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On 4/5/2005 at 7:18 PM, Guest Chaney said:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/04/05/obituaries/bellow.184.1.jpg
April 5, 2005
Author Saul Bellow Dies at 89
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hebrew was Bellow's first language. His family life was one of violence (his father), of sentiment (both parents) and of humor (everyone). Nothing was left unsaid.
I'm sure the writer meant Yiddish, not Hebrew. Yiddish was vernacular, Hebrew was reserved for the Scriptures and Shabbat prayers.
I had just re-read SEIZE THE DAY, which I first took in college, thirty-odd years ago. Tommy Wilhelm is a loser, and not a loveable, funny loser, but a dishevelled, self-pitying, angry kind.
The catharsis of the ending, what do you think Bellow had there? Does Tommy find God, or does he realize that the solution is to kill himself? -
Just got one on eBay! It's the early 2000s Disconforme CD. I hope it's sourced from the master tape and not a lp dub.
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9 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said:
I am aware of that, since I have a number of them. I grew listening to harpsichordist Wanda Landowska and have my father’s old LPs.
Pardon me for not including jazz in the title of the thread…
Sorry, not trying to be a gotcha dick; I thought you were asking about instrumental music in general.
Focusing on jazz, I would definitely add Leo Records. Their female instrumentalist releases are numerous. In fact, the label's first release was a record by Amina Claudine Myers. One of their other early releases was by Marilyn Crispell.
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There are hundreds of labels releasing women instrumentalists recordings, and have been for many decades, ever since the invention of phonograph recordings as a commercial medium. They focus on classical music.
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On 10/22/2022 at 6:55 AM, optatio said:
Is this a real, taken on the scene photo or a collage? I think all the cuts are from the golden era BN RVG studio sessions. The white car is a Detroit product, I'd say ca.1975 , the "No Parking Any Time" sign looks like the type used in NYC. Can't make out if the license plate says the Empire State.
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Some gigs I remember better than others, but one in the East Village in the winter or fall ca.2002 stands out. The venue was a condemned building on, I think, East 2nd Street and Second Avenue. I think the band was maybe Belogenis, either Wollesen or Hamid Drake, and a saxophonist who appeared to be too damn successful and aloof to be an avant-garde musician; he looked like a Wall Street trader or a big firm lawyer. The lighting was jury-rigged and naturally sporadic, the eight or ten of us in the audience were sitting on what the contemporary art curators call found objects, and a sofa that an otherwise non-discriminate human would not choose to be on or near. It was raining outside and inside. Shortly after the commencement some NYPD cops showed up and told everyone to get the hell out of there. I suspect they were called by the neighbors about the noise homeless people were making again. Everyone complied. It was an interesting old building, like a gymnasium, with a rotunda roof.
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I had messaged Chris and got no reply. We used to converse via PM system here.
I even did a quick internet search of obituaries; luckily, without success. If someone is still in touch with him, please post an update.
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Herbie Hancock Remembers Clare Fischer
https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/herbie-hancock-remembers-clare-fischer/
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18 minutes ago, sidewinder said:
The BGO CDs of this sold out quickly and have been out of print for a fair while. I’ve been after a second (safety) copy and never found one at a sensible price.
It’s unique in that the version of ‘Deep Dark..’ was the first stereo CD issue. At the time that the set was put together, even Graham was unaware that a stereo LP had been issued by Deram back in the 60s, as most copies out there are mono.
The OP Deram LPs safely bring over $300 on eBay.
Re:stereo vs mono of it. The 2000s LP reissue was mono. I don't know if the reissue label had access to the master tapes, or just ripped it. The hype sticker on the reissue jacket proudly states that it was digitally remastered.
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This is still unavailable as new. There is one used 3fer 2CD set (Deep Dark Blue Centre / Portraits / The Alternate Mosaics) on Discogs, from a USA-based seller, for $160.
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7 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:
Why is that sexist?
Dmitry -- You're beginning to sound like a nut job. BTW, Fischer was something of a racist.
How can one be something of a racist? He's either a racist or not...
Miles was a racist, Mosaic covered Miles. I like their focus on the genius.
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Freddie Hubbard - THE BLACK ANGEL
An interesting album, especially if taken in the context of Miles's work in 1969-70. Unlike Miles, Hubbard does not abandon the hard bop all-together, but introduces it into the changing musical landscape. Insightful, perspicacious and succinct liner notes from Ed Williams of WLIB radio. In fact, some of the best liner notes I've ever read. Who was this man?
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This is beginning to sound like some kind of woke trial of Mosaic. I can't think of another reissue label giving the works of female jazz artists the exhaustive treatment they've received from Mosaic.
I confess to being a sexist, because I prefer female vocalists to their male counterparts. I will pick Anita O'Day over the Four Freshmen any time. Furthermore, I have beef with Mosaic for not being attracted to the Clare Fischer set I proposed.
13 hours ago, Face of the Bass said:I'm starting to think there are more than a few Ron DeSantis fans in this thread. Chronic and severe underrepresentation of female artists in the jazz "canon" is apparently not something that can even be mentioned or discussed, especially if it implicates the sainted Mosaic brand that is deified here.
