Daniel A

I managed to come across the longer clip I failed to find back in 2018. English spoken interview starts at 1:08.

Swedish pianist Staffan Abeleen (1940-2008) made some fine recordings. Not widely known outside Sweden, I guess. (Here's also a rare sighting of the ill-fated but gifted tenorist Björn Netz)

The first one is blurred?

Very nice article, thanks for posting! A bit amusing that the illustration shows a consumer-level Sony reel-to-reel deck (if it's not a super clever reference to Sony, the rightsholder).

Thanks, Rooster! Your post came in between and I didn't see it first. ...and thanks to that I found the full hour:

Thanks!!

Any idea where this clip is from and whether the full performance is available somewhere? The description says 1966. Due to the somewhat uneven video, it's difficult to tell whether the video actually matches the audio, but sometimes it looks like it at least.

CD 1： 1. Black Vibrations (C. Houston) 12:27 2. Earl's World (C. Tolliver) 11:08 3. Impact (C. Tolliver) 6:38 4. Compassion (C. Tolliver) 12:47 CD 2： 1. Truth (C. Tolliver) 9:17 2. Repetition (N. Hefti) 13:09 3. Stretch (C. Tolliver) 16:38

So-called "streaming farms" have been a reality for years, and can be used for boosting royalties for both real and "fake" artists. Depending on the relationship between the offender and the streaming platform, this will either be a violation of the terms, or simply fraud. I am more interested in the "AI" aspect, which does not seem to be explored that much in the coverage of the current case. There are several examples of groups/artists which are presented on platforms as real artists (e.g. a "verified" artist on Spotify), but which are quite evidently computer-generated music. Not sure that I want to give them more exposure, but try searching for a band which is called [the Capital of Sweden (replace with actual name)] Jazz Quartet. They have hundreds of albums out, almost each and every of them on a different label (presumably to add confusion). The earliest albums seemed to be recorded by actual (though mediocre) musicians, but for years their output has been fully computerized.

Not sure it proves anything, but the DVD release of the Sergio Mendes documentary "In the Key of Joy" has the following quote from Lani Hall on its cover: "I'm forever grateful to him for changing the course of my life."

Overe here (partially for reasons that Niko mentioned) credit/debit card or mobile apps are the "standard" menthods of payment and cash the exception. Some shops are "no cash" by policy because it is a hassle and a risk for them to handle it. And luxury shops do not want to be used for money laundering (criminals buying e.g. jewelry for black money). Personally, I don't use cash even once a month.

Over here, you could audition new CDs in most shops, as long as there even were shops that sold new CDs (they are all but gone now). I would say that roughly half of the second hand stores I still visit have self-service turntables (though no "booths").

Thanks!

Never heard of that! Can you remember anything more about it?

"Let's go eat!" 😄