Jump to content

Д.Д.

Members
  • Posts

    4,352
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Donations

    0.00 USD 

Everything posted by Д.Д.

  1. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    A lot of new goodies listed in the latest DMG newsletter: http://downtownmusicgallery.com/Main/news/...2004-10-15.html
  2. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    I tried to buy a disc from the label a year ago and the order was finally cancelled as they never followed up on it. I bought this disc some time last winter without any problems.
  3. Д.Д.

    Anthony Braxton

    I always wondred if these drawings in the composition titles mean anything.
  4. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    I don't have this one (neither do I have any MEGO releases - I will correct this soon), but I do have another Zeena Parkins CD and it's a greatr one: Zeena Parkins, Nels Cline & Thurston Moore: "Live at Easthampton Town Hall" (JMZ Records). This is pretty intense wialing stuff, but very clever and with a surprising sense of structure and direction. And the sounds Parkins produces on electric harp just have to be heard!
  5. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    Hans, I will receive it soon (as I am INTAKT subscriber) - and I will review it here.
  6. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    Looks good! I am not too familiar with Nakatani, but Wright and Doneda are excellent muscians. Gotta pick htis one up. THere is always something sentimental about the first relase of a fledging label...
  7. Who could have thought you wold mention Braxton. Great clarinet player, for sure. After alto, clarinet is my favorite Braxton's instrumnet - it's a chame he does nto play it that often. Also, Vinny Golia is a mean clarinet pleyer.
  8. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    What are the labels? Buis is on DATArecords, Janssen is on geestgronden. DATA Records Website I really gotta start exploring the Dutch scene - my knowledge is very superficial.
  9. Oh yes. But I would argue that bass clarinet is a different instrument.
  10. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    ubu, could you elaborate a bit on this Atzmon guy you are plugging everywhere? he is not too mainstream, is he ?
  11. Zorn turned 50 last year. the question mark referred more to "favourite player" than to the age. frankly I don't really care about age... I mean, look at the tenor thread with the same topic: Wayne Shorter sounds younger and more daring at 71 than most of the players mentioned so far. I agree. Today is today - who gives the fuck if a musiccian is 20 or 80?
  12. this one, correct choice? Yes. It's OOP, so don't wait for too lonmg with ordering it.
  13. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    What are the labels?
  14. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    I've been meaning to check out some of his stuff soon.
  15. I am travelling now, so mine was delivered to my neighbour. Wonderful woman never complained about loud music, although she suffered, no doubt. Now she has a possibility for perfect revenge.
  16. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    I love the Hemingway! I think you will really enjoy it. I love this album , it's right up my street. Glad I didn't cancel the order !! Have you heard his album Johnny's Corner Song? The lineup is almost the same, just switch Robin Eubanks for Ray Anderson. The music is very much in the same vein and might be my favorite of the two discs. Agree. Johnny's Corner Song is less polished and less safe - and I like it more this way. You can get it from Gerry Hemingway directly: http://gerryhemingway.com/.
  17. David, thanks for the review - looks like it was a great concert. Who knows, having a Swiss collaborator WWL might come Swiss way, and we'll have a chance to see them live here... Agree with you regarding Donald Robinson - he is such a joy to listen to! As for the discs you mention, Ochs' "Fly Fly Fly" is beautiful, one of the best 2004 releases, IMO.
  18. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    Zaabway is Paul Flaherty's label, as far as I remember. The only thing I have by Flaherty is his 2003 release with Wally Shoup in Leo, and it's an extremely noisy (and not in the best way so) fire-music affair. Here is the link: http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_369 Was quite a disappointment for me after excellent Wally Shoup trio release a month before that (Fussilades and Lamentations, Leo 2003), one of my favorite 2003 releases.
  19. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    I agree. I feel that Hamid Drake has Blackwell's sense of groove, but he does not qite have Blackwell's inellectual rigour and discipline, and his imagination, IMO.
  20. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    Now there is a new one (and I like it much more): My favorite music is the one I have not yet heard. John Cage
  21. Д.Д.

    Funny Rat

    You know that there is another Cherry/Blackwell duo - El Corazon on ECM? I haven't heard it' but it is definitely on THE LIST. Agree with every word you say regarding Blackwell - what a complete musician! I also always tend to focus on his playing - there is so much imagination and beauty in the way he plays. Even his last recordings (What It Is? and What It WIll Be Like?, both on Enja MW), when he aparently could hardly walk, have the same sense of joy and search that his earlier recordings do - and his partners on these two records (Mark Helias, Carlos Ward, Graham Haynes and Don Cherry on one track) are giving their all. This reminded me that I have a CD of a 1958 performance recorded in New Orleans with Blackwell, Alvin Batiste, Ellis Marsalis and some other people. I remember enjoying it a lot - will give it a listen soon.
  22. Good choice, Gary! But a mediocre album, as far as I remember. Haven't listened to it for a couple of years now (I listen to ROVA version pretty often, though ). Will relisten to it when I get home, and will post my thoughts here.
×
×
  • Create New...