give me some information about Zorn and his composition Snagglepuss? I'm doing research on him for a class project. If anyone knows his email address (if he has one) that would be appreciated also. Thank you for your time. Cordially, Nic Music Ed Major at Mississippi State University ngw1@ra.msstate.edu Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Caleb T. Deupree" Subject: Re: more cobra/game pieces Date: 22 Apr 2000 20:13:57 -0400 At 01:13 PM 4/22/00 CDT, samuel yrui wrote: > >if my memory serves me..it was located in the first >cobra CD on hatart... Although there are notes in the first hat cd, my understanding is that this is only a sample, and that the complete score is more extensive and more complex than what is presented there. When the Cincinnati Cobra Group was active, I discussed it briefly with one of the members, and he said there were around three dozen different hand signals alone, and the CCG only incorporated a fraction thereof. He also said that they were under strict orders, apparently from JZ himself, not to reveal too much about the score. -- Caleb Deupree cdeupree@erinet.com It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. -- Raymond Chandler - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Richard Ladew Subject: Zorn-Patton-Prelapse, Patton vs. The Executioners Date: 22 Apr 2000 22:39:45 -0400 I too was at that show. It was amazing to see three creative music entities under the same roof. I hope some kind of recording is being made of the Patton / x ecutioners battle in Italy. I've always wished there was more collaboration between hip hop and experimental. (Anyone else love the Public Enemy sample on the "radio" Naked city disc?) in the Sonora JZ book there is a brief mention of Zorn and hip hop, but nothing is brought up further. I have these nightmares/fantasies of Zorn vs. Dr. Octagon........................... Respects, Rich Ladew -- Rich Ladew: ladewtangclan@earthlink.net www.home.earthlink.net/~ladewtangclan PCP House Of Coffee: The best in modern, experimental and creative music WUNH 91.3fm Monday evenings 8-9 p.m.(EST) Real Audio at www.wunh.unh.edu - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brennansf@aol.com Subject: Re: more cobra/game pieces Date: 22 Apr 2000 23:13:44 EDT Why would Zorn be interested in keeping the score such a deep secret anyway?? Jerry Brennan << Although there are notes in the first hat cd, my understanding is that this is only a sample, and that the complete score is more extensive and more complex than what is presented there. When the Cincinnati Cobra Group was active, I discussed it briefly with one of the members, and he said there were around three dozen different hand signals alone, and the CCG only incorporated a fraction thereof. He also said that they were under strict orders, apparently from JZ himself, not to reveal too much about the score. >> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Aaron D Meyers Subject: Re: Zorn-Patton-Prelapse, Patton vs. The Executioners Date: 23 Apr 2000 01:23:38 -0400 (EDT) Anyone interested in some experimental hip hop would do themselves well to check out Anti Pop Consortium's Tragic Epilogue. Its rad. To quote the first words of the liner notes: "if Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman and Marion Brown were MCs - nah too easy, nevermind". While it doesn't have that trademark patton-psycho-scatting we all love so much, it definitely has an avant vibe to it. Enjoy. -Aaron On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Richard Ladew wrote: > I too was at that show. It was amazing to see three creative music > entities under the same roof. > > I hope some kind of recording is being made of the Patton / x ecutioners > battle in Italy. I've always wished there was more collaboration > between hip hop and experimental. (Anyone else love the Public Enemy > sample on the "radio" Naked city disc?) in the Sonora JZ book there is > a brief mention of Zorn and hip hop, but nothing is brought up further. > I have these nightmares/fantasies of Zorn vs. Dr. > Octagon........................... > > > Respects, > > Rich Ladew > -- > Rich Ladew: ladewtangclan@earthlink.net > www.home.earthlink.net/~ladewtangclan > PCP House Of Coffee: The best in modern, experimental and creative music > > WUNH 91.3fm Monday evenings 8-9 p.m.(EST) > Real Audio at www.wunh.unh.edu > > > > - > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com Subject: chadbourne releases Date: 23 Apr 2000 16:25:12 -0500 eugene's first cd-r releases are out, in case you're interested. five titles, all previously released, at least as homemade casettes. i have a 2 cd LSDC&W (a title discussed here previously, and including zorn, cora and others). other released include eugene plays jimi and the recent duets disc with loren mazzacane connors and davey williams that was out on the now defunct house of chadponk. i forget the other two titles, but bruce at downtown music gallery has several of each in. they're almost as handmade as ec's cassette releases. covers are cut to roughly fit a nonincluded jewel box and booklets are taped together with little paper items attached. sound is good, lacking at times from original recording quality and a little quiet, but overall good. bruce has several copies of each. np: down at the corner at a bar named kelly's (paycheck) from lsdc&w. