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I saw The Thing last night in Oakland:
Mats Gustafsson - Reeds
Ingebrigt H. Flaten - Bass
Paal Nilssen-Love - Drums
Totally freaking smoked!
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You don't think that Cage or Reich could ever have been accused of being "stuck in a groove"? I like Cage's ideas, and Reich has a few pieces I enjoy, but Zorn has more music than either of them that I actually enjoy listening to. As PhillyQ alluded to, I'm not sure how much enjoyment one is allowed to induce and still be considered "serious".IMO for the last 10 years Zorn definnitely stuck in a groove. John Cage and Steve Reich he is notZorn has a lot of work I don't like as well, but the Masada pieces are significant...I saw Electric Masada the other month during his stint at Yoshi's...that group is less than 10 years old, and they blew my ever-lovin' mind.
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Excellent read, thanks for the link. A couple of my favorite bits:
JazzTimes: I read somewhere that this is all the result of what you call “an incredibly short attention span.”Well, that’s just some 1980s hype where Nonesuch Records was attempting to sell me as some kind of postmodern phenomenon. It’s their job to sell product, and in order to sell product they need to market you in a certain way. But I don’t think that that is a very intelligent analysis of why someone likes a lot of different kinds of music. It’s not a matter of having a short attention span, it’s a matter of living in today’s world and being a curious, creative, open-minded, intelligent individual who appreciates greatness for its own sake without putting it into any kind of academic or cultural box.
The only outlets [for writing about this kind of music] were jazz magazines. Even though it didn’t belong in that tradition or in that format, it was the only format that there was. So I feel like that created a deep misunderstanding in what this music is. People started judging this new music with the standards of jazz, with the definitions of what jazz is and isn’t, because stories about it appeared in jazz magazines. And now I’ll do a gig at the Marciac Jazz Festival and I’ll get offstage and Wynton Marsalis will say, “That’s not jazz.” And I’ll say, “You’re right! But this is the only gig I’ve got, man. Give me another festival and I’ll play there.”I don't get where that Allen Lowe quote is from, or if we're still allowed to comment on it once it's been "disembodied"...but Zorn's musical community "is very limited"? Are you kidding me? I mean, fine if you don't like his music or whatever, but the guy has more breadth to his oeuvre than anyone I know.
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Nice little rally right at the end there on the AE box. Congrats on the sale!
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At least 6 discs will be out before then.
Any chance 5 of those will be the Art Ensemble box? :blush2:
Three of them will be from the box.
Excellent! Congliptious?
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At least 6 discs will be out before then.
Any chance 5 of those will be the Art Ensemble box? :blush2:
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I cleaned out my local Borders of pretty much everything I wanted with the 40% coupons that were going out last year. Then they started with the ones that work on the website, and I helped them clear some inventory there, too (got a few great deals on SACDs that are normally really expensive). You need to be careful on their site if you're particular about which version you want, often the cover art/description/etc. don't match. Shopping by UPC # has been 100% reliable so far.
Anyway, I've only been getting 30% off, in-store only coupons from them so far this year...not enough to get me in the door. It's always sad to see a store close, but I can't afford to keep these guys in business. I'll miss them when they go, but not as much as I miss Tower.
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My favorite pieces by The Bad Plus have always been the compositions by bassist Reid Anderson, so I'm a bit skeptical about this one because 1.) it is entirely comprised of covers (or very nearly so); and 2.) they've added a singer to the band: Wendy Lewis, a relative unknown who hails from the indie rock scene in The Bad Plus' home town of Minneapolis, MN.
On the plus side, the selection of tunes seems outstanding, or at least psychotically diverse: songs from Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees, Igor Stravinksy and Milton Babbit (among others) are all represented. Also, one of the high points (a mesmerizing, contemplative high point, but a high point nonetheless) of their tour last year was Neil Young's "Heart of Gold", in which the guys all sang.
Has anyone who's heard this have any opinions about it?
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There is a copy of my Air record in that collection. Received a letter from John Hammond requesting it.
Did he pay for it?
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Just noticed an update to Hathut's website.
Willisau (Quartet) 1991 is there on the "upcoming releases" list...right where it's been for the last two years at least. However, there's a change! Now it's on the list twice, and with a footnote:
Anthony Braxton · Willisau (Quartet) 1991) re-issue in two 2-CD sets!Giving some credence to my random, unsupported theory that the reason it's taken so long to reissue this one is Werner couldn't figure out how to fit four discs into one of the orange hatOLOGY sleeves.
