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Allan Holdsworth Family Memorial

Allan Holdsworth (1946 - 2017)

Wonderful. Brought tears of joy to my eyes. Thank you David.

She was mighty, mighty in Knoxville a few weeks ago. We both wished we could see her in more ensembles.

Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) died today, so I'm taking a listen to various albums. Mika Vainio - Ydin

w/ Art Davis & Elvin Jones

Reaching a near-mythical status amongst fans of free jazz’s most worldly intrepid explorer, these seldom heard Paris soundtrack sessions known as Music, Wisdom, Love have evaded collectors’ grasps and confused historians for exactly 50 years. Instigated in Paris in 1967 and filmed during Don’s downtime on a visit to the Chat qui Pêche nightclub in March 1967 (where he played with Karl Berger, Henri Texier and Jacques Thollot), the bulk of this cinematic portrait was filmed on the streets of Paris under the direction of creative all-rounders Jean-Noël Delamarre and Nathalie Perrey, who, as their careers bloomed, would become pivotal figures in underground French cinema – straddling La Nouvelle Vague, adult entertainment and cinema fantastique in what can only be described as speedball cinema. As the supportive creative family that primarily played home to French vampire/horrortica director Jean Rollin, both Nathalie and Jean-Noël, his brother Jean-Philippe Delamarre and a small team of other fans of oblique media would be responsible for a vibrant micro-culture that awkwardly flourished on the outskirts on the Parisian new wave – combining comic book culture, Lettrism, sexual liberation, psychedelic rock, graphic design and (with this record as prime example) free jazz and avant-garde music. What previously might have been regarded as an unlikely coupling, with the benefit of half a century of archival hindsight, this release documents the essential cosmic collision of two fantastic planets.

8 original tracks. Afro-groove/urban funk with a psychedelic edge released March 7, 2016 Abraham Ebou Sanyang - Lead vocalist & Master drummer Jerry Short - Lead guitarist Chris Powell - Rhythm guitar Nick Rasle - Rhythm guitar Gaz Williams - Bass Tim Tyson Short - Percussion, Congas & Talking Drum JAMBA HORNS Nicky Green - Sax Robin Danaher - Sax Lorraine Mango - Backing vox Izzy Hayden - Backing vox Rory Hird - Trumpet Greg White - Drums

Didja know Mr. James that Ruth Buzzi lives less than an hour's drive away from us out in Southlake? Here's Chelsea on Good Morning Australia:

1972 actually. I was at one of the Sunday night shows. God bless Earl McGhee. He and Saul Smaizys were my musical getaways on the radio each and every night (tho Earl was on only on Friday and Saturday nights IIRC)

Someone, elsewhere, was looking for an interview that Art Lange did with John Cage in Lange's periodical Brilliant Corners, so I decided to take some time to send it on to this person as well as re-read this and some other issues of this nice bit of '70s history.

But I just did that in my comment.

Yes, I agree that the live musician version seems to be better, but it's not solely because of live musicians, but rather it's the lackluster attempt at electronic programming - even for the mid 80s - that makes the backing not only sound like a backing, but seems to convey that the lyrics are the primary thing you should be enjoying. Minimal wave or coldwave would do this "properly," (with complementary lyrics) but I don't think this was the intention here.

Last time I saw Rickles in anything (a few months ago) was the Burke's Law episode that introduces Honey West.