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: XRedbirdxx@aol.com Subject: latest cobra discussion Date: 23 Apr 2000 23:08:04 EDT the "score" in those original liner notes is indeed the entire score to cobra, as JZ wrote it. the problem is that it tends to operate as an oral tradition, as i was informed by the guy that ran the COBRA Ensemble - Cincinnati when he was here and it was going on. this seems to mean that even with the score, one is still clueless until it is explained to them. he said he had some typed directions which were helpful, done by someone other than JZ, but preferred to check directly with zorn to get an accurate understanding of various aspects of the piece. regarding some hand cues that were not used by the cinci group: i believe the ones seldom, if ever used, are the "locus" hand cues, which are included on the score sheet i saw but are remnants of, and more applicable to, the Locus Solus work of JZ's, which came right before cobra was conceived. that's how it was explained it to me. regarding strict orders from JZ: hmm, i never got that sense in talking to Fuhr (the leader of the group). he made some joke (kind-of affectionately) about zorn being rather fickle on this and related topics -- saying something like it all depends on his mood when you happen to call him. did any cincinnati folk notice that the group got an award in Cincinnati Magazine in the Best of 99 Issue around Oct/Nov? The yuppiest of publications digging Cobra. later, joseph - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Berman Subject: Re: Odp: angelica festival in italy Date: 24 Apr 2000 13:40:18 +0200 (MET DST) >>>>> "Marcin" == Marcin Gokieli writes: Marcin> BTW: does anybody whether Ensemble Modern will play the Marcin> zappa stuff somewhere else? Do they have a website? From : ZAPPA Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions / Works 31.05.2000, Hannover, Eroeffnungsveranstaltung EXPO 2000 06.06.2000, Cologne, E-Werk, CologneTriennale 2000 08.06.2000, Munich, Muffathalle, Musica Viva 10.06.2000, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw (Holland Festival) 05.07.2000, Bologna, Teatro Communale (Bolgna 2000) 09./10.07.2000, Hannover, EXPO 2000 11.07.2000, Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt 09.-10.09.2000, Duisburg, Kraftzentrale (KulturRuhr 2000) --Steve Berman - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Gannushkin Subject: Evan Parker at Knit on April 23 Date: 24 Apr 2000 16:05:06 -0400 Hello All, Does anybody know who was playing with Evan Parker yesterday April 23 at Knit except Zorn, Rothenberg, Berne and Mori? Best regards, Peter Gannushkin e-mail: shkin@shkin.com URL: http://www.shkin.com/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: Evan Parker at Knit on April 23 Date: 24 Apr 2000 16:05:27 EDT In a message dated 4/24/00 4:04:28 PM, shkin@shkin.com writes: << Does anybody know who was playing with Evan Parker yesterday April 23 at Knit except Zorn, Rothenberg, Berne and Mori? >> Earl Howard on synth, and Georg Grawe on piano. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Hewins Subject: Re: more cobra/game pieces Date: 24 Apr 2000 16:09:47 -0400 That's what I want to know! There have been countless posts to this list about these damn scores/rules to the game pieces. Too bad Zorn doesn't participate in this list because, apparently, it would let a lot of people sleep better if he would tell them where to get the score or that the score is not available, and more importantly, why it's not available. Geez! Dan Hewins At 11:13 PM -0400 4/22/00, Brennansf@aol.com wrote: >Why would Zorn be interested in keeping the score such a deep secret anyway?? > >He also said that they were under strict > orders, apparently from JZ himself, not to reveal too much about the score. >>> > >- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Gannushkin Subject: Re[2]: Evan Parker at Knit on April 23 Date: 24 Apr 2000 16:23:12 -0400 Hello Jon, Monday, April 24, 2000, you wrote to me: Jac> In a message dated 4/24/00 4:04:28 PM, shkin@shkin.com writes: Jac> << Does anybody know who was playing with Evan Parker yesterday April Jac> 23 at Knit except Zorn, Rothenberg, Berne and Mori? >> Jac> Earl Howard on synth, and Georg Grawe on piano. Thanks. I wonder how they organized Zorn to play at this concert. He is not playing at Knit any more as I know. -- Best regards, Peter Gannushkin e-mail: shkin@shkin.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim McLoughlin" Subject: RE: Re[2]: Evan Parker at Knit on April 23 Date: 24 Apr 2000 16:49:27 -0400 Hi Can anyone give a brief review of the Parker show last night? Missed it unfortunately. > I wonder how they organized Zorn to play at this concert. He is not > playing at Knit any more as I know. He has played there in the past year - the "Emergency" group, with Marc Ribot, John Medeski, and Kenny Wollessen, played there sometime in 1999. Jim - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Waxman Subject: Re: Evan Parker at Knit on April 23 Date: 24 Apr 2000 17:25:18 -0400 (EDT) An aside. Did Evan do any (professional) recording with his "New York crew" for possible CD releases? Improvising musicians in new and different configerations are always interesting to hear. (Especially for those of us who are non-Mahnattanites). You lucky SOBs stuffed with so much music you can ignore it at your leisure). Ken Waxman On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 JonAbbey2@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/24/00 4:04:28 PM, shkin@shkin.com writes: > > << Does anybody know who was playing with Evan Parker yesterday April > 23 at Knit except Zorn, Rothenberg, Berne and Mori? >> > > Earl Howard on synth, and Georg Grawe on piano. > > Jon > www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: Evan Parker at Knit on April 23 Date: 24 Apr 2000 17:47:53 EDT In a message dated 4/24/00 5:26:34 PM, cj649@freenet.toronto.on.ca writes: << Did Evan do any (professional) recording with his "New York crew" for possible CD releases? >> not that I know of, but he certainly could have. <> two sets, the same septet in each (Parker, Zorn, Berne, Rothenberg, Grawe, Howard and Mori). I saw the second set, which lasted a little more than an hour. it was pretty much what you'd expect individually if you're familiar with their work, with Parker telling people when to join in and when to stop, so that the proceedings were more organized than you'd expect, with a lot of smaller groups playing short sections. the highlight for me was when Parker began his inevitable 10 minute tour de force circular breathing solo. Mori and Howard were playing along with him then, and Earl started playing to try to jar Parker out of his solo before he got too into it. he wasn't playing super-loudly, just messing with Parker's rhythm, and it worked. Parker had to basically go back to square one. I thought it was awesome, and according to Earl, so did Evan. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mike Biffle" Subject: Greetings and COBRA query... Date: 24 Apr 2000 16:00:50 -0700 I've just seen a performance of COBRA and while I was able to discern many = of the methods used and talk afterwards getting some clarification, I'm = still trying to fill in the blanks. If this is a much reviled question or = is somewhere in a FAQ, please let me know... Best regards, -Miko Biffle - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew W Wirzbicki (S) " Subject: RE: Re[2]: Evan Parker at Knit on April 23 Date: 24 Apr 2000 20:32:54 -0600 >I wonder how they organized Zorn to play at this concert. He is not >playing at Knit any more as I know. I would assume that most musicians would be pretty excited about be asked to be a part of a performance involving Evan Parker. Maybe Zorn is an exception. (?) -Matt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Gannushkin Subject: Re[4]: Evan Parker at Knit on April 23 Date: 25 Apr 2000 00:04:33 -0400 Hello Matthew, Monday, April 24, 2000, you wrote to me: >>I wonder how they organized Zorn to play at this concert. He is not >>playing at Knit any more as I know. MWWS> I would assume that most musicians would be pretty excited about be asked to MWWS> be a part of a performance involving Evan Parker. Maybe Zorn is an MWWS> exception. (?) I don't think they really care about it. I mean it is work and pleasure both for any musician and it is always interesting to participate in different projects but I don't think anybody of them was feeling excited just to be invited. The problem with Zorn concerns his relationships with Knit and not with Evan Parker. I would be very glad to know that he will be not so rare guest at the club now. BTW, Ned Rothenberg seemed not to be so interested during the first set. He was even trying to escape from it and Zorn asked him to play couple of times when he was not going to. He was too excited probably. :-) -- Best regards, Peter Gannushkin e-mail: shkin@shkin.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: User384726@aol.com Subject: Chicago Experimental Performance. Date: 25 Apr 2000 00:09:58 EDT There is an Avant Garde festival at the DePaul Cultural Center on 4/26 at 6:30pm. There will be artist, spoken word, a Klezmer Band, and a 2 experimental guitarist. All are welcome and it's free. The cultural center is on the third floor in Stuart (cafeteria building) room 304 (located a block east of halsted and belden. If you need better directions E-mail me privately. Aaron Solomon (I'm one of the guitarist) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jesse Kudler" Subject: Re: upcoming NYC gigs Date: 25 Apr 2000 01:22:14 -0400 Also on that note, I just learned that Pita/Fennesz, Pan Sonic, and a bunch more will be performing in Brooklyn in a few weeks as part of a new festival. Check out www.red-stone.org for more info. Exciting! -Jesse ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 1:35 AM > sorry for the NYC-centric nature of this message, but there are a lot of > potentially great shows coming up this week that I thought I'd make sure > people knew about: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jeroen de Boer" Subject: Amsterdam String Trio Date: 25 Apr 2000 10:46:44 GMT+0100 Hi all, Yesterday afternoon I was fortunate enough to attend a concert of the Amsterdam String Trio (Ernst Reijseger, Maurice Horsthuis & Ernst Glerum) in a little church just outside Groningen. The new repertoire isn't as harsh and hardcore-improv is it used to be, but still as adventurous as their earlier material. All the pieces were written by Horsthuis, so that could account for the "classical" nature of them. Glerum mentioned a new album is upcoming on Winter & Winter, so that's something to look out for. Best wishes, Jeroen Jeroen de Boer co-initiator Cyberslag Foundation music director Open Electronic Festival Munnekeholm 10 9711JA Groningen The Netherlands tel: 031 (0)503634676 fax: 031 (0)503632209 usva-th2@bureau.rug.nl J.T.de.Boer@let.rug.nl http://www.cyberslag.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: patRice Subject: Re: Odp: angelica festival in italy Date: 25 Apr 2000 15:15:08 +0200 Marcin Gokieli wrote: > > And what is the 'special edition' of bar kokhba? according to the angelica webpage it features john zorn on sax. as far as i remember he usually "only conducts". hope this helps... patRice - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim McLoughlin" Subject: Walker Stage / Electric Church? Date: 25 Apr 2000 13:07:08 -0400 Hi I recall someone posting about recent Laswell events at the Walker Stage in NYC, rumored to be sponsored by the knit. Anyone have links to info on this venue and its schedule? People at the knit don't seem to know about it. Also, is it at all related to a venue called the "Electric Church"? Thanks for any info. Jim - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeremy Isaac Mc Cormick Subject: Saxophone and Music Books for sale Date: 25 Apr 2000 14:55:38 -0400 I'm moving to New York, and I'm getting rid of some old music books, and I thought I'd give yall a crack at anything you might like before I start selling them to random street musicians. (Please e-mail me off-list