I wonder if it, er...they, will be out in 2009?
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Awesome...somebody posted it! I looked for this last week when this thread came up...my first exposure (back in the '80s) to Mantler and her since deceased cat Arnold.-- on Night Music.
Thanks!
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I saw him at Yoshi's a few weeks ago...an unexpected guest in Eddie Gale's band. Sounded great!
Hope he has a happy birthday!
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I have her first one, Eric Mingus and Jonathan Sanborn are in the band (Charles & David's kids, respectively). Pretty funny lyrics, and I've always dug the over-the-top soul of Eric Mingus' vocals.
I've never quite figured her out, tho...she kind of does that Andy Warhol/Andy Kaufmann thing where she could be a talentless buffoon, or she could be a genius pretending to be a talentless buffoon. I take from the comments in this thread that most of you put her in the latter category. Help me out...what are the clues?
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A lot of people, myself included, are uncomfortable with the "audiophile" label, because it automatically conjures up images of a lonely geek with a 5-figure stereo system and nothing but a few condiments in the 'fridge, with rocks on his CD player sitting around waiting for his cables to burn in.
I like listening to music on the stereo. I like live music much better, but I don't get the chance to get out to shows nearly as often. I am guilty of having spent hours positioning my speakers; and worse: guilty of having spent many more hours reading about audio gear on the internet.
Whaddya got, Allen? Apologies if you've already said so a hundred times.I have ... the world's best speakers -
It's available on DVD, although it's kinda hard to tell what it is from looking at the box.Will have to keep an eye out for the set - "Impressions" sounds great with Tony at the helm. -
The cheapest of the wood-body Grado cartridges is the Platinum, which retails for $300. Their best is the Reference at $1200. Great if you can examine the stylus under a microscope, but if you can't it could destroy your records, and you can't replace the stylus on any of the Grado carts. You can send it back to Grado for a retip ($200 for the Platinum, $800 for the reference)...not a bad deal if you're in the market for a high-end cart, assuming there's nothing else wrong with it.
Also, Grado carts are unshielded and will hum on certain turntables. I've got a Grado Green that has hummed on every 'table I've tried it on (all inexpensive, entry-level units, but still). Could be wiser to try out a $60 Black to see if you like it and if it works on your deck.
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Oh! And thanks for the link!!! You rock, Clarke!
Happy to help, but don't forget it was Shawn who recommended the Insignias in the first place!
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I wrote a review of these back when they first started generating a ton of hype on the 'net. I know of several $400 (and cheaper) speakers that beat them...but for the money they are nonetheless outstanding. As if they're not already a good value, occasionally they go on sale for $60 or even (rarely) $40 a pair!I'm still using the Insignia speakers I bought at Best Buy...under $100 for a pair and sound better that quite a few $400 sets I've heard.Best thing about them is the those coaxial drivers...they image like crazy. If you don't know what "imaging" is as it pertains to speakers, a pair of these properly placed is a great inexpensive lesson.
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How small do you need, and how much do you want to spend?
Some of my favorite speakers ever are the Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1.
The real trick may not be the size of the speakers, but where you can place them. Most "bookshelf" speakers (the Sierra-1 included) are rear-ported, and need a foot or three from the wall to sound their best. If you want a bookshelf speaker that you can actually place on a bookshelf, look for something front-ported (like the B&Ws Late mentioned or the Monitor Audio Bronze Series) or non-ported (like the NHT Classic Series).
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I love Jazzloft's Hat sales! This time around, I got:
Marc Copland Marc Copland And...
Ellery Eskelin Forms
Richard Grossman Where The Sky Ended
Sven-Ake Johansson Barcelona Series
Joe McPhee Oleo
Anthony Ortega New Dance
Trapist Highway My Friend
Per Henrik Wallin Proklamation / Farewell to Sweden
Shipping would have been $8.90 for Priority (I live in the U.S.), I opted for Media Mail at $4.36. Cheap!
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On the SACD release, the stereo layer is from the tape and the surround is from the Sonoma.Now wouldn't it be "interesting" to know which session this is? Please let us know!!!
Seriously! If you're going to drop a factoid like that, it's no fun/fair if you don't let us know what recording it is...I promise, I'll buy it!
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Very cool! Can't wait to check out the Roland Kirk disc.
Doug Ramsey on Giant Steps at 50
in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...
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May 22, 1959