Yep, that's it. We are closet deSantistas. Face of the bAss nailed it.
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And the prize for the worst pronunciation of a name by a huge swathe of American populace goes to... Iraq.
It's not EYEraq. It's EEraq. I mean, if you invade a country, plunge it into decades of civil strife and trigger the deaths of hundreds of thousands of her citizens, then at least learn how to pronounce the name.
Close second is EYEran.
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4 minutes ago, Onxidlib said:
His real name is Dušan Gojković (in cyrillic: Душко Гојковић).
What you wrote in cyrillic is ... Dushko Goykovich. 😀
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1 hour ago, Big Beat Steve said:
You mean "pronouncable" or "writeable" (without causing major hiccups)? 😉
(Assuming, of course, that the accents are - understandably - omitted anyway for ease of typing ...)
Pronouncing slavic names comes natural to me. I don't think I've ever written one until this morning. Just popped in my head Gojko Mitić, which, anglicized is probably Goyko Mitich, a Yugoslav movie actor who was in a ton of the Eastern Block Westerns as an American Indian chief Winnetou. Watched those many-many times when I was growing up.
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15 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said:
I have a Yugoslavian LP with a selection of jazz groups form Belgrade here that were recorded from 1955 to 1962. Guess how "jazz" is also spelled in the (Roman-letter) cover text and many of the "period" band names? "DZEZ"! Strictly phonetic, and apparently quite in earnest ...
But they have a way with foreign names over there anyway - even when NO Kyrillic transliteration is involved ...
In Russian jazz is DZHAZ.
Duško Gojković is the better transliteration of his Serbian name, but in America it would not be acceptable.
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10 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:
I dunno, I'm a sucker for records by jazz and easy listening artists turning on and tuning in to the moods and vibrations of today. And when they integrate sitars and Moogs into the mix, all the better!
So, within that sub-genre - of which I have many albums - I will call this a masterpiece.
That's what I thought. Thanks for elaborating. How would we call such a genre succinctly? If I may - chronologically it's second half of the 1960s-very early 1970s, employs big or otherwise known jazz musicians, most often in orchestral settings, and the album must include at least one Beatles, Stones or other major rock tune, along with pop tunes of the day. This Sebesky album, unusually, also has Mozart's 21st piano concerto. Also, wasn't sure why the album is titled The Distant Galaxy..
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One word — MONO.
For instance, redo the BN sets released by Mosaic in stereo, which were originally recorded in mono and stereo simultaneously. There’s a lot of interest in that today.
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17 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:
I think it's unfortunate Meg is so insecure as to have so much work done ... but what was shocking to me is to discover that she and Tracy Pollan - MJ Fox's wife - are the same age. Either Pollan has the genes or she's got a better doctor but I know who's aged well and who hasn't.
Some people really NEED facial plastic surgery. Survivors of car accidents, burn victims, birth defects, tumors, etc. This is, however, grotesque. What's the end goal here? If it's looking good, then it didn't quite succeed...
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I'm assuming someone will still masturbate to these images, just as they did thirty five years ago, when she orgasmed in that When Harry Met Sally scene. Just won't be me...
I mean, what would drive you to have a procedure that'll leave you looking like Mickey Rourke?
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35 minutes ago, sidewinder said:
Whatever............they have likely done the right thing, for them, at this time. It also seems to be keeping their existing customer base reasonably happy, no small feat. Like many things in this world, it is a workable trade-off.
Your list should include items d. streaming e. demographics and f. US Postal Service. The (cost) changes to f. alone, in combination with big increased price per 180g LP, would have decimated overseas LP set sales. Imagine the impact on e.g. the Maynard F. set !
I think we all want them to succeed, hence the intellectual nose-picking from yours truly. To make a premiership parallel, I confess to being a Leicester City fan...
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On 4/30/2023 at 10:04 AM, Teasing the Korean said:
RIP. Sebesky's Verve album "The Distant Galaxy" is a masterpiece.
Speaking as a listener, not a student of music, I don't see how it's a masterpiece. It is a well-orchestrated and performed album of covers, what would be called a novelty. Can you explain why you afforded it a masterpiece designation?
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8 hours ago, sidewinder said:
Let’s not forget that this is a 2 to 3 person operation and I’m not sure if these are even full time. They are not Craft or Blue Note Tone Poet, with their organisational/logistics scale and depth.
I think you and JAW are possibly substituting the effect for the cause.
A mere fifteen-twenty years ago they were the Rolls-Royce of the limited edition jazz music boxed sets. Why are they a scaled-down firm NOW, when they were so much bigger THEN?
I imagine this could be because -
a. the principals are slowing down because of age, and don't want or can't handle the rigours of larger production.
b. the business isn't nearly as profitable as it was, which means loss of financial muscle to sponsor upcoming projects.
c. other.
Would love them to continue for years. There is still a lot to do!
LF: Graham Collier Septet - Deep Dark Blue Centre
in Offering and Looking For...
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So you did the DDBC LP transfer for the 2cd set...that's wonderful! You must've had a very clean Stereo pressing. How did you transfer it, care to share with us?