at jm010f@mail.rochester.edu.) Here they are in no particular order off the top of my head... -The Charlie Parker Omnibook, key of C -2 books of really good Cannonball Adderley transcriptions (ask me for specifics) -Etudes by some French dude (really, really hard classical saxophone exercises) -158 Exercises for Saxophone by Rascher -Top Tones for Saxophone by Rascher (this one's a classic) -How to Improvise (2 books) by Hal Crook (great for teaching aid and creative improvisation exercises) -Intervalic Improvisation by Walt Weiskopf (very good exercises for learning interesting chord substitutions) -A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Harmony and Melody by Liebman (this book is the real deal) -A big book of Broadway songs (lots of obscure tunes not found in other books) Plus lots of other stuff I can't remember right now! E-mail me if you're interested and I'll send you a complete list; I have no idea how to price these books, so, as they say, make me an offer I can't refuse. I'm not gonna hold an auction here, so the stuff will most likely go to the first respondant whose offer I think is reasonable. BUT, you gotta pay for shipping. Later! Jeremy M. --- jm010f@mail.rochester.edu - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeremy Isaac Mc Cormick Subject: Evan Parker at the Knit Date: 25 Apr 2000 15:07:24 -0400 Hey, Zornites, this is only my second post to the group, but I feel like I know what is and isn't topical from all your posts. There hasn't been to much about Zorn lately, but that's fine because we're a group of people with diverse interests united by a love of strange, beautiful, underground, and experimental music of which Zorn is just one protagonist. I must say that the Evan Parker show was perhaps some of the best free improvising I have ever seen. I was at the second set Friday night, and he played with Gerry Hemingway and Mark Dresier. They played one long improvisation and added a bass clarinetist for a second, short one. I'll just talk about the first piece, because it was incredibly memorable. Parker dominated the first half or so, spinning out long, complicated lines, using tonguing, dynamics, and circular breathing to come up with inventive, long phrases. His sound had more Coltrane in it than I expected, and he avoided the cliched blasting which saxophonists sometimes fall into in these types of musical situations. Strangely enough, he reminded me of Charlie Parker with his brilliant use of ghosted and fluffed notes. I mean, he played so beautifully, like a combo of Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and maybe a less histrionic Peter Brotzmann (am I being farfetched, here, someone tell me!), plus some Steve Lacy with the long lines. I thought, "If I still played the saxophone, I'd wanna play like that." And the rhythm section was so tight. Their particular style reminded me of electronic music I've heard, such as Reo Nodo (spelling?), in which there are phrases and beats which repeat for a few bars or three and a half bars or some other odd amount and then blend seemlessly into some other phrase or a section with no pulse (or at least one that isn't discernible to me!). These guys played off each other like I have never heard before. Mark Dresier sounded so filthy, yet somehow insanely brilliant and virtuosic. He gave the whole group a coherent, huge sound like a pile of undulating dirt. Gerry Hemingway teased with a beat that lasted maybe 10 seconds, and then he'd launch into a crazed, lopsided polka. Another similarity to experimental electronic music was their incredible inventiveness with the sounds of their instruments. Gerry Hemingway put all kinds of weird stuff on, in, and around his high-hat to get strange quiet, shimmering effects. He also got 3 or 4 distinct tones out of his bass drum, and I have no clue how he managed it. And their thoughts must have coincided with mine. I'd think, "It's getting a little bombastic and unmusical," and they'd break into a soft part right then. Or I'd think, "This is great. Play like this for the next 5 minutes," and they would! Great show. If you ever have a chance to see him live, especially with those two guys, don't pass it up. It renewed my faith in the potential for absolute musicality and inventiveness in a free-jazz type setting. I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts, especially reports on the Sunday extravaganza, the use of live electronics, and the playing he did with Berne (I forget which night). Jeremy M. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "John Thomas" Subject: RE: AST info Date: 25 Apr 2000 14:21:50 -0500 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFAEEB.9FE30F4E Content-Type: text/plain Jeroen: >>Yesterday afternoon I was fortunate enough to attend a concert of the >>Amsterdam String Trio (Ernst Reijseger, Maurice Horsthuis & Ernst >>Glerum) in a little church just outside Groningen. The new repertoire >>isn't as harsh and hardcore-improv is it used to be, but still as >>adventurous as their earlier material. All the pieces were >>written by Horsthuis, so that could account for the "classical" >>nature of them. Glerum mentioned a new album is upcoming on Winter & >>Winter, so that's something to look out for. Hey, that's great news! I am a definite fan of their other record _Wild West_ on Nimbus. I tried finding other records with Horsthuis mentioned in Kevin Whitehead's excellent _New Dutch Swing_ (like Amsterdam Drama) but came up empty. I am not that familiar with their total repertoire but I wound't consider _Wild West_ either harsh or hardcore-improv but it definitely has enough improv in it to satisfy me. :) Speaking of hard-to-find Dutch jazz/improv-related records, has anyone ever found a copy of Available Jelly's record _Al(l)ways_ on NOM? Cheers John ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFAEEB.9FE30F4E Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: AST info

