brownie Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 A preview of Wynton Marsalis album from Blue Note: http://www.bluenote.com/detail.asp?SelectionID=10285 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Blue Note seems to develop into a spamming organisation! Two or three days ago another Norah mail, and yesterday I got the Wynton stuff twice! Now I'm not one of the bashers of current Blue Note - that thread discussing highlights of the last five years showed to everybody how many fine albums they did produce lately - but somehow, hey, I want the "real" information about CDs going OOP, Mosaic news etc, but do I really need to get all that strange spam-stuff, too? ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Thanks for the link, brownie. I enjoyed this review of the album in particular: There were many more reviews than this(many of them scathing)but the record company has altered them unfairly to sell a lousy CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Looks like the BNBB is trying to reincarnate in the customer review sections ... where they can control it much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 ...do I really need to get all that strange spam-stuff, too? 1. it's not spam if you signed up to receive their emails. 2. you won't get mosiac news from blue note. 3. remove your name from bn's list and get your deletion/new release news here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Looks like the BNBB is trying to reincarnate in the customer review sections ... where they can control it much easier. FWIW, Blue Note has launched a new Blue Note Europe website - complete with bulletin board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 FWIW, Blue Note has launched a new Blue Note Europe website - complete with bulletin board. Blue Note Europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 All it contains so far is a 3+ year old 'Welcome' message and some spam (it appears you don't have to register to be able to post). I can see that the member is list is growing, though: http://www.bluenoteeurope.com/mb/memberlist.php However, I wouldn't spend a second over there which could be spent here. Just in case both Org and AAJ go down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Hmm, does anyone from this board answer to the name of 'Jonas'...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 (edited) BTW, something has happened on the old BNBB site too. When I checked a few weeks ago, it still said 'Welcome Duke Pearson' (it was my handle), but now it just says 'Login' or 'Register', which of course is impossible. A pity; I had planned to click on 'Log out' before moving from Stockholm later this month, just to mark the end of an era. Did anyone ever try to log out? What happened? Edited February 6, 2004 by Daniel A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 ...do I really need to get all that strange spam-stuff, too? 1. it's not spam if you signed up to receive their emails. 2. you won't get mosiac news from blue note. 3. remove your name from bn's list and get your deletion/new release news here. I know it ain't exactly what one calls "spam", but still... Anyway, I always thought the Mosaic infos and Blue Note infos were coming from the same sender, no? It's Trueblue that sends the infos on OOP BN titles, for instance, no? ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Johnson Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Just in case both Org and AAJ go down... My thoughts exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 BTW, something has happened on the old BNBB site too. When I checked a few weeks ago, it still said 'Welcome Duke Pearson' (it was my handle), but now it just says 'Login' or 'Register', which of course is impossible. A pity; I had planned to click on 'Log out' before moving from Stockholm later this month, just to mark the end of an era. Did anyone ever try to log out? What happened? It could be that the cookies set by the board on your PC have a validity of several weeks or months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Sounds probable, Claude. How long is it now, eleven months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Thanks Chaney for the tip. I just registered to reserve my nickname. Nice content so far: two spam messages by a deleted poster and a critical question on copy protection by Kevin Bresnahan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Somehow I think it will take some time for those forums to gain a body of contributing members. Back to the original topic: What did you think of the Wynton sound clips? I'm not too enthusiastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I'll be curious to see how the BN/Europe site handles my post. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I listened to all available samples last week or so, and was neither impressed nor offended. Nothing exciting or blatanly sucky. I wrote a review on the BN site under the name "Hardest Bop" (couldn't resist...) & gave it 3 stars (or ovals, as the case may be). An honest assessment of the evidence at hand, and it has not been tampered with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Hmm, does anyone from this board answer to the name of 'Jonas'...? I remember Jonas Kullhammer from the BNBB (Sorry if I botched the spelling). Maybe he lurks here and/or posts under a different name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Johnson Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Jim, I knew that was your review when I read "Reality, TX"! Your writing in the review itself just solidified it... Nice review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Hmm, does anyone from this board answer to the name of 'Jonas'...? I remember Jonas Kullhammer from the BNBB (Sorry if I botched the spelling). Maybe he lurks here and/or posts under a different name. Well, if he does, I just discovered his work, and am REALLY digging it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I haven't seen Jonas Kullhammar around for a few years, unless he posts totally incognito. He pursues a rather successful carreer as a tenor saxophonist these days. 25 years old, he has several records as a leader on his own record label, and he has been voted as Swedish jazz musician of the year. He has quite an attitude which appeals to some, but doesn't work on others. From his days on the BNBB I can only remember him creating a stir by always asking two CDs for one of his in trades, and from name-dropping Cecil Taylor in a Fender Rhodes thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Jim, I knew that was your review when I read "Reality, TX"! Your writing in the review itself just solidified it... Nice review! Thank you. It was honest. really, I don't think that this album is going to change anybody's mind about Wynton's music one way or the other. Those hoping for a big breakthrough or some such won't find it here, although the first part of title tune, w/it's Bill Dixon-esque moments, caught my attention briefly. But then...nothing happened. Sadly, that's been the way most all of Wynton's work (and, truthfully, his career) has struck me - anticipations never rewarded, expectations never fulfilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Well, if he does, I just discovered his work, and am REALLY digging it. What records have you heard, Jim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 (edited) http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A0nz1z8oa4yv8 and http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Aaxfqxqwald0e Excellent. QUITE excellent. Edited February 6, 2004 by JSngry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.