jlhoots Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 59 minutes ago, jlhoots said: Blu-Ray CD or download only as far as I can see. I've been waiting for Zim release for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 12 CDs... I may take a rain check on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: 12 CDs... I may take a rain check on this one. I don't think it's 12 CDs. Sounds like it's all on 1 blu-ray DVD. $80 at Bandcamp pre-order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, jlhoots said: I don't think it's 12 CDs. Sounds like it's all on 1 blu-ray DVD. $80 at Bandcamp pre-order. Hunh. I got some marketing email that I instantly deleted saying 12 CDs of something Braxtonian. Maybe I got my Braxton mega releases mixed up. Edit: Oh. It's the title. I misread it and assumed because it was Braxton that it was twelve CDs of material. Edited May 7, 2021 by Rabshakeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 27 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: Hunh. I got some marketing email that I instantly deleted saying 12 CDs of something Braxtonian. Maybe I got my Braxton mega releases mixed up. Edit: Oh. It's the title. I misread it and assumed because it was Braxton that it was twelve CDs of material. 12 performances, 11+ hours of music, one DVD or download - I believe that's correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, jlhoots said: 12 performances, 11+ hours of music, one DVD or download - I believe that's correct. I see. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 About time Braxton got Artie Zim to help with the marketing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 31 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: I see. Thanks. The 12 CD release I think you may be thinking of is the new Braxton House release of his new Standards Quartet 2020 with Alex Hawkins of this parish. I received the email about that one today too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, mjazzg said: The 12 CD release I think you may be thinking of is the new Braxton House release of his new Standards Quartet 2020 with Alex Hawkins of this parish. I received the email about that one today too Oh! I am not going off the rails. I knew I had received it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I think we're probably all crashing off the rails in the face of a Braxtonian deluge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 If I had a parallel life to listen to all of it, I would. That's a no-brainer. Just think about it - if, in 100 years, only 1 per cent of his recorded output survives, he'll still have a higher visibility profile than Bill Barron does today. This is not a man who records frivolously or promiscuously. This is a man who understands how historical narratives evolve and get repurposed, and he's being proactive as fuck on defending his from that. I hope his lives forever and makes twice as many records as he already has. And I hope I have enough of this life open to listen to some of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 27 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: Oh! I am not going off the rails. I knew I had received it. You're (mostly) correct - 13 CDs with a quartet including Alexander Hawkins playing standards - $130 is what I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, JSngry said: This is not a man who records frivolously or promiscuously. Oh come on, that's exactly who he is. If anything he's diluting his "legacy" by this release incontinence. Edited May 8, 2021 by Д.Д. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, JSngry said: This is a man who understands how historical narratives evolve and get repurposed, and he's being proactive as fuck on defending his from that. What do you mean by this statement - Both with respect to how a narrative about Braxton is likely to be repurposed (and by whom) and how a release schedule of this nature would defend against such repurposing? Do you mean that by releasing so many long records with so many extended versions of Standards Braxton plans to protect his legacy from similar attacks to those launched on his 70s work during the early 80s? (He can't play, Braxton can't swing, etc.?) Edited May 8, 2021 by Rabshakeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 I mean that history in a commodity, and that what is not use to the commoditizers can be made to vanish over time. To think that Braxton thinks of times past as such an expansive, surrounding, enveloping, reality and does not apply it to both his present and his future (which will be his history)...that seems most improbable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) It is certainly difficult to re-package and re-commodify 12 CDs worth of standards and an 11 hour Blue Ray. That's certain. Edited May 8, 2021 by Rabshakeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 Footprints... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted June 4, 2021 Report Share Posted June 4, 2021 Happy 76th today! Later I'll finish listening to the rest of this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 8 hours ago, rostasi said: Happy 76th today! Later I'll finish listening to the rest of this: How is it? I saw Zim live and thought it was great but I'm unsure about this much. How varied are the pieces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 4 hours ago, mjazzg said: How is it? I saw Zim live and thought it was great but I'm unsure about this much. How varied are the pieces? Were you at those Cafe Oto gigs? I thought they were completely mind-blowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Alexander Hawkins said: Were you at those Cafe Oto gigs? I thought they were completely mind-blowing! I was at one and my mind was blown too. Absolutely astonishing. I've been waiting for a Zim release since, bit disappointed it's Blu-ray but will probably buy download. I see that those nights are on this recording but I can't work out which they are from the BC page. When I do I'll buy them as each 'disc' is available separately Edited June 5, 2021 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 I believe it was Compositions 418/419/420 at Oto those nights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 15 hours ago, rostasi said: Happy 76th today! Later I'll finish listening to the rest of this: How does this work / sound in your DVD player (of which I still have one)?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Alexander Hawkins said: I believe it was Compositions 418/419/420 at Oto those nights! Thanks Alex, that's where I'll start. Edit to add: just purchased the recording of the gig I attended Edited June 5, 2021 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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