Jeroen:
>>Yesterday = afternoon I was fortunate enough to attend a concert of the
>>Amsterdam = String Trio (Ernst Reijseger, Maurice Horsthuis & Ernst
>>Glerum) in = a little church just outside Groningen. The new repertoire
>>isn't as = harsh and hardcore-improv is it used to be, but still as
>>adventurous = as their earlier material. All the pieces were
>>written by = Horsthuis, so that could account for the "classical"
>>nature of = them. Glerum mentioned a new album is upcoming on Winter &
>>Winter, so = that's something to look out for.

Hey, that's great = news! I am a definite fan of their other record _Wild West_
on Nimbus. I tried = finding other records with Horsthuis mentioned in Kevin
Whitehead's = excellent _New Dutch Swing_ (like Amsterdam Drama) but came
up empty.

I am not that = familiar with their total repertoire but I wound't consider
_Wild West_ either = harsh or hardcore-improv but it definitely has enough
improv in it to = satisfy me. :)

Speaking of = hard-to-find Dutch jazz/improv-related records, has anyone
ever found a copy = of Available Jelly's record _Al(l)ways_ on NOM?

Cheers
John


------_=_NextPart_001_01BFAEEB.9FE30F4E-- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JonAbbey2@aol.com Subject: Re: Evan Parker at the Knit Date: 25 Apr 2000 16:26:16 EDT In a message dated 4/25/00 3:07:57 PM, jm010f@mail.rochester.edu writes: << I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts, especially reports on the Sunday extravaganza, the use of live electronics, and the playing he did with Berne (I forget which night). >> there's a superb review of Thursday's sets in today's NY Times: MUSIC REVIEW Evan Parker: Trills and Rolls in a Mysterious World of His Own By BEN RATLIFF In describing Evan Parker's music, sooner or later you're going to use a circle metaphor -- a wheel, a mandala, a spiral. For 35 years he's been rigorously attached to a particular kind of soprano saxophone language, one more or less of his own devising. In it the normal jazz-improviser's code of conversational broken phrases is discarded in favor of long, continuous statements; Mr. Parker uses the technique of circular breathing, and can blow without pausing for 20 minutes or more. But rather than droning, he gives you bunches of notes that come stippled with ornament, making low tones and high overtones collide, trilling them and rolling them together so closely into line that he sounds as if he's playing two instruments at once. He lights upon distinct patterns, generates a fairly small range of harmony and uses a handful of favorite polyrhythms that he taps out on the keys. It's a system and it's instantly easy to follow, but it's mysterious, too. His performances are such a complex barrage on the ears, such an original use of wind and stamina, that they seem polymorphous: they start as coldly as math and then turn into sex. But Mr. Parker is also a generous player who listens to his collaborators. Beginning a four-night stand at the Knitting Factory on Thursday night, he played two duet sets that proceeded differently by virtue of his partners. The first was with Ned Rothenberg, and it came close to an ideal partnership. Mr. Rothenberg spent much of the set as accompanist, interjecting notes and chords on the bass clarinet that guided the listener harmonically through the gnarled rush of Mr. Parker's playing. You could see the melody and the logic in it, and it was an illumination, like reading Joyce with clear explanatory footnotes. But then he came out of his secondary role and took the spotlight himself for a short while; instead of Mr. Parker's leonine serenity, he played with a thicker, more athletic sound. Mr. Rothenberg's rhythms were different, too, shorter and more aggressive, and when he used overtones he made little tunes out of them. Richard Teitelbaum played live electronics against Mr. Parker in the second set, and it was a more speculative venture. Mr. Parker is working a lot with electronics these days, but it's mostly of a sort in which his own saxophone sounds are digitally processed and fed back to him in scrambled form, which initiates (naturally) a circular process. Mr. Teitelbaum operated differently, using his own samples and sounds, many of them referring to real things in the physical world: monkey cries, violins, drums, saxophone choirs, African singing. There was a philosophical disjunction going on here, since Mr. Parker's work is completely unmoored from references to the world outside his own playing; also, Mr. Teitelbaum's sounds were funny, whereas Mr. Parker's were anything but. Finally, Mr. Teitelbaum gave a performance that was more or less complete in itself rather than looking for the gaps to be filled; it forced Mr. Parker into a secondary role for most of the set, playing broken phrases and long tones. (He further acquiesced by playing the tenor saxophone, which makes him sound mellow and phlegmatic.) But the set ended with a territorial gesture: changing back to soprano, Mr. Parker ripped off a powerful 10-minute solo -- reasserting that his was a music of almost religious conviction, not tinkering humor. Jon www.erstwhilerecords.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "dekater" Subject: RE: Re: AST info Date: 26 Apr 2000 16:07:57 +0200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BFAF99.964C40A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've got a copy of Available Jelly's "Al(l)ways". It's great. Maybe = BVHaast can help you out: wbk@xs4all.nl Jan Luyben. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BFAF99.964C40A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I've got a copy of Available Jelly's = "Al(l)ways". It's great. Maybe BVHaast can help you out: wbk@xs4all.nl
 
Jan = Luyben.
------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BFAF99.964C40A0-- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "dekater" Subject: RE: reyseger/purves Date: 26 Apr 2000 16:12:22 +0200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BFAF9A.342927C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think you can purchase almost any Reyseger-Purves thing in the blind.=20 They're both fine players. From what I heard the duo is performing = again. Jan Luyben ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BFAF9A.342927C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I think you can purchase almost any=20 Reyseger-Purves thing in the blind.
They're both fine players. From what = I heard the=20 duo is performing again.
 
Jan = Luyben
------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BFAF9A.342927C0-- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jason Tors Subject: golden quartet Date: 26 Apr 2000 14:08:54 -0400 I saw Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet [tzadik] featuring Wadada Leo Smith Anthony Davis Malachi Favors Magoustous Jack DeJohnette piqued my interest I was wondering if anyone has listened to it and can give a review. forgive me if there has already been postings on this album . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Patrice L. Roussel" Subject: opinion on Roy Nathanson's FIRE AT KEATON'S BAR & GRILL? Date: 26 Apr 2000 11:38:20 -0700 Any opinion on the following record? *** - FIRE AT KEATON'S BAR & GRILL: Roy Nathanson Roy Nathanson; Elvis Costello; Deborah Harris; etc. 2000 - Six Degrees Records (USA), 657036 1024-2 (CD) Also, besides Roy and the stars, who else plays on it? Thanks, Patrice. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeremy Isaac Mc Cormick Subject: re: books for sale Date: 26 Apr 2000 18:07:21 -0400 Hey guys, sorry to get your chops wet with offering those books, but a nice guy from zorn-list offered to buy all of them. If that doesn't happen, I will still offer them to the first people who contacted me. Later. jah jeremy - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Julian" Subject: bobby previte question Date: 27 Apr 2000 15:27:18 +1000 Are there any updates on whether Bobby Previte is releasing his older material, or on his recording of "The Horse"? Patrice's discography says the latter was planned for halfway through last year... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Smith Subject: Attn. Sonic Youth and Jim O'Rourke Fans Date: 27 Apr 2000 20:17:32 -0400 Found this on the Billboard website on Tuesday and just now got around to forwarding... hope the formatting isn't too mangled. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - King Crimson, "ProzaKc Blues," 'The ConstruKction of Light' (Virgin, advance CD) ================================================ Sonic Youth Ventures Through 'NYC Ghosts & Flowers' By Chris Morris LOS ANGELES -- Sonic Youth's new DGC album, "NYC Ghosts & Flowers," due May 16, finds the veteran modern rock band at its most adventurous. "We didn't intentionally try to make a record that was completely outside," says guitarist Thurston Moore. "I just think it's weirder. It's not a noisy record. I think when people think something is kind of out, they think it's noise and skronk going on." While the 44-minute album is far less sprawling than Sonic Youth's last album, the 72-minute "A Thousand Leaves" (1998), "NYC Ghosts & Flowers" generally eschews neat song structures in favor of a more abstract approach. The set's eight tracks often veer into the evanescent terrain explored by the band in the four all-instrumental sets on its indie label SYR -- especially the most recent volume, last year's "Goodbye 20th Century," a collection of neo-classical modern works by such composers as John Cage, Steve Reich, and Pauline Oliveros. Moore says, "In a way, our involvement with that music was really early on, in the '70s, when [guitarist] Lee [Ranaldo] and I were doing stuff with [composer Glenn] Branca, etc. That whole school was potent at the time for us, but at the same time we were very young, and we didn't lend it too much credence. It was sort of something there, informing us. It was something that made an impression on us and [that] we always somewhat employed through the years, although we were much more interested in being an all-out rock band. "I think it's not until now that we got involved with working with these musicians, with their music, and dealing with it historically and having sort of a newfound appreciation for it -- maybe just because of our own development, our age, being able to look at it as 40-year-olds," continues Moore. "That, in a way, did something. We felt we could make that music part of our world more than ever before, without losing the idea of being a four-piece rock band." Moore also attributes the texture of the album to the theft of the group's instruments. Sonic Youth's collection of modified and unusually tuned guitars, stolen from a van in L.A. last summer, has never been recovered. "That was at once completely debilitating, but on another level it was completely liberating," Moore says. "It was insane coming home and knowing that in a couple of months we had to really start working and writing and recording. This record is basically us going into the studio with nothing except scraps and picking up those scraps and jamming things in them and pretty much being a new band -- or at least having new instruments and enjoying it, because it was radicalizing us further, in a way." Additionally, the album's lyrical content -- especially on "Small Flowers Crack Concrete," a recitation with musical accompaniment reflects the impact of the Beat writers and poets and particularly the Cleveland school that included D.R. Wagner and the late d.a. levy. "I really wanted to draw more attention to the literature underground, it being really hand in hand with the music underground," Moore says. "It always has been, and I've always felt that to be a really important thing, through Dylan, through Patti Smith, and then through things... like Iggy [Pop], the way he was writing. Even those lyrics like the Ramones were writing." "NYC Ghosts & Flowers" was co-produced by Sonic Youth's longtime collaborator Wharton Tiers and Jim O'Rourke, former member of the Chicago band Gastr Del Sol and one of the Windy City's most prominent young producer/musicians. Moore says, "Jim is representative of this generation that is younger than us who we were really sort of attracted to -- as somebody who is so attuned and informed by academic musical ideas, like modern composition and avant-garde musics but at the same time is completely in love with the great work of Van Dyke Parks or Sparks." With bassist Kim Gordon, Moore's wife, now serving as a third guitarist, O'Rourke contributed some basswork to the new album and will also appear with the group on tour. "He's going to be our Eno," Moore says with a laugh. "He's going to play bass; he's going to play some guitar; he's going to play synthesizer. He's going to stand right up there in the front right next to Kim, with a Steinbrenner bass, and just bum everybody out in the front row." Moore expects Sonic Youth to begin touring at the beginning of June. He says, "We're going to run around the U.S. a little bit, a lot of Midwest kind of stuff, then go to Euro, do some stuff, and come back and do all of August with Pearl Jam. They've asked us before, and we've always [said] no, but I think we want to do it this time." - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: numbats@iinet.net.au Subject: FA Zorn Radio Hour CD Date: 28 Apr 2000 17:35:26 +0800 Ebay reference: http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=numbats - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mathieu Belanger" Subject: Dave Douglas in Montreal Date: 29 Apr 2000 11:14:03 EDT Hello, I haven't seen this mentionned on the list and I am sure it will interest someone. I've seen on his web page that Dave Douglas will give a concert during the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. It's on July 7th at the Spectrum. Bye, Mathieu - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Scott Handley" Subject: music in germany, summer 2000 Date: 29 Apr 2000 16:28:36 GMT I'll be in Germany this summer, from July 2 through around August 14. If anyone could e.mail me privately with suggestions or info about festivals, clubs, activities, concerts, or any other neat stuff, I'd appreciate it. Experimental music or free improv, perverse electronic, etc etc would be icing on the cake. I'll start in Bremen and work my way through the country as time and money allow. Scott Handley on tour ya'll! Thanks in advance, best regards, -----s ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: fas Subject: Re: KOMFORT 2000 by Martin Siewert Date: 29 Apr 2000 22:18:51 +0200 In a message dated 4/21/00 7:26:55 PM, proussel@ichips.intel.com writes: << Any comments on the following record: - - KOMFORT 2000: Martin Siewert >> check out http://www.charhizma.com/komfort2000/index.html besides that dafeldecker misspelling, you also got helge hinteregger wrong (it's "heLge" not "heige") f. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: fas Subject: Re: Walker Stage / Electric Church? Date: 29 Apr 2000 22:42:33 +0200 > Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:07:08 -0400 > From: "Jim McLoughlin" > Subject: Walker Stage / Electric Church? > > Hi > > I recall someone posting about recent Laswell events at the Walker Stage in > NYC, rumored to be sponsored by the knit. Anyone have links to info on this > venue and its schedule? People at the knit don't seem to know about it. > Also, is it at all related to a venue called the "Electric Church"? Thanks > for any info. > > Jim check out graham haynes' website at http://www.grahamhaynes.com/ follow the link to "hole in the head" and then go to "events". it appears that "electric church" is some regular event going on at the "walker stage" which is located at "56 walker st. between broadway & church, south of canal st. 212.726.8932" - which indeed is just a few blocks away from the knit. i was there this week with some other regular readers of this list (hey carl! ;-) when graham haynes introduced his new cd. it was an awesome performance. after that show buckethead came up and did a solo gig (bernie worrell was scheduled to play with him but could not make it for some reason). buckethead was great, too (dare i say "as usual"?) f. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com Subject: mr. ec (more?) Date: 29 Apr 2000 17:21:29 -0500 i've just popped on cd1 of the new lsdc+w, and by track 3 i already should say that the instrumentation notes seem incomplete. just, you know, for the record. kg - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: eric ong Subject: Re: KOMFORT 2000 by Martin Siewert Date: 29 Apr 2000 17:58:38 -0400 (EDT) > << Any comments on the following record: > > - - KOMFORT 2000: Martin Siewert >> sorry to be jumping in here kind of late, but this record didn't do much for me. i think it's mainly wayne horvitz's nord lead that turns me off. it comes off sounding like a pumped up film-soundtrack (a very messy one), and i guess i prefer something more shapeless and suspended. tony buck (necks and ground zero?) on percussion rocking out really adds to the charged feel. if you're looking for more of that "bern" track off the dafeldecker, kurzmann, fennesz, o'rourke, drumm, siewert charhizma disc, you're not really going to find it here. I was just looking at some upcoming releases, and listed was a MIMEO 2CD off Grob. Thas cool. -eric. onnow: gordon mumma - studio retrospect (50% of this disc is pretty interesting). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Alan Lankin" Subject: Alan Silva/Marshall Allen/Wilbur Morris (5/3) // In concert-Sweetnighter Production in Philadelphia Date: 30 Apr 2000 07:11:21 -0400 Alan Silva Wednesday, May 3th, 2000 - 9:30 pm Marshall Allen (sax, flute) Alan Silva (keyboard) Wilbur Morris (bass) Plays and Players Club, 1714 Delancey St, Philadelphia Alan Silva's playing and live composition have been a highlight of the avant garde's living history for the past 35+ years. From his work with Sun Ra's Arkestra, through extended relationships with Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor, and Albert Ayler, on into the Celestial Communications Orchestra and the Frank Wright Center of the World Band, Silva has been one of the music's most consistently valuable thinkers. Marshall Allen is best known for his nearly four-decade membership in (and current leadership of) the Sun Ra Arkestra. Wilber Morris is best known for his work with Rashied Ali's Prima Materia. ---- Daniel Carter Quartet Wednesday, May 10th, 2000 - 9:30 pm ---- Mark Sweetman Quartet Wednesday, May 17th, 2000 - 9:30 pm ---- Sunny Murray Group Wednesday, May 24th, 2000 - 9:30 pm Byard Lancaster (reeds) Khan Jamal (vibes) Arthur Doyle Wilbur Morris (bass) Sunny Murray (drums) ---- Perry Robinson Quartet Wednesday, June 7th, 2000 - 9:30 pm ---- Joe Maneri Quartet with Barre Phillips Wednesday, June 14th, 2000 - 9:30 pm ---- Visit http://home.att.net/~lankina/sweetnighter & Jazzmatazz (http://home.att.net/~lankina/jazz) To get e-mail announcements of future Sweetnighter Concerts, send your name and e-mail address to lankina@att.net. For Sweetnighter info call Mark Christman (215.665.1170) or email markc@op.net. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: infolit Subject: John Coltrane: books Date: 30 Apr 2000 18:21:11 +0200 Hi to all Jazzmen! Please check the link: http://www.litinfo.lt/jazz/coltrane/books.htm Here you will find a list of books abour John Coltrane. You are most welcome to send me your comments, suggestions and offers of books exchange (also translations). Thank you. Igor Balenko infolit@klaipeda.omnitel.net - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Ljova" Subject: Nina Simone Tour (!) Date: 01 May 2000 01:03:16 -0400 Hi. Not sure how many of you this interests, but, [the one and only, the faboulous, the goddess] Nina Simone is doing a (rather rare) tour. May 26th, 2000 Atlanta, GA (USA) May 30th, 2000 Washington, DC (USA) June 2nd, 2000 New York, NY (USA) June 6th, 2000 Boston, MA (USA) June 10th, 2000 Philadelphia, PA (USA) June 18th, 2000 Chicago, IL (USA) June 22nd, 2000 Montreal, Canada June 26th, 2000 Denver, CO (USA) October 30th, 2000 Austin, TX (USA) November 3rd, 2000 Ann Arbor, MI (USA) http://www.ninasimone.com/ All the best, Ljova -------- Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin L@Ljova.com http://Ljova.com/ Listen to my music: http://mp3.com/LevZhurbin/ (compositions) http://mp3.com/Ljova/ (improvisations) http://mp3.com/FreeBach/ (my take on Bach) "Do not fear mistakes - there are none." -Miles Davis -